No crying today...

As most of you know I did not pass my first portfolio class earlier this year, so I took a semester off from it, had other classes, worked on new projects and took them in for review each week.
Now, I am in portfolio class again. The first week I left in tears, not because I was told that my work was bad and I needed something new, but I was just so scared remembering how I felt the last time I left the first week compared to week 8 when I had to drop the class or fail it. The last two weeks I did not leave crying, but there was still a lot of re-do's I had to make. I'm barely passing right now, but what counts is the mid-term review which is next week. We have to show up by 11am to set up, so I took off work next Thursday. Last time I showed up on time, got a pretty good table, set up, had every single piece I was required to have and still failed, because my work wasn't good. Instead of dropping the class then, I thought I could gather some people and get things sorted out and come back by week 8, the final review week, and make it up. But I was wrong. On week 5, the mid-term review, if a student gets a letter on their table after review is over, it's a suggestion to drop the class because the work is not good. I got one last time and I don't want one again this time and I am so scared I'm going to get one. Every time I think about it, I want to cry. Not because I failed, but because I feel as though I'm being told I'm not good enough to do the thing I love.
So here are some pieces I am entering for the mid-term review. I hope I pass.

this is a print ad for a green laundromat I invented. (I made this in Illustrator)

this is an infographic I did with some facts I found on the OSHA site ( made in Illustrator)

Event posters is not my thing, I can not make a poster and I can not illustrate,
but I think I did pretty good on this one. (I made this mock up in Photoshop)

this is a coupon I made for a print ad for this brand of noodles I invented. (made in Illustrator, of course, my favorite)

Here is a billboard (we were required to have an outdoor advertisement) I did for the
brand of noodles I invented. (I do not have permission to use the picture yet)(mock up made in Photoshop)

I take free advice

So, the internship thing is going …

Instead of meeting up in the classroom each Wednesday and discuss our internship jobs, we post answers and responses to the aforementioned 25 part question each week and we all hate the internship class discussion board. We also have to upload a copy of our time sheets each week. Then, this week we find out that we also have to turn in a physical 10 page (or more) report, bound - in a very specific format answering very specific questions.  Jesus Christ, this keeps getting better and better. We all hate that, too.
As I mentioned before, I'm okay with the internship job being a graphic design position, even though I want to go into advertising. Yesterday before I left, my boss said that they were going to offer all the interns (there's 3 of us currently) a paid internship when the class ends, then after graduation, it could be a full-time position and would I be interested in that?

Weeeeellllllll……..

I would be interested in the paid internship until I graduate in March, but I would still like to keep my current part time job out at the airport because I like the work and my bosses, so I don't know how that would work because I didn't ask about the details about the paid internship. I know for sure that I would not like the permanent position. I think it's great to have the offer and I'm not gonna lie, I am really sweating finding a job when I graduate, but I really don't want to take just anything.

I am interested in hearing what you all have to say about all this… post here or email me: vic.w@mail.com

my boss had left early that day and I was left to interpret a customer order...