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School Projects

I’ve been assigned a lot of work at John Abbott College that I certainly wouldn’t undertake in my own time. But I did have some favorite school projects I’ve worked on. I realized that the projects I was most excited about were all done with my favorite software. Whenever I get the chance to combine work from Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, or Blender, I seem to feel a lot more accomplished with myself. I also spend more and better time with it. Some of these projects consisted of a vinyl album cover, a 3D promotional convention booth, an energy drink inspired by pop culture, and a movie poster. I have a special fondness for the 3D booth because it was one of my first 3D efforts after learning Blender. I do plan on advancing my 3D tools skillset in the future, as I see it as a big advantage.

Personal Projects

While I have mostly worked on school work, I’ve also worked on more personal work alone. In my first year of Graphic and Web Design, I spent a lot of time making emotes for Twitch. Some personal and some commissioned. Expanding on my vinyl album, I also wanted to animate the album cover as a Spotify canvas video, as I love motion graphics. I’m currently working on going further with this project and introducing my new Blender skills to make an album trailer. In the near future, I’m planning on creating a mockup anime collaboration with computer accessories, using all my favorite software. As it’s something I want to be doing in the future, I think it’ll be better to put it on my portfolio than anything else. You can follow my Instagram to keep up with the recent projects I complete, or take a look at my past ones!

Intro

As a kid, I’ve had many different jobs I’ve dreamt about getting into, like working in the video game industry or anything computer related, but I never found an exact position I’d be interested in. Along the years, I started getting interested in Photoshop. This led me down a rabbit hole of learning that kind of software. I tend to change interests very often, but another one that stuck with me since my first year of high school was anime. Watching anime was a form of escape and excitement in my life during tough times at school. Delving deep into it was only natural. After 2 years of social science and thinking of a definitive career I want to settle in. I finally decided for Graphic and Web Design.

School Projects

During my 3 year program, I’ve worked a lot on school projects that didn’t leave much room for personal creativity. It was mostly being guided towards a certain direction. I did manage to add my interests to some of my favourite projects. For example a vinyl album, an energy drink brand, an entire brand identity with respective products, and others being some of those. Those interests usually tended to lean into anime or japanese culture. They felt very natural for me since anime has been such a big part of my life.

My Dream

My dream job as a graphic designer would most likely be to work on an anime clothing brand’s designs or products. Some other ideas I’ve considered lately have been digital marketing for actual anime series, like their social media accounts, posters, advertisements, etc. The same goes for the gaming industry. I would love to work on making graphics or motion graphics for Esport teams or video games. In terms of how I want to work, working remotely or partially remote as a graphic designer would be amazing. I still want to travel or temporarily move to a certain area I want to visit, and working remotely would let me do so.