Here are the initial sketches for the blank book. My plan for this is to create an auto-biography of sorts with juxtaposed hand-drawn figures on top of collaged or otherwise digitally edited backdrops, scenery complimented with poetry. The order of the narrative is chronological, with the title of each poem representing my respective age portrayed […]

Part 1: 4-Year Degree Plan My four-year degree plan so far for college is to follow Interactive Game Studies as my major. I was able to skip most of my core classes due to excessive AP credit acquiring so being able to immerse myself into a work-intensive creative major feels like it would be the […]

David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive starts with a foreboding atmosphere, dropping its audience straight into an unknown setting after a seemingly random dancing scene. Without explaining anything about the setting, the characters, the conflict, or any piece of information, the first cataclysmic event occurs. The emulation of the passage of time, or lack of a cohesive […]

Part 1: Skills Inventory By Class (Excluding LLC seminar courses) Rhetoric & Composition My greatest strengths in Rhetoric & Composition include: Concise writing style and ability to analyze, compare, and contrast. For greater success in this course, I need to: Be more dedicated to the readings in class and avoid procrastinating on essays. My computer […]

For the final set of collages, I really wanted to focus on taking advantage of the tools Photoshop provides to mesh the edits together into one cohesive vision. Like all my others collages, I like to play with colors and saturation. I’ve always had a fascination with the aesthetics from the seventies and the eighties […]

Part 1: Visual Studies Senior Presenters Last Friday, I noted on how informative and fascinating each presentation for the respective Visual Studies majors were. Graphic Design had a fascinating intro where the student accidentally discovered her dream major, a nice little reminder that great things can come from mistakes and an equally fascinating portfolio, showing […]

These collages were significantly easier for me to create and compile, in my opinion. Not only was I allowed to use previous Gestalt photos to gather resources from, but I found new possibilities to work with via Photoshop. I have a fascination with color theory and utilizing complementary colors as well as expressing them through […]

Part 1: Collage Work What was the goal of the assignment? Or what was the question posed by this assignment? This assignment asked me to find any kind of objects scattered throughout South Congress Street, collect them, then scan and cut up various pieces to create 2 collages. When creating the works, I was additionally […]

For the analogue collages, I really struggled to find proper items that would net me decent cuts, so the end result of this I feel is a testament to my ability to work with minimal resources and still succeed in the assignment. Admittedly, I wish my objects weren’t so small and that I could’ve found […]