i'm struggling...
with an idea for degrees of separation. it's such a great effort, in my opinion. i got really excited when tiffany called and asked me to do it. i haven't done anything creative outside of work in a really, really long time. maybe that's one of the reasons i feel so not able to do it. i don't know. i'm really struggling with the idea also because all the pictures i have of "new orleans," per say, are pictures of my house and that of my brother, and my two grandmothers, all for insurance purposes of course. i always try to incorporate some sense of humor into my work, but this is just such a touchy subject. Usually I aim to piss off at least one person with everything i do, but i have a feeling i'd end up just hurting my family's feelings/ disappoint them instead. i'm a softy, i guess. i'm still gonna keep thinking about it though...
speaking of creativity, i feel like it's completely gone. I'm washed up. I think maybe i just don't have a space in the house conducive to creativity. i mean, my knee hits the tv while i sit here in front of my computer, while the dresser juts into my back. and to think about working while the tv is on is impossible...the speaker is 1 foot away from my ear. and to make it worse, it faces the bed, so i can't even see it!!! i just need my own space to get some stuff done. we need a bigger house, or less stuff.
i'm working on this piece at work that could turn out to be really cool if they let it fly. i hope they like it tomorrow because if not that's about 2 weeks worth of work completely down the drain. i can never tell what they'll like and what they'll dis. it's my most creative idea for them yet, and plays off something that i did in school. you can comment on it if you like; i'd love to hear suggestions. i'm working on a design for the spring insert that should drop about 2 or so weeks before mother's day. they want something completely diff from what they normally do. for the concept i thought it'd be cool to play on the creation story and the mother of creation, eve. the front cover image--a shot of a hand holding a juicy green (green to tie in the spring, plus it goes better with the jewelry color selection) underneath the apple several expensive long necklaces drape over the hand and hang down to the bottom of the page. then 2 different shots of ring clusters, one in focus with the hand/apple shot, one kind of a soft blur for depth purposes. headline--"then he created woman and man was pleased". the rest of the insert will continue to focus on typography as well as a few hand shots with jewelry possibly, maybe apples somewhere else. i have copy for each vendor but it's in my notepad at work...besides, i should save some of my ideas for you to see when it comes out. if anyone has comments on it, please let me know, i'm open to suggestions. i think it'd be good for me to use this journal for something other than blabbering on about stupid stuff! and maybe it will get my creative juices kickin again. i need to make me a website. i need dreamweaver!!!!
speaking of creativity, i feel like it's completely gone. I'm washed up. I think maybe i just don't have a space in the house conducive to creativity. i mean, my knee hits the tv while i sit here in front of my computer, while the dresser juts into my back. and to think about working while the tv is on is impossible...the speaker is 1 foot away from my ear. and to make it worse, it faces the bed, so i can't even see it!!! i just need my own space to get some stuff done. we need a bigger house, or less stuff.
i'm working on this piece at work that could turn out to be really cool if they let it fly. i hope they like it tomorrow because if not that's about 2 weeks worth of work completely down the drain. i can never tell what they'll like and what they'll dis. it's my most creative idea for them yet, and plays off something that i did in school. you can comment on it if you like; i'd love to hear suggestions. i'm working on a design for the spring insert that should drop about 2 or so weeks before mother's day. they want something completely diff from what they normally do. for the concept i thought it'd be cool to play on the creation story and the mother of creation, eve. the front cover image--a shot of a hand holding a juicy green (green to tie in the spring, plus it goes better with the jewelry color selection) underneath the apple several expensive long necklaces drape over the hand and hang down to the bottom of the page. then 2 different shots of ring clusters, one in focus with the hand/apple shot, one kind of a soft blur for depth purposes. headline--"then he created woman and man was pleased". the rest of the insert will continue to focus on typography as well as a few hand shots with jewelry possibly, maybe apples somewhere else. i have copy for each vendor but it's in my notepad at work...besides, i should save some of my ideas for you to see when it comes out. if anyone has comments on it, please let me know, i'm open to suggestions. i think it'd be good for me to use this journal for something other than blabbering on about stupid stuff! and maybe it will get my creative juices kickin again. i need to make me a website. i need dreamweaver!!!!