I made a bunch of geeky table cards for my husband and my 10th anniversary party this past May. We're both huge Star Trek fans so here's a peak at some of the Trek designs I put together. Found on the interwebs - artist Unknown. Found this adorable illustration and couldn't resist adding this quote to it.
At the end of each semester MFA students are required to present a formal summary of research and creative work to all members of the MFA Committee. I had my review today and it went really well. I enjoy having opportunities to present but can't help but feel nervous. I talked too fast and ended up with dry mouth constantly causing me to have to pause for a sip of water. It's so weird because that never happens to me. I need more presentation opportunities so I can work through it. I created a keynote presentation of my work from [...]
We were out of school last week for Thanksgiving/Fall Break which was great because it gave me a chance to attempt to play catch up on my projects. This is our final week of class. Next week is finals week but I don't believe either of my classes will be officially meeting. I have three projects that I'm currently working on: a research methodology project on How design can help victims of sexual trauma understand their legal options a group web project on Design Entrepreneurship called HatchED and a learning object on consent called 'How not to be a Rapist: [...]
Grad School, Week 10: This week was one of my most exhausting weeks so far, primarily due to all my travels last week. I was in Vegas last Sunday - Friday, arrived home Saturday morning, and then left Sunday morning for a two day trip to Helen, GA to squeeze a little quality time in with my husband and some friends. To top it all off, I developed a cold as soon as I got home from Vegas so I've felt sick and tired all week. All the traveling was worth it, but boy am I glad it's the weekend. [...]
2016 AIGA Design Conference Oct 17-19, 2016 @ The Mirage Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada My first AIGA conference is a wrap. It was a fun and super informative event full of interesting and inspiring content. I enjoyed hanging out with Stefanie, a fellow grad student from JSU, and the many wonderful people I met during the convention. Some great conversations were had, the speakers were fantastic, cool swag was collected, and I even won an awesome VR Headset. This was also my first visit to Vegas and it was a bit overwhelming. I enjoyed seeing the sights, but I'm [...]
Decay, 2009 Class: Adv. Imaging Instructor: Doug Clark Assignment: Dreams, Death, Desire I shot this image during the fall of 2009 as an idea for death. I was drawn to the the way the natural light filtered in and illuminated the water and stems within this vase. I've always had a thing for dead and decaying flowers. They're ugly to some, yet beautiful and mysterious. The contrast of cool and warm light, water, and air gives this image an otherworldly quality.
Not sure how half the semester has already flown by, but it has so life is going to be crazy for the rest of the semester. I'm about to go out of town for a week for the national AIGA conference in Vegas so I'm trying not to worry about all the work I need to do, but I am hoping to get a lot of reading done while I'm out of town. -fingers crossed- Art 625: Design Readings & Research Tuesday Reading Discussion Thursday Research Project Discussion I discussed the status of my literature review, the next steps [...]
