My sisters reminded me via pictures sent in our family groupchat that today was my parents anniversary. Each sent an old photo of my parents from their younger years in commemoration. I too wanted to send a similar photo, but in my own style. I took a photo of them I had saved and tried running it through InDesign. After several different attempts at trying to make the photo something more than it was, I gave up. I began to think maybe I am not a design-minded person like my younger sister, and I should stick to copywriting. And then I had an idea. My friend Ryan Schade, who had graduated from the program a while back, always found ways to make his Instagram stories fun & creative by utilizing its features. I decided that if he, a copywriter, could use instagram for design purposes, why couldn't I? I ran the photo through a instagram collage app and then I just let my mind play around with the possibilities instagram had to offer. Eventually, I came up with this as my end result.
To any content creator or art director, it doesn't seem like much, but to me, I am proud of myself for doing something simple yet creative. Instagram enabled me to take a creative vision and turn it into a piece of work I can proudly put my name on. It is, at times, the creative outlets we least expect that give us the creative freedom we desire.
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