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Getting Started with Graphic Design

I started getting into graphic design because I wanted to present my blog posts in a more visually appealing way and provide more content such as wallpapers and printables. Since then, I’ve been able to enhance my design skills by designing for different events as well as working as a designer for campus organizations.

So, I wanted to share a few tips on how you can get started designing things on your own. Here are some of the things I did when I was starting out. Hope they help!

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i’m on summer break right now.

relaxing

▸ cleaning out last year’s papers. separate everything into things you may need next year (important papers, prerequisite course papers, etc.) and things to throw out. it feels so so refreshing to get old papers out of the way

▸ going outside. schoolwork sometimes makes it difficult to get outside during the school year so I take advantage of the summer break to get some fresh air and unwind. I like to garden and go for runs / walks. nature makes me very happy.

▸ eating good food. it’s so so great to be able to take the time and enjoy what I eat and try seasonal foods and new things. also: fruit always tastes so much sweeter during the summer + there’s a lot of fruit picking going on so I usually go with friends and family to pick and eat together. and there are usually more vendors that come to farmers markets during the summer so check those out!

▸ catching up on books. during the school year I don’t get time to read a lot so every summer I look forward to going to the library and getting books to read. 

▸ visit new places you’ve always wanted to go to. I’m planning on going to a couple cool places downtown with friends + family and there’s a botanical garden in my area that holds fun summer events. you can have fun without it costing you much at all!

learning 

▸ skills. try something new, start a new project! I’m going to try and learn something new on the piano and work on a scarf for the winter time.

▸ preview for the upcoming school year. don’t stress about it. go at a relaxed pace and skim through the material a bit. you’ll get a better understanding of the topics and it will be easier to grasp concepts during the school year. Here’s a post I’ve made on summer studies.

▸ learn something you’re interested in. if there is a topic you’re really passionate about or something you really like, learn more about it. I’ve always wanted to know more about the evolution of language so I’ll be reading about that during the summer time.

▸ visit museums. they often have cool and interesting exhibits. if you hear about one you think you would like, go for it!! 

▸ writing. if you like that sort of thing. I like writing poems and I’m also working on a story. I feel like my brain is more open during summer break and just works better in general.

reminders

▸ hydration hydration. drink lots of water and try different lemonades and teas.

▸ skin care. sunblock is necessary for healthy skin and you need to put some on so that you don’t get a painful sunburn. also be sure to moisturize your skin during the summer so that it doesn’t dry out. I like to use a ginger cream because it smells wonderful and it’s very light (I don’t like sticky and thick moisturizers).

▸ don’t stress. just relax and go about your day, don’t make a confining schedule because it’s often stressful when you aren’t able to do things exactly at that time and suddenly summer doesn’t feel so relaxing or free anymore. you need to find the balance between being productive and having a day that flows smoothly.

have a lovely summer! -hana from kiyoko-studies

being in school is so wack but studying tho,,,, 👀

“Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”

hobi wearing chokers + plants  moodboard

hi emma, do you think being on senior year is a little too late to start being a better student? I've always been hella bad but now I found myself trying to be better. Still don't know what to do though

Definitely not! I really stepped up my studying in my final year :-) Here are a few things that might help:

how to remove distractions

types of procrastination and how to deal with them

how to build self-discipline

how to organise for exams

how to focus in class

how to stick to a schedule

how I stay motivated

tips on maintaining motivation

how to start a studyblr

how to set up a studygram

good habits to implement

xx

Japanese photographer Chino Otsuka’s took old photos from her childhood and put pictures of her present self in them, creating lovely double self-portraits.

A million movies to get you in the school spirit

Obviously the school life portrayed in movies is nothing like the reality. Try more disorganisation, mounting stress and constantly messy hair. Nevertheless, we can attempt to forget the reality! I’ve put together this list of high school and college related movies to get you maybe just a little more motivated for school. I’ve put an asterisk (*) next to some of my favourites. Happy watching!

High school related movies:

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)*

17 Again (2009)

21 Jump Street (2012)*

A Cinderella Story (2004)

A Girl Like Her (2015)*

Accepted (2006)

American Beauty (1999)*

An Education (2009)*

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)*

Bad Hair Day (2015)

Beastly (2011)

Bratz: The Movie (2007)

Bring It On (2000)

Bring It On Again (2004)

Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)

Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009)

Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007)

Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)

Carrie (2013)

Chronicle (2012)

Clueless (1995)*

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

Cyberbully (2011)

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Dirty Deeds (2005)

Easy A (2010)*

Election (1999)

Endless Love (2014)*

Expelled (2014)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Fired Up! (2009)

Flipped (2010)*

Freaky Friday (2003)

G.B.F. (2013)

Geek Charming (2011)

Geography Club (2013)

Get a Clue (2002)

Girl in Progress (2012)

Grease (1978)*

Hairspray (2007)

Heathers (1988)

High School Musical (2006)

High School Musical 2 (2007)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

Ice Princess (2005)

Into the Storm (2014)

It’s a Boy Girl Thing (2006)*

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

John Tucker Must Die (2006)*

Juno (2007)

Just One of the Guys (1985)

Keith (2008)

LOL (2012)

Mean Girls (2004)*

Mean Girls 2 (2011)

Mono (2016)

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Never Been Kissed (1999)

New York Minute (2004)

Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

Paper Towns (2015)

Picture This (2009)

Pink in Pink (1986)

Project X (2012)*

Prom (2011)

Raise Your Voice (2004)

Read It and Weep (2006)

Remember the Titans (2000)

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Save the Last Dance (2001)

School of Rock (2003)

She’s All That (1999)

She’s The Man (2006)

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Sleepover (2004)

St. Trinian’s (2007)

Step Up (2006)

Struck by Lightning (2012)

Submarine (2010)

Superbad (2007)*

The Bling Ring (2013)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

The Clique (2008)

The DUFF (2015)*

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

The First Time (2012)*

The Girl Next Door (2004)*

The History Boys (2006)

The Hot Chick (2002)

The Jerk Theory (2009)

The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)

The Perfect Score (2004)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)*

The Spectacular Now (2013)

The To Do List (2013)*

The Virgin Suicides (1999)*

Trojan War (1997)

Twilight (2008)

Wild Child (2008)*

College/university related movies:

21 (2008)

21 and Over (2013)*

22 Jump Street (2014)*

After the Dark (2013)*

Bad Neighbours (2014)*

College (2008)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Legally Blonde (2001)*

Liberal Arts (2012)

Like Crazy (2011)

Monsters University (2013)

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

Pitch Perfect (2012)*

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

So Undercover (2012)

Sorority Wars (2009)

Sydney White (2007)

The House Bunny (2008)

The Social Network (2010)

High school and college/university related TV shows:

Awkward (2011 - 2016)

Bad Education (2012 - 2014)

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 - 2000)

Community (2009 - 2015)

Daria (1997 - 2001)

Educating Essex (2011)

Educating Yorkshire (2013)

Faking It (2014 - 2016)

Freaks and Geeks (1999 - 2000)

Friday Night Lights (2006 - 2011)

Gilmore Girls (2000 - 2007)

Glee (2009 - 2015)

Gossip Girl (2007 - 2012)

How to Get Away with Murder (2014 - present)

Ja’mie Private School Girl (2013)

Pretty Little Liars (2010 - present)

Puberty Blues (2012 - 2014)*

Riverdale (2017 - present)*

Saved by the Bell (1989 - 1992)

Scream Queens (2015 - present)

Skins (2007 - 2013)

Summer Heights High (2008)

Teen Wolf (2011 - present)

The Carrie Diaries (2013 - 2014)

The Inbetweeners (2008 - 2010)

The O.C. (2003 - 2007)

The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2011 - 2013)

The Vampire Diaries (2010 - 2017)

Waterloo Road (2006 - 2015)

I’ve not seen every single one of this list, so if it doesn’t really have much to do with education, that is why! Please feel free to add you own or message me so I can add more. 

a lengthy intro post ><

I'm currently going through my archive and I just realized how I've never actually did an intro post? (Maybe I did but I can't see it so it doesn't exist anymore <3)

Anyways, hello! I'm Sunny, a college student from the ph! Quick facts:

I was born in 2001

I'm a Libra sun and my MBTI is INFP/INTP

I'm into various interests (films, reading, K-pop, recently fs and whatever my mind decides interesting)

I'm a heavy procrastinator ._.

I've been in the studyblr community since 2017 but I didn't really post a lot of stuff because I felt like it was "too productive" for me. I kept on seeing posts with pretty journals, tons of pens, aesthetic desk set-ups, and I kept telling myself that I should be at that level as well. If I don't have nice pens, nice desk set-ups, and nice journals then I'm not a studyblr.

These past years in the pandemic literally shattered who I am as a student, and I just felt so lost. I've been in a tough place and I really cannot care less about my academics. I flunked a lot of classes, argued a lot with my mom, and was just all around negative towards my studies. I'm not proud of it, but I know that I did what I could've.

I'm trying to be better now, though! Hence, why I'm here! I realized that I don't really have to be a certain 'way' to use a studyblr. I should be fine-tuning this platform for me, use it as what I need it and not the other way around. Sure, studyblrs can become an inspiration, but I now know that I don't have to be the same as them.

I'm still trying to rebuild myself as a student, hopefully this time with a stronger foundation! Please, feel free to hit me up! :D I'd love to have friends who can motivate me and I can motivate as well T__T I'm also in studytwt!

study/blrs that I've followed through out the years: emmastudies / tbhstudying / noodledesk / eintsein / studynostalgic and many more!!

Why are pretty pens so expensive?