Comics, Graphics and Animation, Oh My! A Visit with Degaine Designs

On November 8th, 2004 DATA alum Zane DeGaine and his fiance Olivia Scheibe returned to CCHS to share their experiences as graduates of The Kubert School and as professionals artists.

Zane, a comic book artist and graphic designer, always had a passion for drawing and comic books. After entering The Kubert School, this transitioned into a love of storytelling, writing, drawing, and collaboration. While speaking to Di students he emphasized

"studying everything you see" and

"being prepared to speak about yourself and your work"

Now living and freelancing in Los Angeles, his work can be found in the online comic Mondo Atomic and on the set of The Big Bang Theory!

Olivia, a traditional animator originally from New Jersey, grew up loving drawing, sports, and band. She found her passion for animation from watching lots of behind the scenes of movies on DVD. In addition to showing some great examples and discussing her animation process for commercials, she stressed the importance of

"taking advantage of any creative jobs that you can",

"designing characters with basic shapes", and

"the importance of referencing"

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Spot Zane's work on the set of CBS' The Big Bang Theory! 

Find him on Deviant Art 

Read the Mondo Atomic write up on Wired Magazine

Follow him on Facebook

Watch Olivia Scheibe's You Tube channel 

Find  Olivia Scheibe on Deviant Art

The 2011-12 DATA Digital Imaging Tee

Congratulations to Di Junior Crystal Zacarias for her winning design being selected by her peers as the 2011-12 DATA Digital Imaging t-shirt! The idea behind her design was to couple the new Di tagline, "Focus Your Creativity," with a DSLR camera image comprised of words she felt makes the program special.
As an added bonus, a new Di logo created by senior Brandon Lockway will be included as the back print.

Skilled and Motivated Photographers

SkillsUSA photography students kicked off the 2011-12 fundraising season with an all new approach to holiday portraits. This year, with an equipment grant from the Advertising Federation of the Desert,  students are now able to produce work of a higher quality while learning portrait skills and earning funds for competition travel.

Surrealistic Me: Our Third Global Collaboration

DATA Digital Imaging is proud to announce that our third global digital arts collaboration as the Student Creative is now live! Surrealistic Me, invites students and classrooms to come together and share surreal self-portraits which reveal something about their dreams and the world in which they live.

Selected images collected from participating schools will be assembled as a dynamic digital text for print and the iPad in April 2012.  100% of the proceeds will once again go to support the Jacaranda School for AIDS orphans in Malawi.

Check out the ongoing conversations on

Art Education 2.0

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The Global Education Collaborative

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The Adobe Education Exchange

 

SkillsUSA T-shirt Design Winner!

Congratulations to Di sophomore, Sebastian Vasquez, for his design being selected as the very first Cathedral City High School SkillsUSA t-shirt! His work will be worn by over 100 individuals.