About Myself

So thanks to JulReDesigns from Twitter, I've realized that I had absolutely no information on myself for those who are curious as to who this designer is and why they should rate this stranger. If I stuck myself in her/his shoes and everyone else I tweeted, I'd probably be thinking the same thing:
"Why should I vote for you? I don't know you."

So here's a short Bio on myself and I'll try to update this blog as often as possible so you can get to know me:

My name is Jennifer and my last name starts with a Y and a R. Hence, "Jenni Y.R." However, since this is public I'd like to keep this info private and reserved for those I know so Y & R is all you'll know. I have no middle name but apparently, my ONE last name got translated from two different dialects of my parent's native tongue and they couldn't decide which one to choose, so they chose both. And that's how I ended up with two last names in English.

I'm a graduate with a degree in Biology and currently trying to figure out what I want to do with my life, or at least trying to get myself started in getting there. In the meanwhile, I've also always loved messing around on Photoshop. After recently getting the new CS4 Adobe Suite, I've decided to learn how to use In-Design, Illustrator and Photoshop with my sister's Wacom tablet. (She's an artist).

So far I've only been testing everything out, but I believe the best way to learn is with a challenge and the Barney's New York twitter background contest is my first professional work with the combination of Illustrator and Photoshop.

I will try to post what I do in this Blog as well and would love any and all feedback. Even tips for the programs I'm learning how to use would be fantastic!