The Art Institute of Charleston
Courtney Culver
Designers Statement
Without art, our lives would be bland, lifeless, and uneventful. With art, our lives become colorful and exciting. To me, art is a celebration of life. And with this piece I wanted to really express the celebration of life through art. This is why I chose to use a warm color scheme to create movement and energy with the figures in the pattern.
I have decided to pursue a major in graphic design upon my enrollment at The Art Institute of Charleston. I have no doubt that I will have the drive to complete my studies. As long as I can remember, my heart has been set on art and I know it is something that I want to do for the rest of my life. Throughout school, I have always taken as many art classes as I could. These include basic elementary and middle school art classes and also high school art classes such as Art I, II, III, IV, photography and graphic design.
I became interested in the graphic design field after taking a beginner’s graphic design coarse during my sophomore year of high school. I knew that I had found my true passion. Unfortunately, our school did not have the funding for appropriate software for the computers, so I had to create all of my designs by hand. This was a struggle, but at the same time it gave me experience using traditional medias alongside graphic design. Even now, having more knowledge of the Adobe software, I still love to incorporate traditional medias with my designs like I did with this poster incorporating a watercolor study that I had done.
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