Gene:
just excellent. I found myself having something between an out-of-body and a deja-vu-all-over-again experience. I too got my start on yearbook, where one of the lessons i learned was how many people wanted to eat the pie, and how few wanted to cook it. Mine was a 4-year, all-male, college-prep, Christian Brothers high, where a yearbook staff credit was high-corn in the resume race, and many wanted that credit. And then my assistant editor and i ended up doing it all by ourselves. Thanks for the memories!
Submitted by john tunison on Tue, 06/07/2005 - 09:30.
Yearbook... That article certainly brought me back. I joined the yearbook staff at the age of 12 (in 8th grade), kept with it all through high school and ended up designig the entire book my senior year as the art editor. I can't tell you how irritated I'd gotten from carbon copy spread sheets I screwed up on and how many typos I'd found after the book had been printed. The deadlines, the ads, cropping and proofreading--the bittersweet list goes on. What was utterly stressful at the time has become invaluable experience in my mind.
This article was great. It embodied everything I'd thought about or learned through the yearbook experience as well. Not only was the article enjoyable and informative, but it rang true as recognition that this is where many graphic designers, photographers, publishers, editors and ad execs get their first taste of what they eventually embrace as their career.
It may have been dorky and embarrassing to admit belonging to the yearbook staff in high school. But in retrospect, I wouldn't have had the distinct knowlegde that graphic design was a path I wanted to follow. I wouldn't be where I am at all.
The best article so far in a field of standouts
Gene:
just excellent. I found myself having something between an out-of-body and a deja-vu-all-over-again experience. I too got my start on yearbook, where one of the lessons i learned was how many people wanted to eat the pie, and how few wanted to cook it. Mine was a 4-year, all-male, college-prep, Christian Brothers high, where a yearbook staff credit was high-corn in the resume race, and many wanted that credit. And then my assistant editor and i ended up doing it all by ourselves. Thanks for the memories!
The Yearbook Blessing and Curse
Yearbook... That article certainly brought me back. I joined the yearbook staff at the age of 12 (in 8th grade), kept with it all through high school and ended up designig the entire book my senior year as the art editor. I can't tell you how irritated I'd gotten from carbon copy spread sheets I screwed up on and how many typos I'd found after the book had been printed. The deadlines, the ads, cropping and proofreading--the bittersweet list goes on. What was utterly stressful at the time has become invaluable experience in my mind.
This article was great. It embodied everything I'd thought about or learned through the yearbook experience as well. Not only was the article enjoyable and informative, but it rang true as recognition that this is where many graphic designers, photographers, publishers, editors and ad execs get their first taste of what they eventually embrace as their career.
It may have been dorky and embarrassing to admit belonging to the yearbook staff in high school. But in retrospect, I wouldn't have had the distinct knowlegde that graphic design was a path I wanted to follow. I wouldn't be where I am at all.
Thanks
Kate Adams