Project : Infograph for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S)

July was a month filled with great opportunities! One of them being a project I was fortunate enough to do with A.M.P.A.S! For those who are not familiar, they are the organization that does The Oscars every Winter. And what you really may not know is that they are responsible for a lot of programs that I didn't even know existed. You should check it out here:  They contacted me to design an infograph that would go into their quarterly Academy Report magazine exclusive to Academy Members. The infograph illustrates two different programs they run during the off season. The Student Academy Award & The Nicholl Fellowship. When I got the phone call I was nearly speechless. At first I didn't really know who or what "A.M.P.A.S" was. So I took it with a grain of salt until I found out who they really were and then I was truly speechless, haha! The project duration lasted for about a month. Working time was about 2 weeks. Actually, most of it was done on the first week (there were definitely long coffee nights jamming out to good tunes - good times!) The week that followed circled more around revisions and going back and forth to get it perfect for print. Soon after the closing weeks it was production time! And alas - the infograph is born and published in the middle of the Summer 2013 edition.

This is without a doubt one of the best feelings of my life. I know there are far more accomplishments out there that make this one completely moot, but this is MY accomplishment and I am still smiling like a child with a huge cake in front of them. I never would of thought any of my work would be lucky enough to be in a magazine let alone something so special like The Academy!

Hard work definitely pays off! I feel truly blessed and thankful for this opportunity! I am still fortunate enough to be working with my client, who by the way is amazing and was gracious enough to give me two copies! So stay tuned in for more projects!

Special thank you to everyone that supported me during this project!

Woo, cheers! Congrats present me haha!

Thank you TCG for patching us up!

One more week! Smiles all around :)

Happy & Thankful!!!

On August 6, 2013 I will begin my new adventure in my career! I was lying down at the park next to my little red house in the suburbs when I found myself smiling at the thought of taking that one more extra step closer to my dream! So I decided I would take a picture, hehe. Big smiles all around, I am super excited for the new people I get to work with, new things I get to learn & of course the new opportunities !

Blessed & extremely thankful for everything! Including the 8 week truck that has made me the stronger person/designer I am today!

One more week! Let's go baby!

[Bucket List] Hiked Mt. Baldy!

The day started at 5:30am, mind you I haven't woken up that early in so long, and I was getting ready half asleep and ventured my way to Jordan's house. The address he gave me took me to the winery and I was all, "uh wrong." I eventually found myself at his place and we took off! We began our hike around 6:30 and it ended around 1:30ish.. so about a good 6 hours. My body was tired and extremely sore... but it was totally worth it :) Here's a few photos from yesterdays adventure:

It was truly an amazing experience, the different terrains and the fear of falling at any given moment was terrifying but so much fun. My favorite part was the rocky terrain, #3, it was JUST rocks and you really had to pick and chose which one to hop on! We even lost the trail for about 2 seconds coming back down cause it just looked all the same haha. We also went off trail a little bit going up to look at a bouldering problem, I lost balance and caught myself with my left arm causing it to pull a little weird... it was really painful and it hurts a little even till now :/ but it's okay IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

It was beautiful!! 

At the top!!! I never would of imagined that I'd be sitting at the top of a mountain looking down at the world. The photo above does not give the real view any justice. Jordan was right, "That's why you have to experience it yourself"

The hike back down was a lot shorter (obviously) but my legs felt like they were about to give out. They were shaking and my shins started to feel really weird, but I kept going cause I knew at the end of it I'd be finished! After an hour and a half of trucking back down and trying our best not to fall over we reached the end of trail! Jordan is pretty athletic so it didn't seem like it tired him out at all, but I...  I looked like I could use a nap or two - ha!

Snake!

Oh and there was a 3ft rattlesnake...yep. We waited for the little guy to crawl into the bushes and when we saw his head pointing down the hill we all decided to go one by one and cross our fingers hoping that he wouldn't launch at us. I ran for my life and kinda jumped into Jordan's arms like a little chicken sh*t... But whatever, I did it... so ha!

I did it!!!!

Would I do it again? Of course, but next time I'll be better prepared. Next time I know to bring more stuff, like you know... food and water LOL. I survived the entire trip on a cliff bar, another granola bar AND one water bottle. Definitely survived, but lesson learned! I can't wait for more adventures like this one...!

Special thank you to Jordan Jarnagin for taking me here and essentially making sure that I didn't fall off the face of the earth!

Cheer to dangerous but fun adventures!