#ArtandMyLife

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E. Art and(my) Life

Burgos Joseph

Professor Zucman

Art 110-02

08 December 2019

 Art is experienced in many ways, whether it be through looking at paintings on canvas, lines through a book, music through a pop artist, or a mixture of these experiences. Art is deeply connected to my life currently and I expect it to stay in my life for the rest of my future that lies ahead. Throughout this course, I learned many ideas within art. This semester I would meet many different artists, create numerous art projects with a variety of styles, and I would see how art will continue into my life and career.

This semester, I met numerous artists with unique art styles.  These styles included traditional painting, digital painting, ceramics, drawings, and many combinations of these styles. Some of the artists that I talked to wanted to create things with their special skills of the form, while others explored a new style of media and enjoyed it more. Either choice resulted in the art student being happy with their creation and display. Their enthusiasm through conversation and thought process of their creation showed a lot of passion without saying. For example, when talking to Althea Fultz, she was explaining how she was trying new styles of silhouette design and color from being inspired from movies she has watched, which was one of her favorite things to do. I was able to see her turn her passing time hobby to visual art for other people to be inspired. Not only did all these artists have their own choice of media, but they also varied in individual form as well. I have seen artists use ceramics for cultural exploration, while others use their passion for videogames to create a digital portfolio of vibrant environments and characters. Isis Hung did an amazing job creating expressive characters that created their own mood. This combination of color, facial expression and design breathed life into the character. As an artist, conversations with these artists made me feel very relatable to them. These relations included exploration of ideas, through media, form, and styles. I can also appreciate the amount of time and passion they put for their gallery, as they seem accomplished to talk about.

Secondly, I created numerous art projects with a variety of styles. Although I work on my own personal projects for my portfolio, this class pushed me to try a new style of media.  My personal portfolio only consists of digital 3D art for both 3D modeling, texturing, and sculpting. I explore some different types of color and silhouette designs, but only in a digital 3D environment. For some projects in this class, I integrated my 3D art skills with the art projects we were told to make. However, many of the other projects made me step out of my comfort zone. For the first project on making the hand mold, It was my first time creating a non-digital 3D mold object. Although the mold did not come out as I intended, the process of making it was a fun experience. Even with my Zine project where I made a small flipbook of the style of my choice, I had fun with friends to create the result. Many of the projects involved me stepping out of my comfort zone but made me had a lot more fun throughout the process. This experience made me understand more that finishing the project isn’t what makes a feeling of project fun, but how you spend the time making it. 3D may be my passion, but the most fun came out of stepping out of my comfort zone.

Finally, I can see how art can still integrate into my life and career. This class has taught me that art is integrated into the society we live in, the world around us, and our own everyday life. Living in Long Beach, I already see art murals painted across many different buildings on my way and back from school. In between school, I would scrub through art websites to explore new ideas as well. Even when undergoing military Bootcamp and school training, the instructors would utilize my art skills to create designs for the class I was in. Art seems to follow me throughout any choice I make. Whether I decide to choose a career in my current major of Computer Science, keep tutoring video editing, continue my passion in 3D, or even stay in the military, I life figures out a way to have me explore and implement ideas in art.

Although art was mostly created digitally from me the past year, this semester I was able to create art with new media and approaches. Throughout this course, I was able to explore many different ideas and appreciate more art for its process of creation. This semester I would meet many different artists, create numerous art projects with a variety of styles, and I would see how art will continue into my life and career. With art being around me every day regardless of my career choices, I know for sure art will always be a part of my life.