When I first started here...

When I first started here, which wasn't that long ago anyways, Brian took it upon himself to school me in the ways of graphic design.
The little short cuts and tricks that you pick up after years and years of practice and creative thinking. He said something to the extent of "the eagerness to learn would be more valuable than those who already have the knowledge and have become complacent".

And I wondered, "how could you become complacent if this is your passion?". There are many reason but we shouldn't forget that our career choices are more than just the day in and day out money maker.
It's what we loved to do, applied to the real world. When you get up in the morning, you should feel as if your work is fulfilling.

As an intern, I feel like a sponge. Ready to soak up anything important Peak Seven is ready to teach me and I know that if i stay eager to learn in this field, I will be just fine. You can stick your talents to a cause, a product, a movement, a group. Pretty much anything you feel strongly about would bring about your best work.

Nobody Moves

Hello World,

So this summer I'm interning at Peak 7 in their graphic design department. Among the hundreds and hundreds applicants that inquired, they chose me. Not because of my super graphic design skills or my dashing good looks. But because my last name is lotion, according to them at least.



Since I've started here, I've learned that college doesn't do much to prepare you for the real world of advertising and graphic design. They didn't teach me about bleeds and photoshopping techniques. I know what you're thinking, he's probably one of those lazy kids in class. WRONG. I was the class starter, always striving to be on top. I'm pretty lucky that the peak seven staff has been pretty helpful in, let's say, guiding me towards the proper way to do this. Brian and Stacy make sure I'm in the know with all the graphic design stuff.



Both of which have their own blogs, but this is me time. Luis takes care of web design stuff that I'm completely oblivious in. Josh talks advertising all day. And I'm not going too in depth about the rest of the staff cause we've got blogs on here.







Anyways, I'll keep this one short cause I'm sure there's some over grunt work I should be doing. Be well and check back often. Peace.



Blog Post By:
Danny Lotion, Intern
dannylotion@peak7.com
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