...rollin', rollin' down the ribbah....

It's the second week of school and I just keep rollin'.
  The tempo of Ike and Tina's version of Proud Mary is how I feel about the way things are going in school this quarter. It starts out slow, then after about a minute, they break it down and it really rocks, then comes to a big finale!

I have a Package Design class which is lots of work. A friend of mine who had this class before said, "Oh my god, I feel sorry for you, you're gonna die."

 I think he just felt like dying because this isn't his thing and he's only 20. I've waited a long time to go to school and figure out what I want to be when I grew up and I like school and homework.
I know it's a lot of work, I mean more than you'd think and more than I've had for other classes, but I'm having fun with it. This class is the reason I changed my major from plain ole Graphic Designer to Advertising Design.

I was in the store one day when I first moved to Dallas and I stood in the middle of the noodles and sauce aisle looking around at the boxes and jars. I spotted one box in particular that was boring and plain and thought, "Huh, someone got paid, actually got paid to design this box of noodles and it totally sucks. I bet I could do better." And that was that. At the beginning of the second quarter of school I went to my advisor and said, "I want to be in Advertising. I think I got some good ideas and I think I can do it."
Stamp, scribble, signature, done and done.

So, now in this Package Design class, my teacher is very organized, which I appreciate, and moves in the steps of the process. So week one in this class we had to research some products and decide what we would package and also find fonts to use and sketch ideas for a logo and answer a bunch of questions concerning our product.

I narrowed my products down to three: pasta - I thought I could use a Pringles can and repurpose it; soap - I thought it would be cool to package scented bar soap in paper that is imbedded with flower seeds you could throw out into your yard; and sewing tools and supplies - I thought it would be neat to package a repair kit in something that looks like a matchbook and put tools like scissors and stuff in a box like a slide out match box.

So which one do you think I picked? We had to present our ideas in class, so tune in next time to see my progress!!

my desk/workspace...I got a lot going on.