INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 4

Very short post. And no, I didn’t pass out. I’m just writing this post late. Today {actually yesterday since its past midnight} was a good day. No specific tasks were given so I worked with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop today to gain more experience with the programs. Even though I don’t work quickly with the pen tool I really enjoy working with it in Illustrator. Illustrator is probably my favourite program in the Adobe bunch. I’m so looking forward for the weekend. Going out for a drink tomorrow with the other interns. I need a drink. Or two. Have a great weekend out there!

INTERNSHIP JOURNAL – DAY 3

I forgot to write yesterday’s journal so I’m just doing it right now. I’ll be posting today’s journal later today. If I don’t pass out when I come home. Yesterday I was shown the storage room and the process of how to find the jewellery, pack it and etcetera, when a customer places an order. This job may be one of those “boring” ones but I enjoyed it. I can see myself doing this all day long. Perhaps I just like those boring routine jobs? I’m not sure. I just can see myself back in the storage room, alone or with a few people around me, and pack stuff down. I felt useful. When we were finished with all the orders I was set to another task. I had to come out with a layout/design of a ring size chart. It went fine, I think. I showed my first draft and redesigned again with the feedback I got. So yea, hopefully it was okay.

I know I can be giving some negative vibes at my internship journal but I just want to be clear of one thing: it’s not personal with the internship place. They are cool people and it’s a cool place. When I’m at my internship I’m not having thoughts of escaping or I’m just sitting there and thinking that I’m having an awful time. I’m concentrated with the tasks I am given and I don’t think about anything else at the moment. It’s first after when the day is over that I feel overwhelmed and just don’t feel… good. I don’t want to go in details with this but I want to make it clear that it is not anything personal with my internship place. Yesterday was better than the day before yesterday so there is some progress.

INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 2

Today went indeed better than yesterday. We started off the day with two tasks*, and an extra one for the fast ones, to solve. I was more relaxed today but I’m still too tense. I really don’t know why I’m so uptight. It’s not because they are hard on me or giving me impossible tasks. I just feel under pressure and not good enough. I really hope they can’t see how uncomfortable I am. Yup, I’m a complete nerve wrack. I know. Even though my results are not impressive I’m really trying my best. I’m just not used to work this quickly. I usually have a least a day where I brainstorm, make thousands of drafts and mood boards before creating a product. It’s probably just a matter of habit. Below are some of my solutions of the assignments.

When we were finish with making our solutions and getting responses we were given a new task**. This one was more marketing related. We solved this assignment as a group. It went fine. I could ramble more but I need tea and a biscuit now. Old granny undercover. All in all, it was a good day.

*Opgaver til anden dag - Opsamling kl. 14:30 - Løses individuelt

1. opgave: 2 stk produkt billeder

Fokus på ét produkt - salgsgenererende. Hvordan kan man vise ét prodult kreativt? Gør med det hvad I vil, men produkt i fokus.

2. opgave: Banner til hjemmeside - fremhæv stylings/stylister

Tænk formater. Save for web, 800x600px. Brug billeder fra stylistunivers hvis nødvendigt. Tænk også repost fra Facebook og Instagram.

Hvis der er ekstra tid:

3. opgave: Coverbillede til Facebook - tjek format på Facebook

Vi skal snart skifte, lav et eksempel på et nyt coverbillede til Facebook.

**Opgave: Hvordan motiverer vi stylisterne til at:

- Style

- Låne smykker i Jewellery Box

- Kommunikere om hvisk

- Tagge sine billeder

INTERNSHIP JOURNAL - DAY 1

Today was my first day of my internship. I came home with a terrible headache and all I wanted to do is take a long nap. And I got that so needed nap. So why did I had this terrible headache? My energy gets drained out when I’m around and interacting with people - which sometimes causes headaches and stomachaches. I’m NOT antisocial. I do very much like spending time with my friends, family and even complete strangers. I just get exhausted being with people {the boyfriend doesn’t count here} for a whole day. Call me an introvert or whatever fancy terms there is out there. I have always been like this and it’s hard when you live in an extrovert world. But yup, that’s who I am. Let’s be honest here - I was also nervous for this day and almost felt sick this morning. I’m very good at adapting to new places when I’m abroad on holiday or when I move to a new place. But when it comes to work and school I almost get anxious and I don’t thrive immediately. It’s perhaps {I know it is} because I lack self-confidence. Something I have been improving since high school and it isn’t going fast enough in my opinion! Sigh.

So what did I do today on my first day? First of all we are four interns - two are my classmates, another girl and I. We are all Multimedia Design and Communication students. Our internship place is a small company that sells jewellery online. My job is to generate content in form as graphic design and illustrations for the website. I also have to shoot pack shots and edit pictures. I’m guessing that’s what the other girls also have to do. It’s all about the visual.

We began the day with a meeting with the others and afterwards we interns got an introduction. Afterwards we got three tasks* {sorry it's in Danish but I bet you know how to use Google Translate}, which we had a couple of hours to solve. I just recently bought a Macbook Pro because my ASUS was too slow for almost everything but especially the Adobe programs. I have only bought PCs before so I’m not used to Mac’s operating system. But I’m already having a hang on it. It’s a great laptop. Fast, quick, speedy. Though I had a bit of a problem with it today which I'll get back to in a second. Today I learned I’m not that great at being creative when I have to force myself to be it, I don’t work too well with loud music on and the Adobe programs set in Danish language is such a no-go. The latest was my problem with my new laptop today. I had trouble with setting the language to English and I always work with the programs in English. It was a such pain in the you-know-where. I did finish all the tasks on time but I am not content with my work and I am to embarrass to show it here. So this will be just one of those posts with no pictures. Boring. Sorry.

It was a bit of an off day for me. Don’t get me wrong - the people at my internship seem very kind, the place is nice and it was exciting to be there. You know it’s the it’s not you, it’s me phrase. I just need to pull myself together. Night peaches.

*Opgaver til første dag - Opsamling kl. 15:45 - Løses individuelt

1. opgave: 1 stk "Be Inspired" billede

Fokus: Vær kreativ {det behøver ikke at være smukt i første forsøg - bare vær kreative}. Eventuelt med grafiske elementer.

2. opgave: 2 styling billeder

Fokus på styling og produktvisning. Se Instagram for inspiration.

3. opgave: Packshot på model

Vælg et smykke fra hjemmesiden of indsæt det på billedet af modellen I har fået tilsendt.

TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN

Too late to say merry Christmas, happy New Year and all that jazz? 2014 flew by so quickly and I hope you all had a great year with wonderful memories! I sure did have one which contains lots of fantastic memories. I wanted to make a blog post about the highlights of 2014 but I just haven’t had the time because of my third semester exam and other bad excuses. Well I feel it’s a bit too late for making the post so I’ll just say what the highlight of 2014 was. The highlight of last year was my holiday at Corfu! It was our (le petit ami et moi) first trip together, alone and abroad. It was just perfect. I hope we can travel again this year. I’m eyeing you, Edinburgh.    

2014, thank you for being amazing. 2015 you got some big shoes to fill in. I’m a bit scared but also very excited for this year. I’ll be starting my internship tomorrow and I hope I’ll have a splendid time! Cheers to a new year! 

BIRTHDAY WISH LIST

Why does it feel like the years go by faster as you get older? It’s September. S E P T E M B E R. Am I only the one going a bit mad about this? I love autumn and especially the orange and red leaves surrounding every corner. I really can’t wait till the end of this month when the change of colours outside is slowly appearing! Talking about getting older, September also means that my birthday is fast approaching. My only plan for my special day is to eat a ridiculous amount of cake. Eat your gettig-older-sorrows away! Just kidding. A little bit. Down below are five of my birthday wishes. Usually my wishes only consist of books but I have tried to be more creative this year. {Sorry, pictures will perhaps come soon! I'm just on my way out right now.}

 

1. Olympus Pen E-P5/Olympus Pen E-PL7. I have been dreaming about owning one of these darlings for a very long time now. We have two DSLRs at home and loving them both but they are just too big to take with me every day. I want something which I can quickly grab and put in my schoolbag or in a purse before heading out. I love having a camera with me all the time and even though my mobile phone camera is doing an okay job I just want the real deal. I could also just wish for a compact camera but handed one of those I have a tendency to destroy them in some peculiar way. So yes, a CSC is perfect for me and these models are just absolute gorgeous. 

2. Concert tickets. There are so many great artist/bands visiting Copenhagen and oh I wish I had the money to see them all. Shall I list them all for you: Passenger, Ed Sheeran, alt-J, James Vincent McMorrow, Iron & Wine, Taking Back Sunday and George Ezra. I love going to concerts and the gift of an experience is the best gift you can give.

3. ILVA Polo sofa. We really don't need a new sofa but I want to redecorate our home. My taste has changed slightly since we moved in and I can’t keep my eyes off this sofa.

4. Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate. This have been raved about and gushed for everywhere and I simply want its magic.

5. ILVA Tree tree bookcase. We have two bookshelves at home which we have named Dødsreolerne {The bookshelves of Death} because seriously the unfortunate will soon happen where they will collapse and somebody is going down along with the fall. It’s almost scary to pass by the bookshelves because they will tell you with creaky sounds how unstable they are. Yes, we really need new racks and the Tree tree bookshelves from ILVA have the modern retro design I'm so in love with. 

SUMMER READS

I am enjoying my holiday and spending a lot of my free time reading my books. Finally! On exam periods I try not to pick up a book of my choice because I don’t want to get distracted. Oh my, how I missed reading books. It’s about to go down. I usually don’t read several books at the same time because I forget so quickly but I am just too excited. Oh yeah! Here are my five summer reads. 

’CREATIVE CONFIDENCE’ by Tom Kelley and David Kelley. This book is inspiring, informative and motivating. Need to boost your creativity? I think this book will help and guide you on how to think differently and creatively. 

’graphic design school’ by David Dabner. I got this book for my birthday ages ago. My best friend and I were talking about our dream jobs and I said that I wanted to work as a graphic designer. For my birthday that year I got this book from her. This book is a good introduction to graphic design and as a Multimedia Design student I thought it wouldn’t hurt to reread it again. It explains in a simple way the fundamentals such as layout, colours, composition and typography.    

’STEN SAKS PAPIR’ by Naja Marie Aidt. Aidt is my favourite Danish author and her short stories are the best I have ever read. It is because of her I began writing my own short stories. ‘STEN SAKS PAPIR’ is her first novel and I wonder if it is as raw and bizarre as her short stories. 

’BROOKLYN MAKERS’ by Jennifer Causey. Rereading this book because creative people are inspiring and so are the pictures in this book. Causey interviews thirty craftspeople living in Brooklyn who will make you jealous when you read what they do for a living.    

’Lynch on Lynch’ by Chris Rodley. I am a huge fan of David Lynch so of course this book is on my list. I have a habit to write down words and sentences I find inspiring and I guess this is why I haven’t finished this book yet. My notebook is full of words and quotes from this interview book.