Things I learned during days three through six....

1. Clipping masks come in very handy - apple 7!
2. Trying to put a layer of the same text in bold over a layer of said text in light will CHANGE THE LETTERSPACING and NOT LINE UP.
3. Channging the letter spacing will not work.
4. Neither will making it regular instead of bold.
5. Creating outlines and moving each tiny individual letter individually is sheer madness and will give you nightmares.
6. Computers that are slower than 85 year old snails on valium do not help the situation.
7. Asking the person who originally created the work how the HELL they did it (nicely) does work.
8. The days go a lot quicker when you are doing lots of different thing instead of just one thing.
9. The idea is the most important thing in design.
10. Explain the idea behind your project in an extremely succinct, confident and convincing way.
11. Remember what the idea behind your project was.
12. Rationale's are handy for something!
13. You don't have to spend millions on your portfolio to make it awesome and get a job.
14. You may think flat soled boots will be more comfortable than heeled boots but you may be wrong.
15. The only thing slower than an 85 year old snail on valium masquerading as a computer is a tram.