Calligram

 



I choose a pencil for my calligram because my aspirational career paths and hobbies center around writing. I use it to express myself creatively, connect with others, and share my ideas. I also thought it was fitting because the calligram consisted of a note to my future self. To create this design. I put an image of a pencil as the background, and traced it with shapes and lines. Then I used the pen tool to place the text on the lines and in the shapes. It was fairly simple to create.


Letter to future self:

Dear Future Self,

I hope I’ve accomplished everything I set out to do and are truly happy. I’m excited to see what I will do and where life takes me. Ideally, I’d like to spend a few years in Tampa after graduation, and maybe live in a few different cities afterwards. I’m going to be super surprised and disappointed if I end up back in the Northeast. In twenty years, I hope to have a few kids and a loving husband, as well as a nice house in an interesting area. Right now, I’m a junior in college, majoring in communication and double minoring in public relations and journalism. I’m not sure exactly what I want to do yet, but I would love to either work in nonprofit public relations or broadcast journalism. I’m still unsure whether I will go to graduate school or not. I hope I’m still able to visit with my mom, dad and brother once in a while. I also hope I’m still super close with my friends from Maryland – I can’t believe this fall will mark the ten-year anniversary of us being friends! I also hope I’m still close with Kristen, Jess and Emma. I think Jess and Emma are going to stay in Tampa for a bit like me, but Kristen is thinking of living in New York City after college. I just came back from Miami where I visited my boyfriend Alex! It was a lot of fun, and I hope to visit again soon. I’ve only been dating him for a little over a month, but I love him so much and he makes me really happy. One of my goals is to travel more. It’s 2022, and I haven’t been able to take a trip outside the country since 2019 because of coronavirus. Anyways, I just hope you’re happy with your career and life choices, and are staying safe and healthy.


Best, 

Ella Malmgren


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