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Update!

I have decided to update my blog to use a more efficient way of advertising myself on a larger scale.  I will try to keep constant as to what I put up.  This is will (hopefully soon) be updated with a website where I can do some better damage.  That being said, welcome to the Dandy Blog.

Photo Shoot #2 Done

I just finished my second photo shoot for my Ad Design class. My model was the ever-lovely Jessamyn. I am currently uploading the pictures on the laptop and I will probably end up editing them sometime over the weekend (when I will be doing most all of my work). I was able to take some really good shots and really capture several different ideas that I had brewing in my head.

I promised to put up and photo that I had edited from my last shoot, so here it is:

This is Tim, and he was the subject for the first photo shoot.

I just have one more set to go and it involves a couple of friends (who are also a couple). I’ve got some ideas, but I will have to see how it pans out.

-Luke

Life is a frenzy.

Even when I am at my most conflicted, I feel like it’s a normality for it to be this way.  Life is full of inner and outer decisions that are meant to be made over long spans of time and in a split second.  I hate it when I use this blog to vent out my personal feelings about this or that, but it’s relatively easy to mask my emotions behind this digital curtain, and slip deeper into a greedy, self-loathing state.  I really need to stop doing this (not blogging, just whining).

Music has played a large role in my life to help me cope and get me going.  I am listening to Copeland and Travis’s new albums respectively, and they are both this quiet niche that I can tuck myself into to release everything.  Copeland for the lover in me, and Travis for the loudmouth in me.  Both cd’s are great, and they should be in anyone’s collection.  BTW, Travis has surprised me with their latest.  It’s not like some of their earlier stuff, but it is.

I am currently working on an ad campaign for Urban Outfitters.  I have been doing some photo shoots, and other things.  It’s really fun to immerse myself into the vast role of designer.  You can do anything (within bounds). I’ll post some pictures soon.

-Luke

I am ready to run away.

The fall semester is around half over, and I am already to run away.  I feel the ups and downs more than ever, and I just want it to stop.  School is ups sometimes, but sometimes I have a project that just befuddles me as to how it’s ever going to help me to become a better designer.  Personal life is just as confusing.  How do I get things to work, especially when I am an impatient, foolhardy person?  It’s times like these that I have a hard time dealing with things.  I just want to run away for a long time and reeappear again, as if nothing happened.

I need a better hold of the anchor that I have.  I just have a hard time opening my eyes underwater.

-Luke

On My Way Home

I start the long trip home early tomorrow.  It has been such a long journey here in Seattle, but I am excited for what’s to come next.  I have learned quite a bit here, but not in the sense I was thinking.  I feel like this has been something that has bolstered my understanding about what design is and how I should be using my design in the near future.  I know that sounds vague, but there are many options open in the future.

Look forward to posts on the road.  Hopefully I will update this blog more and more.

Luke

Seattle…so far

I must admit that my posts have not been epic or common, but I do have a job, which I must admit takes up a lot of time.  So excuses aside, here is what I have been up to.

I have been working at a small Web start-up called Jackson Fish Market.  They specialize in making apps for the internet that are branded by companies that you hear of daily.  For instance, they have an app called They’re Beautiful, which is a virtual flower delivery service.  You can send virtual bouquets of flowers to loved ones and enemies alike.  How JFM makes their money is through companies attaching their name to their products.  All of the apps are owned by JFM, so that means that they can “rent” their product to whomever they wish.

Us, as interns, have been creating our own app.  It revolves around dance.  That is as much as I can say for now, but it will be out soon, so you will get the chance to interact with it soon.

As for life outside of work, things are going well.  I miss Florida, but am growing to enjoy Seattle.  There are fun things to do and see, but I live in an “eccentric” part of the city, so it can be interesting to see how people live.

I am off to bed, but I have put some pictures of the area for you to enjoy!

Seattle…so far

Luke

Many weeks in…

The title may be a little sparse when it comes to being descriptive, but I have faith that all two of my readers will know what I am referring to when I write.

So far, work is going well, although it is much more work-ish than I am used to and it has taken me many mistakes to feel at ease with where I’m at.  I almost am excited about getting back to school, but that excitement is really anticipation at best.

Besides work, I have been quite mobile with my undertakings here in Seattle.  On any given day, there is plenty of things to do, which is probably why I don’t post much on this blog, but I digress.

Well, I must get back to work now.  I feel as if tomorrow will be long and tiring.  I miss my Florida friends.

-Luke

I AM HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE!!!

So, I am sitting here at this brand new Mac computer in a brand new office, sipping some coffee and really loving it.  This is awesome!  It actually feels like I’m an employee as a designer.  That may change, but as a first day, today rates pretty awesome.

I haven’t really done anything, except for fiddle on my computer.  I’ll take some pictures and show them off soon.

-Luke

PICTURES!!