I THINK I'M GOING TO MAKE IT

Work work work

My attempt to continuously update this blog have been thwarted by a combination of laziness outside of class and procrastination. The procrastination creates the laziness unfortunately it seems. I procrastinate doing work on the weekends so I am forced to work my fingers to the bone trying to get it all done the night before class. Then, come Thursday, I am literally running on an hour of sleep and have zero motivation to do any work for the next few days. Go me.

It blows my mind that we are already almost to the end of my 1st quarter. We only have this week of classes and then BOOM! STUDIO WEEK! Curazay. Maybe a little update (and some pictures too) of some of my projects we have been working on.

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Tired

It seems there is a general consensus with us 1st quarter students that we are all just plain worn out. I’ve seem to come down with some sort of cold (in the middle of summer?!) which I blame on my lack of sleep and poor diet. In spite of it all, I think I’m going to make it. We only have two more weeks of actual class, then begins studio week which is followed by CRITIQUE WEEK! OH NOO!

I can’t believe we are already almost at the end of our “freshman” quarter at Portfolio Center. I still feel like I just started high school and I’m not cool enough to hang with the upper classes. It is mind-bottling. The time has flown by quickly.

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Is this real?

We are just wrapping up week 5 here and I’m still wondering when all of this is going to seem like reality.

We are pretty much settled into our apartment. I am getting used to this crazy schedule. The dogs seem to be adjusting well. Yet, all of this still seems temporary for some reason? I walk through the halls of Portfolio Center and it just seems surreal. A year ago, I never would have even thought we would been packing up everything and moving to Atlanta to pursue our dreams, yet here we are. I am so thankful for the amazing love of my life who is supporting me through all of this and has been so wonderful along the way. I couldn’t ask for a better partner in crime for late night brainstorming sessions when I run into a creative roadblock or when I need some motivation to actually do my homework. Thank you Katy!

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The Infamous Cut Paper Poster

For our Design Aesthetics class, one of our deliverables is a cut paper poster. All of us 1st quarter students had all heard about this project and everybody we had met at the school asked about this project… “Have you started your cut paper poster yet?“.

Well, we started and I think we all sort of underestimated the amount of time it takes to cut paper.

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She has done it!

My very first week at Portfolio Center was madness. I was stressed out, doubting my abilities and wondering why in the world my teacher assigned me 100 thumbnails, then 33, then 11, then 7 as well as finding 100 design elements as well researching inside and out an indian civilization to be able to complete all this work. All of this was, of course, on top of all the other piles of work from the other classes.

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This Boy’s Life

I’m Preston. I’m a 1st quarter student at Portfolio Center currently diving into my 4th week (I believe) at this school. In an attempt to stay better organized with my journey through PC, I’m going to attempt to keep this blog updated with my ramblings, rants and work.

A bit about myself:

I’m obsessed with typography, paper and design. I co-founded a letterpress company before I decided to go to PC, which helped open my eyes to the beauty of type smashed wonderfully into paper. I have an undergrad in Design from Florida State University, which left me a bit underwhelmed.

I’ll end this AMAZING 1st post with my creed which was given to me from the almighty Sylvia Gaffney:

“My responsibility is to create a world for my market, that they do not know about, but they cannot live without.”