Graphic Design Student Blog http://www.designdump.com/designdumparticles.aspx Graphic Design Student Blog 120 design@nospamdesigndump.com mojoPortal Blog Module V 1.0 Junior Review http://www.designdump.com/Blog/ViewPost.aspx?pageid=134&ItemID=344&mid=2475 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:26:37 GMT http://www.designdump.com/Blog/ViewPost.aspx?pageid=134&ItemID=344&mid=2475 http://www.designdump.com/Blog/ViewPost.aspx?pageid=134&ItemID=344&mid=2475 It's done. Finally. Thursday at 8 am. I turned in my Junior Portfolio.  After three weeks of hardly sleeping, drinking too much coffee (I don't even like coffee), and staring down a list of "to do's" that seemed impossibly long, I finally made it, and in one piece too.  Honestly, I felt beat down.  I felt like I couldn't get ahead, or even stay level in my classes. There was never enough time. By the end of week two, I felt like my brain was fried. My mental capacity was reduced to mush, and 4 hours of sleep was a good night.  Week three came and the weight got heavier and certain projects had to take a backset to others. It was easy to pick out the students going through their review, there were tell tale signs; like bags under their eyes,  a frantic pace in their walk, and frustration in their voices.  I was there too.   It didn't seem like it would ever get done, and I was so ready to be done.  26 hours without sleep, the night before my review I finished it.  Putting the last piece in my 16x20 black clam shell box at 7:56am. I was the first to arrive with my final portfolio. 

        I almost didn't know what to do with myself. It was such a weird feeling to be done.  But it was so satisfying.  It was a lot of work. It was hard. But honestly, I feel great. I feel like if I can do that, I can handle any project you hand to me.  Pushing ourselves as far as we did for these portfolios I feel like life just got put into perspective. It's incredibly liberating.  If anything life just got easier, and certainly more manageable.   Was that the point this whole time?



Alex Kocher  ...]]> It Starts. http://www.designdump.com/Blog/ViewPost.aspx?pageid=134&ItemID=310&mid=2475 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:51:53 GMT http://www.designdump.com/Blog/ViewPost.aspx?pageid=134&ItemID=310&mid=2475 http://www.designdump.com/Blog/ViewPost.aspx?pageid=134&ItemID=310&mid=2475

 Hey Everyone,

 

I’ve been quite the busy beaver this past summer between work, rock climbing trips and some other projects I have been working on. I have recently come back from a climbing trip at the New River Gorge in West Virginia. It was a phenomenal trip, I got to climb some 100ft cliffs and just relax and enjoy nature, but now its time to get back into the swing of things.

After finishing up my first week of classes, I can already tell that this semester is really going to fly by. With that being said, it is also going to be a busy semester as well. However, this does not scare, I am very excited to really dive in this new school year and push myself to make the transition from a design student to an active designer in the field. I’m really looking forward to pushing myself to grow and learn. I also hope the rest of you out there have a great semester! 



Joe Reynolds  ...]]>