Tuesday, 24 January 2012

A Practical Use Of My Education?


My name is Trent, and I'm an IMP.

Since August of 2011 I have been studying in the beautiful TAMK Finlayson campus, where I have met many wonderful people, seen many intersting sights, and learned many useful things.While I am sure that this is true of most students in their first year, here is the exception: I have already been able to apply these things that I am learning in a USEFUL and PRACTICAL way to my own personal endeavors outside of the classroom.

You seee, I have my own business. Because I am a student as well, I have been trying to do as MUCH for myself as I can, opting to create my own website, design my own logos and print material, and do all of my own marketing. In just two quick semesters as an IMP, I have been able to apply a lot of what I learned about using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign in my business. Not only have I learned the "practical" side of how to use these programs, but I have also learned theories about visual design, typography, print design, etc, that have helped me to do a good job of it too.

I just wanted to take a brief moment to throw out a big thank you to the TAMK International Media Programme. I look forward to learning a lot more.

Thanks,

Trent

2 Comments:

Daria said...

TAMK Art and Media school is the best choice in my life. You are right, Trent, that it's a rare thing when university gives you practical skills, enough knowledge, time and sources to express yourself, create a portfolio and find yourself trying out all different kinds of Media.
We don't have to get distracted with need to learn economy, physics and other subjects. It's good to have this knowledge, but nowadays, if I want to learn something I can just get any sort of information in one minute, no need to take classes of politics or any other which have nothing to do with our major.
I could write a lot good things about school. But I just will join you to thank our school

DhTier said...

Wow, that's cool! That's a nice blog post. :)