de·sign·er noun A person who plans the form, look, or workings of something before its being made or built, typically by drawing it in detail. This group is for all designers from analog to digital that want to share ideas, network, learn, and socialize. It's a meeting place where you can:   hear from industry professionals find out about valuable resources have your portfolio reviewed network with others to work together get introduced to new tools, techniques, and classes showcase your ow …

In this innovative course, aspiring artists will have the chance to learn and grow in the prestigious ArtLA Gallery. Acclaimed gallery owner and founder of ArtLA.com, Heidi Gray, and other art professionals will lead students to better understand the business side of the art world. Focused on building an understanding of the professional arts, ArtLA will help to inspire and direct artists to succeed in the art world. Using tools like social media, understanding art theory, and how to effectively …

Greetings, Touchpainters! I've been a Touchpainter for almost 3 years now, since i got an iPod Touch. Now I'm painting on an iPad and I would like to be more social while painting and drawing. In fact, I'd like to be chatting and maybe having a drink while touchpainting! How about you? If you are creating art on your tablet or phone using the Brushes app, Sketchbook Pro, Art Studio, ProCreate or other drawing and painting apps, you would be a good candidate for this meetup. I'd like to make it l …

Our meetings involve educational presentations, networking, and collaborative support, to keep you up to speed with developments in multimedia, web technology, and the digital arts. We have speakers and presentations on Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Muse, Adobe Edge, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and more! Our members include web developers, computer graphics artists, designers, illustrators, animators, videographers, voic …

This group was formed because several friends wanted to learn how to use their everyday digital cameras. It is our mission to make digital photography accessible to all people, and to give the amateur photographer the tools to be able to capture the beauty and action of their lives in order to create lasting memories. We hope to improve and strengthen our meetings, creating an open environment where novices and intermediate photographers will feel comfortable gaining knowledge, and experimenting …

Fine-Art Photography class series to assist you in developing your talent and hone your skills. - Lectures - Workshops - Field Study - Hands-On - Tutoring - Outings Classes will help you…. Strengthen understanding of compositional elements, design principles, color impact, thematic expression, lighting environments, use of shadow, and the creative process. Learn photography and art terminology. Practice ‘seeing’ in new and creative ways. Develop personal artistic styles and bodies …

Starting September 2nd, “The Digital Happy Hour” will broadcast live via the internet, Thursdays 5:30-7:30 p.m. from world renowned Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale’s South Coast Plaza. Executive Chef Amar Santana along with Social Filmmaker Sean Saint-Louis will host guests as they unwind with cocktails and specialty foods. Topics of discussion to include the latest trends in food, film, mixology, sports, fashion and entertainment; always progressive, always fun and never predictable, this show …

The Los Angeles Art Group is a community for Artists, Writers, Poets, Musicians, Entertainers and Art lovers.   We encourage, support, and inspire each other to achieve our goals and enrich our community.  All types of art and entertainment lovers are welcome, including painters, photographers, sculptors, conceptual artists, performance artists, filmmakers, graphic designers, etc. Jump on board and let's create, inspire, and grow together.

The purpose of this group is to connect artists and art enthusiasts with each other. All forms of art, including painters, writers, photographers, sculptors, poets, conceptual artists, musicians, performance artists, filmmakers, graphic designers etc. I hope to get some group art making/poetry writing/creative expression meetups going. But please use the site to suggest your own events and activities through the Message Board. If you want to go somewhere or do something creative and want to try …

The Orange County Adobe Photoshop User Group has been created to help individuals of all skill levels learn and apply the different techniques used with the Adobe Photoshop. Make sure you are also registered on our official Adobe Photoshop site at http://ocphotoshop.groups.adobe.com/ Meet other local Photoshop users to trade tips and tricks. Qualify to win up to $2,100 worth of Adobe software plus other great giveaways.

Welcome to the Los Angeles Photoshop User Group (Established Feb. 2008)!! We're LA's own Photoshop LEARNING and SHARING Community of Sincere Photoshop Users, Students and Teachers Therefore, those eager to LEARN, TEACH and SHARE all things PHOTOSHOP are welcome to join us at anytime.. We all know how cool Photoshop is.. But if you're like me, you're usually confronted with TWO dilemmas every time you need to do something with it... 1. Identify the problem - the WHAT... (That's not always obv …

Photographers learning the aspects of using lighting equipment as well as guiding and instructing models how to strike to perfect pose in front of the photographers lens

  Simply put, impulse dictated the creation of the group, that impulse dictating to just go out lagging a camera; and so acting on this... we get to keep each other motivated and inspired We'll learn from one another Have fun together then go about and eat what we like;p ... ... It's simple... All skill levels welcome... We just shoot... Roam around... Have fun Whatever you're reason for shooting be... for inspiration... for a living... even if only for the lack of better things to do... We'll j …

Open to all who want to learn about Lightroom; speed up their workflow, and share hard-won knowledge with fellow enthusiasts. I'm a power LR user and Adobe Certified Expert with tons of ideas on how to teach, learn and share this amazing program. Let's take that steep learning curve and squish it down to a nice, flat easy--and fun--ride!

You're a graphic designer and you think in concepts, colors, layout, and texture. You're a web programmer and you dream in code. Sometimes we need to find our perfect match ... to work on that next project.

… A full list of rules and where to buy additional raffle tickets can be found at http://www.ocdigitala... All proceeds go toward the betterment of Orange County Digital Arts and the events they provide.