Hello there! My name is Dylan, and I'm a freshman intending to major in New Media. For a good chunk of my life, my aspiration has been to get into the video game industry, but taking dual enrollment classes over the past 2 years has made me realize that coding isn't my forte and that I'm more of a visually artistic person. As such, I'm hoping that this major will allow me to broaden my interests and try out new mediums such as animation, modeling, or even music.
Outside of my school life, I'm also an aspiring artist. I've been drawing with pencil and paper ever since I was a toddler, and got into digital art about 7 years ago; I somehow persevered using GIMP as my primary illustration program of choice up until late last year, when I switched to FireAlpaca. My main focuses are either video game fan art (I'm a huge Nintendo fan) or creating an original cast of characters as I really enjoy character design and development.
Walking into the Digital Media course for the first time, I had high hopes for the course. My best friend and fellow artistic colleague spoke highly about the class and instructor. I'm glad to say those hopes were met; the material being covered sounds interesting and the professor's sense of humor resonated with me. I've worked with Photoshop a bit in high school for some graphic work related to web design, but otherwise these programs are completely new to me. I'm excited to learn more about how to use these programs and look forward to attending the course regularly this semester.
