addy fever

I'm currently on the edge of my seat anxiously awaiting the possibility of getting the "You made it" email from the ADDY Awards. There were a record number of entries this year to the AAF Nashville ADDYs (480!!) and in the next few days the students who had winning work will receive an email. I entered 5 pieces of work this year and I'm feeling really anxious. Did I place? Please say I placed. I felt really good about the work I submitted this year and I would love it if I could put another ADDY Award on my resume.
Another fun aspect of this year's ADDYs was that I got to create the Call For Entries poster for all of the schools in Nashville. Since I'm currently the work study designer, I was able to set up the professional ADDYs judges a few weeks back and met Tim Templeton, a big wig in Nashville's AAF. I was working on the Call For Entries poster that day and he asked me if I'd like to use my design for the entire spectrum of Nashville colleges and universities. Heck yes I did. This is what I created:


I played off the idea of Looking for Fresh Meat and made typography out of ground beef. It was fun and certainly a new experience making meat letters and photographing it. I had a friend with mad photo skills help me out and was pretty happy with the results. Anyways, I've got ADDYs on the brain and hopefully I can post good news on here in the next few days...