Hi my name is Sharon Arledge and have been a graphic artist for about 20 years. I have found out that if you do not keep up with the trends, you will be left out and not a good candidate for a job. Taking classes have been my way of keeping up. The quote above is so true. At work sometime the client will not send anything to go on the job. It is your job to tell them that you can not do anything with out the content . Some time you will get can't you do something and I will send it soon. All you can do is laugh and say let me see what I can do. We call this our magic wand.
When I went to get my bachelors degree it was more of a personal thing. It was one of the hardest thing that I have done in a long time. As a older student it was hard to see the younger students out do me, so ever project I had to think outside of the box to out do them. I also carry this into my job everyday.
Below is some of my work that I did when I was getting my bachelors.
Hope you enjoy.