A sincere thank you

Next week is my last official week of class at Portfolio Center. Wow, 2 years flew by. I am definitely ready as I have been working literally around the clock. I still have a good bit of work to get finished, but I am starting to see a little light at the end. I am pretty excited about the prospective jobs I am looking into once I finish.

I wanted to just take a second and thank the ones that have stood behind me and supported me through this. Though some may not have understood me quitting my full-time job and going back to school, but I know in the end I really can see the ones that stuck with me along the way and as I celebrate this accomplishment, I celebrate it with each of you.

I have made friends at school that have become literally brothers and sisters to me. When you go through emotional turmoil of too much work, the ones that see you at your lowest lows definitely become a little closer to you, regardless if they like it or not.

My mom and sister have been firm foundations on keeping me going, from the very beginning of me quitting my job and finding better in life. Through simple emails, calls, texts, short day visits, and the monetary assistance that I required sometimes, they have become to absolute reason of why I was able to remain strong and driven during the hard road. My uncles and aunts, and grandparents, through facebook or blog posts, or emails, have always let me know of their support. Even though they are pressing hard for me to be a west coaster, I have never had a doubt that they only want me to succeed and be ultimately happy. Through little comments here and there about the crap I was blogging, those are the things that kept me hanging on. My girlfriend, Megan, has been with me through severe ups and downs, and has done everything in her power to make this last leg of school as relaxing and stress free as she can when I'm with her. I love her to death and can't really figure out how I made it this far in life without her. And the loyalty of my friends who knew I had to disappear sometimes because I got under so much work. They stayed with me and now that I start to see where I get my social life back, the ones that kept faith in me through it now have become just like family to me.

Though this may come off as a cheesy post, in the same sense that academy award winners spat off nervously at a microphone, I felt it absolutely necessary.

Hang on to those who hang on to you. God has them in your life for a reason, and the ones that believe in you are part of the who you really are. And I definitely can say that the ones that have supported me I am in huge debt to for the rest of my life, and I will continue to strive upholding the promises I made of being the absolute best person I can be.

Alright, enough of that...holla

Getting close to the end...

Oh how things are really starting to get crazy and exciting. I just started my 8th and final quarter at Portfolio Center. This 3 months is all about tightening up and perfecting my portfolio, and preparing us to set sail into the industry on a search for the perfect job. It is probably one of the most exciting times of my life thus far, and I can't wait to see the outcome.

Along with the completion of the portfolio I am accepting an intern position at Realm Advertising, just up the road from the city. I will have opportunities to work with some of the video and motion graphics I have been getting interested in lately.

So keep posted. I will have all the finished work up on my website around the beginning of October.

Here are some dates for my finishing up:

October 11th & 12th - I will sign off at school. (Present my finished portfolio to my peers)
October 15th - Graduation at school.
October 29th - Portfolio review in New York City.

Motion to advertising

And here is an example of motion being done INCREDIBLY inside advertising. Enjoy.

Jack Daniel's "Label Story": "Old No. 7" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Making it move...

So, I have been getting into motion graphics lately. It is all the rage in the industry, and where a good bit of money is as well. Its mostly dealing with After Effects, a program that does many of the effects you see in movies and such. I have a LOOONNNNGGGG way to go to get to this point, but hopefully one day I'll be apart of a team to create something like this. Enjoy.

Lilac Wine from kimcool on Vimeo.

Actually, Nevermind

I went and tried out Tumblr, but I think I still prefer using Blogger more. So I will just keep posting on here, but keep my Tumblr as well. I have a post coming up soon about this current quarter I just started, which is also my last. The big 8. So get ready.

So long blogspot.

I just want to let everyone know that I am moving my blog to Tumblr. The new address is ewddesign.tumblr.com. For all of you that get emailed updates of my blog, that will be ending as Tumblr doesnt have the feature. So make sure to follow on the tumblr side. Plenty more exciting things to come.

Tumblr Blog

New York City Portfolio Review

First things first. I got new glasses. Here is a picture. Bigger thicker black frames = bigger and bigger nerd. Enough said about that.



May 2-4 I was in New York City. I was chosen to go show my stuff. My portfolio that is. I, along with 300 other students from all over the nation met at the Art Director's Club, in which creative directors and recruiters from all around popped in to chat, look at work, and trade business cards. I had a freaking blast. I got several good contacts, as well as a ton of knowledge for what I need to focus on as I finish school in the next 5 months. If you didn't see my previous posting, check out my current portfolio (which will dramatically change and get better before I graduate) at my portfolio site.
I also tossed in some pictures that I snapped with my iPhone as well.