Hi all!
Well, i decided to blog today because I'm feeling quite free as I didn't go out for dinner and came straight home from work.. Work? You say? YEAH BABY! My internship just started on Monday. It's supposed to be Wednesday but since i had no life and was very free, i agreed to go down on Monday instead. And another reason why I'm suddenly blogging again after my blog died some time ago is cos i have to do some stupid reflection journal every month to keep track of our learning. -.- Stupid right..
Well, as i'm very vain and i do have some outbreaks like pimples and the most recently FRECKLES! I love to use Photoshop to edit them away. And basically that's it. HAHA. But recently, I've been using Photoshop to design i.live banners and other photos that i try and create to make it look artsy but fail miserably. But I would say i am quite good with Photoshop for a non-design student.
My main point is that, one of the reasons why my company hired me is because I wrote in my resume that i am 'Proficient in Photoshop.' HAHAHA. Yes, I didn't go for any interview (though I really did spend 2 weeks attending interviews in Ubi, Redhill, Zoo, you name it) and they confirmed me. i was quite skeptical at first, but when i went to 'spy' on the company (i wanted to know how and what the working environment is like and where exactly is the office, etc), and when i opened the door, Coldplay's Viva la Vida was playing on the radio.
If you know me well enough, Coldplay is one of my most favorite band! It's a sign i must say! And i said yes on the spot! :) Oh, if you're wondering (and i have not mentioned it), i'm working for this Events company. They deal with D&Ds, family day, roadshows, carnivals, and all those. Cos I've been planning i.live's events for quite some years now, i know roughly how it's run and all, and so i thought i could give this a shot!
Ok, anyway, back to my main point, how's work.. Well, this week I've been designing posters and banners, etc. And I'm quite proud of it actually. If you took a look at my old i.Live banners and posters design, you would think that it's plain and all. But here, within a week, I found my creative steak (i know i always complain to nic that i have no artistic flare in me). The first 2 days, i designed a pirate & Olympic themed posters. I followed my supervisor's ideas and style of designing. Those were for actual clients. Than when i was done with it, he gave me another assignment, to design a retro style poster. This one was just utter randomness and there was no project with a retro theme. So i went online to surf the net and look for inspiration. THAN, i found some Photoshop brushes. I tell you, they're miracles! HAHAHHA! i knew of their existences but i never wondered by i didn't use them. I did use downloaded brushes before than i changed my computer and everything was gone. I only loved to play around and download all sorts of cute fonts.
Than for my pirate and Olympic posters, my supervisor had to make major adjustments like don't use this picture, and change the colour, shift this here, make this bigger, use brighter colours. I only used photos i found online and just inserted them into the poster etc. THAN came the retro assignment. I played with all sorts of retro circle brushes and pictures and all. AND my supervisor said 'It's nice! We can use this next time we have a retro theme project.' and DIDN'T make amendments. He even asked my other colleagues to come and take a look. I was so shy but delighted as well. If i could blush, I would have been a tomato.
Than today he asked me to do a backdrop with a Halloween theme. And he liked it so much i think he's going use it for multiple Halloween projects. HEEHEE.
Ok, that's all for now, I'm going to go read my book. :D
9:09 PM
