The grad project is coming to a close. I handed in Versa onscreen magazine and all the documentation last Friday afternoon. It was a bit of a headache and a half.

I took the weekend off to decompress from the project and it felt great to wake up without the sudden panic of ‘what should I be doing right now?’ Accompanied in my grad project deliverables was the versa magazine website, my blog process documentation, my versa blog, my versa branding, and my huge versa process book. My process book had 9-10 tabs with about 15-20 pages each of documentation. All of my devlierables do not get returned after submission, so I had to make many copies and scans of original notes and sketches to put into the book. I think a lot of trees cursed my name that day.

Although the project is handed in, it is not perfect. There are lots of things I’d love to have time to change/fix/add, but this is also something a designer must learn and that is to let go. I have spent several months dedicating my life to this grad project. While you might read that and think that it’s a bit overboard to do that for a school project… It is something I felt I had to do to truly feel my project was going to be a success. I had to put the time and effort in. Overall I am happy with the end result, and even more happy with my process. (Clients want to know you would be able to do this type of thing again, so yes, process is key!)

I hope that when I find some energy that I will make a case study of this project to include in my portfolio. I think that will benefit the project a lot when I showcase it in my portfolio. Right now we’re in Term 6 and working developing our portfolios. Versa onscreen will be a huge part of my portfolio, and I’m excited to find a good way of presenting my work to potential employers. We’re also taking career development classes, and we’re learning how to effectively and appropriately write Cover letters, resumes, and do interviews. I’m VERY excited and nervous that graduation is coming up in December. It all went so quickly!

Anyways, I am losing my direction with this post…mainly because my stomach is grumbling and I’m starving..so I will end it here for now. Best of luck to those of you in Term 4 of DD who are pitching their grad projects today! Feel free to ask me any question you might have! I’d love to lend an ear, or help out!

Cheers

L

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