I believe food is a great way of communicating and connecting. It’s been a strong way of connecting for years. This is a meal that was mad in collaborative effort between me and long time friend. Photography and food is such a big part of our dynamic and how we create. Often times we bond just coming up with recipes and figuring new ways to capture it.
This is a shrimp pasta we created and is something I just capture in the moment with my Iphone using simple lighting techniques. Sadly had trouble with getting rid of shadows but I still think these came out strongly.
The idea I have would be more of a digital screen of a flowing waterfall from the Snohomish falls. Something that is touch screen responsive and distorts on touch similar to the effect from Mario64, causing a rippling effect through the entire art. I think would add character, vibe, and mix with an energy that is both active and calming to the space. This image could be switch out to even the odes to Mario64 even as expressive fun joke.
My experience with photography and video is actually familiar. It was the first industry I took interest in doing stuff in music industry with shooting music videos and concert photography. But left it due to the financial side of music in video/ photography is a lot work for minimum pay but is very value in experience and allows you to have more of a DIY approach to it.
My take away is always to somewhat baseline verse in different media because they lend each other well to allow to expand upon creativity. Also allows a better understanding of each other work loads in collaboration on bigger projects that take many different talents and skills sets. It helps you become a better leader and worker in the creative world.
The program on first impression makes me jealous because I don’t have the strongest knowledge of creating lighting when it comes to video and photography. So seeing students getting that experience is interesting.
In my career in marketing, I worked for Zumiez for 3 to 4 years doing event marketing. I feel like three of the things I showcase most were, Invent and Simplify, Ownership, and Customer Obsession.
I feel like where I showcased all three was Customer Obsession, Invent and Simplify, and Ownership was through my position of creating the best experience that would be a mind-blowing experience for both our customers and brand. One of those being is taking the Zumiez brand into online event streaming and being the one of the first of the few in action sports to enter in the realm during the pandemic. Making sure our customer who are stuck at home can still experience the culture of the brand. As well building a system and organizing the program to be usable other members of the marketing team.
Another example of ownership and customer obsession was the first event I ran and help the concept for Zumiez. Where I created the marketing concepts and placements along with building and sourcing the activations.
A thing I struggle with is “Insisting on the Highest Standards”. The reason is I am sometimes not the loudest in the room or get discourage when I don’t feel heard or understood the first time around when in midst of team brain storm. Even though I alway believe doing right the first time have found myself battling hire up in more than occasional to thrive for more or invest in more to be able to receive more.
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I feel like taking challenges and stepping up to things is a common thread in my life. But is something I have to embrace as a black male in a corporate industry placed against those that might had more opportunities to be step up for success. Some experience I failed and other I succeed way further than I thought I would have. But those I failed at I learn a lot from and grown from it and took it what I could get from it to push me further.
A decision I made was to jump into the working events for Zumiez. I attempted to be a graphic designer for them and lost in the interview to someone who eventually became my coworker. This opportunity though lead me to grow into marketing and discovery I might one day want to be come creative director and have a better understanding of how graphic design and marketing goes hand and hand in the corporate world. The job I technically never did before but had experience that lend well through things I did for music venues and the some of the knowledge I carried from other marketing and graphic design jobs I held.
I spent 3 years there before parting ways but definitely was an experience I’m glad I said yes to even though it wasn’t everything I wanted it to be. I found out the thing I really want to do and the direction I need to head through the peers I met and the experience I gain.
I join the design program to improve my skills and build on what I have self-taught myself. I’ve been teaching myself how to design since Myspace era and have been flying by seat most of my career. Even though I taken myself far on my own I’m hoping to learn how to better work with teams and better ways to build more cohesive concepts and ideas. I aspire to be able to flexible both in freelance work and more corporate style work.
I have years of experience in brand marketing, social marketing, and more and want to add in graphic design so that one day I can become a creative director. I have a strong passion for building a brand from the bottom up and helping small to big business to appear more authentic to their audience. It really an obsession and something I feel like I’m good at. I’ve created project such as my own brand called Housepartysea (www.housepartysea.live) that supports underground dance music.
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Even with my experience, I am not sure where I really want to land in my career and feel pretty open to trying different things and rising up to the challenge. But if I had to choose the area low information to high but broad audience lending. So I think stuff such as book layouts, website content, and mobile content. Things that I feel are visually can simply but comforting.
A lot of my influences come from skate magazines, weird advertisements, and streetwear fashion culture. Mixing the ideas of breaking rules with balance and seeing where that takes me.
Reigningcloud was a moniker and logo I designed when I first moved to Seattle and kind of exploring the ideas of cloudy weather and creativity. The eye representing the view of the city like watching the world from the clouds above since at the time I really big in photography. A super meta style idea.
