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Outlook (Home):
Perspective is everything.
Perspective is what qualifies our uniqueness. Everyone sees the world in different ways, which consequently determines our attitudes and reactions to the world around us (or vice versa, but...that's a different discussion). These differences are what makes life so fascinating every day. Your view shapes your world, and the world of those around you.
Human beings are highly visual creatures.
Supposedly, about half of our brains are dedicated to processing visual information. What we see drives us. n•vision Designs encourages you to "see with new eyes," but that is a process that goes much deeper than just visual perception. n•vision offers yet another perspective, a viewpoint that is unique and refreshing; not just another way to see, but another way to perceive. A new way to think about things. Hey, use a part of your brain you've never used before.
Step outside of your boundaries for a moment.
Can you see the world through the eyes of a discouraged homeless man? And at the same
time through the eyes of a penny-pinching millionaire? How about your overprotective mother...and your much-despised worst enemy? A power-hungry world leader...and a tree-hugging environmentalist? A tiny ant...and
a nesting bird? No two will have the same experiences, no two will see their surroundings in the same way, even if occupying the very same place at the very same time. If you were that tiny ant, accustomed to seeing life from the ground up, how impactful would it be to suddenly take on the perspective of a bird, soaring over the
life below you?
Same world, different perspectives.
Applying this outlook to the world of art and design is not only challenging, but fun. Design is not just a balanced layout, an eye-catching logo, a pretty picture, or a glitzy Flash website. Design is the world around us, reflected a million times over, a million different ways. How many eyes may see the same (illustration/billboard/magazine ad/ abstract painting) and see something different?
Long story short...
In essence, n•vision Designs is about graphic and multimedia design, but applying it to the larger picture around us, not necessarily containing it to a computer screen or a piece of paper, because design actually goes deeper than that. It's rooted in our subconsciousness. Subject matter is important, and what makes
it memorable, provocative, or unique is the approach that is taken towards communicating it. n•vision is about finding the beauty in a unique or unusual perspective and exploring it. It's about encouraging people to see outside of the norm, the status quo, the clichés. n•vision is about refusing to settle for what you may be accustomed to just because you're accustomed to it, and opening your eyes to expect something different and creative. Something you've never seen before.
n•vision that.

Insight (About):
Nyla Denise? Who's that?
Nyla: An ancient Egyptian princess; inspired by the River Nile; in Arabic [Na'ila] - one who succeeds; Egyptian

A Carolina girl at heart: born and raised. At three months I picked up my first crayon; it was purple. The rest is history. (Probably not a true story, but I like to think there's something to it). A farm girl, an animal lover.
A brief stint in Northern New Jersey: cold weather, my first experience with a snowblower. A different breed of people
(or so it seemed at the time).
A few years in St. Louis: Go Bears! (www.wustl.edu) Formal education in visual communications, informal education in Life 101.
Now residing on the Greater Peninsula of Virginia.
Through it all: studying the art of communication, every day.

n•vision? What's that?
n-vision (noun)
or
n-vision (verb)?
well, of course, it's both.
vision: n. the manner in which one sees or conceives of something.
envision: v. to picture in the mind; imagine.
n•vision: 1)v. to progress from the mind of nyladenise to a realized visualization; 2) abbr. nyla vision. n. the manner in which nyladenise perceives her surroundings and reinterprets them creatively.

Afterimage (Portfolio):
Illustration
Magazine Design
Animation
Web Design
Interactive Media
Graphic Design
T-shirt Design
Logo Design

Peripherals (Links):
A portal for your education, fun, and inspiration.
A designer should know more than just how to use a computer. Inspiration comes from many avenues, which is why it is important to be well-rounded. Know what else is out there in this world of ours. Take a look-see at what I have compiled.
MMM3
Eye-Opener
WWJE?
Quick and Dirty
Let your inner child out
Let your (older) inner child out
Learn something new
Apples and oranges

Eye-to-eye (Contact):
I may not be just around the cornea…

(ba-dum-bum-CHING!)
but I am just a few clicks away. Email me.