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FC Reflections Fall 2015

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Project Management

This Semester I had the privilege to work Prof. Ferrell and the African American Studies department. I had the chance of a life time, which was to redesign the departments look. I am pretty sure almost any designer would have wanted that same chance. I am glad Prof. Jordan chose me and in doing so I would leave my mark, and have something outstanding to add to my portfolio. I honestly got to design a few posters for some important events. One of them was the poster for the the Black Solidarity event in the school, that design was absolutely outstanding. It felt great to design something with a hip hop theme in it, as I am a hip hop music fan. Even though I had successful project designs, the challenge of other prior responsibilities was still present all throughout the semester.

Design Skills/Techniques

This semester I found myself going back and forth using the adobe applications. For some of the projects I used Photoshop then switched to Indesign or Illustrator. For example the list of courses for the AFR department, which was completely redesigned. I went from using photoshop in the icon images then I used Illustrator to vectorize and improv the image quality when taking it to print, the from there I used Indesign for the whole layout of the project. My skills keep on improving especially in Indesign. Compared to when I first stated the internship I am significantly better and much more comfortable.

Work Relationships

I have been in Faculty Commons for a few semesters now, and since the beginning everyone is more than helpful. We are not only part of the FC design team, but I see that we are a FC design family. I would sometimes need some help and my co-workers are always there. I am designing something my the design team is always there to give me advice and valuable criticism. I also needed help to film for my senior project and they were there for me. I don’t think I ever had that kind of help and feedback from another place I have worked, that might be because Faculty Commons isn’t any other place, it is the place to be.

Different

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I have been attending City Tech for several semesters now and I have to say that it is always a different experience. Since I started college every semester a certain level of difficulty is always present. You can say it goes from beginner to professional. As for this past semester (Spring 2015) the challenges were there at a high level. Prior to the beginning of classes, my family and I adopted a puppy. I knew It was going to be a lot of work, but challenges are always welcome as I see it. My routine changes from before, which I would just include myself. Now I had to adjust time for my dog such as feeding, walking, playing and so on. As the semester progressed it felt as if I was a parent.

Aside from that going to work at the Faculty Commons office, and then going to work at my evening job my day was totally busy. More challenges arose as always just to add to the strain. Which resulted in me dropping a class for the first time. The class was Senior Project, I did not like the fact of me doing so at a certain time during the semester. It was a sacrifice in order for me to handle my priorities in school and out.