A Thousand Miles Seems Pretty Far...

A thousand miles does seems pretty far... but what about

24,972?

That's the number of miles Zach and I have driven (combined) in order to see each other over the past two and a half years. I started keeping a log on my computer back in 2008, and as of last weekend, we can officially say we've driven around the entire world for each other (24,901 miles). While being in a long distance relationship isn't exactly ideal, I try to be a jar-half-full kinda girl, so our little around the world milestone is cute, right?

It can be a little crazy at times -- sometimes driving 5+ hours for 2 hours together. But I know we'd both do it again in a heartbeat; we definitely make the best out of our situation and truly cherish the time we get to spend together. We've gotten to travel to a lot of places in order to visit each other: Baltimore, Roanoke, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Parris Island, Winston-Salem, Durham, & New Bern, just to name a few. It's always fun to add a new city to our map :)

Plus, only two more years until our long distance relationship can turn into a normal relationship. Until then, I guess the next milestone would be the distance to the moon? 238,857 miles. Oh, boy..

Digital Imaging

I spent all weekend working on my digital imaging portfolio that's due this week and...

it's finally done!

(way earlier than expected, too)

Below are some screenshots of the Illustrator files:

a. the introduction / index

b. Logo design for a NGO using the Gestalt theory/principle

(Basically, the abbreviated name of the organization is ECO, with the tagline of "one people. one nature. one world." When turned vertically & read from top to bottom, you can see "ECO." When turned horizontally & read from left to right, you see the silhouette of a face, a tree, and a city, representative of "one people. one nature. one world." Kinda proud of this one...

c. CD Album cover for a band with three colorblind members

(I'm not kidding - that was the assignment. Who comes up with these things...?)

And that's my wonderful friend, David. I used some of the pictures we took together at Susan & Patrick's wedding last summer.

d. Informational poster concerning the BP oil spill in the Gulf

Hahaha. I like this one too :)

e. Eigenface project

We took pictures of everyone in our class and used five of those images to create an "average" face. It's part me... part a bunch of Asians... and part black male.

There were obviously a lot more projects, but those were some of the more fun/creative ones :)

Cannot wait to turn this in & be doneee with one class. Two more typography projects, a chemistry exam, a final critique, and a WEDDING (yay, Amanda & Bobby!) until Christmas break :)