I graduated high school in 98 with pretty much no clue what I wanted for the rest of my life. And when I say graduated that might be a bit of an overstatement. I barely made it through that bitch but anyways. I signed up for Community College and decided then and there that it was time to get my shit together and do something. I knew I liked art and the such so I started taking those classes. I think it was my second semester that I found out about graphic design. I didn't even really know that existed and that's when I figured out what I wanted to do. There were two things that really pushed me in that direction. One was a teacher at HCC and the other the discovery of the online design portal K10k.net. K10k kinda opened the door for a whole world of online design that I'd never seen before. I used to go to that site everyday, several times a day to see what new stuff they had just posted and get inspiration. I still go to that site everyday actually. They don't keep up with it as much but who's to blame them, running your own business can be hard enough.
One of my early goals I made myself back then was to one day have something I did make it onto their post section. That has yet to happen but who knows, i still have time right? But through these last ten years... close enough anyway they have always been a backbone that helps me do what I do.
So on friday night I was walking to a gallery closing over on 8th and Folsom and what do I walk by? I look to the other side of the street and I see the Cuban Council building (that's their business). It was amazing to see it. It was just one of those life altering moments or maybe just life affirming. In a ridiculous way it almost made me one step closer to my goal. But mostly it just made me really happy and made me realize how much i love to do what I do. It was kind of a little nudge that let me know I had done the right thing.
So i'm a graphic designer and I now live in San Francisco, time to prove i'm worth a damn.
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