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The Memphis Grizzlies jumped through two years of hoops to get a new look.
In a journey that started in Vancouver, took a detour to Hattiesburg, Miss., traveled to New York and finally settled in Memphis, the Grizzlies' quest for a new logo and redesigned uniforms required two years of design work, legal wrangling and NBA approval procedures.
Teams own their logos, but the NBA serves as a national licensing agent for the teams. The league will also step in to make sure the logos aren't indecent and have not been trademarked by anyone else in the world. Chris Arena, senior director of apparel for NBA Entertainment, says the process uses every minute of the two years it takes.
In fact, the Grizzlies' new logo and uniform design has been approved and under closely guarded wraps since 2003.
Mike Golub, vice president of business operations for the Grizzlies, says the process for changing the design started in Vancouver before the team relocated to Memphis. The Grizzlies learned that fans liked the mascot name but weren't sold on the logo and uniforms. So the quest began to make a change.
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Apologists and promoters alike often make the point that comics are a form of artistic expression as viable as movies or literature. It's just too bad, these faithful say, that the medium has been hijacked by Wolverines, Punishers, and She-Hulks when high-water marks like George Herriman's Krazy Kat and Art Spiegelman's Maus are relegated to the sidelines. But are comics best left marginalized?
Artist Ted Dave, one of several local creators with work in the recently published third issue of Drippytown Comics and Stories, would say yes. "Underground comics still seem to get sold a little bit short, and I wouldn't have it any other way," Dave says. Meeting the Straight at a Commercial Drive juice joint along with Drippytown publisher Julian Lawrence, the graphic artist wears a "Warbucks" T-shirt parodying the logo of a popular coffee chain.
Dave recounts a trip to Seattle in 1991 for a show entitled Misfit Lit that gathered such stars of the alternative-comics scene as Robert Crumb, the Hernandez Brothers, Peter Bagge, and Jim Woodring. "At some point someone asked about movies and animation, and Crumb was saying, 'Can't we just do this? We like doing this. This is why you like us in the first place. Stop telling me to draw it a hundred times. I just want to draw one little panel. I like the staples.'"
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The EPSON Expression 10000XL is a new A3+ graphic arts scanner featuring high resolution, fast scanning speeds, excellent functionality and advanced networking capability. It is compact and features a multitude of enhancements designed to exceed the needs of graphics professionals.
With a resolution of 2400 dpi and high optical density of 3.8 DMax, the Expression 10000XL is the successor to the Expression 1640XL. It offers higher resolution, faster speed, improved technology and image quality. The lighter weight, compact design and network capability make it ideal for graphics professionals and business users concerned with high-image quality and productivity.
To complement the professional graphics environment, the Expression 10000XL features a full version of LaserSoft SilverFast( Ai 6 complete with IT8 target charts, ideal for pre-press applications where the ability to create and maintain ICC input profiles is essential for a full ICC workflow.
Martin Johns says, "At EPSON we have an excellent reputation for providing, high-quality products to the graphics industry. The Expression 10000XL is no exception. Its enhancements will ensure it not only meets but exceeds the demands of graphic professionals".
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Due to the overwhelming response from the community, The Art Institute of Phoenix is once again inviting Arizona nonprofit groups to apply for graphic design, multimedia and Web design, animation and even culinary services from The Art Institute of Phoenix as part of the school's community service initiative to benefit local nonprofits. The arts services will be provided for no charge through the school's newly created Community Arts Resource Exchange (C.A.R.E.) program, which gives its students opportunities to apply their art and design talents to projects that support the need of the community.
Nonprofit groups may apply for assistance in areas such as logo development, poster design, brochures, flyers, postcards and other marketing collateral material, as well as multimedia projects, computer animation sequences, Web sites and other projects that fit into the school's curriculum. The school currently offers bachelor and associate degree programs in Advertising, Culinary Arts, Digital Media Production, Game Art & Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Media Arts & Animation, Multimedia & Web Design, and Visual Effects and Motion Graphics.
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Birmingham-based BHSF, the nationwide health insurer, has sharpened its marketing focus.
It has developed an in-house design team recruited from current staff which has taken over the creation of marketing material.
BHSF found it had become reliant on outside printers and design agencies while there was talent within its own marketing department.
Siobhan Race was co-opted to head up a team which now produces the majority of the artwork for the marketing brochures and packages for BHSF.
Ms Race and her team of four, have been working on a new corporate image for the operation.
By the end of the year it will be able to boast all the facilities needed for a full desktop publishing operation.
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