#Jake DVC

[horrorfics-humans]

Wb doodles I drew from a friend's server

I am very normal about Jake.

[destinygoldenstar]

why is it that the minute dvc fans don't like a character they're immediately badly written. this isn't about you, dw I agree with your points 100% but like

why is it that suddenly "oh I don't like this character? they're horribly written!!" like characters like aiden, jake and others are commonly regarded as horribly written but they're.. pretty decent?? especially in debut for jake

Idk. I’m not these people. I can’t answer that.

[bitchinbarzal]

i feel like morgan and maeve do not have good eyesight. and that morgan is mostly a contacts wearer while maeve is glasses only. morgan does have frames that she wears but they’re not on her face all the time.

jake finds it very sexy when she does wear them tho

morgan’s glasses: https://m.glassesusa.com/brown-medium/ottoto-mexicali-brown/35-003363.html?referral=shoppingfeed&promo=SHOP60&PLA=HB&dup=multiprg&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD8N76ZhVSHgyDo1n3DT9jiEUaTV6&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0--6BhCBARIsADYqyL8YiM-BZMECnXS1Pji19EAVFH6UNgg6BIrlLe_5HzPPJO95RiuGwY0aAoNfEALw_wcB

maeve’s (im so sorry that the link is so long): https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/gillian/nutmeg-crystal?utm_source=google&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=test&utm_content=721488914874&adpos=&scid=scplp1104894&sc_intid=1104894&g_keyword=&g_network=g&g_partition=369497057209&g_ifcreative=&g_adtype=pla&g_productchannel=online&g_productid=1104894&g_adgroupid=172105067442&g_adid=721488914874&g_campaign=account&g_acctid=579-564-6925&g_campaignid=21906300429&g_source=%7Bsourceid%7D&g_ifproduct=product&g_locinterest=&g_keywordid=pla-369497057209&g_merchantid=173588874&g_placement=&g_locphysical=9033267&bidkw=defaultkeyword&dvc=m&network=g&mobile=1&searchntwk=1&content=&creative=721488914874&adposition=&placement=&target=&keyword=&matchtype=&mkwid=s&pmt=&pdv=m&product_category=&utm_term=&utm_term=172105067442-pla-369497057209&utm_campaign=Standard_Shopping_Glasses&cvo_campaign=Standard_Shopping_Glasses&cvo_adgroup=172105067442&singular=124__g__21906300429__172105067442__721488914874&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADrZNeD7hizZexPQgd-NG-mu093N_&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0--6BhCBARIsADYqyL9SOEOqfHeRokwUjmZkIQXsnuxJqF60h9h1KUdnnhD-x3X2AwY0zc0aAhk3EALw_wcB&w=medium

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Jake ia very turned on and Morgan is like… I look like Harry Potter now the mood is ruined

[poeproductions]

You've probably seen him already, meet Abram the Raven! He's got minky armwings, vinyl claws, a DVC underskull, and an Armor Foam beak! 🐦Follow him @TrustyTrus on Twitter!

Shout out to our friend Jake again for modeling for us! YOU RULE, JAKE! 🌟

[morgan-johnsen-design]

Interview with a DVC Grad

Abbey Hoerchner

Q - First off, what year did you graduate and if you are in a design career what is your job title?

A - I graduated in May 2017. I am a Multi-Media Designer at the Milwaukee Bucks.

Q - DVC is a time consuming program, tell me about a time that you had to balance your time between classes?

A - Along with the time consuming DVC program, I was also on the Women’s Soccer team at UWM, so time management was a high priority for me. I would have to miss classes, especially during the Fall, to travel to games mid-week. All of the DVC professors were great to work with, as I would have to sometimes get designs/in-progress projects done ahead so I could review with the teachers before or after class on prior days to when a class critique would happen.

Q - What was your favorite part of the DVC program? And favorite class?

A - One of my favorite parts would have to be seeing the evolution of a design from concept sketches to final product. I really enjoyed the critique process/progress - along with the process book documentation. 

That is one thing you don’t always see in the workplace - yes some of us start with sketches and then have different versions of a digital design we are sending, but a lot of projects have to happen so fast due to the nature of the business that there just isn’t time.

One of my favorite classes would have been Motion Graphics with Jake Stroh as these are skills I am now using daily in my role.

Q - What were your goals when you began the program, and did you achieve them or how has your path changed?

A - I was an Architecture student for my first year at UWM and then switched to DVC my second year. I didn’t know much about Graphic Design, had never opened an Adobe program, etc. I just knew I enjoyed art, was good with spatial relationships and working with technology. 

Initially I was thinking only about static graphics, I never had any interest in the motion graphics/animation world. After taking Motion Graphics, Spring of my last semester (I was also interning with the Bucks this semester and nobody at work knew After Effects, so I started playing around in it at work for different projects to elevate some of our graphics) - that’s when I realized that motion graphics was something I wanted to pursue further. 

Q - How do you find inspiration for your work?

A - Specific to my role at the Bucks - I do a lot of visual auditing of other teams to see what they are doing. I don’t stay in the realm of the NBA, but look at football, soccer, baseball, etc. When I am doing my research, I am usually looking at their social channels. I also utilize Pinterest and Behance to start ideating. 

Q - When someone asks you what you do as a designer, what do you tell them?

A - Specific to my role at the Bucks, I tell people that I am a motion graphics animator who creates many of the graphics that “move" that you would see on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. I also create many of the animated graphics that run in the arena on all of the many LED screens in the bowl - crowd prompts that say “Noise”, the matchup for the night, theme night or sponsor graphics that run in the arena. 

Along with the animations, I also create static graphics both print and digital - again things that you may see on social media, the website, billboards, in-arena. 

Q - What is your advice for giving and accepting criticism on your work?

A - I have learned to have an open and understanding mindset when talking about a design I am working on or hearing a coworker's thoughts on parts of a design I am working on.

 Yes - we are good designers, make things look good, read well, etc. and have a very specific reason for the design choices we make, but in the workplace I have come to understand that:

 a. A lot of people don’t understand design or what we as designers do, and therefore when saying they don’t like this or that, it is imperative for us to have an understanding mindset and explain why we did what we did. 

b. Sometimes there is a boss, higher-up, decision-maker that simply does not like something for the sake of they do not like it. There might not be a great explanation for why they don’t like something you did, even though you think it looks good, “cool”, etc. While having an understanding mindset to explain your decisions or ask questions to figure out what bothers them about it - there are also times you have to realize that they are technically the client and you may have to do what the client ends up wanting.

Q - What advice would you offer to someone just entering into the DVC program?

A - I would say to push the boundaries and explore the possibilities of a design, because through the critique process, you can always bring it back in if you’ve went a little too far. There have been times at the Bucks that I have played around with a graphic for social media and pushed it a little further, added design elements, different layouts or alignments of text - see what people say, maybe they’ll like parts of it or keep an idea for the future. You can always reel it back in.

I would also highly encourage to look into getting a design internship while still in school. This will not only build your resume/portfolio before graduating and job searching, but it will also immensely help you grow as a designer. The biggest adjustment for me was the faster pace of a project needing to be done based on the nature of the industry at the Bucks - some infographics have to be done in a day or player graphics within an hour. Having the faster pace experience while interning, helped me in my class/personal project creation to work even just a bit more efficient. 

[jakedesign-blog]

Week 1 – About me

Hello! My name is Jake Paniagua and I am in my fourth semester at UWM, currently working in my final year of the DVC program, beginning my final capstone this semester. Perusing my Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design is a decision I made after graduating with an Associates Degree in Graphic Design at WCTC, where I studied there for two and a half years and decided I wanted to further my education at UWM. With transferring into a 4 year university from a technical school, there are a lot of GER’s that haven’t been fulfilled in order to graduate from UWM, so I am a little mixed in with Senior courses and level 100 courses. Which is completely okay with me because I am very happy to be a part of a school and community that cares as much as UWM does. I am looking forward to this class to learn much more about the history of design and why and how it came to be. A class I have taken previously touched on this subject for a few weeks but couldn’t cover as much material as a 16 week course can.

On top of being in school and learning design within the DVC program, I am fortunate enough to have completed an internship at Two 3 Design where I had the opportunity to work with clients in request for custom softball and basketball jerseys, that I was able to design for. I am currently working in Restaurant Operations at UWM, creating signage and advertisements for all the retail and residential restaurant units we have on campus here at UWM.

Something that inspires me are artist that use negative space in design to invite you into that particular piece. I am always amazed how successful many designs can be with just a turn of your head, you can see something completely different or something that you didn’t even realize was there in the first place.

When shopping, I am always intrigued by the package design and how well it is put together. They say not to judge a book by its cover but, when purchasing items, I am most often drawn to the quality of the package design. I think this is big reason why Apple is successful as they are in today’s market.