Preparing for the upcoming week

At the tail end of last weeks design classes, we started a new project. This project is still and illustrator project, but its gonna be AMAZING because we are now using color, instead of black and white! I am using a picture of a yellow and blue Lamborgini (and i probably spelt that horribly wrong), and it is awesome! The project is to take a picture of something (prof suggested a car) and turn it into an illustration. There are a lot of little things we have to remeber to do this project, but it will be good for us in the end. Last thursday we turned in our brochure projects, i think mine was okay. I guess i will find out soon. We had to pick a country and make a brochure advertising a trip to that country. I chose to do mine on Egypt. I really dont know why i chose that country, but i read alot of interesting things about it while looking for information. Starting a new week tomorrow is gonna be fun, but hard. But, i like a challenge, so this should be fun!

Long days ahead

So, on monday morning i spent 5 long ruthless hours staring at a computer screen. Why you may ask? Because i found out last thursday that i had to restart my illustrator project over. I spent at least a weeks worth of work on this project and i had to redo it. So after english class on monday i went to the "secret lair" (as some call it) to complete this task. After a long five hours i had finally completely redone my illustrator project. This project was called the "less is more" project. We each picked a picture of something ( my choice was the inside cockpit of a jet simulator). We created an outline of this project using the illustrator pen tool. Then we resized it two more times, each time moving in closer to the picture. So that in the end we had three stages, the first was the actual picture, the second a closer and more detailed shot of the picture. Thirdly we zoomed in even closer, and made this last step the most detailed. It was a great project, i really enjoyed it! I really could see myself doing alot of this stuff as a occupation...its super exciting!

Graphic Design and automobiles

The past few days has had its ups and downs. Today was a great day, all classes went well, and grades are looking good! Design classes went smoother today as well. In our first design class of the day we learned about how to write our resume. This is a really handy thing to have for the future. So we are all working on that in our first class. In between classes a not so eventful thing happend. While design went well today, there were other parts of the day that didnt go so well. When i was getting ready to leave for home, i realized my car battery had died. This was just great. So i frantically called my awesome cousin (Kyle) to come jump the battery for me. Sure enough he had it done in a flash (because he is cool like that). So I was really thankful for him being there to help, he's a good cousin. In our Technology and design class we are still working with Adobe Illustrator. This project is harder that the projects before, but it is alot of fun. The class as a whole is starting to really get into this project. Like I said in a few blogs earlier, this project was giving me a lot of trouble, but now that I am getting the hang of the program, I find myself really liking it. When i learn the program completely I will be able to do alot of cool and amazing stuff with it! That is so exciting!

I've found my profession

This morning was a rush! After attending a few classes (one of them starting at the obscene hour of 8am), I went to my Design classes. I have to say, by far these two classes are my favorite. Not only do i get to work at what i love doing, but i get to hang out with some of the awesomest people in the world, my classmates. These Graphic Design classes are like no other class i have ever taken for school at Charleston Southern University. Yes, we are learning hard and challenging stuff, but we are doing it together, its almost like taking classes with another extension of my family (one of these students is actually an extension of my family, crazy enough). This is one of the aspects of these classes i love most. This afternoon in Technology and Design, we started working with Adobe Illustrator. This program is amazing! I love working with it so far. But one thing is for sure, its not as easy as it may seem. I really struggled for a while on todays project, but i finally i kind of got the hang of it. As i go through this process i am assured that this is what God wants me to do in life. Im sure this skill will take much time to perfect, but when i get really good at it, im sure it will be a blast!

Beginning the next semester in college

School just started back up! Some of you might think that I am crazy for being excited about returning to college, and maybe thats true. This last semester was a whirlwind of excitement! I went from being a freshman at Charleston Southern University who had not even the slightest clue what to expect at college, to being a freshman who is really enjoying her life at CSU.
I started my first semester at college majoring in Graphic Design. Before I tell of my experience in this major I will tell you a little about me and why i chose Graphic Design as my major. I have always been the creative child in the family, and being such my parents really encouraged me to do alot of artistic things. After a few years of learning about art i fell in love with it! From that time on it was almost impossible to find me doing something other than drawing or painting.
Throughout highschool i took many differant art classes to better my skill. When it came time for me to chose a major for college i looked into different things that could involve my artistic abilities, and i came across Graphic Design. After reading up on what this major and occupation was about, i knew it was for me.
So here I am at college in my second semester of Graphic Design class, and though this may sound cheesy, I wouldnt rather be doing anything else!