AKA, an art post.
I'm in 2D Commercial Art this semester, a class I've wanted to take since sophomore year. It's basically what I want to do for my career, and mingles both traditional and computer skills.
First project was fashion design, in which we had to design a dress out of "non-conventional materials". I chose magazines [Anime-Insider, to be precise] and duct tape. Got a 99 on the design board, and the actual dress and stuff is due sometime in December [it's the final, but for me and some other seniors who got out of finals, it's like...another project].
Second and third projects [received at the same time] were to create an illustration go with a magazine article and then to design a poster for the career specialist. Got a 95 on the illustration [the real version's background was a killer] and a 98 on the poster. I got to teach the class how to do some stuff in Photoshop [I used the image I have up in my header to teach them, lulz] and have become the guru at it all. ._.; Though it does give me an excuse to bring Piers the lappy to school every A day.
Projects four and five are advertisements. One is to be done traditionally, the other in Photoshop using an actual photo [ahaha]. I chose to go with the Zune, since I own one, love it, and like to mess around with it. XD And any opportunities to convert iPodders...
While I was sitting in class, inking away, I had this sudden realization: I totally and completely love the class and the stuff we're doing. Like, I'm in my zone with this art class. I'm being creative, but it actually has that whole 'it could pay off' vibe to it. It's amazing that something I love doing is going to be my career.
I was kind of worried when I really, really thought about what I wanted to study in college. I was afraid that it would lose my interest and I would have nothing to fall back on ['cause I really don't]. But in that moment, it hit me how much I do love it.
With this in mind, I'm attempting to try and wavier my gym credit for next semester to do an independent study and continue doing commercial art stuff. My argument is that it's something actually *useful* for my college studies and all that. Building off of that, it's becoming extremely likely that the portfolio I'll be submitting come April won't be drawing/painting based, but rather a 2D design one. If I do that, not only can I turn in stuff I've done for class, but also stuff I've done freelance.
Kat is happyyyy~ 8D
THE PLOT'S STARTING TO MAKE SENSE RUUUUN!
