JOSHUA MARTIN Joshua is a Masters student in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in his second year of study. His coursework focuses on structural engineering, and will continue on to be a bridge engineer upon completion of his masters degree. His creative outlets lie mostly in the culinary arts of coffee and cocktails, and is a new student to the visual arts. A complex understanding of geometry is a shared tenet among visual arts and structural engineering, and a deeper understanding in the visual arts capacity has helped facilitate understanding of structural mechanics.
SELF-PORTRAIT CHARCOAL ON PAPER, 18"x24" This drawing was completed in one sitting using a handheld mirror to observe my face while drawing with the other. The expression and angle are a result purely of the fact that I was drawing from an uncomfortable angle (as evidenced by the slight grimace and not quite symmetric view of the face). In drawing my own portrait, I learned that I exaggerated any flaws in my complexion and was more drawn toward a stern view of myself.
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