Learning to not hate computers

I have this issue with technology- It has a personal vendetta against me. ALL technology. I tend to have really rotten luck with really simply things. We have an electric scrubber at work that we use for- You guessed it! Scrubbing floors. It's really not that difficult to operate, but somehow I always break it. I remember when I got my first cell phone, I was completely dumbfounded, I mean, a phone, but it's also a CAMERA??? It blew my mind! I'm just beginning to recover from such astonishing work. Really.

I mentioned last time that I can be a graphic designer who doesn't like computers. I will not be ruled by them, though. After all it's just a tool. Back in middle school I made a personal rule that I would never let tools rule my life. It's a pretty grand rule, then it applied to guys, now it applies to guys and to computers.

Anyway! I had to take this intro computer apps class last semester. The purpose of this class was to learn to make computers your friend- particularly in learning the Adobe Creative Suite, and I must say, I actually learned a buttload of useful info, and now no longer despise my mac. So for this post I thought it would be fun to include two projects from that class. Because I can tell you as much as I want that I am now proficient in those programs, but it will be much more effective to just show you.

So, here is the first assignment from that class- we were to spell our name using the pen tool. I chose a theme of what I ate for lunch

Pretty hideous right? In case you can't tell, it was supposed to be grapes, a banana, a spoon, and one sad lonely spaghetti noodle in some sauce.

For the final project, we designed a poster for an event of our choosing. I decided Matt & Kim concert that was going on would be perfect! (I have a healthy obsession for that band, as well as Dr. Who, and I owe both of these healthy obsessions to my freshman roommate, Michelle.)

Pretty awesome, huh?

Well I hope you enjoyed the random ramblings and artwork of this weeks post. This is just the beginning and it only gets better from here, so enjoy!