Life Drawing Competition

 

Life Drawing Competition Today!

The current life drawing class students were randomly divided into teams today to compete head to head in 1 minute gesture drawing, 5 minute drawing, and 10 minute drawing sessions. Every team member participated in at least one round, and the teams were each allow to choose their strongest artists to compete in the final rounds. It was a tight battle, but the team lead by Taylor Wolfe managed to claim victory. 

Congrats to all who participated!

Team 1 

Aramis

Taylor

Janda

Steven

Benjamin

Angelica

Gilberto

Team 2

Matt

Kissa

Miri

Ed

Luis

Gabriel

Ian

Doffin Investments:Youth, Invest in the Future Show.

Westwood College’s South Bay Campus worked with Doffin Investments to contirbute to an art show titled “YOUTH INVEST IN THE FUTURE” along with Torrance High School and Otis College of Art and Design. The Open House and Art Show is one of the ways Westwood College partners with  the South Bay communities.  

 

This art show focused on the encouragement of young and emerging artists from various points along their educational journey.  The show opened to a large crowd from the participating schools, family, friends, community and the diverse clientele of Doffin investments.  Alton Takabayashi M.D., of Doffin Investments, the event organizer,  introduced the show by inviting speakers from each representing school to discuss mentoring our youth,  a positive way of investing in their future.  Speakers included the owner of Doffin Investments, Dimitry Tikhonov, faculty from Westwood, Torrance High School, a mother of a participating artist, and 6 recent Otis graduates. 

 

The event also provided a special gift of a coloring book which included the names of all participating artists and illustrations from our South Bay Students and Alumni.   The response from the community in attendance was tremendous.   All of the artwork featured in the show was original and  created by the students of Westwood College, Torrance High, and Otis College. The publicity material featured an Illustration by a current Westwood student, Kat Wiechert, whom won a competition to be featured on the postcard and coloring book cover.

 

The Art Show was held at Doffin Investments in Torrance, California on June 22^nd, 2013 from 5:30pm to 8pm. Program Chair Anna Tuason,  Instructor Alicia Gorecki, and Design Graduate Advisor, Tuan Hua were heavily involved in the preparation of and hosting of this event.  

 

Fernando Rosendo (left) Angel Medina (rt)

Fernando Rosendo

Zebra illustration by Marylyn Elvira

Angel Medina

Avante Butler discusses his work

Jose Alvarez

Avante Butler

Isa Zapata (Lt/Rt) Fernando Rosendo (CTR)

Kat Wiechert and award winning Illustration

Fernando Rosendo

Tuan Hua studying work by Johnny Gomez

Our wonderful Hosts at Doffin Investments

Alumni Lillian Martinez

Maria Ramirez

Alicia Gorecki (Faculty) and Anna Tuason (Program Chair)

The artists.

Aramiz Arambula

Work by Carlos Hernandez and Marylyn Elvira

work by Lillian Martinez and Kat Wiechert

Youth Invest in the Future - student art show

We are very excited to invite you to the opening reception of a student art show happening this Saturday, June 22nd, from 5:30-8pm!

This show features 14 of our Westwood South Bay Design students and alumni, along with artists from Otis College of Art and Design, and Torrance High School. All students were selected to participate in this first annual "Youth Invest in the Future" exhibition at Doffin Investments. 

The exhibition will open Saturday, June 22nd, from 5:30-8pm. Refreshments will be provided and artists will be present.  Family Friendly Event with a free coloring book featuring the work of Westwood students.
The show will continue for 3 months, providing a tremendous amount of exposure for our students.


Opening reception information:
Saturday, June 22nd
5:30pm-8pm

Address:
Doffin Investments
3655 Torrance Blvd. Suite 250
Torrance, CA 90503
 
No RSVP necessary. 
Press Release Link


Exhibiting students and Alumni



Maria E. Ramirez

James Pittman

Isa Zapata

Lillian Martinez

Fernando Rosendo

Angel Medina

Marylyn Elvira

Carlos Hernandez

Johnny Gomez

Enrique Rodriguez

Kat Weichert

Avante Butler
Jose Alvarez

Aramis Arambula

Mel Salvatera

Hope to see you there!!!

Alicia Gorecki
Design Faculty

Into the Pages : Art Show and Networking Mixer

DigiInk:Valentine Card Sale

Our campus has a newly formed design club, digiInk. 
They launched their first fundraising effort today which continues tomorrow on campus.
Custom Designed Original Valentine Cards (signed by the artists)

Screen Printing in GRHD100

Our Fundamentals of Design and Color class (the foundation course in the Graphic Design Program) created individual designs and screen printed them on t-shirts and sweatshirts. Great work in a first core class for them!

Ri • val Competition

ri • val

a friendly rivalry competition in traditional/digital illustration

The conclusion of the competition is nearly upon us.

Students go against their “rival”, head to head in an traditional/digital illustration

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Rules and Regulations

1. Character must be fully rendered.
2. Character must display a weapon/power/ability.
3. Character needs to be in a dynamic pose.
4. Illustration can be presented traditionally or digitally.
5. Must include a reference page (Separate from the actual drawing) that has at least 3 references you used for your character.
6. Must be originally created/designed.
7. Submissions must be submitted tabloid (11 in. X 17 in.) size.
8. Submit Artwork BOTH electronically and physically to Tuan Hua on Friday, May 04, 2012 at 10:00AM