Student Blogs – Page 11 – Graphic & Web Design

Samantha Zakher: Life after Cegep

Who am I?

My name is Samantha Zakher and I am a twenty year old student. I am currently attending John-Abbott College in my third year and studying Graphic and Web Design. I have always been passionate about design. Especially drawing and painting. Art was always my strongest subject in school.

What are my life goals?

Car Project done in Adobe Illustrator © 2018

I would mostly like to work in design just because I enjoy it more. I am really good at drawing and painting. I have been doing that since a was very young. I used to take painting classes every Saturday morning for two years just so that I could improve. Continue reading “Samantha Zakher: Life after Cegep”

Sarah del Buey: A Creative Path

My name is Sarah del Buey. I am a 20 year old student at John Abbott College studying Graphic and Web Design. From a young age I have always been creative and had a hunger to create different art forms that provoke people to feel something or open their minds to new thoughts. I have many skills such as photography, photo-editing, animation, video editing, and graphic design. My mission is to take these skills and help brands identify themselves and reach wider audiences.

Sarah-Maude Chapdelaine: Next couple of Years

Admiring fashion, the new trends every year since I was a little, that’s why it was easy for me to choose my niche of interest. Fashion has a big impact on my life since forever now. How I dress in the morning is how I set my mood for the day. I always tell myself I have to dress to impress not just for people around me but myself included. My niche of knowledge would be in the direction of the graphic design for the fashion industry based in Montreal. The fashion industry has been a subject that I’ve appreciated for many years now. I would devote my two strength together to have the best work experiences.

Arianne Fennell: An Evolving Plan

The Stress Of Making Decisions

vector self portrait by arianne fennell — Vector Self Portrait, **© 2019 Arianne Fennell**

When I was younger, I never worried much about the future. Things worked out for me and I found that I never had a difficult time in deciding what I wanted to do or how I wanted to do it. It’s only in my last semester at John Abbott College where I really felt the pressure of making decisions for my future. It required me to sit down and actually make a plan.

Who is Natasha Witwicki? Social Media Branding & Marketing Designer

Product pictures taken by Natasha Witwicki — Examples of my own product pictures.
© Natasha Witwicki, 2018

Hi there! My name is Natasha Witwicki. You already knew this, but I’m a third year graphic design student studying at JAC. I’m always up to something creative, whether it be drawing (both traditional and digital), photography, photoshop, or one of many niche art forms such as resin decoden. I love trying new creative things, seeing my aesthetic pop in whatever I decide to do.

My Experience

I have LOTS of experience in social media branding and marketing, as well as e-commerce. You wouldn’t know unless I told you since I’m a very shy, reserved person… but I have a small business that I’ve grown online with over 1 million followers.

Multimedia Art Direction and Design — Photo by Katya Austin on Unsplash

My name is Catherine Bégin, and I am a passionate and driven creative spirit with a fascination for emerging forms of media. I love to make discoveries, innovate and explore beyond the beaten path.

Continue reading “Catherine Bégin: Curiosity Prompted the Cat”

Sharissa Morrison – Creation With Inspiration

Illustration Banner — (c) Sharissa Morrison, 2018.

When one is being a creative, there is not right or wrong way of doing it. It’s what you decide to make of it. I think life should be taking in this exact context. Letting it be free with how you wish to take it as long as it gets to its destinations.

Every painting starts with a stroke

Illustration "Low Love" by Sharissa Morrison — *(c) Sharissa Morrison, Gimp, 2015.*

Laura Hernandez: UX/UI Designer – Illustrator

Changing the World One Design at a Time

I am Laura, a UX/UI designer whose aim is to improve user experience through branding and user interface design. Something I truly enjoy is the artistic aspect of communicating through the visual elements of design to improve the user experience. For this reason, I decided to immerse myself in the creative side of design.

Background

Formerly I worked as System Designer and in Project Management. As a System Designer, I wrote functional requirements from different partners and interpreted them into design proposals. As for Project Management, I acted as technical contact and coordinator between development and product management teams.

Continue reading “Laura Hernandez: UX/UI Designer – Illustrator”

Cristina DeLuca Through the [Lens] Glass

vibrant colour 1950s style photography of a girl in a diner — Electrifying © Cristina DeLuca, 2019

An overview of who I am, and who I aspire to be

When I came into graphic and web design at John Abbott College, I knew one thing for sure; I was going to work for Vogue one day. Magazine layout design is what I was made for. And then in my second year at Abbott, I had a photography class and the lines became blurred.

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Now, I absolutely love photography and post-processing. I’m underdeveloped, but I want to grow and learn. I want to gain creativity and individuality all while keeping up with current trends and staying relevant. I like to work with people who are in that same mindset or who can help me figure it all out.

Roxanne Lyristis: The Foreign Freelancer

Photo of an old motorcycle in Karpathos, Greece that inspired the company name Foreign Freelancer — *©Roxanne Lyristis, Karpathos, Greece 2017*

The allure of the vast world, and the exploration of it, is what pulls at the strings of my soul. All the cultures there are to learn from and be immersed in, all the waters that will kiss my toes at their shorelines, all the sunsets there are to view from the peaks of the mountains I’ve climbed, every towering building in the rushing city streets I may wander down, and all the languages I can try to twist my tongue into speaking– has always lit a fire in me.

HOW CAN I APPEASE MY INTREPID SOUL WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BUILDING MY CAREER?

No matter where I may find myself in the belly of the planet, my skills, knowledge and experience in content creation will allow me to provide businesses and individuals with professional design services that will grow or strengthen their brands and online presence. Since remote workers and online work opportunities are growing in popularity, I can connect and work with clients and/or colleagues via my laptop, wherever my wild heart may reside in that moment.

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