MY IN YOUR FACE DESIGN STUDIO

I talk about having a design studio, but very few people ever get a chance to make it to the studio to see where I do my creating. I just uploaded images of the design studio to Flickr. I'd like to say it's not always so messy, but it's how I work (organized chaos).

The images feature my collection of vinyl toys, art on the walls, book binding equipment, and my large library of design books.

Check out the tape-Doll, and cloth monster doll I purchased from students in our Design and Sculpture programs.

-Daniel

STUDENT PROFILE 1: SHERI HAMILTON

We get a lot of great design students taking classes in our Digital Art & Design department here at Butte College. Every week I'm going to post profiles of current and past design students.

Our first Student Profile is Sheri Hamilton. 

At the age of 24, and after three and a half years, Sheri graduated with a Graphic Design and Multimedia degree from Butte in 2006.

Sheri was one of our top design students for the years she was at Butte. In 2004 and 2005, she won awards for design in the Digital Dialog juried art shows our department held in conjunction with the CSU Chico Design department. Sheri took Best in Typography for one of her type posters in 2006, beating out CSU Chico design students.

While attending Butte, and for a year or so after graduating, Sheri worked in Oroville California as a Digital Artist/Retoucher for the Creative Imaging Center . CIC's focus is photo-retouching Senior photos for yearbooks. Sheri also designed labels for packaging, produced business cards, and worked with large format printing services for CIC. Working in this fast-paced environment really helped to develop Sheri's Photoshop and Illustrator skills.

Sheri interned with a company in Oroville for a semester, and also as a paid contractor and intern for In Your Face for a semester. Currently, Sheri works for Improvement Direct, a local Chico start-up company that sells home improvement products through their Web site. Improvement Direct has become one of the top home improvement sites on the Internet, and it's a real opportunity to get hired by them.

Sheri's job position for the company is Graphic Designer. Her job responsibilities currently include Web banner design and print design. Always wanting to increase her skills and knowledge about design, Sheri is also teaching herself CSS so she can begin taking on additional design responsibilities such as working on Improvement Direct's article pages.

END QUESTION: Do you have any plans beyond working for Improvement Direct?

SHERI'S ANSWER: "World Domination" (with a :-)

STATS:

Sheri Hamilton

Age 26

Employed as a Graphic Designer

Portfolio Link

If you would like to be profiled on our blog, get in touch with me here. I'm always looking to re-connect with our students and promote them any way I can.

-Daniel