DAI 505 Blog 1

I am Shawna England (England, like the country).  I am a senior at San Francisco State University, majoring in Industrial Art. I currently work as a visual aid/ assistant at a Hair and Nail Studio in San Ramon. My favorite aspect of design is creating visuals such as posters, brochures, booklets and anything to do with branding a company. In my spare time, I love making greeting cards, comic books and band logos for some of my pals.  

There's a lot of things and people that inspire me; like Loretta Lynn and Shel Silverstein and Ralph Steadman and sleeping in on weekdays and drinking beer during the day and bike rides, but mostly I'd say my friends and family inspire me the most.

“Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool.”
- Tom Robbins 

I am influenced by the genuine people in the world. I don't care if you're genuinely an asshole or genuinely friendly or genuinely hilarious; as long as you're genuine I am influenced by you. 

And really, really good music.


My hope in life is to become at least a moderately successful designer with a decent paying job in an atmosphere where I can still love what I do. I'd love to work in an industry that allows me to be creative but also involves some structure and guidelines, like creating posters and brochures for small companies.  But mostly, I hope to still be close with my family and awesome buddies.  I hope I still play in a shitty punk rock band and I hope to go to sleep at night feeling happy.


To sum it up in 6 words:

1.  Friendly
2.  Loving
3.  Witty
4.  Creative
5.  Loud
6.  Talented



Here's a link to my bands page Former Babies for those of you interested in checking it out.
http://bleedinggoldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bg013-the-blackout-album