Here’s more info on GarCo Sewing Works:

GarCo Sewing Works, a partnership between Colorado Mountain College and Garfield County Human Services, is here to help people develop skills in sustainable textile manufacturing. Located in Rifle, CO, the GarCo Sewing Works Design Center has the technology, equipment, and staff to help students add sustainable textile manufacturing education and experience to their skill sets.

Not only can students learn how to sew at Garco Sewing Works, they can also design and produce clothing using cutting-edge fabric printing technology. GarCo Sewing Works is unique because of its focus on sustainable manufacturing through such measures as developing local supply chains, grassroots community involvement, and in-house manufacturing. Such renewable practices are not only good for the environment, they also support American manufacturing.

Whether students are interested in sustainable textile manufacturing, design, or simply adding sought after skills to their resumes, GarCo Sewing Works is here to help. For more information about how to get registered for the sewing certification, please contact Jill Ziemann at (970) 384-8518 or via e-mail at jziemann@coloradomtn.edu.

(Oh yeah, my design was also chosen by the grad department as the cover for the commencement booklet!!!!)

Brian Fales, Jordan Callier (me), Natasha Brown

Holding all of my degrees (high school, B.A., M.A., A.A.S., and two professional certificates)

Spring Valley

Even my pug, Duncan, got involved in the festivities.

Gorgeous design by Anna Hoffman of A Dezign

I am a second year Graphic Design student at CMC- Spring Valley, and ever since I  can remember I have been into drawing caricatures and cartoons.

I started drawing comics in 2001, when a friend of mine started an alternative newspaper in Steamboat Springs called The Local. I gave him a comic I had drawn in Fort Collins for a music magazine about Humpty Dumpty depicted as a crack head. I wrote “The ?” for the title and told the publishers to just fill in the blank for  for me. A few days later I got The Local and saw a comic called “The ?” within its pages, and the name stuck. From there I contributed two comics a month for over ten years.

Drawing “The ?” became an outlet for me to vent my frustrations and to express my bizarre sense of humor. I garnered a modest following over the years, and have enjoyed sharing my unique perspective. About two years ago, The Local, under different ownership, went out of business. My creativity went fully into my schoolwork, and I haven’t done more than two comics since then.

I am excited to ramp things back up, though, because a month ago, the former owner of The Local, Paulie Anderson, announced that he is launching a new paper in Steamboat Springs called The Valley Voice. He called me immediately to become a contributor, and I, of course, accepted. Interestingly, many of the original contributors also answered the call, after having been alienated by the previous owners. The Local has come full circle, and now, so has “The ?”. Readers will get a newer, more, mature (maybe) “The ?”. I will see how my new perspective as a student and young professional will color my cartoon writing. I hope you can relate, on some level, to my twisted world of “The ?”

Chris Walsh may be contacted at: Thechriswalsh@gmail.com

(click on first cartoon to view gallery slideshow)

I am currently taking a Motion Graphics class, per my course requirements.  Not only does this count towards my A.A.S. in Graphic Design, but it also is the last class I need to obtain a certificate in web design.  We are learning about Flash, Adobe After Effects, and general animation.  Even though Flash seems to be on its way out, I think there will always be a niche market for it.  It is also a very useful tool for creating app layouts.

My first assignment was to create the illusion of depth and motion with animated lines.  The sequence is supposed to reflect tranquility, then escalation and explosion, back to tranquility.  I attempted this by using color, size, contrast, and motion. We also had to work within a 728×90 pixel square (the size of a Google landscape Flash ad). What do you think about Flash?

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