Semester 1 Reflection

In this semester of 2D design, I learn quite a bit about how I think about art and how my mind can perceive it. I also learned more about how to improve on many materials for art. Some things that have been most successful for me have been digital art and independent studies. I think I was successful in digital art because I learned it quite quickly, and I enjoyed it. Most importantly, I made some good art with it and have decided to buy myself my own drawing tablet to improve on it. The IS projects were successful because I was able to research something I wanted to without many confines about what I had to do. I think I was successful because I improved on my art skill in this project and also thought about what I was doing and had to put a lot more thought into them. At the beginning of the semester, I struggled with trying to find ideas that I could expand on using art as a media. I think this was because I was thinking of art as a chore, versus something I could use as a de-stresser or as a hobby. Once I had realized that the idea could easily flow, and what really helped me notice this was the IS projects. Moving forward, I hope to work on getting better with digital media, and being able to successfully finish an art piece without second guessing if the idea is good enough. I hope to have these goals met by next year, but I understand it may not happen, so in the meantime I'll also work on just trying to do art as much as possible just to try to improve online work and color theory.