After O'Bannon hears back from the officials in November, he will pick the Hoosier quarter that will jingle in Americans' pockets in 2002. Josh said if his design is minted, employers already will have a part of his portfolio. Harrison could not have given an assignment such as the quarter design last school year when he didn't teach visual communication. In addition, Harrison didn't have the technology for students to create such projects until this fall. They made a huge difference in what we can do.
Students create designs such as advertisements for pretend clients.
This time, they created designs for a real client, the state of Indiana. But it's nice to have a real problem to solve. The class boosts Josh's career interest in advertising or 3-D modeling. Harrison calls Josh his first digital art student. That, to him, is art.