Goodbye, Freshman Year

I am officially done with my first year of college! Can't believe it went by so fast in retrospect. These are my four culminating projects for Figure Modeling, Figure Drawing, History of Games, and CAPS. I'll add everything to the portfolio when I get home, but until then I'll be crazy busy packing and getting out of the dorm. Goodbye San Francisco, hello summer!

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Tech Geek at an Art School

So the big reason I'm at AAU instead of MIT or UAT is, to put it simply, I can't draw. At least not naturally, instinctively. And even I have to admit that animation and game design is a hugely art-driven process. So rather than go to a tech school where I'd fit in and be comfortable, I decided to get the hard stuff out of the way and strengthen my biggest weakness. This first year has really challenged that weakness with classes like Analysis of Form, Figure Drawing and Figure Modeling. So while it's been slightly uncomfortable, I do believe I've improved in my ability to accurately capture form. I've finally gotten some of my work onto the Portfolio section, so you can see my sketches (no shading) from Figure Drawing here:

Some I think are awesome, some make me cringe, but I threw them all in there for an accurate snapshot of my skill as of now. Here's hoping I'll progress even more :)

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