Response: Life of a stressed designer-- Wooo!

Just like all of my other classmates, I've been under quite a bit of stress lately. Between 20/10 book covers, Vox covers, Vox department pages, portfolios, designing logos, iPad stuff and Better Cook stuff, time management is key! A year ago I was in Magazine Design and was stressed because I had a design assignment due in a week that I hadn't started. A year later, I am able to whip out designs in no time, that actually look good! I'm much more comfortable with Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop now than I was before and am much better at typography than I used to be.

I can't believe I'm almost about to.. (gulp).. graduate. It's just one more thing to stress me out about, but I feel like I'm ready to enter the real world. (I can't believe I just said that.) My experience at the MU J School really has prepared me well. I don't cringe at the word "portfolio" anymore. I read magazines (and by read I mean mentally critique all the designs) and have the confidence that I can do that. Not only has my designing gotten better but my confidence in my work has gotten better, too. Bring on these last 3 weeks of college!