I Made an Ugly Blog

I know this blog looks like a hot mess right now. I'm still sorting out exactly how I want this thing to look as well as how best to present the ideas and information I'm trying to get across. What will be reoccurring posts? Do I want to have specific features or try to leave it all open to allow for more pieces to be covered.

I know the most important thing to me is process. What do I use and how do I use what I do to get my end result. How do others achieve their end result? To me this means a lot of inspiration posts, work in progress posts, tutorials and finished product features.

So not only do I need to work on how I'm presenting my information, I need to tighten up exactly what it is that I'm presenting.

And though this blog right now is a hot mess, I love it. The main reason is that it gives me an excuse to make. I quit my job in August '12 after what was probably something like a panic attack mixed with some sort of break down. It makes me really question my decisions to be a graphic designer. I finally feel like with this blog I don't have to impress anyone. I can make it (what ever 'it' is) and put it out there. There's this monsterous weight off my shoulders to impress anyone else. I don't have to bend over backwards for someone who wants a logo in papyrus. Or someone who doesn't know what they want- but knows they will 'know it when they see it'. Yet they get progressively more hostile when each revision is not exactly what they want.

I would say I've spent the past three years not making anything for myself or that I love. And I don't want to do that anymore. At least, not here in a personal space.

Now that I've got that little thought out of the way, here's some upcoming posts:

1. Cute Drawings
2. Photos from my Orlando Trip
3. Some of the Process for my Photo Editing
4. Photos I've taken in attempts to get out of my comfort zone.