Introduce myself??? I'm currently bored at work, so be prepared for a novel.....
My name is Josh. I'm 25, and I've been a MacRumors visitor for a while now, but finally decided to jump in and join.
I'm a self-declared professional graphic artist. I'm currently working on my Portfolio to finally be able to present it to graphic artistry firms for a "real job" instead of my no nothing, go-nowhere job I currently have now.
I recently burned my bridge with my college (New Mexico State University). Their wanna-be graphic design degree was a joke. It was to the point where I would pour heart and soul into a project, and everyone else in class would use clip-art and the 3D text from Microsoft Word.........yeah..........kind of disheartening. And the worst thing is these people would pass with the same grade as me because they "did the work" instead of the quality of work.
So, after a very heated conversation with the department dean (which actually agreed with me, but her hands were tied), I decided to drop NMSU and work on my portfolio and let that do the talking other than wasting 2 more miserable years "learning" about my profession.
So I'm hoping that the employer will look at the portfolio as my resume rather than a degree (though, I plan on finish my degree at another college with a proven artistry program.)
I currently use the Adobe CS3 apps (waiting on the $$$ for the CS4 stuff). My profession is primarily print design. That's where I feel that I'm best. I can do web artistry fine, but putting together I will save for the coders.
I also dabble in Digital Photography. I currently use a simple Canon S5-IS on custom settings, and some of the pictures I take rival that of my friend, who is a professional photographer using about $10,000 worth of lenses on his Canon 40D. I'm a firm believer in "it's how you use it, not what you use" (to a degree).
Other stuff about me, I'm an avid petrol-head. I love cars, and currently drive an 2004 Subaru Forester XT (turbocharged). I also have a 2007 Honda CBR 600RR sportbike I used to use as my daily driver until I got the Subaru. I off-road religiously with the Subaru (which is why I'm constantly always working on it).....and bought it primarily to take to the mountains to snowboard during the winter months. As for the bike, I now track it on the weekends to push it to its absolute limits. (yes, I'm an adrenaline junkie).
Oh yeah, and I own a Mac or two, along with a couple other Apple products (this is a Mac Forum after all, so a mention of what I have might help
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/novel.
