December 2011
1 post
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“Humans are pretty fun to watch.”
– Dowd, Word and Image [Fall 2011]
November 2011
3 posts
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“We can all drink heavily if this doesn’t go well.”
– Birdsall on planning to have class projects bound at Kinkos, Voice [Fall 2011]
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Byron, Painting [Fall 2011]
Student: Can you raise one eyebrow, Michael?
Byron: You know, I have a sort of inscrutable face--you can't read me.
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“‘Fang condoms’ may be the worst two-word pairing I have ever heard.”
– Hendrix, Editorial Illustration [Fall 2011]
October 2011
13 posts
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“This is really interesting. Nobody actually knows this. You guys are the first...”
– Botnick, History of Graphic Design [Fall 2011]
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“I always thought the trolls were real dolls of Mary Kate & Ashley.”
– Botnick, History of Graphic Design [Fall 2011]
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“Poor Gill Sans. Just killed by overuse. It’s a crime, I tell you!”
– Botnick, History of Graphic Design [Fall 2011]
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“I don’t know why I have an irrational hatred for this typeface. Something...”
– Botnick (on Copperplate), History of Graphic Design [Fall 2011]
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“I could get into it, but who wants to argue about Spaniards at this time of day?”
– Byron, Painting [Fall 2011]
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“If you’re straight, you’re screwed.”
– Dowd (on art history’s important figures & their gay lovers), Visual Worlds [Fall 2011]
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“I don’t have just a delicious chocolate center, I’m a rapper, too!...”
– Botnick on Eminem, History of Graphic Design [Fall 2011]
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“E-mail SUCKS as a kind of subtle communication…it’s one of the great...”
– Botnick, History of Graphic Design [Fall 2011]
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“There’s a reason Charlie Brown wears the sweater with the jagged line....”
– Dowd, Visual Worlds [Fall 2011]
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“Honestly, I’ve seen things run in magazines that I think are worse than...”
– Hendrix, Editorial Illustration [Fall 2011]
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“Self-motivation is a lie.”
– Dowd, Visual Worlds [Fall 2011]
September 2011
7 posts
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“I think you could get much more aggressive with your use of dingbats.”
– Botnick, Illustrated Book [Fall 2011]
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“Oh yeah, it’s like a botanical comedy and tragedy!”
– Dowd, Word & Image [Fall 2011]
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“I can’t wait for the day when all my communication is done through...”
– Botnick, History of Graphic Design [Fall 2011]
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“The ampersand is a very sexy object altogether. And when you put two and two...”
– Botnick, Illustrated Book [Fall 2011]
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“You’re the gay son I never had. Gimme a hug.”
– Strembicki, Photo [Fall 2009]
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“You’ve got a language, Latin, that uses a lot of QU’s. You need a...”
– Botnick, History of Graphic Design [Fall 2011]
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“If you be trippin’, you ain’t printin’. I think Fiddy said...”
– Botnick, Illustrated Book [Fall 2011]
June 2011
1 post
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“I just thought of a new browser that leads absolutely nowhere on any search...”
– Botnick [Summer 2011]
May 2011
10 posts
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“The general feeling is just—I’ll just call it…...”
– Coan, Photo Elective [Spring 2011]
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“Maybe get closer to the skull if you’re going to use the skull…...”
– Coan, Photo Elective [Spring 2011]
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“I mean, this is the guy I’m going to score a bag from. Where’s his...”
– Coan, Photo Elective [Spring 2011]
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“It’s that level of confidence that’s beyond me—to be like...”
– Coan, Photo Elective [Spring 2011]
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“Her knees are a little hot. I was kind of ignoring that…Not hot in a...”
– Coan, Photo Elective [Spring 2011]
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Coan, Photo Elective [Spring 2011]
Student (persuasively): "That one's candid!"
Coan (dryly): "That one's awkward."
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Coan, Photo Elective [Spring 2011]
TA: "It's like your brain is working but your body isn't..."
Coan: "It's where we're all headed."
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“You know, it wasn’t my idea to include a profusion of exclamation points...”
– Byron [Spring 2011]
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“You know, I thought I was going to find this tranquil moment, but then I looked...”
– Sarra, Painting [Spring 2011]
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Byron, Painting [Spring 2011]
Student: Painting lets you create layers of meaning--straight up!
Byron: Yeah. Straight up. Word.
April 2011
15 posts
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“Oh man, and there’s even a section on self-flagellation? Give me more...”
– Jen McKnight (guest critic from UMSL), Informational Books [Spring 2011]
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“You’re not wallowing in Alizarin Crimson like you used to.”
– Byron, Painting [Spring 2011]
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“I’m always worried I’m going to say something ridiculous when...”
– Hendrix, Narrative Sketchbook [Spring 2011]
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“DJ Xerxes, Fresh Prince of Persia, that’s what they call Jake Gyllenhaal...”
– Botnick, Typography [Spring 2011]
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Hendrix, Typography II [Spring 2011]
Hendrix: "What did you learn from working with actual mud?"
Student: "I killed three worms."
Hendrix: "Worms were harmed in this process."
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“I just want you all to know that if you didn’t use drop shadow now, you...”
– Birdsall, Typography II [Spring 2011]
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“WHOA! This poster’s like revisiting psychedelia! I feel like I’m...”
– Birdsall, Typography II [Spring 2011]
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“Death by noodling — it’s a real disorder.”
– Hendrix, Typography II [Spring 2011]
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“When something happens think about how you can exploit that to make cool ass...”
– Dowd, Word & Image II [Spring 2011]
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“I gotta have cool droids so when we kill ‘em it looks cool!”
– Dowd, Word & Image II [Spring 2011]
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“A womp?! A WOMP?! How do I see a womp?! I don’t think I see a womp.”
– Dowd, Word & Image II [Spring 2011]
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“The trailers will be screened before an audience of trained seals who, in...”
– Dowd, Word & Image II [Spring 2011]
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“You guys actually did do a better job of… delivering a visual thing than I...”
– Dowd, Word & Image II [Spring 2011]
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Hendrix, Typography II [Spring 2011]
Hendrix: (to entire studio) Does anybody have a hammer?!
Student: John! No! I'll fix it!!
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“I so want there to be a way to greenlight the gorillas and the gas station!”
– Dowd, Word & Image II [Spring 2011]