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Everything happened so fast.
It was like a dream we never wanted to wake from.
Our world was content whether we smiled or not.
Time was at our backs…
And nothing else mattered except our present.I had finally grasped what it meant to be free…
As long as those days could forever be…
I believed I could do anything.
I wanted to reside within that eternity…
To live life the way I knew we could.Always together by my side,
with the special someone just for me.- written by: storymode / 15:46
- CG Design: here
- Design Name: Rizumu: [ALTIMIT] Corp. Staff Signature
- Usage: Signature image created for Rizumu of [ALTIMIT] Corp.
- Approx. Perfectionist Timespan: 4-5 hrs.
- Software: Photoshop 7.0
- Hardware: KanaChan laptop
- Description: To be honest, this design started off very slow, but eventually became a very tedious and delicate process, especially with type-setting and the positioning of the girl in the image. However, my goal with this design was not only strongly in-keeping with my tech-future style of design, but to convey the point that Rizumu is indeed on the Graphics Team of [ALTIMIT] Corp. There is a lot going on in this sig, but the intent is not for the eye to focus on the background, but to first admire the girl in the picture, catch the vivid color in her eye, and then immediately have the eyes find the company logo [that could be compared to her eye somewhat], and follow it around to where the text is. I have tested this many times and it seems to work, giving a person a chance to acknowledge all the craziness in the background if they want.
I have to say that the border going around the image was not a planned idea, but an experiment that turned out really nicely. I also made a made a matching avatar to go with the sig.
I have been infatuated with the girl used in this sig for months, and knew that I had to design one with her in it eventually. I am very pleased with how it came out, even though most of my original ideas for the design did not come about, or just couldn’t be well executed. Members on the [ALTIMIT] Corp. message board have commented positively on the design as well.
- Creative Epiphany: Gradients can be used for many more awesome purposes…
- Foolhearty Sacrifices:None
Currently Listening To: random trance – “Unity”
- CG Design: see blog banner
- Design Name: Isshoukenmei: Mikuru Fighto Ver.
- Usage: To give a fresh face to my blog after months of not having one
- Approx. Perfectionist Timespan: 4 hrs.
- Software: Photoshop 7.0
- Hardware: KanaChan laptop
- Description: This design is not only my 2nd themed blog banner, but also the debut of a professional identity as a digital designer: EtherFuture Designs. Actually, EF Designs’ debut was supposed to be marked with the completion of my IR-Module, and again with a recent signature design I crafted. Both were deemed not the right time. I had decided on this name a few weeks back while at my job and almost made a new blog just to showcase any of my creative digital works, but I opted against it that time, as well as tonight.
EtherFuture Designs is meant to represent me on the lowest possible company level, since I do not have my own personal website yet to market myself. This identity is also meant to replace the name “Alexiel Works.” I wanted an identity that people (and myself) could take seriously if I one day I did find myself in a position to start a small design company. Both parts of that former title has baggage that I’d rather not continue to use. My creative alias as “Alexiel” still will be retained on a situational basis, as I could never abandon that. The “EF” at the lower left-hand corner is my starting logo for distinguishing purposes.
My color choice was based off of the current WP theme I’m using and the colors of the links within the theme. I also wanted the colors to bring out Mikuru well, so that was taken into account. I chose to try something new with this design and played with the Pen Tool. The result was the swirly thing behind Mikuru. I really liked this out-of-character rendition of Mikuru Asahina and decided to emphasize her badass quality by placing a brick wall pattern behind her and a soft streak of reddish-pink. I attempted to give my swirly design a “graffiti” sort of look, as if it were painted on the wall behind Mikuru and she were standing in front of it. The swirly design looks sort of like a flower, so I did want to retain a hint of cuteness in the design. Overall, this is meant to be a very simplistic design that might not be well-liked by some, but appreciated by others. It is Mikuru-chan in boxing gloves and a ponytail after all ::coughm03cough:: <3
- Creative Epiphany: None
- Foolhearty Sacrifices: It’s almost 5AM…but it wasn’t a sacrifice of sleep to finish this.
So here I am…two days from graduating with a BA in Interactive Multimedia and a Minor in Japanese; already equipped with a lovely starting job [that I enjoy most of the time] with the digital media company that started as an intern with a year ago (Image Cog) that fits my credentials as an IMM major that I begin May 29th; nine days from confirming truly one of most monumental, long-awaited moments in my life; and, by the end of this month, could very well be moving from the two-family house and the small residential, dead-end nook that I have spent the most eventful twelve years of my life living in. With all the experiences and close-calls I have had over my years in college, you would think that I would be used to all this change…
My final grades are as follows:
- PROJ INTERAC MULTIMEDIA: MASTER = B+ (this is hard to say, but I guess this is deserved)
- INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY = B (great teacher + convoluted/tricky wording on test + not-so-good study habits/taking notes = …deserved)
- INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING = A (deserved)
- INDEP STUDY INTERACTIVE MEDIA = A- (with all my well-versed documentation and the overall stretch the IR-Module was for me…I really want to know what warranted penalization…seriously)
- Previous GPA: 3.333 (before I went to Japan, since nothing I took there counted towards my cumulative GPA; yeah, pretty gay that I could have failed every class if I wanted)
- Current GPA: 3.500
- Final Cumulative GPA: 3.358
So, despite my father being convinced that it was possible for me to work towards a 3.5 from a 3.3 even after giving my father proof that it was mathematically impossible for me to bump myself up to a 3.5 even with all As…I proved him semi-wrong, as shown by my “current GPA” and my oh so massive jump of .025 points with an A & A-. My regret is that I could not graduate with a higher GPA than I did with all the slacking I did in h.s. (3.86). Then again, in h.s., I never had a dramatic drop in my grades like I did during my 1st year 2nd semester of college. That’s really what did it for me. However, even with a 2.828 as my cumulative after my first year, I did bring about a substantial change as I entered into my new major from then onward. I did all that I was capable of achieving. If I hadn’t studied abroad, I may have made it to a 3.4, but that experience was worth more than a few extra points tacked onto my GPA without a doubt…though it wouldn’t have hurt to give me SOME credit besides course requirements.
There is still so much I have yet to learn and understand about entering into this stage of adulthood. I honestly wish I could stay cooped up in the simplicities that come from living under the roof of my parent, but I know that was never the plan. I have wanted to fly away ever since I could remember; I am gradually learning how to whether I like it or not.
This is the final checkpoint of the college stage, but there is another race that I have been destined to run and must run. My future is so very uncertain – as uncertain as I am of myself and what I shall amount to – but I know I have nothing to fear…my steps will be guided just as they have always been. I have the encouragement and support of those closest to me. I believe I was born for greatness.
That is the hope that I have…
Currently Listening To: Jinn – Kotosabi no Ki – “Niji shuu sou”
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