work term

So today is friday. Day four of my 25 day work term. My friend Adam and I are designing the convocation magazine called "Student Success" for NSCC. Honestly at first I was a bit disappointed my work term was at NSCC. However as I learned more about the project and learned I was gonna be working with Adam, I got more excited.

In the last four days, I really like what we have come up with. Our design is simple, put together and light. It is a lot different then the magazines from the last three years. We wanted the reader to want to read what was inside. Make it look enjoyable.

Here are two examples of the spreads:

Keep in mind these are not the real pictures or the real text (it is unreadable because it is fill text)

One Adam design the other I did. Of course we did collaborate on both as well.

last day

Today, I cannot believe it is my last day of class. I graduate this year. Who knew it could go by so fast. I have my exit interview today with my teachers. We show them our portfolios and talk. Nothing too formal. I also have an interview for a worker term. Which starts next Monday. So last minute.

The last two weeks have been kinda stressful. Starting a new job, worrying about work terms, and finishing the last few projects.

One of my last projects was to design a vinyl sleeve for the Recording Arts program. Each year they create a mix cd. This year they decided to go with a vinyl. Which is really cool. I really liked working on this project. And it showed in my design. It made the short list. Keith's design finally won. Be he so deserved it. His was amazing. Here is mine:

Long Day

Today I had my first training shift at Starbucks. Wow, it consisted a lot of sitting, reading, drinking coffee, and computer interactive quizzes. For eight hours.

I really want to get to making things. I am a learning from doing kind of person. So all this reading kinda sucks.

So I came home, watched Ugly Betty, I think it was the last episode this season. I think. Then a slept for 30 minutes, which was much needed. Then i started my emulation project. We had to make a poster for Maritime Conservatory, but in the style of a graphic designer we studied in class. I chose to do mine of Herb Lubalin. Some of his work is :

This is what I did:

I think it kinda looks like Lubalin. He was a type designer, and I didn't want to buy his type for $43. I just don't have the money right now. So I chose the font that looked the closest.

It has been a long day. I am ready for sleep.

Two days

I just spent the last two days inside (mostly) painting and re reading the 3rd and 4th Twilight books... bit embarrassed by that. But they are just so addictive. Its hard to stop. Really...

The paintings are for a project for school, here are just three of the five I did. Its a mix of water colour, acrylic and paper. I am not 100% sure about all of them, these three I like the best.

Today is my two best friend's birthdays. Both born April 12 1990. Both no longer teens, now being 20 and all. Alexa re-worded one of her songs to be about their birthday being on the same day. It is amazing. Funny in some parts, sentimental in others. Very beautiful

Three

Well, I was quite disappointed when I got my roll of film back today. THREEEE pictures. Those are the only ones that came out. I must have put the film in worng.. or something. Two are of Mallory:

I like the first one, but the second one has weird colour and is less in focus. They are taken in a 50's diner in Montreal last August. Yes it took me this long to get them developed. Then there was this:

It looks to me like the rest of my pictures got layered on top of each other. The film must not have moved...uggghhh. You can kinda see two bikes, Mallory again, some trees and a building. I really cannot remember what the pictures were of. Well I have a black and white role of film in my camera now. I really hope they come out better.

Easter

SOOOO full. Just had my Easter lunch. So far my Monday hasn't been too interesting. We celebrated Easter today because my sister had to work yesterday. So this morning I woke up and had the egg hunt. It was the last year it is going to happen. I guess Julia and I are a bit old (19 and 18) to be searching for eggs. But it turns into a completion. Usually I and the victor. this year I found one more egg then her. Only because my dad snuck one before we could get to it.

So then my Nana came over and we had a nice late lunch, and yummy fresh berry napoleon for desert. Yumm

Cina

So today I had planed on doing some homework. A lot of homework in fact. FAIL. One big fail. I keep trying to get ideas for this golf logo I have to do. CANNOT think of one thing for it. So uninspired right now.

However when I was on my favorite blog, Kitsune Noir, I came across a painting by Michael Cina. It is quite beautiful. I looked on further and went on Cina's website and found tones more of his original artworks. It really made me think about how I could do something similar for another school project, but add some illustrations to it. I may fool around with the idea over the next two days.

The picture I fell in love with. (Now also my desktop background)

Check Michael Cina out!

Friday

So I did have to make a few changes to my layout. The type was too blocking and looks too gray. I also needed a pull quote to add visual interest.

I still may try to add some colour somewhere. But exactly sure how to yet. Im working on it. I definitely think it looks a lot better then the first draft.

Last night Melissa and I hosted a Shit Swap. A few girls got together and traded clothes. Ones that we didn't wear anymore, but maybe someone else would like. I think it went over rather well. i got a few things, and it feels good to have gotten rid of a lot of old clothes. We made a cake, with neon pick icing it was ok. Not completely cooked, but we managed to have a few laughs about it. Overall a great time. I would do it again.

so much to do, only a month left to do it

Wow my teachers are really starting to pile on the homework. Plus all that I have to worry about my worker term at the end of the month, which i still don't have. I also am redesigning the Row Nova Scotia logo. I need three ideas/roughs in three weeks. I am starting a new job in two weeks. The list goes on...

Last night I worked on my layout assignment. It was hard to start, but once I found some inspiration, and got going it was fine.

My inspiration came from another layout with this grid format, I just changed a few things around. This is still a rough, so next time you see it, it may look different.