tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55144126744833391122024-03-12T19:37:15.304-07:00life and lies of an entry designerThe journey of a poor college design student and the struggles of getting into the world of graphic design.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-8394902442129492582014-08-12T16:45:00.004-07:002014-08-12T16:45:51.421-07:00Twerking has gone too far.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Its sure to be a halo of a night.<span id="goog_838395271"></span><span id="goog_838395272"></span><br />greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-61139500861878422322009-08-06T15:34:00.000-07:002009-08-06T16:08:06.519-07:00The Knightly News/ We Will Cut ItPrint production is important because it is where all the MAGIC happens!<br /><br />or at least this is what I have been led to believe. With this notion I decided that instead of venturing off into a high powered design/marketing studio/firm. I have settled into a very small printing printing company as the pre-press assistant and the in-house graphic designer. However, as expected of a small company many of my jobs require little to no creativity. Just placement and choosing of fonts. So to keep my sanity I have taken on a couple of fun jobs that prevented me from having creative build-up.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">which for those of you who don't know if a disorder that when a creative person is not allowed to be creative. The creativity begins to build up in the mind and will ultimately cause said person to explode...very similarly to fairy magic build up. <a href="http://fairlyoddparents.wikia.com/wiki/The_Same_Game"> see fairy odd parents</a></span><br /><br />So here are some recent jobs I have had some fun with.<br /><br />The first one are some newsletters for a blog called <a href="http://www.theknightlynews.com/">The Knightly News</a>. Topics in this blog can range from sports to politics and occasionally art. The writer is fairly witty so it can be a very enjoyable read.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1P79fki48FtowviVRpgPhfrgmPaeMAtvIwsyeXQPPmzHA4rJsEn5hwGjn1_p1RkZl0Q3FXaUDUAykAuvc9k_bfoPuqBbu66o9bp6WNSG5vL44vOWArxeNpfcJFd9hZaoG42ZiD8cIpq9/s1600-h/Picture+19.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1P79fki48FtowviVRpgPhfrgmPaeMAtvIwsyeXQPPmzHA4rJsEn5hwGjn1_p1RkZl0Q3FXaUDUAykAuvc9k_bfoPuqBbu66o9bp6WNSG5vL44vOWArxeNpfcJFd9hZaoG42ZiD8cIpq9/s320/Picture+19.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366989952639275538" border="0" /></a>There is more work to come on this particular blog, but in the meanwhile I urge readers to take a gander, the post on beer with Barack is particularly funny.<br /><br />The next was a simple business card design for a lawn care company, called "We Will Cut It" Not much to say here just lawn care. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqSwXD8rT2IJoP8QsT0cOhnT5gtoz-7VARCSECjdDgjR7Ks9z4RA0jcC7Nd1HMYYCZNZRXXc7vOBAgBVOLdsM8RePAx0Fo0_wN94xa8qRhAps5aGZ__pnv9tk8y-WfJMoJhGMMtFhpaV-/s1600-h/Picture+20.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqSwXD8rT2IJoP8QsT0cOhnT5gtoz-7VARCSECjdDgjR7Ks9z4RA0jcC7Nd1HMYYCZNZRXXc7vOBAgBVOLdsM8RePAx0Fo0_wN94xa8qRhAps5aGZ__pnv9tk8y-WfJMoJhGMMtFhpaV-/s320/Picture+20.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366990879015216562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So there you have it. Hopefully there will be more updates on more interesting projects in the future.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-47954585247633873902009-07-24T06:13:00.000-07:002009-07-24T06:26:21.295-07:00Graphically Speaking: A Visual Lexicon for Achieving Better DesignerThis book was one of the text books I was supposed to have purchased as a student at the Art Institute of Atlanta. However, knowing the track record of most classes (mostly the book was never ever cracked opened) I declined purchasing the text. However, later on in my college journey I was in class creating my senior project and attempting to decide upon a style. It was then that my teacher told me that I should use this book.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAYj0j6USzDKFPW5A663hTa-uyJmaTBlYtfQ6ea4zQhsHcveLbRsv0MWKfEdx8fbceRVaErsY8Nv3sHNXnwoVkw1biRQE0YNvk4n4-k09ZGODQi2rnODGlcevCUyHqHoCmHus3zVgO4QU/s1600-h/51879W2E1PL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAYj0j6USzDKFPW5A663hTa-uyJmaTBlYtfQ6ea4zQhsHcveLbRsv0MWKfEdx8fbceRVaErsY8Nv3sHNXnwoVkw1biRQE0YNvk4n4-k09ZGODQi2rnODGlcevCUyHqHoCmHus3zVgO4QU/s320/51879W2E1PL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362016566295479490" border="0" /></a><br />This book has become one of my many design bibles. If I cannot figure out what kind of design style I want to use in a current project, I can just crack this baby open and choose one. Each style is seperated by type, and provides colors, and fonts that are often used in this style. I have to admit is beats searching all over the web for example of the style I want to use. However, my particular copy is in a box in my storage container...lot of good it is doing me theregreendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-66266622274334242322009-07-13T14:58:00.000-07:002009-07-13T15:17:36.998-07:00Oh for the love of clientsFor those of you hidden under a rock in the Dead sea, the United States of America is in a recession. People are losing homes, jobs, and their own personal identities which are wrapped up in their personal belongings. It is a sad state everywhere. What a wonderful time to be a fresh faced graduate emerging into the job market.<br /><br />However, as I read one day traveling on the bus, talent (like cooking) is recession proof. Upon reading this I -being a fresh faced graduate- was elated, for I have talent. I assumed in my post college mindset that I would be able to support myself with offering my talents to the world. Alas I was soon struck with the reality that finding people who wanted my talents- and were actually willing to pay- were hard to find. However, I have had some takers, this one particular case I received from a friend who works at an embroidery cart in Underground Atlanta.<br /><br />A friend of a friend has contacted me to do some work for them. I find myself excited. Ready and willing to take the task, and show them all my work. I eventually meet up with said future client, only to learn he is a street poet whom I had met a month ago. Upon meeting him a month ago I learned this particular man has no home, and regularly eats from the trash for nourishment. Curious as to how far down the rabbit hole this situation would take me, I let the conversation ensue. I further learn that his need for my talents include artistry of graphite portraits for him to place poetry on top of, when I inquired about future payment I learned that I would not be getting payment from him, but from the owner of a local art gallery where he would be posting his works.<br /><br />Soon after I politely declined his offer and suggested the name of a very good traditional artist.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-19736610811435219382009-06-18T07:38:00.000-07:002009-06-18T08:11:01.007-07:009 Tips for the field!So production is not my strong point just yet, there was never really any practical experience while in college so I make multiple mistakes while out in the field. Hopefully one day I will have drilled all this into my own head enough that I will make these mistakes anymore. Here are just a few I have picked up!<br /><br />#1. Do not use the picker.<br />When printing using the picker to choose your color can give you the desired look but use WAY too much ink. Which when doing work for magazine and newspapers can weigh down the substrate and make it look ew. Instead choose a color from a process pantone book or another color book. This not only ensure you (the designer) knows what the color is actually going to look like but it will never use more than 200% of ink (the highest amount you would like to have on a substrate)<br /><br />#2. Make sure things are correctly aligned<br />If you want it centered make sure it is absolutely centered. Not off by even a slight inch. It is harder to do in illustrator so use transform to figure out where you really are.<br /><br />#3. Use the Pen tool for clipping paths.<br />Much cleaner clipping paths. Also quicker.<br /><br />#4. Don't be afraid to increase the percentage of the the character to try and fit it into a line <span style="font-weight: bold;">*This is only to be used in some situations* </span>not for regualar reading fonts, or for a lot of type, try to keep it only to fun situations, i.e. Daves Goody Barn<br /><br />#5. Another typesetting tip, increasing/decreasing the kearning by 1 or 2 is not very noticable but often times will help fit stuff into a page.<br /><br />#6. Getting type right or left.<br />When your text is aligned to the left or right your goal is to not just leave (9 times outta 10 its not okay) you kinda want to have a wave pattern. Think flow!<br /><br />#7. You can never do enough post production checks.<br />Designing is a tough and can get really repetative, with the kearning, leading, and checking over and over and over. BUT doing post production checks is good, it saves money in the long run.<br /><br />#8. When editing images don't forget to use your levels.<br />It can make you picture to appear clearer, yeah I was shocked too!<br /><br />#9. Spellcheck everything.<br />We are all human and we make mistakes, the more eyes you have checking a document to more likely you are to catch a mistake.<br /> Here is my quick list of things people miss.<br /> -Word spellings<br /> -Em dash, En dash, & Hyphens (go to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash">wikipedia</a> or <a>mentalfloss</a> smart punctuation in illustrator also is a quick fix, don't rely on it too much though.<br /> -commas<br /> -ellipses<br /><br />So there you have it 9 tips I have picked up in the Graphic Design field...so far.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-90302354507490768652009-05-30T18:11:00.000-07:002009-05-30T18:13:45.834-07:00Bad at Updatingwhy does life like to move so fast after college? I finished got a job, and then had to move now im trying to find another job so I can not be in my parents house anymore. Yeah i love them and Im poor but living here is not what's up. I have done some work design related in the mean time....i will be putting them up here later.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-27506530638836300002009-05-07T18:31:00.000-07:002009-05-07T18:37:00.130-07:00Its all a blur!!Last time I think I updated I was on my way to portfolio with a wish and a prayer. I was told that I could go to the class but I probably wouldn't pass the 1st time.<br /><br />Not only did I pass but I made an A too. And since then life has pretty much been a blur. Right after school I got a job in the field as an intern, and yes its not full time or permanent but I know as an entry designer I still have a lot to learn. School can only teach you so much. Besides the guys I work with are awesome. :)<br /><br />The journey of this entry designer is just now really starting. I have taken the first move but its only baby steps. I still have a long way to go, if I am going to reach my goal of not only being a full fledged designer (non-entry) but a well known really good designer. Its like playing chess I just need to figure out what my next move is.<br /><br />I've never been good at chess.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-66310075135433265642009-01-06T14:25:00.000-08:002009-01-06T14:27:36.327-08:00Revived!By some miracle I will be attending my final class. Hallilujah!<br /><br />I start next week. I can't be lazy anymore this is my last class. I really have to put my all into it.<br /><br />In the meanwhile I am posting this video about font because well I thought it was funny.<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1823766&fullscreen=1" width="640" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="true"><param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1823766&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1823766&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0; text-align:center; width:640px;">See more <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/videos">funny videos</a> and <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures">funny pictures</a> at <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/">CollegeHumor</a>.</div>greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-45774837680179678462008-11-20T17:50:00.000-08:002008-11-20T17:53:54.372-08:00the end?So I didn't pass again. I have to admit I felt a bit like a loser, but at least I didn't go out like a loser. I really gave them a piece of my mind.<br /><br />I told them how I really felt.<br />Like they judge based on opinion.<br />The school doesn't really teach well.<br />I have learned more stuff from books.<br />And I let them know that other people passed with stuff worse than mine.<br /><br />I felt really good about doing it too. And I am glad I did it. I am not sure that I am going continue though...for a while I have been feeling like I am just not good enough and really I am getting pissed. I hate a quiter but I just may quit.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-44666478514990657432008-11-19T14:50:00.000-08:002008-11-19T15:00:10.140-08:00Magical land of 'career'There is a magical event of which I though before was only a myth in which a poor design student such as my myself, visits a Fedex Kinkos with hope of printing out low quality digital art for an unnamed project. When suddenly they are magically approached by a person of business whom is looking for a designer to do work for them, next then they know they are carried off into the land of "career" and they leave all the "working for bad company @ low wages" problems behind them. Until today I thought this was a myth.<br /><br />Alas it apparently isn't. I met the creative director for a hair coloring corportation, and she loved my work. Hopefully this will carry me into the land of "career".greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-62668241390681465962008-11-08T08:07:00.000-08:002008-11-08T08:30:34.132-08:00portfolio preview...again!The time is upon me...yes its time to go through the horrid portfolio preview, again. Hopefully this time I will make it.<br /><br />So far I have 3 new projects that I am sure will blow them away. Especially since I didn't pass with 6 last quarter with 3 new good projects I am sure I will make it. I revised the catcher in the rye, added blue beat studio. And I will also be adding my identity system and a few webpages from my current "Grasp Life" AIDS foundation project, and I am thinking of adding in the work from my current Ad project "Support Brothels" as well but I am concerned about the images, since I dont exactly own them...oh if only some illustrator was willing to draw me some vintage pin-ups.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDbTvG8c90IPSvgF9RGCZO2LseS6bG7t-AAstwvGHEOvumP4oIJGylG054mrPVOTPMBlpDYmdpCiYaW4Tt0pG61mHLA6gCvEbwlRkOqPB5xZ6usP3_F4YxqufLipCFMmvQhsJcRknQ6mx/s1600-h/brothels2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDbTvG8c90IPSvgF9RGCZO2LseS6bG7t-AAstwvGHEOvumP4oIJGylG054mrPVOTPMBlpDYmdpCiYaW4Tt0pG61mHLA6gCvEbwlRkOqPB5xZ6usP3_F4YxqufLipCFMmvQhsJcRknQ6mx/s320/brothels2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266323801945962946" border="0" /></a>support brothels: poster/flyer design<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpsNrjIPZ-KLvVi8aizRN8zaInqFvij5MUCGUf0eEgYN-HyzR6K7YUAJf62474g9Cr6wPVI-aecT0ykhzKy1kFyowFCcSF_rmojA2U3JpFM7F4OXYTDFRnPJnzKrPtY_bDjUwzWoKyMyw/s1600-h/identitysystem.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpsNrjIPZ-KLvVi8aizRN8zaInqFvij5MUCGUf0eEgYN-HyzR6K7YUAJf62474g9Cr6wPVI-aecT0ykhzKy1kFyowFCcSF_rmojA2U3JpFM7F4OXYTDFRnPJnzKrPtY_bDjUwzWoKyMyw/s320/identitysystem.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266323960343725282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKotNNrM6tbgbIIB23WYvsRGKG7CzINM7VmnIqGijOoom1VyxlIAlR7Ps5bQk_IAlfphLfPyqEDrVPkc_QOj21fTnFW8pdc-jbdWRUhQvYh9y8l1FB6wkE8vocjBpvHAnILqNY1Cmu5Ye5/s1600-h/template1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKotNNrM6tbgbIIB23WYvsRGKG7CzINM7VmnIqGijOoom1VyxlIAlR7Ps5bQk_IAlfphLfPyqEDrVPkc_QOj21fTnFW8pdc-jbdWRUhQvYh9y8l1FB6wkE8vocjBpvHAnILqNY1Cmu5Ye5/s320/template1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266324141461426610" border="0" /></a>grasp lifegreendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-32054444302478461392008-10-22T07:35:00.000-07:002008-10-22T07:51:13.796-07:00The Internship part 5So I got a call back from my interviewer, from 3 weeks ago.<br /><br />No I didn't get the internship, but I had figured that out already. He gave me a few pointers about how to interview, he advised me to bring my portfolio, This I should have done, but really I was out of cash, and way too broke to print out new stuff....truth be told I'm still outta cash.<br /><br />He did make me feel a lot better about it though, it definitely made up for portfolio preview, and all those weeks of worthlessness that came from it. I hate preview for that one reason. They really tear into you, I can understand when really you have a lot to work on, but its like they really enjoy making you feel bad. Even the people who passed said the same thing. "they really ripped into me" And I know I have had plenty of teachers who will tell you a design is not working, or the design is weak and when I ask why and then they can't tell me why. When you do that it makes it look like you A. Don't know what your talking about and B. are being opinionated. So I think this will be another goal for me in the future. The Art Institutes have a lot of issues as far as the teaching curriculum.<br /><br />Teachers are opinionated.<br />Student work looks the same.<br />No one is really being creative anymore.<br />there needs to be a new standard.<br />I intend to help.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-89266159488607635202008-10-20T08:55:00.000-07:002008-10-20T09:07:44.957-07:00"Look, the word designer comes right off!"<span style="font-size:85%;">I will never forget his speech during orientation. I can't remember his name, or even his face, but what he said stuck with me all these years. He told us that many times he feels like 'he is a fraud. That he really isn't a designer, he is not creative, he is artistic. He is just faking it all.' And I thought to myself "So am I."</span><br /><br />I have been at this for 4 years now and it doesn't get any easier. Trying to find jobs, internships, just trying to make it out there. It really is hard. I sometime wonder if I should have chosen an easier field to get into. Been a receptionsit, or an administrative assistant. Or just a boring lab worker. I could have done it. I am actually very good at those type of things.<br /><br />Answering the phone *sounding nice<br />Greeting people *looking cute<br />Filing papers *remembering the ABC's<br /><br />Art is so much harder, design work is hard. That kind of stuff comes easy to me, but I really have to work at design, I have to think harder. So I feel like a fraud. But then again, when I get it right, when I get it REALLY right, I feel like I have actually done something worthwhile. So maybe I'm not faking it after all.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-5204397478650787752008-10-15T08:45:00.000-07:002008-10-15T09:19:57.828-07:00The Internship part 4I waited all day and he didn't call.<br /><br />No I'm not talking about my latest love triumph, I am talking about the guy I interviewed with a few days ago. He said he would call by Friday and alas...he didn't. I really felt good about this internship too...I spent the majority of the day being depressed thinking, I will be stuck at best buy until I am 40. Somehow though I got into my mind that maybe I should call him, so I did. He told me he was still interviewing people and I should give him till the 24th...so that gives me a little more hope, but not much. If he liked me enough he would have just stopped after the 4 right? But I am keeping hopeful.<br /><br />In other news.<br />Since I didn't get a confirmation on the internship by the 13th I had to take on another class. Boo..or so I thought. Turns out that the other class is going to be awesome. One of my personal mantra's when it comes to Design is "with Design I can change the world" in fact its on my desktop.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGy9999bfDpR9kzv9Z5peCXYglRvVZ1TFvUqRw4ZnwDGOfmA7dV3mJZdk-An_yOhBLNVKCwiuCgaUvRN5pzxrJUWKc6fXBJWjguxVPZQMdSJzXFGnILVrFcMc3u6jPgtHdU4JaURLbVfdq/s1600-h/design2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGy9999bfDpR9kzv9Z5peCXYglRvVZ1TFvUqRw4ZnwDGOfmA7dV3mJZdk-An_yOhBLNVKCwiuCgaUvRN5pzxrJUWKc6fXBJWjguxVPZQMdSJzXFGnILVrFcMc3u6jPgtHdU4JaURLbVfdq/s320/design2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257410123211523570" border="0" /></a>Any who I have felt this way after reading a particular book. Which I find is amazing. The book is called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Design-Dissent-Socially-Politically-Graphics/dp/1592533078/ref=pd_sim_b_45"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span id="btAsinTitle" style="">The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics</span></span></a>. This books is filled with some of the most amazing graphical work I have seen in a very long time. And it is all social and political which is awesome! If anyone loves me they will get me this book as a gift.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-17151866471910280782008-10-02T10:28:00.000-07:002008-10-20T09:08:38.846-07:00The Internship part 3The my interview was yesterday. It seems to have gone well. The guy I interviewed with was very nice. I followed the advice of my professors and<br /><br />1. Didn't wear a suit.<br />2. Took the water!<br /><br />I was really worried that he would treat me like they did at portfolio preview, were they made me feel as if most of my work was infantile, and no where near good enough to get a job, much less pass portfolio class. Really I think this interview has done a lot to boost my dying ego which has been on a breathing machine for the last few months. I think I can go into my Senior Project class and do my best this quarter. Even though I have to take preview again!greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-74705632277163457682008-09-29T18:31:00.000-07:002008-09-29T18:38:27.844-07:00The Internship part 2<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So things are looking up for me. I have recently been talking to a person whom I highly admire, and they have made me realize that things could be worse and I can survive...since talking to this person things have looked up.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Well I did lose my wallet...but everything else is good.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have my first internship interview in two days! I am so excited. Well this isn't technically my first internship I did one previously with the City and well...I just hope that if I get this one I will be able to learn some real design skills, and not just be a fill in for the office designer (which they didn't have.) This is also a company that has done packaging design, which I have come to realize is something I really like to do, despite avoiding it for the majority of my college years. Really I think it may be something I really end up doing...that is unless I can find a magazine that will take me, that too would be awesome.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In other news this is my last week of freedom. I have to find something fun to do before classes start.</span></span>greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-20755735555645490432008-09-23T15:27:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:37:43.212-07:00Portfolio: Catcher in the Rye/Blue Beat Studio<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyEP9BSfak5IHaw-G95dNuQFmBfGK4-AqbuSJNSEcSd-Om384HbNYNwRuHzcC33JGN7ijxUhvAJXRqJJbmrCdVqB4hTslVlKfhT7zOtMxl5ADGaNZonbGF_pByHBZl1icoGiJ9_U98v5R/s1600-h/catcher-in-the-rye.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyEP9BSfak5IHaw-G95dNuQFmBfGK4-AqbuSJNSEcSd-Om384HbNYNwRuHzcC33JGN7ijxUhvAJXRqJJbmrCdVqB4hTslVlKfhT7zOtMxl5ADGaNZonbGF_pByHBZl1icoGiJ9_U98v5R/s400/catcher-in-the-rye.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249348576805230946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Photograph was taken by Pierre Amerlynck on sxc.hu<br /><br />This was part of my portfolio, and part of the one I showed at preview. However some people didn't like it. They Disliked the image. So I have finally redone it over completely.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnkzJGGkcErc1rSZg-wsRZKTEMxaEeNWEmxzv8vAqHCC_6WH99oeuqt06MGW-6STlx38cYXJ92VI7_eNYCTaGai7IttppVKMHUuyv2UbxR2LsCI_50H4aNAo0Y_YUZgd4OuZZcimRgxJU/s1600-h/bb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnkzJGGkcErc1rSZg-wsRZKTEMxaEeNWEmxzv8vAqHCC_6WH99oeuqt06MGW-6STlx38cYXJ92VI7_eNYCTaGai7IttppVKMHUuyv2UbxR2LsCI_50H4aNAo0Y_YUZgd4OuZZcimRgxJU/s400/bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249349580330607586" border="0" /></a><br />In other news I found a really great logo I did two years ago that I forgot to add to portfolio for preview. really would have liked to have added this.greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-87293836727576286662008-09-18T15:32:00.000-07:002008-09-18T15:48:45.884-07:00Again with the failing.<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I focused so much on one Preview and ended up failing everything. Doesn't that just beat all. Well I didn't exactly fail everything. I just didn't do so well. I made a D and a C in two senior classes. Especially the one for my personal identity system. I just could never come up with anything that worked for me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I tried trying to figure out who I am first. And well the result is my current website, in other words the C project. I am so dissapointed in myself. I remember the last day of class feeling like I wanted to change the entire thing. But my professor said "If you change the whole thing now, you will fail." So no changes were made and I made a C+.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A week after the class is done I decide to start redoing the system, starting with the mark, after maybe 10 sketches I get something I like. And from then on everything looks awesome. I hate when this happens to me, everything looks like shit at some point and time and then....I see the blinding light and it all comes to me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This sucks.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Look for my new website coming soon at </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.designsbyshauna.com/">designsbyshauna.com</a></span>greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-85700205469442832852008-09-16T15:29:00.000-07:002008-09-16T15:37:46.083-07:00Opprotunities Missed<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Searching for an internship today...well not all day, I spent some time at IKEA with my friend, however I got right to it when I got back to the house. Except for well now.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anywhoo since the person who is supposed to be sending me a listing of local internships/jobs is not moving as fast as I would like for her to I have taken the matter into my own hands...I always like to say if you want something done right, do it yourself. Well I searched around to a few places, and finally stumbled upon the internship opprotunity of my dreams.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*Que lights and angelic music*</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A magazine internship.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was like a dream come true, because my real dream is to work for a magazine. However Atlanta is not really the place for magazines that is lovely ol' New York New York and personally that is a little too cold for me at the moment. Not to mention far since I have to finish my last quarter of school. I began to get all excited though at this posting, I even began to write the letter and email....and In the middle of writing the cover letter. I think "wait when was the deadline for the internship..." August 15... almost a month ago. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">So much for my magazine dreams possibly being fulfilled.</span><br /></span>greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-60741029897603755102008-09-12T12:00:00.000-07:002008-09-12T12:14:16.800-07:00The Internship<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >Only taking one class next quarter will make it so I have to pay money out of pocket, if I take two classes I don't. No it doesn't really make sense, but this does mean I need to find another class to take, fortunately my school offers an internship class. Therefore as of Tuesday this week I begin my adventure of trying to find an internship.<br /><br />The Journey Begins<br /><br />I have sent out my first resume and cover letter (which I hate writing) to my first potential employer. In all the classes I have taken that advise you about what to do when writing a cover letter they tell you to go to the website, research the company, so you know what they are looking for. With my school they provide all that information for you in the little summary they send you. However, what should one do when the website provides no information? just a spot for you to sign up for something...yeah helpful.<br /><br />So in addition to cutting out a full paragraph, I send off the cover letter and resume and as soon I click send and it begins its electronic journey to the required box...and I realize I spelled the companies name wrong. I put viacom, and not viacube. I check the cover letter...and I did it there too. So I have to resend the information which I am sure she has already recived<br /><br />...I don't they will be hiring me.<br /></span>greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-38761531510746843222008-09-02T14:23:00.000-07:002008-09-12T12:16:33.384-07:00Post-preview cleanup<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">2 hours.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It took me two hours of sitting in my college's finicial aid office to finally see someone. Of course if I had just passed preview like normal I would not have had to been in that office for two hours waiting on someone to finish with another person only to find she had not been busy for 45 minutes. While in there I learn that for some reason the school systems is saying I have 7 more classes to take, because it decided to delete around 5 of my classes, and of course to get taht straightened out I have to run from floor to floor trying to find one person whom (is strangely my teacher of two classes) whom of course will always be either at lunch, unavailable, or in a "meeting". Which means I still am not going to have this whole thing settled until Thursday or Friday.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I want my hour and 15 minutes back. </span></span></div>greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-71596683591921221302008-08-29T07:19:00.000-07:002008-09-02T14:23:18.605-07:00The 8 ball was right<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><div>"...so when you take this next year..."</div><div><br /></div><div>I have to say I was shocked. I really didn't hear anything else except for that line, and then it took me a few more moments to really comprehend what was happening. I failed. I spent a month and 1/2, $66 at kinkos, and I failed. This has to have been the biggest blow to my ego since...my 1st boy-friend refused to call me beautiful. I know I am not alone, but it really doesn't seems to make it any better. I have tutored so many other people in my school, so that they would pass (and mind you, they passed) and yet I didn't. The worse part of it all was having to go to class after and hear all the others gushing around me who did. </div><div><br /></div>I really am starting to think I was cursed by that fortune teller last year.<br /><br /></span>greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514412674483339112.post-74756873417707360402008-08-28T09:33:00.000-07:002008-08-28T09:58:43.794-07:00Preview<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"So here it is, Portfolio Preview, the event that makes or breaks you. If I don't pass this I'm gonna scream."<br /><br /></span></span>This thought flew through my mind as I walked down Peachtree Street back to my overpriced, too small, 2-bedroom apartment, (with a great view mind you), that I share with my roommate. I clutched my portfolio book and focused on Chrisette Michele's 'Best of Me' which was blasting in my ears at the moment. This really is the best of me. But is it enough? Almost 4 years they have scared us to death with even the mention of this thing and here it is. In less than 4 hours I will be face to face with the old 'I know everything about design' monsters themselves, and they will determine if I have the ability to go to my final class and <span style="font-weight: bold;">possibly</span> g<span style="font-family:verdana;">raduate on time. Yeah that's right, possibly, because after this I have to do portfolio which is worse. I have almost killed myself in the past month and 1/2, working from dawn til dusk (or class/work), not eating properly, not working on my classwork, and turning to the bottle when I got overstressed. Everyone keeps telling </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">me "Oh, you have nothing to worry about. Your work looks good." HA! tell that to the magic 8 ball.</span></span>greendesignerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17550177509051057705noreply@blogger.com0