Addie's Art Archives

This blog post is basically just a posting of my project portfolios for my Fall 2018 semester art classes at college. The pictures are put in order by date, so the first picture would be the first project I had due for the class, and the last picture would be the last project.  I had two art classes in this semester, Principles of Drawing and Design Fundamentals I. Each of the pictures here will have the size and material used, along with a brief description of what was asked of us, listed beneath it.  Principles of Drawing All of the projects in Principles of Drawing were freehand drawings. Although they were based off an original source, there was no tracing from the original source allowed on penalty of failing the project. We would make our design or outline of our project on tracing paper, and once that was complete we would transfer from the tracing paper to Bristol board. This is because tracing paper is relatively cheap and easy to erase on, whereas Bristol board ...

This is a very old post from my previous blog, containing what my high-school view of my future career would be. Needless to say, I had high hopes for myself, and I would probably change it if I were given the same assignment today. However, it never hurts to dream, and I think it is good to see the goals I had in mind. For this reason, I wanted to keep this post around, as an inspiration to always push for your goals, no matter how unrealistic. I have another literary piece from school today, but this time it is a paper that I had to write for English class. My teacher gave the assignment to write a short composition, one paragraph, on what I think my life will be like in the future. I was to write it from a specific point of view, but not state outright what I was trying to imply. Thus, I would need to write hints at what job I have, but not state "I am a..."  Because I am thinking of studying to be a graphic designer, I was to think about what life as a graphic designer mi...