its been a good while
parents came up for easter and we did the boston stuff on sat. they seemed very impressed with everything (boston, me, my new boston-style driving, matt&mariel, dexter, etc).
Work has been ok, tho last night i was there til 7:30p. sometimes its a miracle that things get done.
i know im in the right “field” because when i am designing i am totally enjoying it – or am in a sort of enjoyable agony. the agony is when you are trying to design something that you just cant put your finger on, or when you have an idea in your head and feel limited by your skill or technology. the agony only goes away when you can put something that conveys the idea down on paper.
I’ve been working on some logos for the NAMI walk….and i’ve come up with quite a few, but i didn’t have any parameters to start with so my ideas are probably not on point. Mariel (understandably) can’t really explain to me what she wants to see in the logo, and since I never met Cailean its pretty hard for me to put him into it. SO its probably wise to “collab” with someone who knew Cailean, so I’m gonna take a crack at some of the ones matt came up with. the logo should probably use the mark of NAMI, and i really really detest the font and colors used in it. maybe i’ll propose an idea to them….but for a feeeeee (you should never do design work for free, even if you are a college student because your time and skills are just as valuable as any other designer)
obviously i don’t mean the logo. i’m happy to work on these logos because it gives me a chance to contribute something to an important cause close to someone i love and also because it gives me something creative to work on at work when things get monotonous .
SO tomorrow i’ll play around with some of matts ideas to see if we can put some ideas together. i’ll also post the other logos that i’ve done for mariel’s review.