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Okay guys, we're reaching pretty far back into the archives this week. We're throwing it back all the way to my Graphic Design I course in junior year of high school. Whew. 

This was the first year I had ever touched Adobe Illustrator and our assignment was to create a vector portrait of a celebrity we liked. At the time I had an exceptionally ridiculous obsession with the movie A Very Long Engagement, which has to be watched in subtitles but is seriously such a lovely movie. Soon, I had sprung quite a crush on Gaspard Ulliel  (and he is still so fine), so I chose him to be my first victim vector subject. 

For a first attempt, it really isn't that bad. Is it as great as I remember it being? Not exactly. I mean, the nose and that ear is a bit rough, but I guess it ultimately could have been so much worse. During this time in my life, I was still unsure whether art or graphic design was a path I wanted to pursue. College seemed farther off than I care to admit, so really I took these types of art classes for fun - not to practice or polish any skills. Definitely not because I thought this could be a serious career path, nor did I think my parents would ever get behind it if I decided to choose art as a career path. 

I'm thankful for this time though. I was learning so much and designing solely for fun. That sort of self motivated devotion is a precious time to reflect on. It was sort of like the childhood stage of my design life. 

If you're interested in seeing other work I've pulled out of the archive you can click here!