Before, we didn't have a local talent pool to pull from. Lupe Cantu and Marco Gonzalez have provided their talents to the Valley Morning Star's Marketing and Advertising departments. Cantu is a Graphic Artist for the Marketing Department. He created the Site's homepage and rate card. Most of the time, what I design is approved, but if I have to redesign, it's just expected of me.
Teamwork is also important.
Just ask Ryan Henry, a Graphic Artist at The Monitor , along with fellow DIT graduate Javier Mendiola. Computerized animation is ruling advertising, and that's what KVEO NBC 23's Mike Guerrero does best. He creates 3-D logos and animations for the station and advertisers. That's how I picked up animation programs. But they should pay attention to their other classes, because they will also likely use those areas, or will work with someone who does.