Reflective Writing task

I was ambitious in most things i do or had interest in, fields like singing, acting, dancing, nursing, and drawing (art), funny enough where i come from my parents never believed in such things, 

instead my dad would suggest the army while my mum would go for lawyer, banker or doctor.

I just thought they never had faith in me to do well but little did i know that it was just an african mentally thought or desire which was stuck in there heads even to my grandparents.

As time pass by i kept on doing what i loved best which as art, i could draw and draw and draw, all this was pointless to my african little continental community, it felt appalling boring and unacceptable.

so having done this on my way to a show with my dad, he said with a droughtful facial expression saying if you want to be an artist so be it, 

the tone of his voice dropped like the sound of a tape which has been wired in the tape player, i just knew he wasnt too happy. I carried on believing that this art talent would get me somewhere.

i had a few sessions after school with my art teachers, we would go on for hours, sketch etc

then getting into college there were few lessons on art which i soaked myself into until i met the word Graphic design. I realised that Graphic Design is a form of communication in which visual information is used to convey a message. Unlike fine art, it is normally used for commercial purposes, to convey a specific and persuasive message to a large audience.

So in this case I was going back and forth continually mixing art and graphic together, although my work became so effective due to the strong skills I had from the art background so mostly when I design for a client even at this present moment my work becomes so effective and eye catching

Due to the fact that I have practiced and gone over and over my interest by taking few classes, attending sessions and then progressed unto doing graphic design I can now say I successfully design for clients and family and friends in which all are paid work also I have enter few competitions whereby I have been nominated, I was also given second place in the LINKIN London poster competition.

As a candidate I believe am still learning and absorbing information’s off the big bad wide world. Its competitive and as a designer I tend to go back have little input on certain work I have done I tweak and change add and subtract but as far as am concern decision determines direction