This assignment is called “Where I come from.” It is design assignment 375 and it is worth 3 stars. The instructions were “Design an animated poster for your hometown. Make sure to include the text for the name and state of your hometown.”

Have you ever eaten a Smithfield Ham? I bet you have! They have been on America’s tables for generations. If you have, you’ve played a role in supporting my hometown’s economy and making Smithfield, Virginia “The ham capital of the world.” So thanks, I guess.

I remember waking up in the mornings and walking to the bus stop. Sometimes the Smithfield air would smell like ham or bacon, other times it would be awful! It would smell like gross, dirty,  pooping pigs.

Oh boy! I also remember how I would always try to dodge the pig trucks driving through town. It was so sad to see and hear all of the pigs crammed into the trucks taking them to the factory. And not to mention that smell! YUCK.

When working on this assignment, I started off with a couple pictures of famous historical Smithfield buildings. I felt like the buildings were boring. Then it hit me:   “Use a cute picture of a pig, after all it IS the ham capital!”  Isn’t he just adorable! I had a lot of fun with this assignment, it allowed me to reminisce. I used the program Paint to place text boxes on top of the photo. I decided on Papyrus as the font because it reminds me of the font used in the Smithfield Foods logo.