Here comes the bride....

This was an assignment to make a magazine article or front page for a magazine. I chose to do the front of a bridal magazine, because one of my friends from back home had just got engaged and I thought it might make her even more excited. It was a really fun project and it was kind of fun to feel like I was in control of the front page of a magazine.

"Modern Briar Rose"

This semester I am in Vector Graphics, and our mid-term assignment was to use gradient mesh to make a realistic looking piece. I had a lot of trouble on this piece because it was originally just supposed to be the face at the top. I worked hours and hours on making the face look as realistic as possible, and then Prof. Blum told me that people/faces are one of the hardest things to make look realistic. So then I decided to completely change my piece, and make my subject a rose. After finishing the rose, I was satisfied with it's realistic look, however I was still not satisfied with the whole composition of the piece. That is when I decided to combine both ideas to make this piece. It's my ideal artistic representation of romance with a modern twist. I called it "Modern Briar Rose" because Briar Rose was actually the german translation for sleeping beauty. This piece immediately made me think of sleeping beauty after I finished it; however, it looked like a more modern piece that would be displayed in contemporary art, rather than art from medieval times (like the original sleeping beauty). I hope you like it!!

Internships over G.P.A.??

So, you're fresh out of college and looking for a job. You have a 3.5 G.P.A.... but no internship or experience. What do you think will be more of a factor when trying to find a job??? You're G.P.A., or your previous related work experience??? Well, before it would've been your G.P.A., but today students are saying that the top question on any employer's mind is about your internship, or experience. For student who held full time jobs while going to school, an internship may not have seemed practical at the time, but now they're really kicking themselves for it. So what do you think should be more important?? or should they be equally important??? I would like to know your opinions!!