Not a Period, But an Ellipsis...

So this past semester I found myself becoming an art kid again, and my love affair with CS rekindled in ways I could have never imagined. My resume has wowed people far and wide, and it's nice to finally have one that doesn't rely on MS Word. My poster project taught me what was possible with the pen tool, and I continued what I learned from that to put towards what I drew up for RJD2's Mayfest gig poster. The logo project finally forced me to think smaller and more succinct, something that I always state as a goal but rarely follow through on. The magazine was the exact opposite and called a tall order to pull no punches with layout intricacies. Text wraps and bounding boxes were now my new friends. I'm really glad we got to foray into the world of web design. Design removed from the paper is something I've always wanted to do, and having learned the approach to do so will help me in my coding class in the fall. After having the taste of the full CS4 after years with a pirated Photoshop CS3, I convinced myself that I was ready again to get all nit-picky about my work by expanding my ability in this class and signing up for another design class in the fall. Most important of all though were the building blocks of design I learned. I will never again be able to view design devoid of grids or kerning. It's already manifested itself during a portfolio review I attended, where I complimented the reviewer's business card for using Gill Sans. Once you speak the language, you're ready to talk on level with a whole new class of people. So I'll continue to work on becoming fluent in it. At this point in time though, this semester was an important first step.