Vocation Question: What’s something you’ve made that you’re proud of?

In the last two years, I have drawn and designed multiple compositions that I am proud of. Going back to the 2022 Fall Semester, when I took Drawing, I got to try different techniques and materials to draw the basics. I was a fan of stilllifes, specifically the all-graphite one.

Another drawing I am proud of is an illustrativeperspective project that introduced me to drawing buildings and design principles. First, I created a composition and put everything down on paper with pencil. Then, I had to go over it with varying thicknesses of micron pens to give the piece dimension and perspective. Combining graphite and pen created a unique finish to the drawing and helped certain areas stand out. After this project, I decided to alter my major to Marketing and add a minor in Graphic Design.

The project I am most proud of though, would have to be a portrait of my brother Jody. This was the first time I ever attempted a fully-rendered compostition of a person. It was the most challenging drawing I had to do in my class, but I learned a lot along the way. It was fun using vine charcoal, charcoal pencils, and highlighting parts with white charcoal.

The final for my Drawing class was more open-ended, and we had to choose a theme to follow with our composition. I chose an industrial theme, so I got to reiterate parts of the illustrative-perspective project I had done earlier in the semester. I worked with graphite and pens again for this, and I think it resembled the theme I was going for.