In Response To: Portfolio reviews & Meredith

Today, I finally had the chance to meet with Jan to discuss my progress-to-date and my portfolio options. In terms of what I need to work on for my portfolio, (which I need to get a move on, asap; jobs are not going to wait around for me... unfortunately), there's definitely some solid stuff already in there.  That said, I do have a lot of work to do so that some of my lesser pieces are "performance ready." Add that to my list of things to do during Spring Break. Hmph.

Complaining aside, the truth is that I love doing this stuff. I don't mind having design homework - I don't even mind making revisions (aka, scrapping) designs that I am in love with. (Yes, I loved my Andy Warhol-esque covers from last week.) But really, I could spend all day working on different concepts and pushing my creativity to the limit... because there's no better feeling than creating something from nothing, and being really proud of it.

Jan's talk with me today definitely motivated me to just keep on pushing.  I'm figuring out "my style", and somehow maintaining my sense of self in a majority of our assignments. And that makes me happy...and encouraged. At the end of the day, I want to be unique and original, and set apart from the crowd, so that's what I'm after.

On a different note, we also had our Meredith Commission presentations today. Thankfully a majority/all of the presentation was left in the hands of the creative directors (sorry, Cara!), so I got to sit back and see all of the prototype groups' work.  In all, I love everything - literally. The color palettes are all so beautiful, and the designs look extremely professional ... I'm just so proud of my friends! :)

Now, I'm leaving you with some of my cover revisions.  They were due earlier than normal this week, which actually works perfectly with my midterm schedule/other classes. In general, I ended up scrapping most of my original concepts.  Sad, but it was the only logical option for me as I knew that I didn't have the right take on the story the first time around. So, while I left the ears in place, off went the lips, and quite a few text bubbles.

This last one (black cover) was chosen as the winner for the 4/8 issue, but still has a lot of work to be done on it. But in all, I'm happy with it, and am excited to see what it evolves into throughout the upcoming weeks. 

Whew. A novel later, I think I'll wrap up. Enjoy the day, and happy early Spring Break! :)

- Cassie