This is
one of those things that a shameless dad as myself feels is too cool
for words, but A has been doing some graphic design work, and she's
actually getting some paid gigs. Needless to say, I'm totally stoked
for her. She has always had a thing for drawing, even as a little
kid, but she also has a good eye for colors, shades, and lighting.
Her interest in photography helps. She has been voluntarily designing
various posters for her band and her school productions, and she
designed the album covers for her jazz band. She recently started
working with a friend who is a real-deal graphic designer and has
done professional work throughout the area. They collaborated on a
project I think for the school and she actually paid her, and it
wasn't small chump change. She had A create an professional invoice
(always a good skill) and then paid her... the big bucks. As I
mentioned, she does a lot of work for free, and I have no doubt she
would have done this on her own dime, but it's nice to get some
compensation. Better yet, said friend also mentioned the possibility
of future work, so things could be looking up.
On the
photography front, A also entered a pic the she took of her brother
and she won. I'm not sure how the contest was structured, and she
didn't actually “win” anything, but her pic ended up on the cover
of the style section of the local paper. We're really proud of her,
not necessarily for winning, but for just doing it and going for it.
As Woody Allen said, 87% of life is just showing up.
Until
the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to hasem2 for the pic.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment