Graphic design internships can come in many forms. From a design studio or ad agency, to a design department of a large corporation, even a nonprofit organization--there are many types of opportunities available to qualified candidates. Network and use your available resources to find a graphic design internship.

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Prepare a professional, quality portfolio that you feel illustrates your strengths and talents as a designer. Variety is good, though if you're interested in a specific area of design, narrowing your portfolio could be helpful. Have a professor or mentor review your portfolio before sharing it during an interview.

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Ask professors and academic advisors about internship opportunities. They may be able to point you in the right direction once they know where your interests lie.

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Determine what areas of design are the best fit for you. You could look for a general design internship that would expose you to different types of work. Specialties include print design, publication design, direct mail, logo/branding design, photo manipulation, print production, web design and multimedia.

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Determine if you require a paid internship or you are willing to forego pay in order to gain invaluable experience.

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Look at internship postings in your art department and apply for any in which you're interested.

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Ask professionals and friends living in the area what businesses, ad agencies, etc. are reputable. If you don't have contacts that know this information, skim the phone book and the web to search for the types of companies you're interested in. Send letters or make cold calls showing an interest in their company, and ask if they offer internships to students with your background.

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Search online job sites such as Monster, Career Builder and others for internships, and look at art-specific sites as well. Artopportunities.org is a resource tailored to your genre.

Here is a pdf interesting article that defines legal requirements for internships, paid or unpaid:

http://www.sahrma.org/images/studentchapter_legal_issues.pdf

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Raisin Bran is a lettering project from 2007. This is the original logo lettering prior to the package update.



Two different styles were created based on sketches sent by the project designers at Schawk!



All the letters were drawn on a straight baseline. Each letter was skewed to match the curve of the layout. The holding line was created with an offset path filter, united with the pathfinder filter and cleaned up by removing unnecessary bezier points and line irregularities.



Interior highlights were added and rendered with a gradation that was softened with the gaussian blur filter. A drop shadow filter was applied and an offset path was added for the thin yellow outline. The yellow outline eventually changed to white.



The second logo version was bold italic with a pin serif. The letters were drawn on a straight baseline and skewed to match the arced guidelines.



Highlight shapes were added with the same color and filters as the first logo.



Of the 2 styles created this is the lettering used on the current package design.

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baby announcement for our new little friend colin! congrats andria and jon!!

5" x 7" flat card

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Jonathan makes great illustrations with very distinctive colors take a closer look at his work
different mediums and styles he is capable of, Enjoy and checkout his website

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All these images come from the the Northwestern University Library’s World War II poster collection. Visit the link to view more than 300 examples of World War II poster designs from a variety of US federal agencies - Enjoy

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