And that is to do the loads of school & org work that Ateneo has been giving me. So much for a long weekend.

We didn’t have classes for 4 straight days but I wasn’t really able to enjoy this short vacation because I had so many things to do! Anyway, I’ve been working on some posters for AIESEC since I woke up this morning. I’m proud to say that I was able to finish 3 posters in 3 hours!! Wohooo ( I consider that as an improvement okay!) However, I only uploaded these two because I kinda don’t like how the other one looks. Sigh, I’m not really good at typography (which is why I don’t want to show the other poster) HAHA. 

Seriously craving for some authentic Japanese ramen right now.I hate being sick! :(

TOP 5 THINGS THAT MAKE ME CREATIVE!

• LAPTOP: I can’t imagine living without Photoshop/Illustrator. Sorry for being a geek, thank you very much!
• COLORED PENS: If I don’t have or can’t use my laptop (let’s say in class), these little monsters give color to my doodles!
• CAMERA: I love photography, even though I’m not that good! 
• PLANNER: If you know me in reali life and if you’ve seen or taken a glimpse of my planner, you’ll know why.
• RED VELVET CUPCAKES: I always need something sweet; even though I’m not doing something creative! HAHA!

(This is something I made for an AIESEC deliverable. And FYI, this is made in Illustrator! HAHA, I’m actually practicing my Illustrator skills! Yay! Geek skills level up! =D )

So many things have been happening to me lately (both good and bad) but because I try to stay positive all the time, let me tell you one of the best things that had happened for me so far. And that is….

Being accepted to the Loyola Film Circle Creatives Team!!

And seeing how insanely good everyone is in the team, I feel so incompetent but at the same time, challenged to further improve my skills and surpass my limitations. I wish I was a BFA ID student too like the rest of them because I’m craving for some design classes!

But don’t get me wrong! I’m now happy with my course and I won’t be shifting again (so mommy, don’t worry! Haha). Anyway, getting into the LFC Creatives team is not that easy that’s why I feel really happy getting in because compared to all the other members, my skills are so…mediocre? But I will do my best to improve guys! Here’s the design I made for LFC’s Creative Challenge (one of the requirements to get in). I was given the task to make a poster for Film Noir week (“noir” means black and white in French).

(What the other members did was totally out of my league.)

Afternoons are best spent doing something productive!

Even though I have classes this summer, I go home everyday! I only stay in school for 3 hours so that gives me plenty of time to go back and forth from Cavite to Quezon City. Public transportation is exhausting but I’m really enjoying it, haha! I feel so Japanese with the train and everything (okay, that’s weird).

Anyway, as soon as I got home this afternoon, I tried to work on boxes that would serve as containers for the myriad of trinkets and what-nots I have. I’m really happy with the result because the box goes really well with my pandas, haha! I’ll be doing another one tomorrow!

A logo I made for a derma clinic.

In the Ateneo, I’m part of an organization called COSA (Collegiate Society of Advertising) which is like an advertising agency that gives services to both inside and outside the university. For this work, the client wanted to have a logo for her derma clinic, “Zi Insititute”. So according to her, “Zi” is a Chinese word for grace so she really wanted colors that will match that word. I honestly didn’t know what sort of logo she wanted because she was telling me the whole time that she wanted the Z to be emphasized. So I made two layouts for the logo, the first one is on top, with the different colors.

Here’s the second one which I hope you people will understand, haha but whatever! We handed it to the client last night and she commented that it looks very youthful- which is not how she wanted her derma clinic to be. Sigh* It was actually the first time my work got rejected by a client and I admit that I feel somewhat, bad.

But I guess things like this are inevitable. As a graphic artist (because yes, I consider myself as one, haha), we have to accept that sometimes, our work would be disliked by our customers and they would tell us to change it several times without taking into consideration all the hard work and creative juices we have used up for each draft we make. However, it’s all good because I have chosen this career in my life and even though I am asked to do a lot of revisions here and there, at least I’m doing what I love.

Yes guys, you got it right. I have chosen to shift. Hehe.

I seriously feel that I’m losing it. And it scares me. I’m afraid to lose my creativity.

Despite the piles of stuff I need to do for school, I still try my best to be active at my org as much as I can. But lately, I’ve noticed that I can’t think of anything new anymore! I keep doing the same old things, repeating the usual techniques- it’s like I’m following some pattern. And I don’t like it! It frustrates me! I feel that all the creative juices inside me have been sucked up because of too much equations and papers. What’s worse is, I feel like I’m disappointing these people who assign these assignments to me, hoping that I’ll be creating innovative designs but then all I do is give them lame stuff. I’m so sorry for ranting. 

The poster above is something I made for my org but as you can see, it lacks something. It’s so conventional and there isn’t something new about it. The color palette needs improvement and so is the layout. Aaaah! I’m being a really cruel critic to myself!

But you know what’s weird?

It’s how you can notice all these flaws in yourself but you don’t have the slightest bit of idea on how you could correct them.