I've lost track of the weeks!: Friday

Did I mention before that I love this job?
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Bruce took me aside after staff meeting on Monday and told me that I was doing good work but he felt like he didn't quite know my "secret weapon" yet. I suppose it's because everyone in the firm has some sort of specialty. There are illustrators and CADers and interior designers (who pick surface finishes), and then there's me. I was thinking about it through the week, and I think my secret weapon is that I just get stuff done! I dabble in a little bit of everything (except finishes). It's cool looking at the Margaritaville set going out on Tuesday and seeing the image board, signage, and photoshop renderings that I've done to help it come together. It makes me happy. I also realized that I LOVE photoshop. I'm pretty good with it + can make stuff look good/change stuff relatively fast. If I were to market a skill for myself, that would be it. :)
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Today I received some encouraging words. Bruce said he thought I was doing more than what's expected from a coop/intern, and that he can see me significantly contributing to work that goes out. SO GREAT. I told him that it's so exciting to be given the opportunity and that I love it and this is what I want to be doing for a career! So I'm basically in the best internship ever. :D
Another affirmation came from Stef. She mentioned that she can't even pull me to do the tedious busy work that has to be done because I'm more of a junior designer and I'm actually doing stuff. lol. It made me happy. :)
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There's still much work to be done for Margaritaville before Tuesday... It'll be fun though, and Bruce says they might become a repeat client because the people he's working with own all the Margaritavilles in the Caribbean (which is like five or six?). I guess there will be a lot more parrots, and flip flops for BDR in the future. B) Fun stuff.

Week 5: Tuesday

To be honest, I think I like doing grunt work almost as much as I like designing. Erica was working on a color rendering for Inn on the River yesterday and I helped her edit linework in photoshop and put in the client logo and such. I thought it was so rewarding just to be able to contribute to something going out under deadline. + I'm pretty good at photoshop editing. :) So I really felt like I helped out.
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Signage for boardwalk central in Wildwood is finally winding to a close. Sent out illustrator files today. It was fun designing that + I can't wait to have it be installed so I can say I actually designed something semi-permanent. :)
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In other news I'm finally learning ArchiCAD. It's interesting, and like with every CAD or other software, there's a bit of a learning curve. I'm doing cases for Ripley's Hollywood. It's going slow right now, but I think it'll pick up once I get used to all the commands. CAD is so much easier than hand drafting!

Week Three: Friday

So much design! I LOVE it! Just sent out concept ideas for a boardwalk sign to be installed in Wildwood, NJ - something near Morey Piers. I'm super excited that my ideas will be somewhere in the world. :) Still working on Ripley's stuff. Haven't done any ArchiCad yet, but I'm being kept busy thinking about other bits and details of galleries. I wish I were faster on gallery work. I feel like I have to just keep designing to get fast at it. I love this job! :D