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Ignatius Friend   February was a hard month for me. I had a sibling die in a vehicle accident, consequently, I had to travel to Florida, which made me sad.Understandably, this made it tough to complete tasks and come up with new ideas. My senior thesis has been causing me difficulties. I had an idea that had been swirling around in my head, but I hadn’t done many sketches. Mostly because I was trying to schedule meetings with my advisors and gather all of the necessary information after conducting some research. I had a few meetings, and all but one went smoothly. Sketching is something that I often struggle with. It feels like showing your work when you’re doing complicated arithmetic to me. If you make a mistake when doing math, you can go back and look at your work to discover where it occurred.  The difference between mathematics and design, however, is that there is no single answer, and what you believe to be correct may be perceived incorrectly by others. I offer this to let you know that drawing, or showing your work, can sometimes be useful since it helps you come up with new ideas. Sketching is also used to solve problems with greater precision. So, at my meeting, I was told that I hadn’t taken my design far enough and that I should just see what I could accomplish. I didn’t take it well because I was busy and thought I was in a good place. I knew we had a presentation, and I didn’t enjoy being incorrect, so I tried to sketch out a bunch of process work to prove to myself that I was correct. That’s when I realized I was completely wrong, and all I did was improve on ideas that seemed to be headed in the right direction and revamp a lot of things I was interested in working on with my designs. In the end, I can admit that I was wrong, and I created better work simply because I sketched, so the moral of the story…sketch more, and if you think you’ve sketched enough, try again.

Myra Brooks My favorite VCAD resource is the wide printer and the keyboard plugs aka chargers. The lab benefits VSU by providing a practical place for all printing needs and people really dont have to be frantic and stressed because they have to find a printer. I would like VCAD to become a 24/7 place,Continue reading “February Reflection VCAD: Myra”

Julia Taylor Getting started in the VCAD Lab was fairly easy. It is very similar to receiving projects from your professor, except you are being assigned a project from a list of on-going projects. Every project starts with identifying the challenge for the project, which is identifying what the client wants. Then we continue toContinue reading “February Reflections VCAD: Julia”

Okay, we all know how scary it is to be a senior. For almost our whole lives, we have lived an academic life, whether in public or private school or even homeschooling. But now you are asked the age-old question repeated throughout life. “What do you want to be when you grow up.” Which honestlyContinue reading “Art + Design Senior Thesis 2023”

Blog Entry – Alexys Hewlett Recently, our Three-Dimensional course with Professor Tracy Shell was able to work with artist Aimee Joyaux. For two weeks, we traveled to Aimee’s workshop/studio in Downtown Petersburg to learn a few techniques for making our own paper, and we created our own layout for the letterpress.  By making our ownContinue reading “A Trip To Aimee’s”

William Blue Johnson Histories & Stories: A Special ProvinceBlack American Artists’ Alliance of RichmondFebruary 5–April 2, 2022 Perkinson Center for the Arts11810 Centre Street Chester, VA 23831 This exhibit features 13 award-winning artists who have come together to create distinguished, cultural-based art forms that uniquely tie together their African heritage with their American experiences. TheContinue reading “VSU A+D faculty featured in local exhibitions”