falling apart but feeling good

well... this blog is going to be short and sweet because i'm hanging on by a thread. thank you to everyone for the great feedback--tara, the backstage pass idea worked like a charm, thank you for the great suggestion. this has been the hardest, yet the best, class i have ever taken. i can now officially say that my portfolio is coming together. i will be using every project from this semester and i feel proud of the work i've done. thanks, amy, for pushing us beyond what we thought was possible.

Grand Finale

So... i totally disappointed myself and finished my posters OVER a day early. WTF?! I think you guys are starting to affect me. This semester was like a sleep deprivation experiment for me, but 3 classes down, one to go at 7:45 tonight. yessssss. I'll be spending the next few days working on thesis proposal stuff... but it'll be the ONLY school stuff on my mind. ahhhh... refreshing.

You peeps have been by far the best and most interesting classmates in a sea of "normal" students. I feel like i've learned to articulate my thoughts a lot better throughout the semester. I'm excited for the new year, and a new non-ghetto school buiding.


HERE is a good recap on some best-of design highlights from 2008.

The last blog...

I'm almost blogged out so let's see if I can muster up one more blog. I agree with you guys, the group critiques were helpful each week. It was nice to get more than one opinion and I always felt the feedback was constructive and helpful. Using your feedback, I think the Black Hawk Down poster has improved (as well as the others) and I'm pretty excited about it. I used the poster printer which is AWESOME (I love how I'm just finding out about it now)...and the goal of the day is to try not to destroy my posters when I mount them.
Anyway, I feel like I took everyone's advice pretty seriously and it really improved my work. When I get out of here and get a "real" job I hope to work with a graphic design team because I think it's important when you are in the design field. I like to do my own thing and then show people what I've got and hear what they have to say. It's nice to have fresh eyes look at your work because they can usually pinpoint the problem. Hopefully I can find a work environment that is as friendly and helpful as you guys. Awww.
See you all tonight.

whew.

Well, after many prints, I picked 3, and am done. I was going to keep printing, but my mother did a little intervention, and reminded me that no matter how many prints i make, there will be parts i am happy with and parts i would like to change on every one--so just pick my favorites. I was getting a little worried that i was coming down to the wire because the carving was time consuming, but in the end i am generally pleased. of course, there are things i would have changed a little if i could, but once you carve, that's it. and really, that is a little liberating that i cant be in front of the computer until the 11th hour making a little change...then changing it back...then back again...
Honesty, I wanted to take this class with Amy but was so nervous going in. "Advanced" graphic design...seems so out of my league. I knew i would be exposed as a hack. And really, that was partially why I took it. Either i could cut it, and learn something along the way, and feel like maybe i am ok at this after all, or be called out as a no talent and start putting in applications at walmart. Either way, I would know where I stand.
So I made it through, didn't have any nervous breakdowns, and emerged more learned. Everyone's feedback was really constructive yet unjudgemental and I never felt like i was going up on the chopping block when it was my turn to show what i had toiled over that week. I loved seeing everyone else's work, and felt like everyone else enjoyed it too..no one ever acted like they were just there because they had to be, including Amy. Classes like this are great, i feel like i emerged with more skills, and a few more pals.
So thanks to everyone, and I can't wait to see everyone's projects tonight!

the universe works in mysterious ways

I was wondering at the end of last week, just how I'd get everything done for today.

Mother Nature intervened and gave me a lovely case of conjunctivitis, which has so far garnered me 3 days off of work. I never thought I'd miss 10 hour days of patients, but daytime TV is boring, even with the distraction of my assignments.

This has been a really great class for me. I really appreciated everyone's thoughts and advice, as well as the opportunities to stretch my creative legs a little. I only wish I'd been able to take it earlier.

tie eye

This is the end of the line for me. Final thesis and I am done. Soon I will be able to call myself designer, which is good. It is really embarrassing, these days, being banker. Speaking about economy, since, now, I know what “tie eye” is, everything is clear to me. If that symbol is so recognizable, than our economy is in the good shape. “Hofmann students” as CEO’s. Taking all of this into consideration, spending 20 million on spa is reasonable.

Wow woot beats Ebay!

Whenever I take a design course I feel that my work has 15 conductors and I am not the one in control. Being a child of the 70s this is not entirely foreign or unpleasant for me. Thanks for coming along for the ride. Very nice class I would enjoy working with any of you again and this is not true of all classes! Happy Holidays -- we are almost done!