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Talia Giarnella- Group Forming Activity

  • When are you available to meet outside of class?
    • My schedule is flexible, I am available most evenings of the week.
  • Which skills can you bring to the team?
    • Intermediate in Photoshop and Illustrator. Interested in Videography for social media/brand awareness content.
  • Are you comfortable leading or have you led a group team like this before?
    • I am comfortable leading, but I am fluid with the organization of the group. I am also good at going with the flow and stepping up when needed.
  • What is your major?
    • multimedia programming and design.
  • What are your career goals?
    • An ever-evolving designer of many mediums. Giorgia Lupi is a designer I admire and I think her team at pentagram as done great work. I want to learn how to blend data and design. I also want to continue my floral/botanical design projects. For immediate monetary reasons, I would like to make more brand packages for the hospitality/events/real estate industry because that is where I have experience.
  • What grade are you seeking to get on this project?
    • I am seeking an A on this project, and I hope for it to be a strong addition to my portfolio as a completed team campaign. It would be nice to be able to offer the campaign to the cause.
  • Are you the kind of person who works through the semester steadily or seeks to complete everything right before the assessment is due?
    • I find that creatively, I work in spurts throughout the semester, but I will continue to follow the timelines for projects because it pushes me past my creative blocks.
  • What social cause are you interested in? This could be a general subject (i.e: the environment) or a more specific topic (i.e: Cleaning up the Gowanus canal).
    • local food
    • immigration rights
    • public housing
    • taxes funding war
    • corporate tax cuts

Nalayna Drawhorn – Group Forming Activity

  • When are you available to meet outside of class?

Tues, Thurs ( Mornings Only ) Wed ( Afternoon )

  • Which skills can you bring to the team?

Illustrator, Photoshop, Animation, Photoshop, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Graphic Design, Photography, Writing Proficiency

  • Are you comfortable leading or have you led a group team like this before?

I’d prefer to be assigned a role, though I don’t mind helping organize and manage our team

  • What is your major?

Multimedia design and Programming

  • What are your career goals?

Graphic Designer

  • What grade are you seeking to get on this project?

A+

  • Are you the kind of person who works through the semester steadily or seeks to complete everything right before the assessment is due?

I’d prefer we do it quickly and then edit it after

  • What social cause are you interested in? This could be a general subject (i.e: the environment) or a more specific topic (i.e: Cleaning up the Gowanus canal).

Voter Oppression, Food Insecurity, Education defunding, MTA cost, Youth Safety, Senior Safety, Thrifting, Environmental Protection, Community Building

Ben

  • When are you available to meet outside of class?

Tuesday Thursday after the classes .

  • Which skills can you bring to the team?

Graphic art, logo, collages .

  • Are you comfortable leading or have you led a group team like this before?

yes

  • What is your major?

Multimedia and art 

  • What are your career goals?

Graphic design

  • What grade are you seeking to get on this project?

A

  • Are you the kind of person who works through the semester steadily or seeks to complete everything right before the assessment is due?

Would love to work steadily 

  • What social cause are you interested in? This could be a general subject (i.e: the environment) or a more specific topic (i.e: Cleaning up the Gowanus canal).

Maybe nature related ,  animals that  endangered to extinction, supporting local arts and businesses .

Week 2 – Group Forming Activity

  • When are you available to meet outside of class? I’m usually available to meet outside of class Mondays from 2-3pm and Wednesdays after 5pm.
  • Which skills can you bring to the team? I can sketch/draw/paint, I can add music,
  • Are you comfortable leading or have you led a group team like this before? Yes, I am comfortable leading and yes I have led a group team before.
  • What is your major? multimedia and Programming
  • What are your career goals? I want to become an entrepreneur or work for a non-profit advocating for people who live with chronic pain.
  • What grade are you seeking to get on this project? I would like to get a B+ or an A
  • Are you the kind of person who works through the semester steadily or seeks to complete everything right before the assessment is due? I usually would like to complete everything before the assignment is due so I feel prepared but I can be flexible on a steady schedule.
  • What social cause are you interested in? This could be a general subject (i.e: the environment) or a more specific topic (i.e: Cleaning up the Gowanus canal). I would like to advocate for people who have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, two of the most misunderstood and stigmatized medical conditions to exist.

Week 1 – Portfolio

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Ee56DJaoDRs1avpWmunw_LX-3UlWTsRe

This is my Google Drive so far. I really feel like I need to update a couple of these projects but this is what I want to present in my portfolio website.

This is the template I have filled out so far, I just have to add my projects with the correct image size

https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/9666ae71-83bb-4292-942c-8583e795b8ed?metaSiteId=8595046c-0953-4204-9aac-5ae8c0639f2a&editorSessionId=9c040b8b-77ae-4655-8098-877f595cb42e