Mesmorized....by Color!

If ever you have seen a peice of advertising or art that captures your attention, can you remember what was so alluring about it? Sometinmes the content or subject may hold our attention but most times its the colorization of a peice which snatches us!

I am mesmorized by beautifuly vivid and bright layers of color. I design with them and I look for them everywhere I go. My design style is a combination of techniqe and color impact. I don't care for flat color or symetrical shapes. My preference is a myriad of colors from the same hue but of different tints and tones. In harmony these can create eye catching presentations. My non traditianal soft edges and photoshop lend interest to my work.

Colors have meaning in the professional world and while formally studying graphic design I learned that colors do not mean the same to everyone or every industry. What was amazing is how certain colors naturally create impulses and drive emotions. Further more some of the connotations for colors come from the feeling it generates the other from subjected or applied meaniang. Take blue, a cool and calming effect.... the color can represent "Trust" for banks and "Emeregency" for Civil Service. It's pretty awsome that the color is used for both hospitals and librarys on traffic signs. Color has an intimate understanding which is different for each of us, but its nice to learn the visual communications industry code.

Clients find my design style unique and stimulating. If it were up to me there would be no more black and whites... only vivid specturums of color everywhere! I am excited to be designing collatoral materials again and new tools are making my job easier. Adobe CS4 has been a whirl wind of freshness and coming from a Mac to PC also has its advantages.

My new computer system has 1 terabyte of internal hard drive storage, 640 Gigs of external hard drive storage and 6 Gigs of RAM with Windows 7 being the best OS I've worked on yet! I still have my Mac and not putting it down, but wanted to see what PC has to offer. This was a good investment because people tend to use PC more and this allows me to easily access customer files and create seemless work that is compaitable for clients day to day efforts. On my KBX switch I am also running XP Service Pack three design environment which is abridged with Mac with Adobe Design Suite which is version 7.

Anyway, time is up and the gift of gab is running low. Thanks for following my rants and can't wait to see what I come up with next.

Rolling Ideas.

I'ts been my dream to take on the world of entreprenuership since highschool. I remember sitting in the auditorium senior year filling in my memory book and one of the questions that struck me was," Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"

Aspirations were to have started my own business and working on a Masters Degree. I had no specific feild or industry mapped out, but here I am! Graphic Design has been my passion since before I new the vocation had a title. I started self training with various desktop publishing software and eventually started a home based business. From there I studied business development through Goodwill Industries of North Georgia's "Business Now, Partnership for Community Action's "Micro Enterprise" and University of Georgia's SBDC "Entreprenuership Development". I studied business planning, business development, and business plan research for the two years I was simultaneously earning my degree in graphic design. These efforts gave a stong since of direction and purpose for the business world and I plan to use the skills to build a new Cre8tive Media!

Since then Cre8tive Media has grown from an idea to a full blown customer based consisting of small businesses, non profits and independent contractors. Networking through the chamber of commerce and various business development programs offered in the community has helped me get the company's name out there. Today's medum is social networking. I am exciting because the interent helps brings business home!

My mind is rolling with ideas even ones that send Cre8tive Media into marketing and business consulting territory. With the new line of service will come a new look. This will give me a chance to re-establish the branding with a new logo and marketing tools. "Green" is the new color of the Cre8tive Mind that stores ideas for the future of Cre8tive Media. Stay tunned for updates and can't wait to see what I come up with next!