Author: carterbaumgard
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My CD Collection: CD #27 – My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine is an Irish alternative rock band formed in 1983. The alternative rock genre is a very broad term to describe their sound. A lot of people describe them as inventing the sound of Shoegaze. Their members include Kevin Shields and Colm Ó Cíosóig, with Bilinda Butcher and Debbie Googe. Loveless is their… Read more
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Multimedia Portfolio – Artsteps.com
In Multimedia Portfolio we are assigned to make a virtual art gallery to put onto our website. This gallery will contain a lot of our previous work and serve as an online portfolio. To do this we are going to use a website called Artsteps.com. With this free version of Artsteps.com, we can choose between… Read more
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My CD Collection: CD #26 – Marcy Playground
Marcy Playground is an alternative rock band started in 1994. There are 3 members including frontman John Wozniak, Dylan Keefe, and Shlomi Lavie. This CD is their self-titled album released in 1997. This would become their most popular album consisting of 12 songs and a runtime of almost 35 minutes. MY OPINION There are so… Read more
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Portfolio Design – Class Portfolio Campaign Voting
After completing all the different parts of our Portfolio Campaigns, we then voted on which of the students we will use for the actual Portfolio Show. To show off our designs we printed them all out and laid them out on a table. Once everyone’s was laid out, we were assigned to write 2 good… Read more
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My CD Collection: CD #25 – Jets to Brazil
This is another one of Blake Schwarzenbach’s bands. Jets to Brazil is an indie-rock band from Brooklyn, formed in 1997. The other members include Jeremy Chatelain, Chris Daly, Brian Maryansky, and Matt Torrey. This CD is their first album titled Orange Rhyming Dictionary. This album was released on October 27th, 1998. It has 11 songs… Read more
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Layout 3 – 10 Piece Campaign
In our Layout class, the big project of the semester is to make 10 different things that relate to a business or event. I chose to create a fake music festival to design these 10 pieces for. By making my own festival I am incorporating a lot of my different hobbies and interests. With the… Read more
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My CD Collection: CD #24 – Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker was an American punk-rock band that became very influential 1990s punk and emo genre. The members include Blake Schwarzenbach, Adam Pfahler, and Chris Bauermeister. This album titled Bivouac was released on December 1st, 1992. This would be their 2nd album released 2 years after their debut album. It has 11 songs and a runtime… Read more
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Portfolio Design – Portfolio Campaign
Right now in our Portfolio Design class, we are finishing up designing the things for our Portfolio Campaign. This includes all the different things that we will need to promote our portfolio show coming this April. We first started with just the overall Logo. I decided to inspire the logo on the signs around the… Read more
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My CD Collection: CD #23 – Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson is an American soft-rock singer/songwriter. Jack Johnson is from North Shore, Hawaii, and is known for his acoustic and very chill music. In Between Dreams is Jack Johnson’s third album released March 1st, 2005. In Between Dreams consists of 14 songs and has a runtime of around 41 minutes. MY OPINION I really… Read more
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Multimedia Portfolio – Freelance Work
In our Multimedia Portfolio class, one of the presentations a classmate made was about the Pros and Cons of Freelance work. A lot of the positive aspects of being a freelance designer are the freedoms that come with it. This can be the freedom to choose your hours, location, pay, clients, projects, etc. This can… Read more