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Motion Graphic Of The Week: An Alumni Collaboration

This week’s featured motion graphic was a collaboration between two of our alumni, Michael Fugoso and Austin Faure. We love seeing our students work together using their different skill sets to create fun and unique designs. For this motion graphic, Michael originally illustrated the robot character in Adobe Illustrator. Then Austin surprised him by animating his character and adding the explosions and other effects using Adobe After Effects. The result… Read More

Modernistic Volumes: A Contemporary Book Art Exhibition

Platt College San Diego and Verbatim Books in North Park invite you to an inspiring art event. Whether you love books, art or both this event is the perfect combination of the two. All artwork on display was created by talented students and alumni from Platt College. These contemporary creations will be on display from April 16th to May 22nd with a reception being held on May 14th at 6… Read More

Our Top 10 Favorite Film Fonts

This wasn’t an easy list to make. We all know that people who love design collect favorite fonts and we remember some of the most influential movie posters of all time thanks to their fonts. Of course we also wanted to add a few noobs into the mix here too—we can’t just do the old school in a list like this. Without further ado, here are our top… Read More

Design of the Week: Calamity of Heaven Book Cover

This beautiful book cover for, Calamity of Heaven written by Thaddaus Martin, was designed by Platt College graphic design student Ariel Reyes. This is a project she completed in her Term 2 Intro to Vector Graphics class, where students learn the ins and outs of using the program Adobe Illustrator. Ariel was thrilled to be able to combine her love of reading with her love of design for… Read More

Illustrations Of The Week: Vector Robots by Alumni Michael Fugoso

Platt College Alumni, Michael Fugoso, recently completed a fun series of illustrations that focuses on unique robots of all shapes and sizes. These 4 robots serve a purpose for a larger project that he is working that hasn’t been unveiled yet, but we will be following up with him for a later spotlight blog. We really enjoyed watching his process as he unveiled a new robot character every few days… Read More

7 Documentaries on Netflix that Graphic Designers Should Watch

Looking to get inspired? Fortunately if you’re a graphic designer, Netflix has you covered. These are our favorite must-watch documentaries on Netflix that graphic designers should watch. Design is One: Lella and Massimo Vignelli (2012) For decades the husband and wife team behind Vignelli Associates was one of the world’s greatest forces in design. This documentary explores the creative relationship of this cross-disciplinary design team. This depiction of two of… Read More

5 Secrets to Getting Your Dream Graphic Design Job

Your first job is the natural extension of your education and experience so far. It’s also the foundation for the rest of your career. So how do you win your dream graphic design job and set the tone for your professional life? Join Industry Organizations, Volunteer or Intern As a student it’s much cheaper to join industry groups like AIGA, and this kind of membership gets you access… Read More

Student Spotlight: Stunning Photo Manipulations by Trisha Diaz

Platt College student, Trisha Diaz, has been sharing a ton of beautiful photo manipulations lately through her Instagram account called Creativity Captured. We love to encourage our students and alumni to share their work with us on Instagram using our hashtag #plattcollegesandiego. Trisha does a great job of making sure we can stay up-to-date with all of her latest creations and is how we discovered the work featured in this… Read More

Illustration of the Week: Portrait Tribute To Frida Kahlo

Students in our Term 2 Illustrator class are given a project of creating a portrait of either themselves or someone that they admire. It’s always fun to see who the students decide to bring to life with their newfound vector illustration skills. Platt College graphic design student, Ada Herrera, created this beautiful portrait of world famous artist Frida Kahlo for her project. Using a variety of different techniques using the… Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Amazing Illustrations By J!NX Artist Juan Fernando Garcia

Juan Fernando Garcia graduated from Platt College back in 2007 and since then has had nothing but success working in the design industry. His current job is working as an artist for gamer and geek apparel company, J!NX. If you follow our other blogs or posts on social media, chances are you’ve seen Juan’s work show up a couple of times. He even held the top 3 spots in our… Read More

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