Idea but when semi reformed!sg earthspark Optimus wants something he has a habit of sitting/standing semi close to someone and just looming instead of asking like a well adjusted adult.

"Optimus, is there something you want?"

"No"

"Are you sure?"

"..."

"Do you want a sip of my sweetened energon?"

"...yes."

Blog Post #1 - 9/1

I found the textbook a lot more interesting, and a lot easier to read than I had initially thought. I felt I learned a lot through reading so many different artists' interviews. It was strange as well because even though they almost all had completely different experiences, the baseline advice they gave was almost exactly the same.

I also thought it interesting that out of the advice they gave, I often paid a lot more attention to the similarities in what each firm/freelancer looked for in a hire. Some preferred to focus more on personality, and skill was also a requirement, but others put skill and efficiency on the forefront, then decided on whether the hire's personality lined up with what they needed after. Every single interviewee mentioned passion, interest, or enjoyment of the job as a requirement in what they look for in people to hire. This is an understandable trait to want, and maybe I'm just not one of those people that they're looking for, but even though I don't get excited over the idea of throwing words and letters around all day, I think I'd still be good at what I would do. Of course, I know graphic design is more than that, but in my mind, visuals (such as images, drawings, characters, etc.) are just so much more fun to work with.

I also think this translates into how I've worked on these last two projects we've done in class. I feel as if in Project 1, I spent a lot more time on the visual/pictorial elements of the project, and had to really try to get the textual information to blend and look like it naturally went with the image. In the most recent project, Project 2, the idea of creating 3 pieces that are both abstract and only made with letters/type seemed like quite a daunting task. Trying to see the type as characters is something I've been asked to do in other classes as well, but it's still taking me a lot of practice. My brain is always trying to categorize and organize, but these classes have taught me that abstraction and ignoring the meaning of letters to create new meanings are skills that may be necessary in the world of design. Thus, I'll do my best and keep working on it to better apply it to future projects.