1. think... well, to be honest how i got into design. i just took the class to be with friends. i ended up accidentally skipping graphic design one and going straight to two. i think me surviving, actually excelling in two with skipping one helped me realize that i may actually be good at design. mrs. cox told me i had a natural eye for it, forced me to be on yearbook to design, and then was forced into being design editor and designing the entire book. hopefully the school likes it. /: i am a weirdly ocd and self critical about my work so i guess when i actually like something i feel i'm doing well. i just like to design because it has so many possibilities and is all around us.
2. list... oh goodness: obsessive compulsive, serendipitous, frustrating, confusing, altercations with myself, expressive, colorful, monotone, awe-inspiring, peculiar, on a whim, debating, indecisive, shy, a crazy mixture of thoughts.
3. answer...
- i guess that my favorite tool would be illustrator. it's really the only program i can use without going insane and throwing the computer across the room. it's super easy to use and it has so many different possibilities. probably a thousand more than i actually know how to use.
- material? uhm... how would i choose this if all my work is digital? i guess paper. since i print it out on paper... sorry for the sarcastic answer.
- i like that the work that i do gets noticed. i love when people see something that i make and ask "how did you do that?". i like to tell them that i drew it, on a computer. i think that i like that it's not something that a lot of people really do, yet. it's fairly new to a lot of people and i get to be the one that exposes it to them. (yay, a meaningful answer! kudos to myself.)
- i mean that i approve of it. i don't really say the things that i do is good. i don't want to make myself sound cocky or anything like that, so instead i end up cutting myself down, it's really something i should stop doing, but i can't help it. if i say that something turned out really well i mean that i believe the piece is capable. of what, i'm not really sure... maybe that it will capture the attention of people and keep it. they will wonder about it, what it means, how it was done, something like that. that it will just be noticed.
- i honestly don't think that i really have a pattern in my work. i usually just take forever, and i really mean forever, to think of some idea and once i think of something that could remotely turn out, i run with it. i usually end up designing everything in black first and then adding color? that's really the only thing i can think of. i was told that if something works in black and white it will work even better in color, so that's something i do.
- i don't know a good answer to this. i can't really remember being taught specific lessons in art. i really think it's subjective and it can't be taught. i don't believe in having "rules" of art. even though in photography there's the rule of thirds and whatnot i think rules are meant to be broken... to an extent. i honestly can't remember being taught anything. i think that art teachers are there to assign things to you and make suggestions. i think every rule in art can be bent and there's nothing really set in stone.
- my favorite color... i like really bright orange and a grayish lavender purple. which is weird because they're such different colors. my room is painted a bright obnoxious orange and i love it. i think that orange is a really happy, cheerful, and inspiring color. i painted my room to help to spark certain creativity and it would give me something bright to look forward to everyday... even if it's just the color of my wall. i don't really use orange a lot in my work, but i love using the purple. i used it on my resume for my internship and several different projects in graphic design. mrs. cox used to get mad at me because i used it all the time, but i didn't care because it's awesome. if gives a professional look without to many obnoxious colors.
5. define... obsessive compulsive and rebellious.
obsessive compulsive: of or pertaining to a personality style characterized by perfectionism, indecision, conscientiousness, concern with detail, rigidity, and inhibition.
rebellious: defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
i don't really know what these words have in common. my art is perfected insanity? haha, i actually really like the sound of that. i feel like it works for the things i do. it drives me completely insane and i do it over and over until i think it's perfect.
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6. mad-libs...
- when i work with illustrator i am reminded that there are so many different possibilities with every piece of work that i do. i know that illustrator is a super sophisticated program that is really capable of doing so many different things and therefore that makes me capable.
- i begin a piece by overthinking. i try to run through a million different ideas in my head. of course not literally a million, but i try to come up with lots of different ideas and pick the best one. i like to have more than i need with everything, including ideas. that way if something doesn't go as planned i have back ups.
- i know a piece is done when i don't have any other suggestions, whether they be from myself or from my peers. if nobody has advice for me to make something better, than i know that it's finished.
- when my work is going well, i am filled with a sense of relief. honestly, sometimes projects stress me out and when things work i am so relieved that it's actually going the way that i plan, which doesn't really happen much.
- when people see my work, i'd like them to wonder. i don't really care if people think my work is good or not i just want them to acknowledge it, for good or bad. wonder how i did, what it's about, really anything.
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