Wo, November 4, 2011 I
certainly have neglected my little portfolio blog! Hopefully you’ll think I
have a reasonable excuse.
Not long after I set
this portfolio blog up I started working at the now Department of Environment
and Heritage Protection as a full time Graphic Designer and it has been really
great! I feel very lucky to have a job that I enjoy and with some fantastic people
that make going to work easy.
So that’s my excuse.
My original goal was to become a full time designer and continue to do some
freelance work here and there for some added variety. Goal achieved! So as it
is the start to a new year I wanted to make some new goals to grow creatively
and thought that blogging about my progress would keep me on track.
Let me say this, I am
not looking for a new job, however I do know that one day I might be, or one
day I might have children and want to work from home. Having these extra skills
may make me more employable in the future or help me create something where I
can work at home and be a mum. I’m not saying that’s what’s going to happen but
I’d like to have the option if it does.
Ok time for the goals!
Well really they are the things I want to learn about or learn how to do this
year. Here goes:
1. Photography – I was very lucky to receive a digital SLR
camera for my birthday last year and I am still working out how to use it.
2. Calligraphy – I have always loved beautiful handwritten
script so why not give it a go!
3. Photoshop – I know how to touch up photos, remove wrinkles and the like, but
there is so much you can do with this program. So I plan to explore.
4. Watercolour – I have always loved painting and drawing,
but have never really used watercolour. There are some really beautiful and
interesting ways I have seen watercolour used.
5. Illustration – See above! Something I don’t make time to do
anymore and I’d like to get back into it.
6. Dreamweaver – My study taught me how to design a website,
how to lay it out in a user friendly and aesthetic manner, but not how to build
one.
7. Typography – I guess this one fits in a bit with my calligraphy learning goal. My
aim is to add to the many
inspirational/funny/thought-provoking/outrageous/posters out there.
Now my goal is not to
become an expert in all of these within the year, but to try all of them. If I
find I enjoy something then I will keep practicing and learning more. If I am
struggling with something then I will stick with it until the end of the year.
If after that I still don’t grasp it or enjoy it then I will let it go, but
only if I have really worked at it. No half-assed BS.
Welcome to 2013. BOOM *said
in Will Farrell, Talladega nights, style voice*
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