This is a subdomain dedicated to ART 460, a course that I’m taking this semester. The subdomain contains the messy space of my work, including reference photos, ideas, and a lot of images. The posts in that category are mostly casual, as it’s a safe space where I can dump reference photos for future use or reference. The second part of this subdomains will contain detailed process logs of my final work, including future milestones. These process logs will include images and screenshots of my works in progress, thoughts and insight during the process, and a final piece. The final process logs will then be transferred to my main digital portfolio and a gallery I am working on in my personal time.
The reason why I’m taking ART 460 is that I am very interested in digital design, whether it be in the form of graphic design or digital art. In a modern era full of technology, digital design and digital skills are very crucial and with these skills that I’ve developed in these past art courses, I’m able to use them for personal use, such as photography and art, but also apply them in my business classes, internships, marketing, as well as my job as a CDVL tutor. Art 460 is an independent, paced course where I create assignments that will portray the skills I’ve developed. I enjoy having creative freedom in an assignment and I find that it really brings the best out of my creativity and helps me gain new skills in the process.
What I expect or hope to achieve by the end of this course are new skills, ones that are different from my current skillset, so that I can apply them as a tutor and for future use. I know a good amount of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, but I’m wondering if I can push those further and get out of my comfort zone. There’s so much to Illustrator I’m not aware of that I’d love to tackle, whether it be through an assignment or a class. I also expect to create artwork I can show on my professional digital portfolio, including a gallery of my artwork during my years at college. Though art is a hobby of mine, it’s a huge part of my identity that I want to show to future employers and potentially use them in a future internship.
