Guess who went and finally got herself a proper domain name for her portfolio?
Go check it out: kjerstinasak.com
mandag 20. februar 2012
onsdag 8. februar 2012
Planning my future?
Slowly but
surely it seems my time at Buskerud University College is running out. The
focus is still heavy on the school work but for some time now I’ve had a
nagging feeling about how I’m going to get ready for what is to come, (real
life). Of course I have been thinking about this for quite some time now, but
it feels a lot more real now that I’m just months from the leap. Do I have the
knowledge? Is my portfolio sound enough to start applying to junior design
positions or should I continue at a private design school to get some more
practice? All I know is I need to prepare myself thoroughly to make this work.
Of course I’m aware that I will encounter good and bad periods throughout this
and I wouldn’t be surprised if it took me more than a year to get the kind of
job I’d be satisfied with as a Graphic Designer, I kind of expect it actually.
This implies that I will constantly be searching for businesses who need new people,
developing new work for my portfolio and in the meantime get a different job to
have something to go on - I do like having a bed and eating real food you know,
gotten quite accustomed to it. Plu as a side-note I also think it will be very important
to make the other (hopefully) employer aware of my plans, because getting a bad rep as an employee
anywhere certainly won’t do you any good.
So what do I
do? I research.
There’s a
few articles I just read that I’d really like to show you:
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Not
exactly new, but it shows what you’re expected to know. The comments also show
a healthy dialogue of education vs. being self-taught
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Some
really good points about what you should try to contribute with when you don’t
have too much experience.
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Some
pointers to remember that you might know of but haven’t really put into
context. This one isn’t recent either, but I think it shows some general ideas
that transfer well into today’s market. And I’m also quite sure these three can
translate into the Norwegian design business. Disagree? Please do comment! Any discussion on this will be quite
helpful.
søndag 5. februar 2012
Guess who's back
Aaand then she was home again. Well I was actually back around Christmas time, but I didn't feel like writing about it then. I'm a bit miffed, yet back on track in the
place they call "Norway" (It's actually Norge, dumbasses) I must say
I miss all the drawing, the short travel distance and of course the people. (Which
I keep repeating on facebook incidentally). It's quite a contrast going from
what felt like a stressful version of my favourite playtime with coloured
pencils, cutting and pasting and adobe basics, to mostly business and project
related stuff here at home. I've gotten much better at maintaining focus during
lectures after the substancial break from it, so I'll count it as a success.
Indeed.
How did my trip to Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England change me, or what
have I learned? Well I reconfirmed that I do in fact enjoy drawing and being
creative. Watercolours are fun. I still posess the ability to befriend new and
amazing people - I have highly exaggerated my "lone wolf" tendencies
before now. I'm more confident when it comes to my English (which I'm not sure
I needed because I'm getting a bit cocky about it, bad Kjerstin). I can present
my own work again which I was much better at before I started Uni. I love snack
cheeses now. Vinegar on Chips is the bomb. Fireball Whisky and apple juice
shouldn't be alcoholic cause it tastes like liquid Christmas and I wish I could
drink it all the friggin time. Use any excuse to promote yourself. Be more forward
to leave an impression on people. German people are cooler than I thought. Eat
ALL the popcorn! I finally got the hang of paragraph styles in Indesign (about
time). Always plan ahead of time, cause you never have the amount of time you
think you have...
Bye-bye Sunderland, bye Clanny House...
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