There were three alumnus who were the main focus of the night, and they spent the evening discussing topics related to design and how they got where they are now. The first alumni, Amanda, graduated in 2009 and works in a studio called Citizen Global. She provided the audience with ten tips of her own as to how to become a better Graphic Designer, few of which we students should already be doing as we attend these Art courses, and those that encourages us to get into a more driven mentality that differentiates a good Graphic Designer from a great Graphic Designer. For the second alumni speaker, Neil Gutman, whom graduated from CSUN in 2008, he specializes in designing movie/TV show posters and works in the BLT studio, a design firm for the entertainment industry. He discussed several daunting projects that can last for several months,having to work 12-16 hour days without any lunch/bathroom breaks whatsoever, but there must be a small exaggeration in what he said. The last alumni speaker, AJ Himenez(?), specializes in Product design and he is a Freelance Designer, and promotional branding/identity is basically what he does. At one moment during Q & A, a student asked a question somewhere along the lines of whether he was prepared for the real world after he graduated and whether he was afraid or not. He responded to that question by saying that, as designers, you will constantly fail, but you must keep at it and learn from those mistakes and just try to avoid them next time, and that you also must love what you do, otherwise you will suffer and have a harder time competing with other designers who are more driven and “hungry”.
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