Although it may look like I've been MIA the past couple of months, I've actually been centering my focus on all the projects I've wanted to complete but didn't due to my busy college schedule. I will never, ever seriously complain about being busy, but this semester didn't allow for much time to ponder, poke and polish my art. But thanks to summer creating an easier schedule along with Milwaukee finally giving me some sunshine, I've started truly feeling a break down on all the creative blocks that I had previously felt. I've also managed to transform my unpaid internship at Moon Landing Agency into a part time paid position as a graphic designer. This is a considerable and even ambitious step for my career and I. It was only a little over a year ago when my hopes to launch into the path of a trained graphic designer were diminished as the college advisor told me that I was "too late" to sign up for the program. So as I fall deeper and deeper into my self-made trail of becoming a graphic artist, I'm inevitably falling deeper into what that means. Immersing myself into this world was the first and never ending step. Identifying myself as an artist is still new to me and I'm learning the process of being a creative along with tying that into my future career plans. But there are moments which remind me that my efforts are not going unnoticed and even times when I surprise myself. Like the logo I created in less than 24 hours for a friend working at a nonprofit in Bolivia, South America whose goal is to create sustainable sanitation for the people of Cochabamba. Or the email I opened up yesterday morning which subject line read, "Request to Feature your Art". And the girl from high school who went out of her way to comment on a design I posted on Instagram to tell me that her and her friends are loving the stickers they purchased. Finally, the noticeable improvements in my speed, thought and progress for client designs here at Moon Landing. So how to be an artist is the motion I am going through, not only taking charge of my own path but also allowing the process to carry me where it may. Even though it's not 100 percent known exactly where I'm headed, the creative mindset and I are taking off running.
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