Ever since my advisor told me that I was too late to minor in graphic design, I've had to find a lot of independent motivation. This isn't easy, of course, to attempt to learn a new trade on your own time. Working on a few projects here and there last year, 2017 was exactly what I needed to kick start that motivation I was so longly looking for. I've started picking up new projects, using every aspect of my day as inspiration. So when I saw that my friend Tayo had launched his own blog, The Ghetto Flower, I jumped at the chance to create a design. Tayo was on board with the idea and wanted me to create something to test my skills. I went straight to his Instagram, grabbed a super awesome shot of him and headed to Photoshop. From there, over a few days, I used mainly the pen and brush tool to create this: To which I posted on Twitter and Instagram and received an unexpected amount of love and appraisal from it! I plan on continuing to use social media as a tool for both my graphic design and public relations career. I feel pretty lucky as an artist that I have such an efficient way to share my designs with the world. Instagram is particularly helpful because I can add dozens of hashtags like #GraphicDesign and #DigitalArt to gain more exposure. I also use Instagram as a tool for inspiration. For example, the original photo I used for Tayo's design was taken at the Milwaukee Art Museum by a guy named TJ. I've never met TJ but thanks to social media I became inspired by his art. My Instagram and Twitter will hopefully help take my designs to the next level. As for now, I have a nice list of designs I want to create along with working on revamping the logo fro The Ghetto Flower. Time to get to work!
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Trying is the first step to actually achieving a new goal. At least that is what I am telling myself as I pursue my creative goals that I have set for 2017. About a year ago as a second semester sophomore who had already tried about 3 different majors I decided I wanted to pursue a minor in graphic design. Unfortunately for me, I was too late in my college career to sign up for the program which is run by Milwaukee's Institute of Art and Design. So I've turned this situation into a personal challenge. I will act on my creativity at least once a day and teach myself (with the help of YouTube tutorials and helpful professors at Marquette) more and more about graphic design.
So, I want this blog to center around my goals and growth throughout the semester. More specifically I would like to write about graphic design, my journey, and tying in my major of public relations. I officially declared my major less than a year ago and just a few weeks prior I wanted my major to be advertising. Before that I gave a shot at the education program and even before that I floated around in the college of arts and sciences as an "undeclared" student. Clearly, I haven't had the most straight-forward path in college unlike my nursing and engineering friends for example. But I've found my place in the communications school and am enjoying learning more about public relations. Everyday my communications research TA takes attendance by asking us a question. Last Thursday she asked "What is your dream job?" A simple enough question for a normal college student perhaps. I ended up saying something along the lines of "I'm not sure...hopefully something creative." Although I hope that is true I also envision much more for myself. I don't know specifically if there's even a job title for what I want to do, but I feel as if studying public relations is a great jumpstart. I think a public relations background will be beneficial for my communication skills along with knowledge in how to maintain an image whether that be a brand or an individual. The moral of the story is: I don't really know what I'm doing, where I'm going or how exactly I'll use my college major in my career but I do know that I'm excited for the uncertainty. I'm proud that I've set some goals for myself and I can't wait to share what I create. As for now join me as I'll be blogging, tweeting #PurelyPR and figuring it all out. |
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