Alright, before I start getting mushy and reflect on my past seven weeks plus what was my entire life for the past four years, I wanted to go over the last bit of work that I’ve done at my practicum.
I decided to stray completely away from the textured treatment of the photos and went for a more modern look. I was a bit hesitant to share this new design with Kenji as I did it without asking, but it ended up turning out well since he liked it! I took a risk but it’s one I had to take because I knew that I wasn’t satisfied with how the prior design was looking. The added elements of the dots and rectangles really brought the layout together.
My rationale for the change was that the textured vignettes felt a bit dated and didn’t scream VFX to me. When I think about VFX I think modern and futuristic, this is a field filled with technology that’s constantly improving and moving forward, and I wanted this layout to express that. Sure we aren’t breaking completely away from the mold, but it still looks pretty cool and different enough to remain interesting from other companies.
Unfortunately, that’s all I can pretty much share, there are other projects that I was involved in but they haven’t gone public yet so I can’t talk much about them. Guess that’s just how working in the industry is like.
That aside, my practicum has been a good experience. Truthfully it didn’t go the way that I wanted it to, but I’m glad I was able to have such an experience than none at all. Plus, I’ve learned that I have to get used to things not going my way, which is honestly something that I’ve been trying to understand for many years now.
I was talking about this with my family over dinner a few weeks ago about how being the youngest child in our family (immediate and extended), has made me used to getting things handed to me or done the way I want. But I’m learning every day that getting what you want takes effort and time, some things come faster and others slower, but what’s important is that you never stop trying to get to that end goal. So even though the sun is setting on my four years at IDEA, the sun will come up again the next day on the next chapter of my journey. I don’t know exactly where life is going to take me or what the next four years or even tomorrow will hold, but I know that I’m going to make it through it.