Just a quick note to have something up to remind my new students what we’ve been doing. It’s week 3 of Digital Imagery & Image Making (Intermediate Photoshop) at Sullivan College of Technology and Design. This class only has 4 students and that makes an atmosphere that allows for much more interesting work. They’ve become reacquainted with Photoshop, started cutting up photos like mad, done some colorization and played with layer effects, etc. All with the ultimate goal of creating some advertising displays (POPs) with supporting packaging and a poster by the end of the quarter. View the full article to see some examples of their work so far.
I’ve been working for the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. for a year now and what do I have to show for it? Plenty. So much so that It occurred to me that I hadn’t posted any of my work. Well, very little of it. To give an idea; I’ve responded to well over a thousand requests for action on the Web pages I manage, I’ve pushed almost 200 files live in the last month alone, I’ve release about 22 bulk email news feeds for the Department of Ecumenical and Agency Relations and posted them to their homepage, I’ve responded to over 200 requests for action or advice on creating online learning content, I’ve shot hours of video in an interview setting with a 3-point lighting set-up and attended a disturbing amount of meetings about these tasks while also considering the revamp of the OGA sections of PC(USA) with the Happy Cog team. Read more to see some examples of my work if you’re really really really bored.
Evening classes canceled at ITT Louisville 02/09/10
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Okay students, class is canceled for tonight Feb 09, 2010. I’ve already heard from many of you about not coming so I will try to reach the rest of you through email.
Presbyterian Church U.S.A. - 219th General Assembly
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I work full-time at the Presbyterian Church USA in Louisville and created the Web site for the General Assembly meeting to take place July 3-10, 2010. The Office of the General Assembly department in which I’m employed serves as a business arm, of sorts, for the national church. The General Assembly is a meeting, held every 2 years, that operates much like a congressional session. Rules are proposed and voted on by representatives from churches and collective groups representing clusters of churches around the country. Presbyterians operate under the guidance of a constitution that requires votes from representatives for every adjustment regardless of size. Tens of thousands of Presbyterians gather to discuss issues faced by the church. This year the meeting is in Minneapolis.
I recently created a small registration/informational site for Dr. L. Douglas Knight in Louisville. He is an orthodontist that spends a lot of time working with dental professionals on a specific discipline in the field. This new project is a course for practicing dentists and orthodontists that takes place in 4 locations over 5 weeks. In the full article I have some screen shots etc. I worked with Dr. Knight for a year out of school and I owe him plenty for giving me a chance to work in the field and get my hands nice and dirty as a staff member. I created all of his presentations, printed materials, Knightortho Web site and office educational materials. By the end of a year we had created, pretty much, everything he needed from a full-time employee. I moved on to work at Fort Knox for Northrop Grumman and we have remained friends for the past 5-6 years. He needed a small informational site and I was glad to help out.
Students, here’s a neat little Web tool that you may find a use for one day. I’ve been working on figuring our how to utilize UStream to do Web casts for Presbyterian (U.S.A.). USTREAM
Randy Hobson is a graphic artist in Louisville, KY. Explore the links in the main menu to see tech news from the POV of a graphic artist interested in proper and effective web and Flash development.
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