In honor of all that I have learned and accomplished during my time abroad, I present to you a "Summer in Seoul”.
A semi-passion, semi-required, cumulative project of my time in Seoul, South Korea during the summer of 2023. Follow along on my journey of studying abroad in South Korea for six weeks, through 10 postcards that encapsulate my experiences with creativity and life at a home away from home.
TIMELINE
June - August 2023
(6 Weeks)
SKILLS
Graphic Design
TOOLS
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Canon SureShot AF-7s
& My Sketchbooks
To begin this story, I must share how everything fell into place. In pursuit of new experiences, I applied to a summer study abroad program at Yonsei University, and I got in! The hard part was convincing my parents to attend but to my surprise, they agreed to let me go through with it.
ENTRY 001: HOW IT STARTED
Practicing reading Korean as I explore the streets in the daytime.
Finding inspiration in my natural encounters with primary colors.
Experiencing South Korea’s public transportation system.
JAN - JUN 2023
The rest of my school year zoomed by and soon I was left with one week to pack my life away into 2 luggages. Most importantly, I brought with me: my trusty film camera, my plethora of tiny sketchbooks, and my strong desire to discover all that there is to learn as a 19-year-old about to live alone for the first time in a completely other country.
As I started this journey, I reminded myself to take everything in, and of course, take as many pictures as possible to remember my times here.
June was fading away by the time my first week of the program started. I was intent on making the most of my time and meeting as many people as I possibly could. However, amid the excitement of settling in, I had to remind myself of the moments of peace that allowed me to reflect and create.
A mixed media collage using doodles from my sketchbook and photos from my trip.
My first assignments in my “Intro to Computer Graphics” class were to play around in Photoshop and create some sort of collage/digital art piece. I was thrilled. I had taken this class because it seemed to be the only class related to art (and because I wanted to get an easy A), and it turned out to be just what I needed — an excuse to make some pretty designs during my time here.
I collected past doodles from my handy sketchbook, old film pictures I took back home, and combined it with new concepts, imagery, and love for this new place I was in.
ENTRY 002: ADRENALINE
Making use of typography, shape, and images to design a digital art piece in three colorways.
JUN 2023
