EXHAUSTED :(

This month has been and will continue to be so crazy busy. I'm super stressed out. I have midterms this week, essays due, and then I have to get a hard copy of my portfolio printed. Next Thursday I am leaving for New York City for two interviews and studio visit. My portfolio has to be OUT OF CONTROL SWEET. AHHHHHH, I'm super nervous.

Also, I will have to look for apartments while I'm in New York. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LIVE!!! Then, later this month I have to take a trip to Chicago for an interview with a firm there.

AND, I have to get design work sent out to Grooveshark so that I can hopefully be embraced by praise?! I just want them to like meeeeee. I love Grooveshark and I use it everyday. I would love to be able to represent them with my artwork.

As for IP and art school... that is also kicking my ass. I have worked on my horizontal piece a bit. I have refined the background, took out some parts that felt too heavy and awkward, and added some more textural elements and shapes. It will hopefully begin to balance itself out as a I continue working on it and expand horizontally more.

First Project

Yay! I'm starting my first project with Grooveshark. I'm excited and have big ideas. :)
Also, I got another interview in New York for a graphic design position. I'll be heading out to NYC in March. Three interviews on the 19th. :| Geez. It'll be a scary and busy day.

For IP, I'm finishing up my postcard image. I'm going to continue working on my horizontal composition. I talked to Mark about the feasibility of my final display ideas. He seems to find no issues with it but has asked me to explore a more dynamic or evocative positioning of the two pieces. He thinks they would be interesting if they intersected or were connected. He questioned what a break between the two pieces would mean. I think that to understand each piece, they must be separate.

I made a Behance

http://www.behance.net/EileenTjan

I've been super sick lately and work has just slowed down. I am on so much medication that I barely feel like myself. :(

I have been productive though! I started a Behance portfolio to try and get some of my stuff out there on the interwebs.

I'm resuming hardcore work productivity tomorrow. I have to. I'm determined.

Everything I do counts. Everything I make needs to be perfect. I feel so much pressure to impress people... I just want to succeed!

Infamous

Found this while googling Mickey Mouse for some reason.

I'm going to be designing for Grooveshark!! :D I'm very excited.

Another 1

I got an interview with MD70 in NYC as well. :) I really love their work. I hope they like me. I really do...

IP Update! I've got a great idea for final format presentation :D Hooray! Endi showed me an amazing artist who's presentation is really amazing.

This format would be perfect for presenting my project. I still need to contact Hiromi for paper prices. :/

D face all Day

:D

Roanne Adams accepted me as an intern!

Also, Grooveshark wants to interview me next week!

Happiness.

Double Crossy Fingies

I got an interview for an internship in NYC! I NEED to do well and make a great impression. :| I'm nervous. I want it so bad.

SOOOOOO BADDDDDUH! :p

Crosses Fingers

I applied for some grown up jobs over the weekend...
= is hopeful

Also, check out my awesome Christmas present :)

Oops

Man, IP has obviously influenced my work outside of school... haha

Remember the last post?

Here is my third iteration of this "lecture series" assignment.

made me smile

Also, I've been very busy lately. I am doing logo designs for Living Arts a creative community for engineering and the arts. I'm currently doing iterations of the logo. Process of my work will hopefully be uploaded soon.

I'm also in the middle of redesigning my website, Victor's website, and IGRI's. Its true, I am never happy until something is perfect. :/

arts on earth

I got accepted for a new freelance job! I'm just absolutely excited about it. The Arts on Earth people are starting a new project and need a logo and website designed. Not only does the pay make me smile for miles, but they will give me recognition for the designs. They are the first to offer me this opportunity. :)

my handwriting

Makes me laugh. As I'm staring at my to do list I just wrote, I can't help but notice the lines getting significantly more italic as they go. I also notice I twist my paper a full 45 degrees before I start writing. I believe this has much to do with the variance.

Also, I just started working on projects with the up and coming company Intraduce. Currently, I am working on promotional pieces for them.

All of my projects at the Union seem under control. I am pleased.

logo update

Here is my most recent attempt to create a Student Affairs logo. I think I might actually be getting closer to something useful.


Maybe?

run down

I'm finishing up the first week of my spring semester and I'm already tired. I have classes M - Th and work as well. I'm really worried about getting all of my readings done as well as finishing the essays that both classes require each week. Sadly, I need the credits and I don't actually need to work. I'd rather lose a class than the job, but... :/

I've decided that creating a logo for student affairs is difficult. Honestly, I think its the title of the website/organization. Student Affairs rubs me the wrong way and its very long. Please excuse this terrible picture. Apparently everything I'm doing is just FAIL.

I've taken a stupidly long break on finishing my website because I've been so busy going to school, working, and preparing for Acen. I'm disappointed in myself.

Why can't I make a living off nonsense?

swine flu

Is just the scariest thing ever. I can't help but constantly read about it in the news. I'm a little bit obsessive compulsive and worry just a little too much. But, I am trying to not let myself get ridiculous about it.

So, in between reading about electronic synthesizers and amplifiers, I found this loooooovely packaging for Helvetica the film.



I still haven't seen it. I am guilty.

My job at the University Technology Services Office is going well. I currently have two projects: redesigning the Student Affairs logo and designing a landing page for the SAL website.
I've been playing around with a word bubble, but haven't really landed on anything solid. It doesn't help that the office has a very limited and unimpressive font library.









I'm planning to learn how to do some 3D modeling this summer. Hopefully, I can play around with some geometric shapes and patterned textures to create some nice compositions.

I'm also thinking of buying a new desktop computer. It might just have to run Windows. I can't help missing being able to play games on my computer. My lil Mac laptop just can't do it! Victor's helped me picked out all the parts I need and I've picked a great case. :) Demi-god is calling my name.

web development office

I start work tomorrow at 11am at the Michigan Union's web development office. This is going to be a great learning opportunity. I will be learning server side coding on top of adding on to my client side coding knowledge. I'm hoping to get into Ruby on Rails this summer (as my own personal project).

I've been trying to really push CSS's abilities and javascript's. I've noticed a pattern of three columns of text on a lot of CSS websites. :) Good, I like columns.

I'm hitting a speed bump with my website. I just really dislike resizing all of my work to a consistent size. Almost done though. Almost!

I've been thinking about places I want to move after school. San Francisco, seems amazing.