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Summer!

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Summer!

I spent most of my summer working here at LAITS; however, when I wasn’t working, I spent my time exploring Austin alongside my friends who also resided here over the summer. We visited many of the local coffee shops, shopped at thrift stores for clothes and knick-knacks, and tried many restaurants!

Another thing I dedicated a lot of time to was working on projects for my portfolio. I decided to revamp my entire portfolio to better showcase my best work to try and land an internship for the summer going into my senior year.

After the end of my summer session at LAITS, I returned home to Houston while I waited out the gaps between my old and new apartment’s lease. A week or so after moving in, I went on a 3-day trip to New York City with some friends! It was the first time I went on a trip with friends so it was very exciting.

This was the first summer where I spent most of it away from my family. I did miss them, but I felt like this summer was great for allowing me to grow more as an individual! I hope I can continue to keep this up throughout the school year!

5/28/24 – 5/31/24

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5/28 – 5/31

This week I made a few last edits to the PowerPoint slides for ANT304. Below are the finals:

I was assigned to two courses with existing assets to make changes to this week:

HIS315K- Changes to the Canvas dashboard and homepage.

MUS307- Changing the EMAIL HERE button to a MODULES HERE button.

 

 

Week 4/15/24 – 4/19/24

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4/15/24 – 4/19/24

I’m continuing my training by doing custom course graphics for a made-up class. Below are the mood boards I created to give me some direction:

While waiting for approval for direction from my trainer- I looked ahead in my training and did an exercise from “History of Design” where I modeled a design piece after a movement. I chose the Pop Art movement and here is the portrait I did of my baby cousin as an alien.