A QUICK INTRODUCTION

Lets start with a quick intro and a personal point of view. Here are 5 things about the author that I feel you should know:

1. In September of 2014 I started a 2 year program at the Pacific Design Academy in Victoria BC for Media Graphic Design. In my mind I have never produced a true work of art and do not consider myself an artist. The closest I have come is probably a crossover on the basketball court or a ski line down Whistler. Here's to PDA finding the artist.
2. Over the past ten years I have been using my business degree to be a "career per year" kind of person. Nothing really stuck and that resulted in a loss of love for the work I had been doing. I've taken a chance with something new in order to break away from monotony.
3. I am an eternal optimist...I may dress a bit like a hipster at times but I still love life too much to pretend not to care. The best proof is in my love for shitty movies. I feel blessed to be so easily entertained because it is people like me that get to live their lives perpetually in a state of happiness thanks to the simple things. This may not carry over when critiquing my own work but I'm sure the optimism will come through eventually.
4. Even though art has traditionally scared the crap out of me I have found that if I force myself to try new things then the experiences lend extremely well to the building of my skills. A rather simple concept when broken down but I'll use this blog to remind myself of this when doubting my potential.
5. Lastly. Three weeks have gone by at PDA and I am elated with the support that the professors and peers have shown. I feel extremely lucky that this unique bunch of randoms (meant with the utmost respect and admiration) will be helping all of us reach our potential. Martin Luther King Jr. said that "intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education". I can tell we're going to get plenty of both from this group.

I'll try and sign off every week with a small piece of something I have worked on to get in the habit of showing my work...something I have still to get used to.

This was part of a Photoshop assignment for a class I was taking last year at UVic. I took some shots of buildings in Fernwood and messed around with them a bit.