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.](http://sta.laits.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Caricature_Princeton_Tran-transparent-background-225x300.png)
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.](http://sta.laits.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20th_Century_Art-1.gif)
![A menu showing custom designs for a fictional training course: "20th Century Art"](http://sta.laits.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Design_menu-1024x586.png)
![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".](http://sta.laits.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Digital-Wall-MonitorVertical-Monitor-169x300.jpg)
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!