the sky is falling

You know what's weird? I think I've finally come to terms with my skills and talents..

It sounds kind of lame, and pretty much /really/ cliche, but I've sort of come to a point where I love what I'm doing with my life thus far. As if over night, I've fallen in love with design. Admittedly, I don't think I'm nearly as good as I -should- be at it (and I say -should- because, well... I'm basing this on the fact that I've been in school for it for three years now). I find myself spending hours on different graphic design websites, looking for inspiration and gaining new knowledge and ideas in the subject. I love looking at other people's work, and I love applying new techniques to mine. I love knowing that one day, I'll be responsible for making great graphic design, drawing crazy illustrations... doing what I love to do! And I can't believe it's taken me almost 21 years to realize this.
Design is pretty much everywhere, and although might seem minimal, there is sooo much behind a single design, and ysdn has taught me that. I love the thought process of developing something beautiful, and something that will have an effect on others.

Don't get me wrong, photography, music, art in general are all huge, hugeeeee parts of me and who I am. I love them, and without them I think my life would pretty much be empty. I want to incorporate everything I love into my future career, and Design lets me do that! My photography, my drawing, painting, illustrations, my music, my anything and everything can be incorporated into my designs... in any way I want them to be!
It's perfect.

(i know, this rant is really cliche.. i warned you)

Anyway, i made a list. (YA baby)
What I love about design:

- I feel like I think more deeply about everything... everything!
- I question things that generally would not be questioned by others, and by doing this, I feel like I'm always learning more
- I pick advertisements apart and seek their secrets within the designs -- I like knowing what makes me want something.
- I constantly wonder what marketing strategies companies are using... and personally analyze them to determine whether or not they're successful (i'm a friggin loser.)
- I know words like 'kerning' and use them out of context because I think it's funny that you don't know what it means. ps; i kerned your mom yesterday after the leading convention.
- I love my developed sense of attention to detail
- Design is absolutely everywhere, and unless you know about design, you wouldn't even guess it was there majority of the time.
- I've learned that any unnatural, un-human reaction/response by anything other than a living thing is an outcome of design.
- As much as I hate to do it or create it (mostly because I CAN'T), I /love/ interactive design. admit it, it's friggin' cool.
- Who knew typography would have such a hold on me? <3



* * * * my absolute favorite * * * *

I couldn't tell you why I love this one so much... something about the cropping, the composition, the colour balance... the overall feeling of it just really gets me. It doesn't feel like my photo. I don't look at this and see something that I took -- which is sorta exciting. Because it's often I feel this way about other people's work... but when it comes to my pictures, I feel repetitive. This seems different, new, fresh and... just, not typical. I personally just really really like it. heh..