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I believe that some takeaways that will impact my experience as a graduate student will be the projects I work on during my time here. Being able to create graduate-level work to grow my skills and be able to add to my portfolio will be invaluable to me as a student and a designer.
A few questions and concerns I have about the program are mostly introspective. Such as, how can I improve myself as a person and as a student and what skills are the best to cultivate to improve my work as a designer. I always worry about the best way to juggle what is required of me and really pull everything together in the cleanest way possible. Another concern I struggle with in hopes that it won’t be an issue is my professional writing for papers and critiques. I struggle with doing it naturally and well.
My game plan for this class and the rest of my classes during this program is to really thorough myself into my work and create the best version of my work that represents me and the growth I wish to experience here. In an effort to manage my time efficiently I have included my course her as part of my professional development at work which, if it is approved, I will be allotted time to work on and complete assignments during the day and will help create a more flexible schedule for my class work.
My long-range goals as a professional media include gaining work experience and ultimately working as a designer in the Marketing Department for a university. I did an internship in the past as a graphic designer for the University of West Florida in the Marketing Department of the University Commons and Student Involvement department and really enjoyed being a part of that experience.
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S. I believe that one of my strengths is my ability to think outside of the box. Whether my initial idea is successful or not, I am willing to explore it and experiment until I reach a solution I can be satisfied with. It provides me with a lot of trials and errors but it also eventually gives me a sense of what works and what doesn’t work and why.
W. If my strength is my willingness to experiment, then my weakness definitely has to be my lack of awareness. I get so caught up in trying to be original and different that my design sense suffers for it. I’ll make decisions in my own work that I would normally be able to pick up as an area that needs improvement in someone else’s design.
O. Working as a designer, everyday I get to go into the office and learn something new about designing and myself. Combining that with the opportunity to learn more in my classes and from my peers, I understand that I need to feel fortunate in that aspect.
T. My biggest threat is my sense of time management or lack there of. I definitely do not have the same handle on time management as my classmates. Not just with procrastinating but sometimes my biggest struggle is that I’ll work and work without realizing the sense of urgency I should be feeling until a deadline is right on top of me. I continue to work closely on my distorted perception of time.
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From Week 1’s GoTo lecture, I believe that I am reminded to think of more than just myself when I’m designing for a client. I think that the biggest takeaway that I will come across during my time as a graduate student is that, while everything I do now is to better myself, I cannot forget that I am bettering myself for future clients, projects, and businesses that I will be fortunate enough to work with.
In ‘What is Graphic Design?’ Sean Adams talks about the core of Graphic Design being the ability to help others succeed. A while back, I saved the photo above from Full Sail’s Instagram account. It is a quote from one of my favorite artists Salvador Dali that states, “No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.” This quote struck a chord with me and stuck with me. I remember it at times when I begin to sell myself short as a designer and a career woman. It reminds me that great work comes from hard work
My action plan for the MDMFA program will be to continue my growth as a designer and take every opportunity that is afforded to me and never taking the fact that I’ve made it this far for granted. I plan to dedicate my time and abilities to improving my skills so that one day I can use those skills to make masterpieces for others through my work.
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In my day to day workplace, I am constantly surrounded by people, my co-workers who are the to bounce ideas off of and discuss even the smallest of thoughts that may pop into my head as I work on projects and complete drafts of my work. I’m learning that in grad school especially as an online student I must be proactive in every step of my process, whether it be in my design process or education process. Also, another thing I’ve learned is that, because this process can sometimes feel like being on an island, I must take the all of the opportunities to critique and to be critiqued as they come. That being said, the feedback I received through the course of this month would have to be to push my ideas further and in as many ways that I can, even if it’s not my typical my of viewing a design project. Then, after countless research has been done and mind maps have been explored and numerous sketches have been drawn up, I have to be able to look at the work I have so far to see if it’s going in the right direction and if it’s not, I have to be unafraid to go back to step one and take another design road.
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I believe that one takeaway that I’ll need to keep in mind as a graduate student is that your world as a student is forever evolving and changing. It is difficult to have your mind move in the same way. It’s being able to embrace that change for your own betterment. A concern that I worry about as a grad student is how I will fit the pieces of my experiences together to farther my goals.
I plan to further my path toward my goals by stepping out of my basic bubble and go above and beyond to reach all that I desire to achieve. I just started an internship with a Comic Book Publishing company that will help me learn a substantial amount about working in the comic industry. I’ve also applied to be a part of several different conventions being held.I believe these opportunities will provide me with available inside access to research I would not have otherwise.
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...But often the source of the problem is the structure of the damn book, the organization of the chapters, how one idea is linked to another.
Robert Greene: "Mastery" | Talks at Google
In our assignment this week we watched Greene discuss his book Mastery in his Google Talk. He talked about four exercises we can implement to reach a higher level of creativity. The fourth of these, subverting your patterns of thinking, really resonated with me. The quote above is from Greene’s analogy on someone’s struggle to write a book and the limiting habits of our minds. He explains that while we try to explain away these complications the real culprit is our own faulty structures. As a writer and a designer, this message seemed to hit home for me. The saying goes, “you can’t build a home on a cracked foundation.” Just like the freedom from rigid patterns your mind requires to express yourself and ideas on a higher level.
Greene, R. (n.d.). Robert Greene: "Mastery". Lecture. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4v_34RRCeE
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“There’s no such thing as a creative block, if you’re hitting a wall you just turn around and go a different way.” -Timothy Goodman
Timothy Goodman is a designer that I personally admire. Knowing that his advice to a struggling designer is to search through to find another path reminds me of one of the many reasons I admire him. He works hard to make his own mark in the world and doesn't let his own mental roadblocks hinder him.
CreativeLive. "Timothy Goodman on Making Your Mark6" YouTube. YouTube, 12 May 2016. Web. 12 November 2017.
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I don’t want to dream less, I just want to plan more.
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I intend to use these next twelve months and beyond to hone my skills as a designer and business person. I want to allow myself the opportunity to open up and receive everything my studies have to offer. I want to have a receptive mindset in the work I do and the world that I will be privy to within the upcoming months. I want to visually see my growth and development as a professional and produce work that I am proud of. More than just during this degree program but also as I enter further into the world of design. With my interests spanning across several mediums of design, I hope to gain more depth into the field areas that interest me the most and to find a place of my own in it. I plan on taking that extra step to move toward my goals of becoming a Master in my field and a person who inspires others to pursue their dreams and to follow their passions. When I was younger, my love for travel always felt like a pipe dream but I want to strive to turn that dream into a reality. I hope to learn in my time here what I need to turn my hopes into the grit I need to faithfully pursue my desires. At the end of my time here I would like to be well verse in speaking my mind design wise, using educated reasoning with a fluency backed by design terminology and understanding. I want to more than just dream of my future, I want to begin planning an obtainable path to that future. I will work hard so that my grit level matches my ambition level as well. Also, if my strength does begin to wane, I want to be able to find motivation within myself.
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