Marina Salvatore, illustrator School: Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Bill Dussinger, instructor

Amanda Sarantos, designer School: CCNY’s Spitzer School of Architecture A concept for a magazine on temporary architecture. Each issue features a different material.

Simo Liu, illustrator School: California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) A fantasy journey showing a girl riding a whale in a tree forest, with paper planes flying around the forest. This work was generated with 3D rendering combined with 2D background and texture. Motion Designer, Illustrator, Animator www.simoliu.com

Gaelle Gachelin, AD/CW Anna Rose Corell, AD/CW School: Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) Be prepared for anything by shopping at Costco - reality to extreme situations. My campaign partner is Anna Rose Corell and my professor is Mark Allen.

Monica Williams, photographer School: Texas A&M University - Commerce

Art Director: Stephanie Williams Photographer: Kristin Decker School: Texas A&M University, Commerce Stylist: Monica Reeves, Kristin Decker Each group in our Art Direction class was given a client to execute an ad campaign for in the form of three print ads. Our client was the National Endowment for the Arts, and the goal of the campaign was to persuade the public that the NEA should remain included in the Congressional budget. We wanted to find a solution that not only highlighted just how little of the annual budget is appropriated to the NEA but also created a conversation about the impact of arts participation in children and the power of art therapy. What we settled on was the idea of "Arming the Arts," which we executed by arranging art supplies so that the negative space created the shapes of various weapons. Each print ad focuses on a different aspect of the effect of the arts on the public. One focuses on how arts participation in children builds confidence and en

Skyler Wheeler, designer School: Texas A&M University, Commerce This poster series was created for the Alzheimer's Association. This type treatment pulls conceptually from the transparency and grain of letterpress printing to convey the confusion that Alzheimer's patients experience at each stage.

Damian Antonio, AD/CW School: Art Center College of Design, Pasadena Dennis Lee, instructor Punctuation and grammar may seem subtle, but they have the power to change the entire meaning of a sentence. Small changes, big difference. Website: www.damianantonio.com