new. Assignment.

Graphic design assignment #1 after spring break:

TODAY in class we started our new assignment.
We have to take two logos most common ones in the 90s and add or change them up a bit to make them updated and more appealing to buyers.
The ones I chose are Godfather's Pizza and Irish Springs.
I'm excited because of the creative liberties in even the names. I am going to research the different companies and get the show on the road because frankly this is going to be an interesting assignment :)
We even used this new program to open the files to view which logo to use more closely. Adobe Bridge.
It is quite interesting to test out the programs one by one. I love graphic design.
:-D

the. next. step.

Today in technology for graphic design we discussed the new that Obama passed on Health care. Do I agree with it...? Absolutely not... But must I love and pray for him... Absolutely.
This isn't going to be a long blog I just wanted to share what I feel because I feel like so many people are going to bed with a nauseated feeling when they put their heads on their pillows at night. Is this bill going to ruin America? What is the next step? What is this country coming to? Will anyone please see what is going on?
All of these questions are running through the minds of not only the graphic design students in my class, but all Americans.
All I can say please DO NOT worry although this bill is one that is not the most beneficial God has got us. Pray for Obama don't speak against him, pray for the senate don't wish horrible things on them, pray for our country don't give a hopeless cry.
Call me ignorant, call me stupid, even call me an optomistic, but I just know everything will be alright.

MONDAY

So it was the monday right after spring break and as you all know I had so much to do with this powerpoint presentation on microchips. Did I finish it? yes to answer the quesiton, but after loooooong hours in the lab. I had worked on the design aspects of the presentation before spring break, but did not finish. As soon as I got back on the monday though I started at 11 am and did not leave the lab until 11 pm. Yes, I stopped to eat, but I spent so much time on the design that I did not realize how much information I needed to get for microchips. I got it all done, but it took FOREVER. I remember that after I finished the last slide I simply looked at the only other person in the lab and said with bloodshot exhausted eyes "I'm done" those were the only words I could find after such a long time in the lab. Needless to say, all of the hard work paid off. I presented in class the next day and whether or not I passed is to remain unknown, but what I do know is I worked extremely hard and what's done is done. :)

Being lazy

Who wants to work over spring break? NO ONE... so I followed the spring break status quo and put off all work. Including the graphic design powerpoint on microchips. I don't know I guess while I should have been focusing and staying ontop. I really just needed a break. But the truth is it worked out. I got to relax from really busy days at school to just embracing the fact that the monday following spring break I would have to marry my computer and chair and stay committed to finishing the powerpoint. So I did!

Spring break was fabulous and everyone did get together to play some sweet video games in the lab, but I still missed being able to work. I know it's like a switch went off, from wanting to be lazy in spring break to wanting to be able to think of new logos and creative ways of symbolizing businesses.

Could be that I was not able to go to the graphic design party that they had so I was missing the people that I work with on a daily basis. That could have been the missing link. All I know is I'm glad to be back, on top of things and ready to take on the rest of the semester... AND I really am appreciative of the break it was definitely needed. :)

Lets get down to the nitty gritty.

So... I am now working on a powerpoint project that talks about the history of microchips of which I keep call microSHIPS, and their affect on computers throughout history...
So far so interesting, learning about the switch between vacuum tubes and transistors to microchips... doing more with less.
Being a graphic designer you'd think I would know everything about a computer... BUT I DON'T, actually I know the minimum, that is why I am so excited about this, to learn some aspects of how a computer even works haha! PRAY FOR ME :)
I used to think a microchip stored memory, NOW I know that they are simply the brains in the operation of a computer!
See already learning and I just started.
So to keep everyone updated I will continue to let you know what I am learning. Believe it or not I find this stuff so incredibly interesting, someone so technologically slow, I am finding my passion to be more and more the more I get to know my stuff!
How computers work
What they are made of
Why its a million times easier to work on one rather than hand drawing everything! :)
It's all beneficial to the final product... which is a happy career!