Graphic Design So now you might be asking, why did I dedicate a semester learning on a fine art medium. Why didn’t I document something about my Graphic Design major that would be beneficial? Well, painting is useful, at least it is for me. Last year I had to pass the Sophomore Portfolio Review to continue my education in graphic design. I thankfully was given, but I read through the comments, and one of them stuck to me. I needed to be more experimental with...color. Color! Out of all the things I thought I struggled with, I would never have considered a color. The review stated that I was using the same blain colors in my design word. I looked at my graphic design work and noticed I was using the same colors, primarily red, black, and white. Oh dear God, my professors were right! It was like having a dramatic Jesus moment and coming to terms that I needed work. My professors commented I had a nice variety of colors in my photography and paintings and that I should try correlating my colors from my fine work to my graphic design work. I have a relation to art that I can fall into a mess and find my own way out of things. In painting, I jump in without drawing and slowly make my way around art and refine as I go along, the correct word is the process. Process process process! How long have you worked on a piece, and how many times have you come back to see something was wrong? What have you corrected? What got you from point A to point B? Graphic design is the same way. You find yourself in a pile of constraints and ideas, and you sort them out and follow through.
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