Hi students,

We. made. it. 😉 

All four design classes of mine have turned in your last projects. I’m proud of you and the work you produced. I hope you are!

Thank you for participating in our online critiques, and for adapting to all of our changes. A gentle reminder to complete your course evaluation, as it makes quite a difference to me.

Please keep me posted on you, don’t hesitate to reach out anytime. Let me know if you have any questions.

Stay safe and I hope to see you all in the fall semester. Best – Prof. Hopkins

Just a plug that I’m teaching Illustrator 2 in the FALL and would LOVE for you to register. Hope to see you!

Hi students,

We are in the home stretch.. all classes have only one project left to turn in. I wanted to say how proud I am of all of you for your graceful transition to online learning and online critiquing. While this obviously isn’t as wonderful as seeing you in person, I can hear your sophisticated voices and helpful suggestions through your comments on Critique Hub. I can also see your design growth, despite not being able to help you in the classroom setting. I know for some of you, working “on your own” has been difficult, and you have excelled despite all. I have enjoyed watching your design skills -technical and conceptual – grow this semester and have enjoyed getting to know you, for the first time or 3rd semester!

Id like to ask you to take a minute to complete your Course Evaluation. This feedback is really important to me, and I value your anonymous responses greatly.

I can’t wait to see your last project! And then you will be DONE with this semester. 

Check out ObeyGiant’s response to COVID-19. I’m crazy about this. See more information at Amplifieras well. Design for good. Design for grassroots movement.

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This is SO FANTASTIC! Thank you so much, Crystal, for passing on to me! (If anyone else stumbles upon beautiful work during this unusual time, feel free to email me!) Check more out here:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/94979575/Art-of-Quarantine

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Lets all make design lemonade out of the life lemons we are being dealt right now. I think these are awesome poster designs. Love the visual hierarchy and use of type. These remind me of WWII posters. What do you think?

I’m loving all of these recreations of classic artworks. Being in isolation causes you to really think about everything that we need and that we don’t need… We always need art.. and artists need headspace to create. Take a look at all of these creative interventions.

What do you think of this Magritte? (Jesse)

Personally.. I love isolation. As a classic introvert (which might not be obvious in class!), I need a lot of alone time.. and if I cant get that, at least recharging time. I could spend all day at home and in my studio entertaining myself and making things – food, art, home projects, gardening, reading, just staring out the window. For many of artists, this is true.. How are you feeling? I am finding the slowdown from my usual activities of running around teaching 6 classes, soccer practice for my kids, etc a nice breather. I stumbled upon this article and it really spoke to me. Take a look and discover new  artists – Ruth Asawa is one of my personal favorites. 

Andy Goldsworthy is one of my favorite land installation artists. Can you make your own land / earth art in your backyard?? Check him out here: , Andy Goldsworthy