A Portfolio of my Creative Passions and University Work
Over the last 13 weeks, I have offered my expertise as a graphic designer to students in the UOW Bachelor of Communication and Media (BCM) degree, assisting them with elements of their digital artefacts. Additionally, I've been developing my design persona, "Bashful Saturn," on Instagram, and have just launched a website to showcase my design …
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Reframing is a technique for identifying better problems for you to solve as opposed to just addressing existing ones. When you consider reframing anything, you might look at it through a different lens and approach the problem from different angles. 'The Slow Elevator Problem: Reframed' Example by InfoQ In the following blog post, I’ll examine …
Gaining feedback from others is extremely valuable to the development of a project. Asking for feedback from people outside of your industry or niche in particular is an especially effective technique to gain a fresh perspective on the project you’re working on. Image by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash In this blog post I will …
Wanna Work With Me? HMU After two and a half years of university, I have finally committed to building up my graphic design portfolio through the digital artefact project (something I’ve been too intimidated to do in the past). https://twitter.com/ItsBonnieMaree/status/1556899350378266624 Brooklyn-based designer Zeynab Izadyar’s tip for young designers is to "…work a lot, make a …
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https://youtu.be/zuFPaQGgr1I Follow along with the script: Do you have a fear of ghosts? Something you can’t see or touch, keeping you up the night? While ghosts are depicted as creepy, scary beings in many western cultures, they are revered in Japanese culture and folklore, where they are known as Yūrei. There are two realms in …
As part of developing my workplace skills in the subject 'Career Ready Learning and Practice', I was required to design and pitch a business idea as part of a group project. The aim of the business we had to propose was to provide a product or service that solved a problem that university students have …
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Project Pitch: Looking at the Future, Ecoternatives-ly Digital Artefact Components BLOG POSTS Blog Feed Blog One - A Zero Waste Future: Recycling and Waste Blog Two - A Zero Waste Future: Reducing and Reusing Blog Three - A Zero Waste Future: Responsibility PODCASTS (Audio Version of Blogs) Podcast One - A Zero Waste Future: Recycling …
As mentioned in my first live tweeting reflection blog post, live tweeting is a useful practice that anyone in social media, marketing, and the communication world should learn. The writing skills learned from live tweeting “are transferable, so you can use them in other areas of your writing.” Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash Growth in the …
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‘Monsters, Inc.’ is a children’s film released in 2001 that focuses on protagonists Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan, monsters that work at Monsters Incorporated, a company that harvests the screams of human children from another world as “scream energy.” At first glance, it may look like just another children’s film. However, through closer examination, …
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“Live tweeting can help businesses raise brand awareness, increase engagement, or draw attention to an event or campaign in real time.”Hootsuite As a soon(ish) to be communications and media graduate, live tweeting is a crucial skill to master and cultivate for use in the work force as a digital media expert. Apart from tweeting in …
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