I hope everyone is well and you all enjoyed the festivities last night. I dearly hope you had more of a riotous time than I enjoyed. I had a quiet night in and I actually enjoyed the evening. I’ve avoided going out for many years now. In my youth, myself and friends devised strategic (and expensive) plans to see the new year in with a bang. My body can no longer stand such an assault on my senses any more (even if the will was there). I woke up with a clear head and a unwavering desire to go for a long run. Middle age is well and truly my home now.
In any case, I needed a quiet festive period after a busy end to 2017. My inactivity with this blog probably pointed towards being busy keeping clients happy. I worked with a number of clients on relatively short projects for the second half of the year. It was a challenging time and I’m pleased I fared pretty well (even if I say so myself). As I’ve stated before, it’s always a challenge to maintain your skills levels across the diverse worlds of print and digital design. You need to keep your eye out for key, innovative and new developments in the creative world.
Since October, I’ve been working with the team at Comic Relief, with a focus on producing printed material for the Sport Relief charity week in March of this year. It’s been great to work with such a talented, committed and professional creative team. I have another couple of weeks to complete the project I’ve been working on. I then plan to embark on a really busy first five months of the year. I’m on the lookout for challenging, demanding and innovative clients to work alongside. I would love to focus more on my digital work but above all, I want to continue to develop and learn as a creative artworker.
I’ve booked a week’s holiday in May. I’m off to Lyon to hopefully cheer on Arsenal in the Europa Cup (don’t laugh) and I’ll return on the eve of Harry and Meghan’s big day to enjoy the celebrations (again, don’t laugh).
So I’m determined to write for my blog more often. I just need to organise my free time more effectively. I think my next post, which will be up in a few days, will probably focus on the competence of a Premier League referee.
I shall bow out to wish everyone a fantastic year ahead (bar Mike Dean naturally…)