I'm a Graphic Design major, and I feel like I've been at Stout forever. I changed my major to Hospitality and Tourism for a year, and then came back to Graphic Design because I realized how much I missed the Art and Design program. I also took this past semester off, so I'm definitely going to be a bit rusty.
As far as strengths and weaknesses go when it comes to drawing, I would say that a strength of mine is that I pay a lot of attention to detail. However, that can also be a weakness because I also tend to get so wrapped up in them that it will take me three times as long to complete a drawing as most people. I'm also very meticulous and a perfectionist, which is almost always a recipe for pulling all-nighters.
As of right now, I'm in the process of meeting up with my sister so that I can use her digital camera for this class to take pictures for these blog assignments, but I don't have it yet. So, I'm not able to post any pictures of previous work that I'm proud of, but I will on my next blog post. However, I can at least tell you about it. I took Drawing II a second time as one of my two 2-D studio requirements over this past summer with Bob Atwell, and that's probably when I produced my best work because I had a lot of time to work. We had classes for four hours a day, and then if I wasn't working, I would usually just stay in the classroom all day long so that I could try to get the best out of my drawing. Like I said before, I'm a perfectionist and I usually spend way too long on my work. So, the next blog post I can submit a picture or two of these works.
Anyways, enough rambling. I hope this gives you a little introduction to myself. I'm not sure if this was at all helpful, but after the exhausting weekend I've had, this will have to do! Looking forward to the rest of the semester and figuring out how to draw the human body. I'm a little scared to work on the self-portrait, but I'm up for the challenge!
Jake
P.S. Now that I have access to a camera, I thought I would post a few pictures of recent drawings.
P.S. Now that I have access to a camera, I thought I would post a few pictures of recent drawings.
