Grades: History of Visual Communications

Okay, so I'm pretty happy with the grades. I wish I'd studied for the Final, or else I could have gotten a 100%. I only missed two questions, but I was preoccupied with a death in the family, unfortunately. I still got an A+, so what does it matter? Regardless, this class was fun, and it offers the students a fresh air and really gives us a chance to get a creative boost going. On another note, I'm a bit disappointed with my "grades" overall. Last...

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New Wallpaper

Hey everyone. It's officially break, and until Christmas I've been super bored. I ended up doing this Wallpaper. It's not very Christmasy, so I'm going to do another one, soon. I was actually recording this, but my computer ended up crashing half-way through, so I lost my recording. Sorry. :( I'll be sure to record the Christmas one for you guys. :) So here it is. I also created a new "Wallpaper" section at the bottom where you'll be able to download...

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Month 11: History of Visual Communications

Final Project For the final project, we were supposed to create a poster-esque something that was one of the art styles we'd learned about in class. The teacher allowed me to do something a bit more traditional, since we're rarely ever able to do something along those lines at Full Sail. Overall, I ended up going the Dada / Anti-Art route (though it ended up being more Auto-Destructive than anything). I got a lot of compliments on the piece, and...

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Month 11: History of Visual Communications

Lab 2: Watercolor In this particular lab, I believe the goal was trying to get students to open up. What I really enjoy about this class is that you really do have creative freedom, for the most part. The exercise, I believe, helped to get students to understand abstraction of art. The process started with students closing their eyes and scribbling on the paper with permanent marker. Each scribble was collected and then distributed again. I have...

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