Good morning. Or good evening!
To whoever may be catching up with me here, near 3 in the morning. It’s WEEK 13 of my 10th term at ArtCenter. I have to admit, it’s been exacerbatingly difficult. I’ll likely take another light semester, then take a break from school and maybe find some studio work the following summer. I’m already having a huge problem with the engagement/motivation drops that come from the learning environment shifting (and hiding) online. But sometimes, there are things that just take the cake and push over the tip. I’ll elaborate back on that later, but for now, I have some good news to share.
Sample work from Originality in Design and Adv. 3D
This site of mine has been online for about three years now, and I always struggled with posting and announcing in a way that felt appropriate. I’ve finally come to terms with just populating as many pages as I can, as often as I can, and leave some clues (perhaps a VIEW MORE button) to guide you to more content. This site is growing as I do, and so everything will almost always be a work in progress. You’ll find some of my taken courses have been updated, and in the future I’ll definitely be including text to deliver the process and experience better. All you need is that same password, and if you don’t have it, you can always get in touch with me. Wink. Oh, I’ve also uploaded things from the beginning of my industrial design career in high school. See me there as a sweet and unassuming boy. :]
My sweet, long-gone teenage years during ArtCenter Saturday High
I finished my first final - it was a group project for a class I REALLY liked. Unfortunately, everyone stayed unaccountable until the very end when I had to pull a presentation together. I did it up as best I could, but Saturday morning at the beginning of class I shared it with the group and wished them luck, sent the instructor an email, and DIPPED. For the next hour and a half anyway. No presenting from me: I was too tired from the last 48 hours, too flustered by the audacity that someone else showed the eve of. Thankfully the instructor and I were extremely transparent with each other, and she diffused the whole situation gracefully. You might stumble on it here - I’m a little ashamed to show it, but I do recognize that I made an ass-pull out of nothing. Like anything, time will pass and maybe I’d reconsider revisiting the exercise. This was a big passage for me to write tonight despite the impending finals. But my last class taught me that all I can do in the end is count on myself, and to just make the best of everything.
And so, I hope you do too. 2020 has been rough, but there’s just one month left, and we are hopefully due for some drastic, positive changes. Make the best of what’s around you, and take care of the people around you. Make sure to come back around to look for the new work - I’ll post and see you again soon. If you’re seeing this in the first week of this post, leave me your best in the comments.
Cheers, and happy holidays!