I wasn't selected for the rapture, so here's a blog post.

Seeing as the rapture didn't appear, as it was possible stopped by Macho Man Randy Savage (God Bless you, Sir! R.I.P), this is probably an opportune time to actually update for the first time since I last actually updated.

The course has now finished, over, ka-put, completed and with any form of loss or sorrow there are various stages of I'm going though. Happy (with mourning, this would obviously be replaced with sorrow) then tiredness and then maybe a bit of fear; as in "HOLY SHIT, ITS ADULT HOOD (again), what the FRAK do I do now?!?!" comes to mind. Bear in mind, to solve the latter, for just a while, I went to Chester Zoo.

Since the start of third year, I once again found myself in love with graphic design. However, I'm glad that because of my course I have just completed, I now have the skills to apply 3D modelling into this career path and a whole bunch of other personal skills I can now use in any work environment. Such as, learning how to juggle a large amount of tasks through out the day and how to plan to reach those goals before the day is through, these really do stick with you. Considering I found out that I'm actually dyslexic about this time last year, I have really discovered to myself how I can actually deal with these issues a work based environment and not get too flustered about it.

So, what shall I do now? I really have started to appreciated graphic design again, folks like Olly Moss are really making a big scene in games/geek culture today and its this sort of flat print I want to get back into. Considering I have been using Flash, and extended from that, Vector, for 10 years now I want to be able to create mini games from these types of graphics and using new found design knowledge from my degree into actually brining a bit more brains behind it.

So as a rundown of things I've learnt from the third year, heres a list.

1. The 1950's America is EVERYWHERE. Everyone wants to go back to it, everyone wants to live it, life was simple back then. Turn on a TV, theres a diner, theres an American flag, theres a big frock dress with poka-dots on it. Amanda May, Dita Von Teese and Amy Whinehouse are just a small amount of powerhouses for this fashion. If you really look, its there.
2. Jugging tasks and planning your day, stupidly helpful - even if you have to make yourself OCD for it. Time management will always be the biggest challenge to me, but now I actually say "Yes, Sir/Ma'am, this is when this is going to be finished by"
3. Printers are dicks - argue with them till they get it right. Don't give them a penny till they do.
4. Work your ass off, even if you don't get rewarded for it, you can reward yourself knowing you didn't slack.

In closing, there have been things about the third year I loved and hated, thats expected. But all in all, I'm very glad I went back to uni and finished what my 22 year old self couldn't even start. As a reward of reading this fluff piece, heres some work.