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Hello Everyone. My name is David Velasquez. I was born in New York. I live in the bronx. I’m a Student and a Mentor at New York City College of Technology. My Major is Communication Design for 4 Years. I got accepted to this college on February 13, 2018. I started this college on August 27, 2019. I am very grateful to be in the city tech family. My goal in college is to become a professional student based on my skills, my abilities and my techniques in order improving myself as of why I belong here when it comes to learning new things that can be difficult or easy or work assignments that I have to be aware of. The more I continue with this goal and other goals that I have in my mind, the more it can lead me to opportunities, obstacles or challenges down the road whether it’s scholarships, internships, jobs, awards and events based on the progress of how I’m doing in order to achieve myself. Overall, I’m here in college to do whatever it takes to be the successful student that I can be and what the future will hold for me for years to come or after I graduate.
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This course is a practical introduction to the field of illustration. Focus will be places on process work and professional practices, presented within contemporary and historical context. Course includes projects and lectures in a variety of illustration genres including: product design and advertising, storyboard, book illustration, editorial illustration, and institutional illustration. A variety of materials will be introduced through lectures and demonstrations for use on assignments such as: pencil, pen and ink, brush, colored pencil, brush and paint, and collage. Critical concepts such as: Conceptual Development, Working on Assignment, Composition, Contrast, Value, Point of View, and Color theory will be introduced. 3 Credits, 4 Hours (1 lecture, 3 lab) ENG 092R (ESOL 032R) and/or ENG 092W (ESOL 031W) as required.
COMD3527 Advanced Typography, SP24
2 cl hrs, 2 lab hrs Explores design and type sensibilities, challenging students to strengthen their creative and visual aesthetics. With emphasis on sensitivity to type, exercises integrate type within a variety of different mediums including page layouts as well as kinetic design. Prerequisite: COMD 1257
COMD3505 Special Topics in Graphic Design, SP2024
This course offers rotating topics in the graphic design field. Current topics include signage and way-finding systems, exhibition design, lettering, experimental typography, typeface design and others. (Students can take this twice with a different topic.)
This course introduces students to core concepts in the graphic communications field including typography, color theory, design and production terminology, reproduction processes, file formats and substrates. During the semester, students will complete three pages of their own ePortfolio web site. Lectures will provide students with a historical perspective of the graphic communications field as well as discussing current practices and future trends.
COMD 2451 – OL23 Web Design I, Spring 2022
Required for all associate level students, this capstone course is designed to showcase work done in previous courses. Focused on website design and development, topics include creative user interface design and best workflow practice. Students design a portfolio website using an HTML template, and learn web design, typography and web programming skills. HTML and CSS are taught.
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