What we’re about
Hello, and thanks for your interest in joining KCDesignCore — welcome aboard!
Our group was founded in 2007 as one of four official Adobe groups in Kansas City. We're designers, developers, digital photographers, freelancers, producers, in-house corporate marketing types, and interested students of all ages — focusing mostly on visually-oriented products in the entire Adobe Creative Cloud range, with a strong focus on Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and other tools with a visual emphasis. If it's visual, we'll talk about it!
We usually meet on the FIRST TUESDAY of every month, but sometimes special events will change that schedule so always check the web site to see where our next meeting will be! As of fall 2024, we will be meeting at KCAI with a Zoom link for remote attendees! We continue to be open to new temporary or permanent venues, so if you'd like to host us, let us know!
Adobe provides us with great presentations, speakers, and prizes. If you're a regular participant in our group, you're very likely to take home some fantastic goodies. Twice a year, we are authorized to give away an entire year's subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud — basically "everything Adobe puts out for creatives" on a membership basis. Additionally, throughout the year we have giveaways based on your attendance and participation.
Whether you're just starting out with Adobe tools or you're an experienced designer, we look forward to welcoming you to our community. It's fun and nobody walks away empty-handed!
Be sure to check us out by looking for @kcdesigncore on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and join us on Slack!
(Due to the proliferation of spammers and scammers, we've had to resort to approving new members on an as-requested basis rather than letting Meetup auto-join new people. To join our group, we ask that you please use a "real" name and a "real" photo of yourself -- our group is composed of real people, not flowers, pets, or abstract designs. You're a visual type, but here's your chance to show us what YOU look like. Thanks for your understanding!)
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Let’s Make Some Stickers with Sean McMenemyMarburg Room in Vanderslice Hall, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Ever wanted to know how to turn your designs into stickers? Here’s your chance! Our own Sean McMenemy will show how he turns his designs into printed stickers that can be put on almost anything.
He’ll cover design formatting, materials for making stickers, and how to use inexpensive cutting tools to produce stickers for fun or sale, including tips for simple alternative methods for making stickers.
Sean uses a Canon image PROGRAF PRO-300 printer and a Silhouette Cameo 5 Plus for cutting out the stickers, but you can start off simply with any printer and a pair of scissors, making it easy to experiment and play with ideas and just have fun with it.
Join us for this presentation and learn how to make things stick!Want to make your own sticker? As part of the presentation in August, you can share your design and it will be made into a sticker. Please send your art files by July 22nd.
How it works:
-Send up to 2 designs.
-Formats: .ai, .svg, .png, jpg,
-Please make it 300 dpi so it will look good at any size.
-Final sticker sizes will vary from 3 to 5 inches depending on content.
Send your designs to Sean on our Slack channel or to sean.mcfx@gmail.comWe hope that you can join us in person for this fun demonstration of an unexpected use of the software we all know. We will be meeting in the Marburg room of Vanderslice Hall at the KCAI campus.
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If you are unable to attend in person we will stream the meeting on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86837498434?pwd=b3RkbUdiTmZiVFBLd1R3Vjd4aE4xZz09
