Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Alright..
Turns out I'm not much of the blogging type, hm? I realize that five entries since September doesn't look too great. Well, I certainly hope you haven't judged me negatively for it. It was experimental, after all, as is the rest of this site, and it just didn't turn out to be the best way to present myself online. So when I redesign the site, this blog just won't be here anymore. Cool? In the meantime, I've jumped on the Twitter bandwagon, because our attention spans just get shorter and shorter, and we just CANNOT RECEIVE INFORMATION FAST ENOUGH!! Right? Actually, I think it's creating lots of interesting little stories of individuals, and also that it's one of the best ways to follow causes/media outlets/etc. that one may be into. So let's see where this goes! TWITTER/SHINYPIXEL And follow me if you've got an account!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Connecticut River Transit's new bus wrap unveiled!
Earlier this week, my bus wrap design for Connecticut River Transit was finally applied to their new 40' long Gillig BRT, and unveiled at a grand ceremony on April 9th! I'm also currently featured in this weekend's Brattleboro Reformer. Check out my CRT page for more photos and detail!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
AIB Catalog
I've (at last!) received a copy of the current Art Institute of Boston catalog, which includes my Ado magazine in the student work section. It's really cool, yet kind of strange, to see my own work in the latest version of the catalog that years ago helped me learn about and decide on where to spend my college years, and to see my friends' designs on these pages too. I'm really proud to have my work in this book, and congrats to my classmates who made it in as well!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Colder Weather
This morning I woke up to see the needle on my thermometer pointed at about 1 degree or so, and I believe this is the first day of the season so far that's been so chilly. I hope the stray cat my brother saw outside yesterday is doing ok..
I feel compelled to write here, although I wish more had happened by now, because frankly, not much has. I hate to put the blame solely on the economy–it feels lazy, although it seems to truly be the reason why myself and many of my cool and extremely talented former classmates are in a similar situation. I've been sending out résumés like crazy, and I've generally been receiving some genuinely amazing responses, which are then followed by apologies for a lack of available work. I'm well aware that many factors in today's market are beyond control, and I sincerely appreciate the time given by local designers to get to know me.
But why should I talk about this? The same people who I'm trying to get a hold of will be reading of this situation. I put a blog on this site so it could seem current and different each time someone went to it, and because a portfolio website is the one design piece where one's personality could (and should, I believe) stand out as it needs to. At this point in my life, I have more confidence in myself than ever, and I also think honesty is pretty important. So I feel like this is okay.
I think an optimistic attitude is the only way to see through this, or anything else in life, really. As long as I'm productive with my time and always improving myself, I can't see how I can feel complete disappointment. So I've been spending a lot of time improving my knowledge of web coding languages, as every day it seems more and more a crucial skill to know as a designer, and unfortunately I wasn't able to learn this in college. I recently uploaded a coded version of my Potter Brothers website rough, using XHTML and CSS skills I taught myself after graduation. In addition, as I get to know more designers, hopefully the amount of work I do will increase, once external factors start to pick up. My parents have been really supportive of everything I've been doing, and I couldn't ask for more out of them.
I had a really good younger friend of mine pass away recently, and though it was terribly difficult initially, I can accept it now and just appreciate the fact that he was around, and how he made parties and hanging out just so much better. I've been asked to design a sticker in his memory, so hopefully I can get around to this quite soon, because I'm honored to have been thought of to create such a simple but meaningful item.
Life will continue to have its ups and downs, and nothing will be perfect. And regardless of my current frustration, I know this won't last forever, because every day is closer to when things start to fall into place. They will.
I feel compelled to write here, although I wish more had happened by now, because frankly, not much has. I hate to put the blame solely on the economy–it feels lazy, although it seems to truly be the reason why myself and many of my cool and extremely talented former classmates are in a similar situation. I've been sending out résumés like crazy, and I've generally been receiving some genuinely amazing responses, which are then followed by apologies for a lack of available work. I'm well aware that many factors in today's market are beyond control, and I sincerely appreciate the time given by local designers to get to know me.
But why should I talk about this? The same people who I'm trying to get a hold of will be reading of this situation. I put a blog on this site so it could seem current and different each time someone went to it, and because a portfolio website is the one design piece where one's personality could (and should, I believe) stand out as it needs to. At this point in my life, I have more confidence in myself than ever, and I also think honesty is pretty important. So I feel like this is okay.
I think an optimistic attitude is the only way to see through this, or anything else in life, really. As long as I'm productive with my time and always improving myself, I can't see how I can feel complete disappointment. So I've been spending a lot of time improving my knowledge of web coding languages, as every day it seems more and more a crucial skill to know as a designer, and unfortunately I wasn't able to learn this in college. I recently uploaded a coded version of my Potter Brothers website rough, using XHTML and CSS skills I taught myself after graduation. In addition, as I get to know more designers, hopefully the amount of work I do will increase, once external factors start to pick up. My parents have been really supportive of everything I've been doing, and I couldn't ask for more out of them.
I had a really good younger friend of mine pass away recently, and though it was terribly difficult initially, I can accept it now and just appreciate the fact that he was around, and how he made parties and hanging out just so much better. I've been asked to design a sticker in his memory, so hopefully I can get around to this quite soon, because I'm honored to have been thought of to create such a simple but meaningful item.
Life will continue to have its ups and downs, and nothing will be perfect. And regardless of my current frustration, I know this won't last forever, because every day is closer to when things start to fall into place. They will.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
LaPatta.com is open!
Welcome to the blog! Here I'll be posting bits of news and thoughts regarding the site or other happenings with me. But please take a look around LaPatta.com, as it was just launched a few minutes ago! Thanks!
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