Hours: 10-5
Guess what I worked on today? Congratulations if you said Little Dab of Paint! I continued to work on the entire layout adding the different things that the client asked for, as well as more things my supervisor asked for. While I hate to say I'm getting bored of this project, I'm getting bored of this project. But at the same time, it has helped me out a lot. I am getting really familiar with Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop with this project, as well as learning new shortcuts or tools every day. Not to mention the fact it will really strengthen my portfolio and resume. So I'm gonna keep chugging along.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Tuesday June 29th
Hours: 10-5
More Little Dab of Paint today. I got to go to a meeting to present two spreads to the client today, too. It was a really good thing I went and got approval and a critique from the client before I made any further progress on the layout. Otherwise I would have made a lot more work for myself. After the meeting, I got to work on making corrections on the font, layout, photoshop files and spruced it up with some flare. Pretty much the extent of my day, though I spent a good chunk of it wrestling my laptop, which has suddenly decided to run as slow as molasses in January.
More Little Dab of Paint today. I got to go to a meeting to present two spreads to the client today, too. It was a really good thing I went and got approval and a critique from the client before I made any further progress on the layout. Otherwise I would have made a lot more work for myself. After the meeting, I got to work on making corrections on the font, layout, photoshop files and spruced it up with some flare. Pretty much the extent of my day, though I spent a good chunk of it wrestling my laptop, which has suddenly decided to run as slow as molasses in January.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Thursday June 24th
Hours: 10-5
I worked on A Little Dab of Paint today again. I'm now putting together two spreads to present to the client for the design and layout to be approved for continuation. I spent the majority of the day trying to wrap my brain around some of the smaller current issues with both the layout and the design, which should help me in the long term production. I then jotted down all my ideas for improvements and got some more direction from my supervisor. There will be some significant changes after today that will be made to the layout so I'll be doing some overtime this weekend. But it should be fun because one of the changes involved hand-drawn graphics. Old school style is my fave.
I worked on A Little Dab of Paint today again. I'm now putting together two spreads to present to the client for the design and layout to be approved for continuation. I spent the majority of the day trying to wrap my brain around some of the smaller current issues with both the layout and the design, which should help me in the long term production. I then jotted down all my ideas for improvements and got some more direction from my supervisor. There will be some significant changes after today that will be made to the layout so I'll be doing some overtime this weekend. But it should be fun because one of the changes involved hand-drawn graphics. Old school style is my fave.
Wednesday June 23rd
Hours: 10-4
Since the website design was finished, I worked on A Little Dab of Paint all day. I worked pretty diligently, possibly past the necessary point for presentation to the client. But I have been messing around with the layout to see what works best. I've also been altering the illustrations in Photoshop to put a canvas-like texture on each page over each illustration to give it a more authentic feel and some more visual interest. I will comment on one particular page that has been like a mensa puzzle for me. Trying to fit the copy into the illustrated page has been quite the challenge. The way the illustration was drawn made for awkward white space to place the text, which I struggled with for a solid hour before finally realizing that Photoshop would cure this ailment. I popped it into PS and moved a few elements of the illustration so to open up plenty of negative space to place the text. Muahaha. Stingy illustrations-0, Dani-1.
Since the website design was finished, I worked on A Little Dab of Paint all day. I worked pretty diligently, possibly past the necessary point for presentation to the client. But I have been messing around with the layout to see what works best. I've also been altering the illustrations in Photoshop to put a canvas-like texture on each page over each illustration to give it a more authentic feel and some more visual interest. I will comment on one particular page that has been like a mensa puzzle for me. Trying to fit the copy into the illustrated page has been quite the challenge. The way the illustration was drawn made for awkward white space to place the text, which I struggled with for a solid hour before finally realizing that Photoshop would cure this ailment. I popped it into PS and moved a few elements of the illustration so to open up plenty of negative space to place the text. Muahaha. Stingy illustrations-0, Dani-1.
Tuesday June 22nd
Hours: 10-5
The DepoConnection site was the main item of concern today. I actually didn't work on anything but the site design. It was good for me to devote an entire day of focus to that site for both myself and for TEA. I reworked it three times and was directed on what changes were necessary, etc. By the end of the day, I completed the design for a 7 page website to be sent to the client for approval. I learned a couple new layering techniques in Photoshop, but mostly I learned that I do have the capacity to sit an entire 7 hours and work diligently. Weird.
The DepoConnection site was the main item of concern today. I actually didn't work on anything but the site design. It was good for me to devote an entire day of focus to that site for both myself and for TEA. I reworked it three times and was directed on what changes were necessary, etc. By the end of the day, I completed the design for a 7 page website to be sent to the client for approval. I learned a couple new layering techniques in Photoshop, but mostly I learned that I do have the capacity to sit an entire 7 hours and work diligently. Weird.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thursday June 17th
Hours: 10-5:30
Busy, busy, busy. I got in this morning to find it abnormally quiet. It's been a month and a week that I've been here and I know what this silence means. Deadlines. So I sat and worked on my top three projects that needed to be finished today/in the near future and waited patiently for my supervisor to tell me what's on the agenda. I had forgotten there was a meeting with a client about a logo that needed some tweaking and I was prepared to help out in any way I could. Turns out I had more work to do than I thought. I had to do the logo color corrections on my own and then present them to the client...on my own. This was one of those situations that I was thrown into, but turned out being fun. I then had to take the clients wishes and work the logo until it fit what he wanted. I spent the majority of my day working on over 30 color variations of this Decisioning Systems logo, which was really good knit-picky color experience. I learned I should probably keep it simple because now the client may want 30 more variations in one specific logo.
Other than the excitement of being thrown another live project and presenting it face to face with the client, I worked on A Little Dab of Paint more and also the Hometown America rewards program logo. Overall, it was a really busy, challenging but really rewarding week.
Busy, busy, busy. I got in this morning to find it abnormally quiet. It's been a month and a week that I've been here and I know what this silence means. Deadlines. So I sat and worked on my top three projects that needed to be finished today/in the near future and waited patiently for my supervisor to tell me what's on the agenda. I had forgotten there was a meeting with a client about a logo that needed some tweaking and I was prepared to help out in any way I could. Turns out I had more work to do than I thought. I had to do the logo color corrections on my own and then present them to the client...on my own. This was one of those situations that I was thrown into, but turned out being fun. I then had to take the clients wishes and work the logo until it fit what he wanted. I spent the majority of my day working on over 30 color variations of this Decisioning Systems logo, which was really good knit-picky color experience. I learned I should probably keep it simple because now the client may want 30 more variations in one specific logo.
Other than the excitement of being thrown another live project and presenting it face to face with the client, I worked on A Little Dab of Paint more and also the Hometown America rewards program logo. Overall, it was a really busy, challenging but really rewarding week.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Wednesday, June 16th
Hours: 10-4
Today I designed a total of 8 more developed logos for Hometown America's reward program. This was definitely only my first round though. I was critiqued on them and sent back to the drawing board to come out with only 5 for the second round. I haven't been critiqued on those yet, but will most likely tomorrow.
I also worked on A Little Dab of Paint some more today and got some solid progress taken care of. I added in the graphics I made in Illustrator into the copy for emphasis on each of the colors mentioned. I also worked on the text layout some more. It's still got a ways to go, but progress is being made pretty fast.
It was also a fun, yet sad day. I found out Stefan, the vice-president and the person who got me this internship, is leaving the company to move to Arizona. He got a really good job offer and decided to take the opportunity. We had a going-away party for him and it was a really fun chance to get to know the people I work with. It's also a bummer because besides Bill, the president, I won't have anyone else to talk soccer with. I wish Stefan the best in his new job.
Today I designed a total of 8 more developed logos for Hometown America's reward program. This was definitely only my first round though. I was critiqued on them and sent back to the drawing board to come out with only 5 for the second round. I haven't been critiqued on those yet, but will most likely tomorrow.
I also worked on A Little Dab of Paint some more today and got some solid progress taken care of. I added in the graphics I made in Illustrator into the copy for emphasis on each of the colors mentioned. I also worked on the text layout some more. It's still got a ways to go, but progress is being made pretty fast.
It was also a fun, yet sad day. I found out Stefan, the vice-president and the person who got me this internship, is leaving the company to move to Arizona. He got a really good job offer and decided to take the opportunity. We had a going-away party for him and it was a really fun chance to get to know the people I work with. It's also a bummer because besides Bill, the president, I won't have anyone else to talk soccer with. I wish Stefan the best in his new job.
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