Day One: Story Graphics and Pei Wei

It wasn’t until 7:20 am that I realized that I overslept on the first day of interning. My aunt and uncle warned me of the heavy traffic heading into Orlando, so i was in a desperate panic when I realized I couldn’t get fully ready the leisurely rate I would have hoped. Nonetheless, I showered, moussed the curls, and proceeded out the door within 40 mins. I was fully ready to accept the fact I would be late due to heavy traffic, but to my surprise the “hour commute” was only a 25 minute one. So I was or couldve been 30 mins to the first day, I really wasn’t that eager. I gathered that Orange Ave would be an interesting one to get acquainted with and explored. I ended up at an Einsteins Bagel shop and had time to enjoy a Dutch apple bagel. I finally did make it to the green building situated between train tracks and a quaint park.

Arriving at 9am-ish is an odd concept. I have classes that meet at that time, but never did I realize that real life starts at 9. I met many smiling faces and felt a little bad that my handshake was not strong. It was very great to be welcomed by a design dept. staff meeting. Alastair, the creative director, informed us that they are going to do their best to educate us will all that could be learned in these next 8 weeks. Hopefully I will learn more about concept and realize that the books I purchased will be very helpful.

You can look around the office at any given point and find people busy puttering away at work/projects. The greatest part of my day is the amount of music I am allowed to listen to and the massive amounts of photoshopping graphics I am designated to do. It was my duty today to try my best at story graphics for the website. Lets just say at the rate I pump out story graphics, Relevant might have to rethink bringing this novice into the department. Story graphics are those cute little graphic headings to their web stories. The first two story graphs I did with little work, only one came out with the right concept. I was pleased with it. The other two I was having a little bit more trouble on. One graphic gave me about 3 hours of deep sighs and almost tears on my part. My creative directors critiques was everything I knew I was having problems with. Its not like school, where you can settle for below par stuff. Needless to say I was relieved when I finally worked through it and found what really would work.

Lunch with the fellow interns was really nice. We went Pei Weis, which is the fast food version of PF Changs. I enjoyed the lunch just as much as I enjoyed the company. I will say, these Relevant Interns are super sweet. The day is almost done. Like, 6 pm is leaving time. Hopefully I will get another project and do better than before, timewise!