Lately at Esente

Seems like we're getting down to the final weeks here at Esente, which means crunch time for many of my posters and other artwork.  Thankfully, I've done some reading up on how to properly use typography, so hopefully my use of text has improved.  Got quite a bit done/improved over the weekend, hopefully when we eventually get feedback the changes I've made turn out to be good ones.

What's going on...

Worked on leads today, got plenty of them.
Video has gotten about a 100 more views, and of course scrolling through the comments we are already seeing an inevitable internet fight... why people feel the need to give their extreme opinion just to start a heated argument is beyond me.
Got some more work done on one of my blog graphics, the Stop Drunk Driving one, which I scrapped and redid, hopefully this one is a bit better.

Seeing it smaller now, I see that once again I need to adjust the text to make it more readable.  Seriously need to work on my typography.

What's up at Esente

Got through a lot of leads today, which is always a good feeling.  Keep checking up on the Fix You video, it's currently at 49,459 views, which I think is incredible!  541 more and we'll be 50,000!  Whoa!!
In other news, so much art to do!

Feel pretty much finished with this one, and I like it's simplicity.  Just seems so much cleaner, which is fitting for a business blog graphic.

Artwork

Finding myself nearing the end of the internship with TONS of artwork left to do... guess I'd better get on that.  I have got some more artwork to post up here though:

 

This will eventually be a part of my final drunk driving poster, with a slogan along the lines of "Your drink is frosty... But there is nothing cool about driving drunk." Hopefully it'll be as effective on paper as it seems in my head.

This one will be my final bullying poster (gave up on the video game one because of the potential politics behind it).  This one is going to be about cyber-bullying, hopefully to demonstrate that its just as bad and scary as physical bullying.

Send to Bands

So yesterday we started sending emails to bands about the One Night Stand event.  For the bands that had emails readily available the process went on without a hitch.  For the other bands, however... Facebook seems to take issue when someone sends message after message to different people in a short space of time, as it kicks you off and asks you to verify your identity.  So that slows things down considerably, though many messages do go through.  On ReverbNation, you can directly mail a band, so long as you have an account on ReverbNation, become a fan of the band, and can say everything you need to say in 140 words or less.  So, as yet, ReverbNation's direct mail is not very viable, or not at least until we have a shorter message that still says what we need it to.
Other than that, business as usual, more leads, more artwork.  No new art ready for posting yet.

Yesterday

Worked on leads as usual, got quite a few in a short space of time.
So the Fix You video is now at over 38,000 views!  Whoa!  I must say, I never expected it to be that successful, so I am ecstatic that it has been.
Also started on another poster, this one for antibullying, I've given up on the video game poster because of its potential political connotations.  So here is the beginnings of it:

Evenutally, it will look like a computer in a dark room with a monster creeping up behind it, going along the lines of cyber bullying being just as scary and hurtful as any other kind of bullying.
My Biz Buzz graphic is also in the works:

Though now I look at it I feel like I should probably just use the laptop from the above poster instead, it looks more interesting...

More Art!

Plenty of leads done today, and the Fix You video is nearing 30,000 views!
I managed to work much more on some art work, including my Becca Fanart, which is very close to the finish line, and some outline work for two drunk driving posters.

 As always, my text needs some serious work, but other than that I really like the way it's coming together.

 

will probably feel the same about these as I get more progress in on them - like the imagery, but probably will have to work on the text a ton.

Fix You

So the Fix You video is now at almost 20,000 views... which leaves me kind of speechless.  All the interns did some social network blasting yesterday to get some more people heading to Becca's youtube channel, be it by twitter, facebook, or texting and emailing family and friends.  For me alone, emailing my family, old bosses, even an old professor seemed to work really well, as my digital media professor from St. Lawrence was thrilled to see the video, and forwarded it to yet more people.  Again today we are going to continue with the social network blasts, gonna try to find different anti-bullying organizations on facebook and twitter to bring some more attention to the video and Becca's Right Now campaign.
Other than that, still no new art work, and did a few more leads today, though didn't get as many as usual today which was kind of disappointing, but it happens.  At least I can just go to the Fix You video to see the view count to cheer myself up :)

What I've been up to

More good news on the Fix You video as it gets more and more views... which is awesome!
No new pictures to post yet, though I have solid outlines down for two more posters and one more graphic, just need to get some actual art on them done before posting, which will probably be soon!
Other than that, more and more leads!  Seem to be flying through lists, as they all seem to only have a dozen or so entries.  These short lists are at least proving to be good ones though, getting plenty of emails from them.

At Esente

Got pulled into the last bit of the morning meeting today for some good news!  The Fix You video I and other interns spent all that time on seems to be a bit of a hit on youtube, having gotten almost 10,000 views over the weekend.  I have to admit, I am pretty proud that that many people liked it enough to watch at least part of it.

Revised my Rock Report graphic a bit:

Also worked on a graphic for the Stop Drunk Driving Now site:

What's Up at Esente

Did some more leads today, remembered to bring my headphones today so leads went by really quickly.  Got some more work done on my graphic for the Rock Report:

I'm fairly happy with it so far, though I got some feedback from Amanda on how to improve it a bit, so will post new images as soon as I've played around with it, especially the text at the bottom which needs a bit more pop.  Other than that, not much more to report.

New Project!

So more leads catch up, not too bad.  Had another, more personalized meeting with Ron about the Intern 2.0 program, which I would definitely like to do if for no other reason than to keep making some artwork. 
Also got a new graphic project yesterday!  Basically just making little graphics to promote blogs,  but I'm having fun with it already, here's what I have so far for the Rock Report:

Loving it so far, can't wait to keep working on it!

This Weekend

I had plenty of fun this weekend, took a trip to New York City for the New York International Auto Show!  Saw some awesome cars, and even got to visit with some family while I was there.  Here are some of the highlights from the show:

The new Stingray.

 

The Lambo Aventador.

 

A beautiful fuschia Aston Martin Vanquish (I think it's a Vanquish).

 

And of course, the Bugatti Veyron. 

Other than that, just playing more catch up on leads and getting ideas for more posters while polishing up the ones I already have in the works.  Excited for today though, as after lunch everyone is going to get a new creative project to do, depending on what they are interning for, which means new graphic project for me!