There’s this myth out there that says you have the next four years to really go crazy, and live it up.  You think you’ve been given a free pass to be irresponsible, dangerous, and, well, stupid.  After all, you are only hurting yourself.  There will time to grow up later.

That’s a lie.  All you are doing by ignoring the fact that physiologically you entered adulthood 3-4 years ago is giving guys like Alex a head start.

I am not pointing fingers at you, I did the same thing.  I slinked into adulthood at about age 23, against my will.  And by age 23, Alex is probably going to pay off his mortgage.  (That’s a big loan you take out on a house, in case my vocab is outpacing you…)

See, Alex is a 16 year old who gets paid somewhere around $50 per hour (in this economy) to design websites like these.

So, in 5 years when you wake up from your slumber of registering for the easiest classes, looking for the path of least resistance out of college (like I did), don’t say you hadn’t been warned.  You’ll go get a job at a marketing agency, on the bottom level, working for a guy named Alex who is two years younger than you, and a millionaire.

The students this summer made a newsletter, and I helped them design it.  It is written from a student’s perspective, to a prayerful and financial supporter of theirs for the summer.  Each student had to raise their own support to be on project.  This is their “thank you” to those supporters!  We added a blurb to YOU!

This is the cover I designed for our student leader’s conference brochure.  The conference starts tomorrow!

The back of our business card. The overlay blending mode on the text makes me happy.

The front of our new business card (with the phone numbers blurred out, because the internet is a scary place).  I just sent them for printing at www.psprint.com.

More work on Photoshop.

I’m learning photoshop, because I’m still not sure what I want to be when I grow up, and I need to make some promo posters for stripped coming up.  Here’s my attempt to make a Christmas e-card similar to the one found at this tutorial.  ‘Tis the season!