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Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
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Winners announced in design contests at Marshall University
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Joseph Huter, a senior in the Marshall University Department of Art and Design’s Graphic Design Program, is the winner of the 2009 Holiday Card Design Contest, sponsored by MU President and Mrs. Stephen J. Kopp.
Huter’s card design, which was digitally rendered, features an abstract holiday impression and spots of varnish emphasizing important parts of the design.
“I wanted to try something different, something totally off the grid and totally different,” said Huter, who is from Hurricane, W.Va. “It worked out for my benefit.”
Prof. Hayson Harrison, Huter’s graphic design teacher, said she has always enjoyed working with Huter.
“He is the most hard-working student I’ve ever seen,” Harrison said. “His solution was pretty strong and his final product was quite wonderful and appropriate.”
Kyle Quinn, a senior fine arts major with an emphasis in sculpture, won the 2009 Commemorative Plate Design Contest, also sponsored by President and Mrs. Kopp.
Quinn, who is from Huntington, used Marshall University logo motifs to create a repeated pattern in the center of the plate. He used the buffalo head logo and the MU logo.
“My design is very pattern oriented,” Quinn said. “Specifically, the M and the U are almost quilt like.”
Huter and Quinn received $700 apiece for their winning designs.
President and Mrs. Kopp began the card design and plate design competition in 2007 as a way of recognizing the talent of Marshall’s students. The card designed by Huter is being mailed to everyone on President Kopp’s mailing list.
In the card design contest, Kimberly Archer, a junior from Parkersburg, W.Va., was the second-place winner and received $350 and Erin Mulvaney, a senior from Ashland, Ky., was third and received $150. Kelli Gagnon, a senior from Huntington, was the honorable mention winner and received $50.
Another category was added to the design competition this year. Jacob Hall, a senior from Ripley, W.Va., finished first in the 2009 New Media Design Contest featuring animations. He won $700 for the entry he titled “Thought.”
Jetwichen Chaowadee, a graduate student from Huntington, won $350 with his second-place entry of “Canon Ad.” Finishing third was Stephen Preston, a senior from Russell, Ky., with “Wendy’s.” He received $150.
Prof. Brent Patterson said all three works by Hall, Chaowadee and Preston were animations, with Chaowadee’s being an animation combined with real video shot in New York City.
“The videos’ technical complexity ranged from advanced compositing techniques to simple hand-drawn animation,” Patterson said. “The subject matter ranged from humorous to dreamlike and poetic. Mr. Hall took first place with a beautiful, but simple animation of a character moving through profound experiences of life.”
All the videos can be viewed online at www.marshall.edu/art.
Two students received honorable mention. They were Melissa Moran, a senior from Daphne, Ala., and Stephanie Lloyd, a senior from Huntington.
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