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Today we went on a little field trip during our New Media Development class to the Carsforsale.com building near Lake Lorriane. I’m going to be honest but I preferred this trip compared to the AAF student day. The reason why? I got to see the actual industry full of people who I can relate to.…

Nothing like amazing has happened, I’m gonna be honest. But isn’t that life? Not everyday is going to be memorable. And that’s okay. In class this week we didn’t do anything new, It was just worktime to work on our current projects. In Tony’s classes we are working on packaging design and components to our…

Time passed by so fast, it felt like yesterday I was a first year. But look how far I have gotten. My designs have improved dramatically, as I have gotten much better. I’ma be honest, my designs from first year were bad compared to now. But that shows progress. Which is always good. Moving on…

An Update from my Dreamweaver post from this week. Everything’s clicking for Dreamweaver as things make sense now. Coding’s fun when you know what you’re doing instead of struggling. It’s similar to when people say they hate Math, it’s most likely because they don’t understand it properly yet and are struggling. But just like Coding,…

I thought Dreamweaver was behind me, but it’s always lingering around. Taunting me. So I decided to master it. Quit complaining and understand the program. My goal with all these programs I’m learning/working with is to master them. Or at least be a Jack of All Trades. Where I’m competent enough in each software so…

Today my class and I went out to volunteer for Rake the Town. It’s what it sounds like, raking the town. But I believe we were raking the lawns of the elderly to help them. I’m gonna be honest, it was a very fun time. Working together with my class on something as we joked…

Huh. It already has been 8 weeks of blogging and it just felt like yesterday I just started my 2nd year here at Southeast Tech. Time sure does fly. Today we started working on packaging and I don’t know why but I felt so inspired today. Something snapped inside of me and I got many…

I rewatched a Studio Ghibli movie recently and been feeling inspired by the art style crafted by Hayao Miyazaki. His art style is breathtaking and has such a whimsical feeling to it. Ghibli uses palettes that balance out the muted and vibrant tones beautifully. I feel inspired to draw inspiration from his movies into my…

Today I had the sudden realization of how good I gotten in Graphic Design. I looked back upon the designs I created from first year and said to myself. I really made that? It looked much different from my current work. It was of lower quality because I didn’t learn everything yet. I have learned…

I am a Vietnamese American. Like most people who are dual nationalities. I sometimes struggle with the problem of whether I’m Vietnamese enough or American enough. But I will never be enough because I am both Vietnamese and American which is beautiful. I hope I can mix my cultures together in my work. I hope…