The good and the bad

THE GOOD

-The CD cover for Tool's latest album is very original. It has a pair of 3D glasses and a booklet of many 3D imagery inside the covers. You can use the glasses to view the images without losing either since they are a part of the covers.

-I really like this design for the Jack Daniel's bottle. Even when I was younger and couldnt drink I enjoyed looking at it. I think it's a very successful design because its just 2 colors. and Even though its a bit crowded, it still works.

- Herbal Essences has redesigned the its bottles. I think its very successful and hip. They have strong and vibrant colors and a unusual shape. [not unusual in a weird kind of way, but like in a way that bottles usually don't shape that way. lol]

THE BAD

-This is package does not appeal to me in any way. The type on it that goes over the image bothers me like no other. Its too simple and it doesn't work.

-Vitamin water bottles bother me. It kind of looks like medicine even though it tastes nothing like it. I like the random information that it provides, but the design itself isn't successful if you asked me.

-I don't really know what this is for. It says hair powder on it but its not something that catches my eye. It seems old fashioned and pale. Sometimes its good to have that look, but it doesn't work for me in this way.

How did this happen?

So, I was in 10th grade.. art class, waiting for lunch time so I could go and hang out with my friends. You know, that was like the coolest thing in the world.. EVER! I was waiting. Waiting impatiently to be outside of that classroom, and on the 3 step entrance of another bungalow classroom, [that's where we hung out] laughing and eating with my friends. Waiting..!

Then they came in a group of 4, with a laptop, projector and some printed samples. The teacher had warned us about "them.." the ones that would distract us from our classwork.. and put us out of our misery..? the people that would somehow make the time go by faster. The recruiters from a graphic design company. They gave us a lecture about the industry and showed us some samples. And somehow I was in love! My eyes lit up bright and that's when I knew! Those were the skills and the career I wanted in my future.

And then, it was lunchtime, the more important things were out there waiting for little ol' me! [sense the sarcasm?] Two years later I graduated. The confusion began.. Journalism, psychology, creative writing, even philosophy? What was I thinking? I must have slipped under a rock. Until 2 years ago, that's when it happened. Transferring to CSUN was my wake up call! YAY! Now, this is my senior year, and I find myself more in love with this subject than ever imaginable. I find my inspiration from everything around me. But I think I owe it to those recruiters that made me fall in love with it in the first place.

I always knew I liked to make art, [dance, painting and drawing, and poetry] somehow I let small minor details get in my way. But now, I embrace it, and its my new "important" thing in my life! And, I'm the happiest I've been! :]]