Today I had a fabulous experience at both the Times Picayune and New Orleans Outreach Center. I began the day by meeting Kenny Harrison, Times Picayune Graphic Design artist. To visit Mr. Harrison's website, click here:
http://www.plaidpup.com/. It contains biographical information, examples of several illustrations he has created for the newspaper and his books, and other pieces of art he has completed. Mr. Harrison hopes to pursue writing and illustrating children's books, and he allowed me to illustrate a garden column for the paper entitled "Green Thumb." The column celebrates trees through "Arbor Day," and it examines how trees are important to both nature and human life. Mr. Harrison instructed me to create an image that celebrates trees and portrays our appreciation for their role in nature. My drawing will appear in the Saturday, January 15th edition of the Times Picayune. Below is the "rough draft" or preliminary stages of the page with my illustration.
After review, we decided that the branches of my tree needed to be extended, so we made the following revisions. The drawing below was altered on Photoshop and edited so that it will appear in the newspaper. I learned a great deal from Mr. Harrison and enjoyed working with him. I will be given the rough copies of the garden section tomorrow so that I can review the layout and design of the page.
Today I also worked at New Orleans Outreach Center for a couple of hours filing, labeling, and storing materials. Although filing receipts and financial records can be a tedious task, it was beneficial to learn from the system of organization that the non-profit uses to store important documents.
Below are images of the administrative offices for the non-profit organization.
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