CHICAS::in::POWER: Achieve Greatness

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::My Online Resume::

My Info-Graphic Resume Online

If I can give some background of where I stand in the field, I could pretty much sum it up in this info-graphic of my experience. I am pretty much an apprentice in the graphic design field. I have some experience and some of the needed skills. Yet, there is so much for me to know and learn. I am just beginning and I am still learning, and that is pretty much all I can say.

::You are Creative::

David Kelley

::You are Creative::

::Courage in Creativity:: [[Beauty]]

The very first step.. Courage and finding inspiration in beauty.

next step.. Trying to immitate beauty.. At the risk of failing..

Continue until you are satisfied and happy

If you love it then you are on the right track.

7 Questions to Finding Your True Passion

What puts a smile on your face? - Name something that you do - or used to do - that brings total peace to you when you do it.

• I enjoy writing my own little stories true and imagined. I contemplate my feelings, and thoughts, to then express them in words, sometimes lyrically, sometimes poetically. As lyrical can be poetical; as for the same rule poetical can be lyrical. But sometimes that doesn't always holds to be true. Writing lets me express my thoughts
• I enjoy sketching/drawing/painting/collage-art-making... 
• Playing soccer did make me feel stress free, feeling much relaxed after a game. Soccer did gave me a certain kind of happiness.
• Reading, though I haven't done it much at my leisure did bring me enjoyment and relaxation from other things in my life.
• Singing though I am never really good at it, makes me feel good in a carefree way. Where I can sing on a terrible note be out of tune and still, I am okay with that.
• Dancing, is something I like to do when I am alone, I like to do free-form dancing.. freestyle dancing moves. Dancing is expression, good vibes of happiness take over.

What do you find easy? - It’s very hard to hate something that is very easy for you. Easy equals fun, equals happiness, equals passion, equals: a possible career.

•  I find it easier putting my ideas on paper either written down, or sketched out. I have a harder time just trying to explain them out loud.
• I find it easy hearing out people, ideas, stories, problems. 
• Staying organize can be easy for me, with time and space.
• It is somewhat easy for me to look for ideas, create stories, and finding solutions

What sparks your creativity? - Think about those moments in your life where you seem to expand your horizon, always coming up with new, fun, and exciting ideas relating to that subject.

• When I am listening to music, I become inspired to write. Work on a design/artwork.
• When I am walking, I think of new ideas for writing, and my design work.
• Talking to friends and family inspire me to perfect a problem, finding solutions. Discussing different ways it can be solved, and talking about a possible process for a better solution.
• Reading, making research on designer thoughts, and theories.
• Looking through past work, thinking how I can better my own work.

What would you do for free? - What would you just love to do, even if you were not getting paid? Something that you look forward to and wish you could do all the time.

• I would definitely like to write more, sketch more, design more.
• I love to write, writing lets me express myself better.
• I love to draw, sketch, paint as it lets more of my expressive thoughts and feelings out. 
• Design is where both collide and I am able to express myself much more freely.

What do you like to talk about? - A very good way to figure this out, is to ask your friends what you talk about most; what makes your eyes brighten up.

• I like design, I like art, I like to write and I would like to do more with what I already have, and what I love to do.
• Going passed my boundaries and doing more of what I can possible start doing. 
• Starting my own projects, designs, and work.

What makes you unafraid of failure? - Think of something that you just do or want to do, no matter what. Something that you do not have second thoughts about.

• Just trying; giving myself a chance to fail.
• I would just like to write no matter what, I would like to draw and do something with my work no matter what. Designing and creating ways to create more.

What would you regret not having tried? - If you were at the end of your life, what would you regret not having pursued?

Not using my time wisely, not using my sources as I should, and not creating more opportunities.

Finding Your True Passion

::My Musings for Later Years::

Though I had some published post before on this blog; I would like to go back to them, update them and revise for better efficiency, and order. To have a better idea of what I need to review, and complete my thoughts, with further lessons I have received since I first learned about design. There will be new thoughts on designs, design styles, techniques, and other terms that I have learned through my schooling and leisure reading. I have also worked on my own projects,  and my own work techniques. I would like to do this blog as a way for me to reflect and have some way to keep myself motivated with my career. A way to document thoughts, and inspirational work. I will try to include as much of my work, or glimpse of, to keep a record of my progress and development as a aspiring graphic designer. I will also include work from other designers that  inspire and influence my own work. As well as readings, and sites I like to visit for help or for inspiration. As I continue with my career  I want to be able to go back to old ideas, and my own musings I had over the years. Sharing them with other aspiring designers would allow me to express them better & understand how I want to approach my ideas to implement them in my upcoming projects, work, and way of living.


-Ivonne