After a month of planning and many days of decision making, finally followed my heart to sign up for the Certificate in Basic Visual Communication course in NAFA. That makes me now a full time student in SMU and a part time student in NAFA.
A little info on the course: The course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to acquire the skills and knowledge in the areas of graphic design. The training includes concept development, graphic design skills, typography, digital media, art media and presentation techniques. On top of that I will be learning how to use softwares such as Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign (never hear before).
Business and art are not that distinct from each other after all, but most of the time we are talking about the commercialisation of art. How about the other way? In a world of business plans, charts and numbers, a little art will bring more life to the industry. So I suppose this course not only cater to my interest, but is also related to my field of study and work as well. I can always improve on my content of my assignments and reports in school but I feel that a well-designed report will add a third dimension to my work and beautiful powerpoint slides always impress me and now it's my turn to impress others. Even when I go to work, I can create nice analysis charts, corporate reports. That will be really cool.
Having taken the first step, I have to continue this enthusiasm for the next one year. I can foresee quite a few challenges in my way as the end of the course is close to my examination period so I might have to study and do my projects at the same time. For the next sem, I should be taking 5 modules, so putting aside 6hours a week aside for the lesson and several hours for the project is really no joke. But well, no point worrying for it now and I have spent so much money on it that there's really no turning back now.
