This year I branched out a little from Gill Sans and Helvetica. Here are some of my favorite fonts that I discovered in 2008: Aaux Pro, Museo, DIN, Clarendon, Gotham, VAG (mostly because of the name), and Obamabats!

I apologize for the total slacking on blog entries. I’ve been more busy these past 3 weeks than I ever could have imagined. Working 25-30 hours a week at Modea, class, and a huge collaborative project between VCD and four other CAUS groups. I wake up at 7am and get home at 7pm most days (yea it could totally be worse)

I’m waiting for this surge of inspiration and motivation to come soon. I have so many ideas but whenever I have a free moment I just want to relax. Earlier I attempted to dance like a fool in my living room and get the juices flowing, which ended by me collapsing on the floor 4 songs in.

Brain dump:
- bacon bandaids
- what i do in my car stays in my car
- sova tshirts
- purse book
- gd vs. real life puns
- resume icons
- daily list sheet
- gd organizer w/ shortcuts
- dance, dance, dance

I’ve been meaning to put these up for a while, some sweet stuff I got over the winter break involving type. On the second day of being home I went poster shopping at the Black Cat in DC with Jessica and Jason. For 30 bucks, I came back with some pretty great designs.

The day after Christmas Jessica and I braved the Tyson’s corner parking lot (for 45 minutes) and I found these amazing bandaids which I had to have. Much to my delight, Jessica scraped her foot on a book and actually needed to use one that day! Note how her shoes match the packaging, amazing.

I went to a small house-party with Jessica and Amy for New Years. It was a surprisingly good time, and I was happy to be with great friends! So just thought I’d say… it’s been one hell of a year.

Things I learned about design this year:
- use drop shadows in moderation
- how to make transparent gradients in illustrator
- command D for “place” in indesign
- command “,” and “.” for text in illustrator
- justified text sucks most of the time
- dafont fonts are no longer “so cool”
- tightly kerned helvetica light doesn’t mean you’re a designer
- indesign over illustrator for lots of text
- using san-serif for body copy in print is generally a no
- how to save a pdf so it’s not huge
- pictures and textures add a lot to a design
- i don’t really like making logos that much
- i work great under pressure
- coffee and 5 hour energy helps

My Resolutions:
1. continue to grow as a designer, never stay put where I am
2. read more books, learn more words
3. get inspired by everyday life and act upon that inspiration
4. stop caring what other people think, about anything
5. take a more active role in being healthy
6. paint and draw more
7. live for myself, rely on myself, still have great friends
8. be a little more understanding of others
9. be a girl, don’t be afraid to give someone a hug or paint their nails
10. continue to make more friends, connections, and bonds