Brave The Storm of Creativity

It’s been a crazy last couple of days. Last week, my sleep schedule looked something like this go to bed at 3am wake up at 8am for about 4 days straight. There were some assignments for classes that I didn’t get done, but luckily my teachers were forgiving this time. I just can’t let it happen again. This week looks like it’s going to be roughly the same way. 

I did get a day to sleep in and not think about school work on Friday. I gave my apartment a much needed clean and went to Six Flags with friends! I rode practically every roller coaster there except for The Ninja and The Cyclone.

This week I have so much stuff due: 3 ideas for a publication, 150 logo sketches, 40 packaging designs with 8 of them mocked up, 10 movie poster ideas, and few other little things here and there.

My schedule’s already crazy and I’ve only been to 4 out of my 5 classes. My Type 2 class begins tomorrow, and we’re already 2 weeks behind so who know’s what’s in store for that class. I’m just going to have to start making sure I use my time more efficiently so that I can have some free time every now and then.

Well, I need to get back to work so I’ll ttyl.

This past week has been challenging. There was no easing into the design program. I was thrown in without anyone checking to see if I could swim, and right now, even though I’ve managed to stay afloat, I still feel like I’m flailing a bit. The design program is going to be a challenge, and it both excites me and scares me, but I can’t let my fear hinder me. I have to learn to channel it into something productive. I just have to remember that I’m the only thing stopping me, and I don’t need to try to be like other great designers that I see and know. I just have to be me. 

Well, I need to get back to work, but I’ll let you know how everything goes.

So as you all know I switched over to Design this quarter and my first class is tomorrow. A small part of me wants some slack from my teachers since I just switched, but a majority of me is like, “Fuck that!” I didn’t come to this school to be babied. I want to be pushed. I’m ready to be pushed to my limits and beyond. I’m excited about my schedule for this quarter, too. I have some great classes with some good teachers. There’s only 1 Art Direction class I wish I had this quarter, and it’s learning Illustrator. But oh well, I can continue to teach myself like I’ve been doing.

So my classes this quarter include: Publications and Editorial Design, Intro to Design, Type 2, a packaging class, and Semiotics. My Pubs class is at 9am on Mondays. Not too crazy about that mainly because of traffic, but I’ll survive. Tomorrow I have my Intro to Design class, which I’m excited about mostly because I was looking forward to having this teacher. Well, I will try to do a better job of keeping you all updated this quarter.

There are a few more projects that I worked on that are harder to show because they’re books, but I might be able to pull a few pages from each to show, but that will have to come later on today. There’s also my off the grid assignment for type 1 that I can’t show because I’ll have to photograph it, but it’s not currently in my possession. I had to leave it at school, but when I get, I’ll show it to you.