Looking Back...

I was asked to come to my old high school to talk to the careers classes this Friday. I figured I should probably organize/update my portfolio...Looking back, I realize how far I have come since I started college. I do miss college...the people, the excuse to sleep in, and making memories. To be honest, I really enjoy the "real world." It has been good to me...so far. Yeah, bills suck and I have debt, but I enjoy actually putting my projects and designs out into the world. 

I remember the last project I had in college. It was to redesign a magazine. I was really burnt out by this time in college and just went to the closest Target and picked up a magazine. I didn't consider anything before grabbing it. It happened to be Traditional Home (which, actually, my professional raved about their elegant layout post-purchase...I was pretty pumped—he was a tough cookie!). 

Perhaps its holiday decor and photos appealed to me...During the redesign process, I realized how much I really liked putting magazines together. I did research on layouts and saved the ones I considered "inspirational." 

Below is a picstitch (iPhone App) of part of the final project. I would definitely redo this project...with another magazine of choice. I would consider the text, layout, and photos more carefully...But I am really happy with the outcome of this project (below). Maybe I'm having second thoughts on it because, where I work now, I have put together many more magazines. 

Perhaps this week I will focus on my "old" projects I find in my portfolio! It's fun to go back through and smile at my favorite projects and laugh at the projects that I thought were "good"...now I'm like...What the heck was I thinking?!

We all have those moments...don't we? :) 

Top photo: One of two final covers
Far Left: Second final cover
Middle: Table of Contents (I got a lot of compliments on this one!)
Far Right: Title page for one of the articles