I feel like a fraud posting old work these days and I am not really sure why I am doing it. To remember who I am and what I did? How much fun I had at what I did? I thought I had a freelance illustration job but after a few of days of waiting, it did not come through. So the last couple of days I have stayed awake all night wondering what I ever did and whatever I did, was it worth it? A career I thought I had feels like a distant dream and I am wondering if I just picked or stuck with the wrong career path? Not only do I ever think I will have a full time graphic designer job again at my age, I am not really even sure I want it. I feel done. I have been trying to conjure up something fun and creative to do and nothing comes to mind. The last 30 years my brain has churned crazy, creative ideas so fast I could not write them down fast enough. And now it feels like a big black hole up there. I wanted to talk to David about it but with the craziness with the kids and his own work, I have really just kept it to myself.
This was one of my last projects. Two of us did a couple of ideas for 2019 Gala, this was one of mine that was rejected. I called it Perfect Persian. We named all of our prototypes silly names to keep up with them. This would have been a diecut, folded, all gold would have been gold foil.
Kim, you are a brilliant graphic designer! YOu have been for years. Our age matters less than ever, perhaps not all in terms of the work you can do from home.
ReplyDeleteYour ideas for print are elegant, well-executed, aesthetic, and effective. You know your way around the applications and how to make a file press ready.
Look at that perfect illio at the top of this post! It expresses perfectly what you were feeling in the form of an illustration. The finest news orgs wish they could have someone as talented and quik and funny as you making editorial illios for them.
Send them some spec. Let's go!
Thank you Shelley for always being my cheerleader, even in the darkest moments!!! I love you for that ;)
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