Students learn new graphics techniques in Graphics Club

February 25th, 2009 | Filed under: : Uncategorized
Photo by Kristiana Trinidad/Maverick Messenger Graphics students work on their computers.
Photo by Kristiana Trinidad/Maverick Messenger
Graphics students work on their computers.

Alyssa Hahn
Junior Staff Writer

Of the many of the clubs and organizations at A-TECH, the Graphics Club is among the most hard working. Every Thursday, students meet in room 401 to learn various ways to design things varying from people to things surrounding them.

“Some of the students stay as late as four or four-thirty,” says Mr. Blount, the Graphic Club’s advisor, “sometimes they even stay until five,”

At each meeting, the students learn different techniques and ways to design certain objects.

“Right now we’re learning to design realistic human faces,” says George Ambartsoumian, an A-TECH junior and member of the Graphics Club, “but we just basically learn to design and model objects surrounding us like cars and people.”

“We learn things like how to use Photoshop, do 3D renderance, and make layouts,” says A-TECH Junior Anthony Borgen. “We’re starting to learn how to make realistic flesh and human faces. It’s a lot of fun, but it can be a bit tedious sometimes.”

Though it may seem like Graphics Club has been listed among the rest of the clubs for a long time, it’s one of the younger organizations in A-TECH

“Actually, Graphics Club was just founded this year,” says Mr. Blount. “Another student and I were brainstorming and we came up with the idea. There are only around 15 students in Graphics Club right now, and we just learn different techniques.”

“Come to Graphics Club,” adds Ambartsoumian. “It’s really a lot of fun, designing objects in the world around us and the surroundings we live in. It’s just really awesome and, if you’re one who really likes Graphic Design, you can never get bored of it.”