Consistent/Uneven. I worked quite diligently at my work. I’m not sure that my consistency was the best though. Of course, since design is quite a process, I don’t expect to finish my work in one setting, but it is very difficult for me to want to design in small increments. Sometimes I feel like I’m too aware of how much time we have left in class to work and really don’t focus on working on my work as much. Outside of class though I try to allow enough time to get plenty of work done. I would say that I am in between consistent and uneven with my use of practice time.

High. I think with this project, I wanted to be too sophisticated, to the point where I aggressively restylized many of my initial designs so that my logos achieved this modern professional quality. Of course, this took a lot out of me (sleep) but I was very pleased with my final outcome. I would say that I was consciously aware of the decisions I made in order to get a sophisticated trio of logos.

Useful. I think it is hard for me to measure how well I received feedback because I was a little behind in pinups and didn’t really get too much feedback. I was really my own worse critic in this project but when I did get critiques I did make sure that I tweaked my work in a way that I thought made sense. I have a tendency to be quite hubris in my work but try to diminish that ego in order to further improve my work. I’ve come quite a long way.

Intense. I challenged myself quite a bit. I really am my own worst enemy. I think I am quite sadomasochistic towards myself—I enjoy punishing myself. I beat myself up harshly trying to be good. I don’t allow myself to take the easy road, which I suppose is not bad but I think I often bite more than I can chew. I spent many long hours up at night trying to find a way to get a good product. It was quite taxing.

Lots of Extra Stuff. I am friends with the owners of a gallery and a studio so I get pretty involved with the work that they do. I hang out with a few of them to see how they work and practice their crafts. I do some modeling for this studio and I am really good friends with the professionals of that studio and I get to hang out with them, party with them, go to their workshops, and watch their creative process. I really aspire to work with them regularly. They recently found out that I am a graphic design major so I think I opened that door a bit. I also am trying to work on my own identity, but school (especially liberal arts school) doesn’t make that easy for me. I want to get into graffiti but I just do not have the time. I’m also working on making videos but time is not on my side.

Mature. I think for the amount of hours I’m taking and my activity within the organizations I’m involved with, I’m doing a pretty good job at managing my time. The only thing is I feel as though I may have some sort of bipolar trait I’m trying to work with. I don’t take medication and I have to work really hard to stay grounded but I feel that I coping with these emotional influxes well enough so that I can produce work. But I tend to live in extremes.

Warm. As for the climate, I feel like I’m talkative enough to contribute to the atmosphere. I really cannot say too much about this, I’m kind of oblivious to the impact that I have on a class.