By Madisha LeBlanc
This is my second semester as an intern at the Create Caribbean institute and it is promised to be a very busy one. At this institute we the interns are responsible for doing research on given projects, we should complete at least five hours per week, alongside our school assignments. It sounds like a lot of time and work, but it is managed simply and fairly by us interns having the privilege to choose the time that best suits us during the week to complete our required hours. We are also allowed to use and evolve our talents and learn new skills while at work.
There are many projects to work on this semester such as the Eastern Caribbean Maroons, SPAT: Alliance of Cuba and Dominica, and The evolution of dress in Dominica, just to name a few. All of these require thorough research and learning the history behind it all. Despite all the projects available, not all talents can be used, but those like graphic designing, video editing, drawing, management, and researching can be very useful at Create.
I assist in the completion of projects at Create Caribbean by creating graphic images and drawings relating to the topics of projects if it is needed by my fellow interns. This semester I am focusing on developing my knowledge and skills in graphic designing. Right now, I am mostly productive at graphic image skills and drawing when it is done manually, as I have not yet been able to fami
liarize myself with graphic designing sites or software and apps. However, I now know a few names of graphic designing software, thanks to Garvin Le Blanc, a fellow intern responsible for graphics at Create.
This picture you see was drawn by me using the paint software installed on computers. I learned to do this by exploring and testing the available tools and using my imagination to create an image. The first images I created on Paint were houses, trees, a view of the mountains with a waterfall flowing down, a night sky, and cartoon characters. Now I aim to learn to create more graphical designs and even animation. My time at Create Caribbean has been exciting and educational and I am looking forward to learning new skills and knowledge at this institute.