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Week 2

September 6, 2023 By Princeton Tran

My Second Blog Post!

With the second week behind me and some trainings under my belt, I am feeling more and more like a bonafide STA every day. This past week, I worked on some fun personal graphics including the banner you see above depicting my artistic license and a little self portrait that will be used in a poster assembling all the STAs. Apparently it looks more like my roommate than myself, but that’s okay. It’s the thought that counts.

A drawing of Princeton in an astronaut suit, holding a pen and pad.
I figured whoever designing the poster doesn’t need to put me on the ground if I made myself an astronaut. The sky’s not the limit!

After those projects, I moved on to training myself on creating Course graphics in three different styles. These were interesting to work on — I was able to learn some process and the unique quirks that came with it. I found some areas of potential improvement, which I hope to implement in order to streamline the training process and remove some friction. A sample of graphics I created for these trainings can be seen below.

 

An animated title card that says "20th Century Art" which cycles through various font styles.
Rough sketch of an animated title card that would play before each online lecture.

 

A menu showing custom designs for a fictional training course: "20th Century Art"
It was enjoyable to put together the graphics for a fictional art course.

 

A vertical poster showing three women -- abstracted into pure geometry -- and a banner in front of them with the course description on it: "ART3800, Twentieth Century Art".
The vertical monitor graphic for the studio setup.

 

The second week has helped me get into a groove of working and training. I look forward to completing my training and starting to work on impactful client work!

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