Almost There
Almost nearing graduation–in just two more quarters. That is 26 weeks including the breaks from school in between. I just realized that’s around 6.5 months. Now it sounds like light years away, but it certainly won’t feel like it.
This quarter has been particularly rough, had to art direct a school distributed magazine on a virtually non-existent budget, a team of three people, where all content needed to be provided by the team. We started slow, but I was fortunate enough to find a very talented photographer who is graduating this same quarter. Although there would’ve been a slight possibility of him declining due to his graduation status, I believe we both found a common vision with the magazine as a whole. Writing and content was slow to come in and finally in these last weeks the magazine’s pages are finished. It’s just a matter of combing through it all and editing as much as we can until it goes off to the printer.
We wrapped up our final photo shoot just today, for the team photo. As difficult as it was up until this point, I’m glad we were still able to put on a smile for the magazine. The pain and struggles thus far seem well worth it–as I am infinitely proud of the work committed to this magazine. One particular hurdle is actually my instructor. Not the most suitable teacher for the class, as he is automatically given the title of “Creative Director” for the project, but in reality, does nothing of the sort. Most of my difficulties stemmed from his unspecific, subjective, comments–calling me argumentative when I asked for more specifics and detail. Eventually, I realized he would not be able to see what my vision was in pieces, and I would have to complete the magazine and show him to have him understand. In the end, I’d get my way and even if this thing doesn’t get printed, I’m proud of that.
Two more quarters to go and I’m out of here. You have no idea how little I can wait.