Midterms

Midterms have hit this week. For seniors in Communications Design that usually means that we have three completed projects. For my class, though the professor has only had us do two whole projects, which makes my life easier for now, but harder in the end when I have to fit in an extra project when the other students are all set.

Since both my projects are mostly completed this week I'm just polishing them up, strengthening the weak spots and filling in any missing spots. My packaging for the Bigelow Tea redesign was well received last week so all I have to do is make a handful of changes for that and add a print ad and an environmental ad to the TV spot I devised last time around.

OMA Tibetan Dairy needed a bit more tweaking with the graphics and an entire point of purchase display that I hadn't had anything for before. No biggie.

Next week is spring break, and I'm really going to have to get down to business. My consultation with my photographer is coming up so I'm going to need some kind of feel for how many pictures I want, of what and what I want them to look like. To do this I have to have a very good idea of how my next few projects are going to pan out. Lots more polishing, tweaking, redesigning and constructing in store.

As always, wish me luck!

Pofoli-oli-oli-o!

So I've decided that shopping for the actual book part of the portfolio (like, the cover and binding and pages and such) is like shopping for a wedding dress. It's the pretty stuff that you want to worry about with none of the stress of the actual work involved.

My favorite these days? Check out this beauty.
It's durable, sleek, kinda classy, kinda quirky. Very me.

PLUS I talked to the lady at our local Commercial Art store and we've devised a way to bring the price way down. I'm talking, no shipping and handling, no unnecessary fancy add-ons plus a 20% student discount. I think that through buying through Commercial Art I may save close to a hundred dollars. I can get behind that.