A Belated Update
So I’m almost through the first semester at CCA; there’s just a few weeks left, and we’ve begun work on our final projects in most classes. This is what my schedule this term looks like:
Mon/Wed
- 12-3pm: Intro to Graphic Design
Tue/Thu
- 9:30-11am: English 1
- 1:45-3:15pm: Intro to the Arts
- 4-7pm: Drawing 1
Fri
- 10am-4pm: 4D Visual Dynamics
All in all, I’m pretty happy with all my classes, despite 4D being a bit of a bore, and Intro to the Arts being pretty challenging. History classes has never been my forte. My favorite class by far is Intro to GD, which makes sense considering it’s what I’m here to do. The intro class is pretty basic though, and I’m excited to be done with the core year so I get started with actual GD classes.
Our first graphic design project was to create a monogram using six predefined typefaces, without changing the letterforms. The second was to style a word using typography, while still limited to the six typefaces and black/white. Next we were allowed to use both shapes and color, but no images, to design an album cover for a song. For our most recent project, we had to design a book cover, and this time around we could use images as well.
For the final project, we’ll be choosing a well-known designer or artist, and creating a poster for their (fictional) exhibition at the SF MOMA. I’m not yet totally certain which artist I’ll be going with, but I’m leaning towards David LaChapelle.
I haven’t registered for next semester yet, but unless some of the classes fill up before I do, my schedule should look like this. It’s 18 units, but I figured it’s better to sign up for one extra class and then drop it if it turns out to be too much. Chances are pretty high that I’ll end up dropping that 8am screenprinting elective, as I’m not exactly a morning person, but it’s worth a shot. And at least I don’t have any Friday classes this time around.
Mon/Wed
- 9:30-11am: Intro to Modern Arts
- 12-3pm: 2D Visual Dynamics
- 7:15-8:45pm: English 2
Tue/Thu
- 8-11am: Screenprinting 1
- 12-3pm: 3D Visual Dynamics
- 3:45-5:30pm: Science: Basic Electronics
