My current status of my school courses
I wanted to let anyone that reads this know that I am still here. I have finished my Life Drawing class with an 85. This class was pretty easy but also extremely difficult. I have always have had problems in creating and drawing human beings and the proportions involved. This class was perfect. You learn about the various body parts, muscular and skeletal systems in what makes the human body. One of our text books (The Atlas of the Human Body) is the most detailed text book I have ever seen. Each bone and muscular system is detailed and drawn perfectly. I still need to work on my drawing style, but I have a better understanding on the human body.
My next class currently is Conceptual Design. This class involves the creating of advertisement ideas and learning why certain ideas work and what does not. I have always been fascinated about this subject. Conceptual design is used in everything ranging from magazines, gift bags, or even the end caps at the grocery store. When you look at this from a layman’s perspective, you often do not think about this. If you really think about it, we have design concepts stand out in our lives all the time.
The most successful design I remember from my early teen age years was from Altoids in the mid 1990’s. To advertise their cinnamon Altoids they used a model named Sindy. In a simple advertisement/design the box was simply red edges with a green main border. In the green border was the most extremely gorgeous model I’ve seen. The TV ads were simple and drew your eye to the model but, they left you remembering that it was Altoids
I someday want to design or create an idea like this. To an artist like me, this really leaves a mark in society, where even ten years later, someone will remember your add campaign.