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Settling into my new job 11 December 07
Fly Away BlueBird 20 March 07
Where the fear lies 20 July 06
Money! Money! Money! 20 August 05
A big catch up 7 July 05

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Settling into my new job Wow I can't believe the last post I did was in July! Coming back from my Hong Kong holiday in May seemed so long ago and Christmas is in less than 3 weeks! I thought about what to write today, and I thought the biggest change so far is going into my new job as a web designer.
Fly Away BlueBird Yes, it's already happened. In a little over a month, some sorry sod has tried to claim this design for themselves. They haven't just made a derivative of it, oh no, that would be too difficult. In a shameless act of stupidity they've ripped everything, in verbatim, from the markup to the styles and imagery.
Where the fear lies Right in the pit of my stomach. I'm on lack of decent sleep, sensitivity to caffiene... I couldn't believe how much was necessary to learn before I could teach this stuff in the coming weeks.
Money! Money! Money! It’s amazing how fast a week goes by. I’ve been tiresomely withholding a proposal for pay increase at work. With a demanding increase in work, responsibility and less time for freelance – I’m dying to do it. Yet something keeps holding me back. On the one hand I cherish in the delightful moments which have me feeling career proud and creatively happy. On the other hand 'signs' are telling me my boss couldn’t possibly give me a pay rise: poor computer systems suggesting strict budget within the art department, (what designer could possibly operate on a Pentium 2 with 256 mb of ram on a 17 inch screen).
A big catch up Wow! The big month of July rolled by and I've been itching to update this site with exciting projects that I've been doing. After submitting some preliminary concepts for Glassons' new seasons swing tag design
A design revelation I must have trained my subconscious particularly respectful to my conscious self. It even does design work – during my sleep. I woke up thanking my dream that I had done half my research already
My shocking design Client contacts me Monday, wanting it print-ready by Wednesday. Sure, it was do-able I said, as long as there was no design element involved and no dramatic changes to concepts - if there was even time for ' concept'.
3 to celebrate Advertising is not just a pretty picture. I am talking to consumers - ones that exist in multitudinal demographics and psychographics.
Digging the grounds for Sevenzest I use a very bold and curvy font I downloaded called Cream Puff. Zesty colours such as greens, lemon, salmon are on my colour palette
A break at last I got my act together and finished all my concepts! I will decide the colour scheme for the business cards while on my holiday in Auckland.
No more cakes… A website that caters for needs of designers, especially young artisans that possess the most creative edge. I’m frustrated it’s taking so long and I seem to be procrastinating

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