Week One Down! Just Try & Hold Me Back!

Hey Again Peeps!

Our instructor April Condon outlined the goals & objectives of the course on Monday -- and we are going to cover a crazy amount of stuff! I swallowed my bile-ball of anxiety and got down to the first four projects of the year.

So far, I've produced 72 logo concept sketches, a simple five-page website, an office document, and a twenty-second flash animation. I also, as stated in my earlier posting, started up my first blog site which I'm getting more excited about now that it's a reality. I can't wait to start sharing myself with the world now!

At this point, things are going fairly smoothly. I'm slowly sifting through HTML syntax and incorporating my current corporate design into my school work. I think my biggest challenge this year will be learning Flash. Actually, I will correct that: my biggest challenge this year will be learning Flash without accompanying it with my usual sighing, moaning and audibly uttered death-threats against the software developers. You should have heard the commotion when I was learning Adobe Illustrator (Freehand, why did you have to shuffle off into the good night??) ... baby elephants are born into this world with less bellowing and foot-stomping!

The website I'm working on is my own, by the way. I hope to properly launch it soon. Then I'll update it with new tricks from my Interactive Multimedia bag as we go through the course.

And now for something to share... Cheesy Goodness!


Here's an advertisement for Ojai Valley Taxidermy. Not exactly what one would call a "high-production" piece, but entertaining nonetheless. This just cracks me up!

Ojai Valley Taxidermy

My First Blog

I've never had a blog before. I've been strictly a "speak when spoken to" kinda gal when it comes to anything internet. Maybe it's the commitment; maybe it's the pressure to always be entertaining or thought-provoking. Putting it out there online has been a hurdle that I hope to get over while taking my course. Last week, my instructor asked us all to start a blog, hence my sudden appearance here in the blogspot world. :)

Tomorrow is my first real day of school. I am taking Interactive Multimedia at Holland College. I can't wait to get cracking!!