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Personally, I think designers can be classified as artists, but, artists cannot always be classified as designers.  I say this because, as mentioned by Kees Dorst, designers are typically used to create artistic ideas often given by a stakeholder, while artists are more dependent and tend to have more freedom when it comes to accomplishing whatever they set for themselves. Designers are artists because, through proper training, practice, and gained skills, they are able to make graphic masterpieces for others because the given stakeholder it probably incapable of efficiently completing it on their own. Artists, on the other hand, do not necessarily have to rely on others to tell them how and what to do their job, rather, they achieve their personal goals they set forth.

 Now as for myself, I consider myself more of a designer, rather than an artist. Although I do occasionally have some down time to put my drawing or design skills for my own use, I am often given orders from a higher being. Whether it be teachers, or my fellow peer editors at the Hilltop Views (the school newspaper where I am currently a first-year designer), I am usually given a required assignment or duty that I am expected to complete, as my own role as a designer. I don’t have a problem with considering myself as a designer because I know at the end of the day, I am learning more valuable skills that will allow me to help others complete their own desired, personal, and creative ideas.

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I decided to use a globe as my object to represent how much my world currently revolves around school and, more particularly, living in Austin, Texas. Coming from a small town, I have almost instantly become captivated by the fact that I am now living in one of the most artistic, significant, accepting, and busiest cities in the nation. I decided to take some photos at the University of Texas and here at St. Edward’s university because of how much knowledge, nature, and history they both hold in this city. Not only do I like these photos because they stood out from the rest, but because I feel like each picture holds its own story while also contributing to my overall purpose. The globe with the background of a staircase that leads to light can represent that a bright world is for our taking if we are willing to work hard and climb the many obstacles that are in our way. Other photos represent the natural beauty involved within the city, and the two that include UT’s significant tower and the other that includes St. Edward’s Red Doors are both important because not only do both schools slogans include “the world”, but these are places that students work hard every day to get closer to reaching their academic goals; “What starts here changes the world” and “Take on your world.”

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