If there’s anything I know I’m not (along with a lot of things :P), it’s being artistic. I can’t draw to save my life, except if you want me to draw stick people. I can draw landscapes, but it’s usually the kid-type of landscapes. I decided not to go for a Creative Writing major back in college because I saw the degree was Bachelor in Fine Arts, major in Creative Writing. I can’t draw anything well — even swimsuits, which if you think, is really, really easy. :| During our thesis, I’m the programmer, not the artist, and I know what I think is cute or nice or pretty isn’t really what other people see.

But being in my line of work for almost 18 months, I am plunged into the creative world. Other than the corporate banners and graphics that I had to create for my actual work, I was forced to make different kinds of announcements for work. Because of my so-called “creative” background, I became the default announcements girl for IBM Club for this year.

Talk about panic. I’m not a graphics girl! I’m a programmer! I can only do simple graphics! Not to mention my teammates are awesome designers, so talk about pressure to make a good design even if I’m so not into creating graphics. T_T

I started with this:

IBM Club Valentine’s Day Event

Which isn’t so bad, I guess. And I guess practice really makes perfect (especially when you have to make like two to three announcements every week), because I think that my designs look…well, better as time went by. Look:

 Sportsfest Teaser

Movie Night Teaser – one of my favorites :D

Videoke Night

Tree Planting Teaser

Diversity Week Celebration – this wasn’t used, but I really like it

I still can’t do fancy-schmancy Photoshop designs though. :| Oh, and all the graphics used there are from sxc.hu. I love that place.

The year’s about to end and I’m seriously looking forward to passing this responsibility to someone else. Although I’d really still like to keep a bit of the work coming in since I enjoy doing it, and it helps me practice my eye for design (if there is such a thing :p).

Oh, and maybe I can still learn to draw. But maybe I’ll try that next year. ;)