BCIT, One Year Later.

I had my heart so set on taking Recording Arts for the next two years at the Art Institute of Vancouver, that I didn’t even  consider other options. It wasn’t until after I had applied and went to my parents for the deposit to cement my decision that they insisted I look elsewhere.

School Hunting

I was sure that I still wanted to be exposed to audio production or post-production, so I made sure that any program I took had some sort of rich media component to it. There were many to choose from, but the only one that I could agree on with my parents was the New Media Design program at BCIT.

It encompassed a little bit of everything, which is what made my parents most content with my decision. Because for one year, I could be exposed to things other than just recording arts (and hopefully change my mind about my career decision).

I am not a coder!

The majority of the program that I am nearing to complete was web development. HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, Flash, etc. It was a really hard time for me during these classes. These were the times when I wondered what I was doing at BCIT. It was the color theory and graphic communications classes that I loved. And also as much as I enjoyed my rich media courses, I realized that I enjoyed color, layout, and type even more.

Design lives in me.

I really opened my mind to design this year. Much of the things I learned in our design and color classes are things that I’ve been living and applying to all my work subconsciously. I’ve taken to it so well, and a lot of it is just gut feeling… intuition. I just know that blue complements orange. It feels right.

I spend most of my spare time in Photoshop. I am so overwhelmed sometimes with all the visions and new ideas I have for projects, and saddened at the same time because I don’t have the time right now to realize every single one of them. Once this program is over, I am going to make some time for that. I feel like it would be a shame if i didn’t get a chance to share the colors and images I dream of with the world.

Wrapping It Up 

I am in the process of retaking my Illustrator course, as I failed it the first time. I am kinda of glad that I am taking it again. If I had gotten a pity pass, I still wouldn’t know how to operate Illustrator to this day. In way, taking it again is going to force me to learn it for real.

I am going to take this summer off, and in the fall, I’m off to pursue a degree in Graphic Design for Marketing and Advertising for the next four years at Kwantlen University.

Design is always a part of my everyday–from the clothes I wear, to the layout of my room. Making it a part of my career is a way of cementing it in my life, and also a way I get to share what I envision with everybody around me.

I would seem fitting to close this post by saying the designing is my life, but I’d be lying if i said that. Music is still my first love!