♥

it's mine.

2008-04-30T09:22:00.000-07:00

after a long awaited few months I finally got ordered my very own imac yesterday!
24". 3.06GHz. 4gb ram. 750gb harddrive. NVIDIA GeForce 8800.
ok, i didn't really need all of that, my needs are simple. but it's just so nice to have.
will deliver by May 2-8. go apple.

new layout, new cards.

2008-04-25T13:04:00.000-07:00

more business cards at avery. this is what i have been up to.
these are my favorite ones. not sure if they'll all be selected for the website.
hope you like the new layout.

published.

2008-03-17T13:09:00.000-07:00

so speaking of business cards, the other day i woke up & grabbed my iphone to check my email since i'm too lazy to actually go downstairs and get my computer. i got a message from my friend saying she saw my design in the best of business card design 8.

my teacher told me she was going to submit the design a while ago, but i didn't actually think it got in since i hadn't heard anything. plus she said it was past the deadline when she submitted it. well, anyway, it got in! it's a pretty big book with hundreds of designs so it's not that big of a deal but here it is..

the other page has the front of the card in full but it's pretty low res which i'm super sad bear about, i'm not sure why they put it in there like that but oh well, it's still cool. especially since when i began designing templates at avery they gave me the best of business card 6 & 7 to get inspiration from, i'd say it pretty legit :)

business card, anyone?

2008-03-11T17:07:00.000-07:00

So, I have been working at Avery, making design templates for their products they sell. I work with 2 other designers and they're really cool. I don't think I've ever made so many business cards in my life. These are some of the cards I liked, but they weren't all picked. Lots of designs templates will be launched at their website soon. More designs coming soon.

in memory,

2007-12-07T19:30:00.000-08:00

July 7, 1985 - December 2, 2005

Sunday, December 2nd, marked the 2nd year since we lost our dear friend, Es. She was a talented designer and a good friend. She would have graduated from the art institute this past summer. I miss her so much and I always wonder what it would be like if she was still here, and why she was so tragically taken from us. I miss you friend. You are so close to my heart.

tags.

2007-12-05T16:33:00.001-08:00

I feel like I haven't worked on any design in a while,
I felt so lost when I started these! sad-bear.
Well, here are some hang tags I made for my friend's clothing
company, love nail tree. I'll post more work soon.

2007-12-01T10:45:00.000-08:00

So here i am one more day of not loving Him the way He asks.
In fact my heart is singing praises to the things that make me feel alright.

So i'm sinking fast like a stone heart should, and on the way down,
i've done what i could to try to turn this stone to flesh.
i'm haunted by my God
Who has the right to ask me what by the nature of my rebellion i cannot give.
i beg for You to move.
for You to breakthrough.

i miss africa.

2007-11-03T23:20:00.000-07:00

beautiful Africa.
july 14 - july 30, 2007

2007-10-11T22:34:00.001-07:00

* SENIOR SHOW PHOTOS *
images of the show are finally up!
go to my flickr to view all the photos from
the photobooth + of the portfolio show!

and these are some of my favorite pics from the PHOTOBOOTH ♥

2007-09-29T09:47:00.000-07:00

portshow + portfolio tips!
these are the places i used for all my stuff for the show //

business cards - elite flyers // donnell, amazing service + good quality cards. i'll never need 5000 cards but i wanted square cards & it was $85 bucks for squares!
photobooth - cheesy photobooths // alex, brandon, ryan, SO great and gave me a really good deal since i was a poor student.
screenprinted bags - Electric Screen Printing // cameron, 714-926-4117 - super nice! got the bag + did the printing for me in 2 days.
tags / leavebehind - overnightprints // just order with lots of time in case they mess up. i almost didn't get my stuff in time. my friend britt didn't get hers in time, she ended up having to make all her cards. but they have good customer service.
paper - i ordered a ton from neenah paper, they have 12x19 sheets for free you just have to pay shipping. their paper has really good texture and it's good quality but the prints were horrible for my ink jet printer so i ended up using hp matte paper. it depends on what printer you have. just make sure you have time to test your papers. i was doing it the week before and stressing out.
portfolio - paperhaus // there are lots of sites with portfolios though. mine was ok, i didn't think the quality was that good. it was wood laminate, so fake wood? ha. whatev, it turned out ok. be sure to order adhesive strips for your pages.
engraving for your portfolio - the art institute // jason works in the industrial side, he was cool, he did some test runs before engraving it. and it's free!

so i figured that'd be helpful to friends who are graduating, people, whatever ... and i wanted to list out the places i got all my stuff from since they were super helpful. i wish i had a friend who told me everything i needed to know about my portfolio and the show but i guess it's just something you have to figure out as you go along. it all comes together in the end.

motion graphics final.

2007-09-27T00:14:00.000-07:00

it's been a while! here is my final for motion graphics .. sorry for the bad quality. i'm not really sure where i was going with it, and the music is a little off at the beginning. i thought it'd be cool to make a 3d room since i had some of the environmental walls from a class already. i am finally done with school! it's unreal. pics of the show + more coming soon!

12 days away.

2007-09-07T23:11:00.000-07:00

http://www.breatheartspeaklove.com/port/show.html

photoshoot.

2007-09-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

well, i decided that i really do not enjoy photo-ing anything. here are a couple photos of some of my projects. i suppose it would have been fun if i could remember how to use the dumb lights and stuff. ha. come to the portfolio show to see the rest..

my photos did not turn out as i wanted them to, and my photoshop skills are highly lacking to edit the photos. oh well. these things need to be seen in real life anyway. not in a picta. i think the show will be good. there are a lot of talented designers graduating!

soo still need to order businesscards, giveaways, + design the booth. enough blogging, more working. bye friend!

2007-08-31T18:55:00.000-07:00

some shameless advertising but, my uncle is in this movie.. go see it! :)
he is the old blind guy, in the cricket scene.
go uncle jimmy!

design: portfolio!

2007-08-18T17:26:00.000-07:00

well i am finally getting some things together! here are a few projects that will be going in my portfolio. they're ok, i guess portfolio worthy? hope you like them. i also have decided that i will be giving away tote-bags. with other crafty things, so be sure to make it to the show so i can give you one! ideally i would have wanted organic-cotton bags but they are $6-$7 each, as alex and i found, so i will just have to get regular ones, but they are still eco-friendly! since that's the point. photo of the tote is an idea, i wish i had time to screenprint them myself! also, 1" button designs that i came up with a couple months ago. i might use them, maybe not.

design : self + other nonsense things

2007-08-11T19:45:00.000-07:00

ok, so i am graduating in nearly five weeks. oh crap, make that four! i really can't think about it too much or i just might loose it. i have not done any work for my portfolio! eh, except i did order my portfolio. and i have searched through promotion pieces to give away at my show. but aside from that, nothing. i really don't know what's wrong with me. i cannot get into it. maybe i am in denial about graduating. or maybe i don't want to graduate? what the heck, of course i want to graduate and wash my hands clean of the art institute forever!!!!!!!! (emphasis in exclaimation points. needless to say i am over this shady school .. and ever so anti-ai!)

in writing this and having just looked at a calendar i am doubtful that i will get everything done. i mean, let's see - website: non-existent. logo: eh, it's ok. projects for portfolio: need some work. portfolio booth: ideas all in my head. leavebehind: recycled tote bag, definitely. oh, and slap bracelets. who doesn't remember those? now i just need to go and make about 100 of each of these.

i made a list of everything i have to get done. that's helpful.
lists definitely equal love .... to me anyway.

so i ordered my portfolio, it's wood "looking" but it's really not wood at all. i was excited about it but i got it today and now i am really not sure what i think about it. here's a photo:

and i decided i didn't want to go with a logo that has anything to do with my name or initials or anything of the sort. "danni design"? no way. "dh design" hm, even worse. anyway, i decided on the name "the art of design" which i like a lot. here are the logos i came up with. i think i am going with the first one.

feedback is much appreciated.

i should stop blogging and start working.

bye for now, friends.

dove ; evolution

2007-08-02T19:22:00.000-07:00

so good. everytime i watch it.

africa ♥ 2007

2007-08-01T20:39:00.000-07:00

so i just got back from Rwanda, Africa on Sunday. AMAZING. photos and words can in no way express everything that we experienced there. our team spent 2 weeks bringing hope & encouragement to the people of Rwanda through ministries like house-building, passing out care-kits to people in hospitals and homes, and putting on different workshops. we worked with world relief to do all of this. (www.wr.org) they are a great organization doing many things all over the world for people in need.

it was unreal. i think it was in the 2nd verse of singing the 'hokey-pokey' in a circle of about 25 kids when it really hit me that i was in Africa. many are so broken. women who are forced into prostitution because they have no other means of income. families who live on less than $2 a day. women with hiv who live each day as it comes. we had the opportunity to hear their stories, and share our stories with them. we sang with them, we danced with them, we prayed for them and we loved them.

it is hard to come back home and get into routine and normal life once again. the children broke my heart. i close my eyes and can see all their little faces looking and smiling at me yelling 'muzungo' / (translated: white person) and playing duck-duck-goose with them. it was a blessing to go. God is doing many things in Africa. if you have a chance, check out the pics in my flickr album.

design: wedding

2007-07-11T17:58:00.000-07:00

my mom is getting married.

these are some designs i was working on for
her website + mini save the date cards.
she likes yellow ... they're ok. i wanted to
design her invitations but i dont have time.

i think it'd be super fun to do invitations for
a business, they're so pretty! i've seen a lot
of good graphic-ally designed invitations.

crêpe.

2007-07-09T20:13:00.000-07:00

nutella. this magical chocolate hazelnut spread is pure goodness.
nutella reminds me of denmark, having it over grain bread for breakfast and being with my roommates in england putting nutella on everything. this weekend i made crêpes. all you need is strawberries, bananas, crepes (i got packaged, because i probably could never actually make my own) powdered sugar, and nutella. go pick up a bottle at your local world market for only $2.99.

crepes = love.

design: logos.

2007-06-29T14:33:00.000-07:00

logos, not my favorite thing to design but tell me what you think!
i need them for my portfolio,
which i should be working on since i'm missing 2 weeks next quarter.

old photo finds

2007-06-29T12:28:00.000-07:00

digging through my mom's garage, i found some vintage photographs of my mom, older brother, dad, grandpa & grandma back in the day .. + an article about my dad when he was little. loveli!

video : wicked

2007-06-26T23:02:00.000-07:00

broadway musical wicked sung by eden espinoza, simply amazing.you must see it if you can!

birthday + design.

2007-06-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

birthday birthday! happy birthday friend.

it is my friend mayra's 22nd birthday today! visit her website: mye-design.com
and here is some design ..

.. i designed this shirt for my friend since she graduated ai. i also made one similar for my manager jen!

design: africa.

2007-06-20T17:45:00.000-07:00

2 posts in 1 day, i'm a bloghead for sure.

design. so this is my project from package + environmental class on an organization to fight poverty in africa called one human race. the package is bags&tags and the environmental is a tradeshow booth. click here for more pictures of the project. hurray!

pictas: june.

2007-06-20T16:52:00.000-07:00

what i have been up to lately ;;

JUNE THINGS // (click for bigger picture)
friends have graduated (that will be me in september!)
+ i saw wicked, amazing.
+ disneyland with the cousins
+ fathers day

2007-06-18T12:40:00.001-07:00

wow, my first blog entry. that is a lot of pressure. i guess i will write about what i will be using my blog for -- basically art, design, life, etc. it really won't be interesting in any way, just general things.

and i should mention mr. curtis elliott + mye-mye, since they are the blog-heads that helped get my blog started. here's to you, friends.