Another Day Another Dollar...

This week I began my internship at the illustrious Caffeine Interactive. I’ve only been there for two days so far, but they’ve already found lots of important work for me. This mostly involves the kind of repetitive maddening jobs that would drive actual employees insane. “Dan, could you resize these 400 images to fit this template? Thanks.” Fortunately, most interns are already insane for agreeing to work for no pay- but this internship does pay, so I don’t think that rule applies to me. Did I lose anyone?
In all seriousness, however, it’s already proving to be a valuable experience. It’s interesting to take in the process of web design and maintenance from development, to testing, right on through to application. I’ve even learned one or two shortcuts in Photoshop that I didn’t know before.
What other news then? Work continues on my logo design. I’ve narrowed down the specific style I’ll be pursuing (see image below), and it’s only a matter of picking which version exactly I’ll be settling on. I’ve also given more thought to the overall design of my portfolio site, and these logos, whichever I decide on, will definitely be right at home.
Reading also continues from Shaughnessy’s “How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul” and also Cynthia L. Baron’s “Designing a Digital Portfolio.” The latter spent some time discussing researching potential clients and customizing yourself to fit their needs. To me, the process of constantly tweaking, rebuilding, and generally poking at one’s portfolio seems like it would be a tiresome endeavor, but then no one said this was going to be easy.
In any event, I am off to class. The sun is shining for the first time in 40 days, and my dove has wandered back with an olive branch, so I believe it is time for me to depart and see what the wide world can offer me today.

And oh- here are those logos.