I was called upon by Sir Donne last Tuesday (March 24) or Wednesday, I forgot. I thought it wasn’t a serious thing. Mali pala ako.
I was tasked to help Ma’am Tin-tin and Sir Donne and the other faculty involved to make a separate conferment program for Mr. Reynaldo G. David (President and CEO of DBP) who is the speaker for the commencement exercises on 31. Sir David is to be honored with a doctorate degree in Humanities that day.
The first thing that came to me was, What? Ngaman ako? Hala. I have terrible self perception. And thinking that this is an important not-in-my-level-of-expertise task, I stumbled to thinking that. Another thing is that I don’t think I could do it. I fear errors in this type of projects, Mr. and Ms. West pa lang gani nga program gapangurog naku.
Second thing is that, Okay, sounds cool. Kaya ni. I was also half curious on how to do it how to elaborate and further enhance Sir Don’s and Ma’am Tin’s design which I am so digging. So I programmed myself that okay, kaya ni. Program lang na, mapa name-nami ka naman it balasahun.
So I had a day or two to start on the design overhaul. I worked at the office, with usual intervals of RPG gaming and I finished half day of the front cover. The hardest part of doing the cover is that you’ve got to make it cohesive. Dapat mag-blend ang gold at blue. Which is hard kasi contrasting colors ito. Pero nagawa ko rin with a few tweaks in photoshop.
I presented my design and output to the committee, medyo marami ang corrections, hehe. But its nice kasi napuna nila ang palagi kong di makita na mga mistakes.
Una, font style cohesiveness. Kung ang font style sa taas at ilalim at sa gitna ay iba-iba, you’re on the brink of overhaul. Dapat cohesive at medyo similar ang font styles. Dahil medyo eccentric ako, iniba-iba ko. Edi yun, ulit. Hehe. Pero it’s okay naman kasi maganda pala ang mukha nang program na pare-pareho ang font. Siguro in the middle of the” lay-outing” na-iwan ang serious statement na “Conferment Program” at nawili na lang ako sa creative exploration ko.
Second, color color coordination. Like what I’ve said, mahirap I mix ang gold at blue. Choose colors that compliment. Huwag mag black nang text pag dark color na ang background color. Sasabihin nang babasa, “Asan ang text?” Pag medyo impossible ang mix, katulad ng blue at gold dahil analogous, use the gradient effect. Gradient effects work wonders when doing a background.
Except for the mistakes I committed there are factor which I mostly see as “new” in the life of an instigator of the commencement exercises. Very weird things.
Please let me quote Sir Donne, “Never work with o.c.d.’s . (obsessive compulsive disorder-s.)” That suits it! People in the office tend to be over-the-top because it’s the DBP president. Ha, even to the most microbic detail, they will bug and bug you to death. Who ever battle’s for the word “on” and “upon”?
Then, there’s the constant phrase “Ano na?” buzzing around the room. Parang hindi mapakali ang mga tao sa lugar. Naggers.
But then I am lucky to have this project. Honest po na statement yan. Imagine mo, ang dean na sayahan sa layout at outcome? ha. bluffing pero when you're being praised parang lumalaki talaga ulo mo. At talagang lumalaki.Imagine, parang katulad nang playbill na "mano-mano" ang pag-gawa nito. Thank the Lord at 130 copies lang. hehe. Thanks to Palmsdale at nagpaprint sila ng rush.
Somethings you need when doing stuffs like this:
First, being conscientious is great when doing these kinds of jobs. Di bale na ang mahuli basta tama. Slow and steady kung baga.
Second, be creative. Let the magical genetic juices of spatial, naturalistic at lahat nang M.I.'s mo to flow. Minsan lang ito na project so give it your best. Plus, imagine mo nalang na mapapahiya ang college mo pag medyo "law-'law" ang output.
Third, Patayin ang kahihiyan. Shyness as always is a hinderance to accomplish any job. Not to the extent that medyo ksp ka na, but you should be "brave" (term ko yan) enough to face people who should and needs to be talked to.
At ang mahabang listahan nang pasasalamat.
sir don, mam tin, coe, silak, palmsdale, bhouse ko. my beloved laftaf. at si bossing sa taas.
Parang nanalo lang nang Famas ba! At least, I've made people happy.
I hope pati si Sir David. hehe. By the way, hindi ko ini-extort ang school ko at si Sir David. Peace kami.
