Portraits of a Student
My first semester in the Advertising, Design & Illustration Graphic Design program at the College of DuPage has come to a close, and as a fun conceptual art project purely for my own amusement, I asked each of my teachers on the last day of class to draw me. Below are the portraits that resulted.
...and as an added bonus, Mr. Chu threw in this killer illustration of a car. He's got a thing for cars.
The concept of this project was entirely selfish. I really worked my ass off and poured my guts out on all the projects during the semester, and when it was all over, I wanted something back from my teachers that was more than just a letter grade. Through my assignments, I had exposed my thoughts and inner workings to them, so it seemed appropriate that I should receive something more complex than a grade. I wanted some tangible expression of my teachers' perception of me.
When I asked for the drawings, I gave each teacher an easy way out. I told them that the drawing could be as simple as a stick figure on a post-it note, and that they didn't have to spend more than two seconds working on it. To my surprise, each of my teachers set upon the task with great enthusiasm. Eager hands rifled through desk drawers in search of worthy drawing implements with which to perform the deed. I posed for what seemed to be inordinately long amounts of time, stealing glances at the sketchpads on which elaborate portraits bloomed where I had expected mere doodles. As I went through my final classes collecting these drawings, I felt more and more humbled. Who else besides your best friends or your own family would take the time out of their life to do something like this? Apparently, teachers would.
Thank you all for a beautiful semester. I learned so much, and I'm looking forward to coming back in a month.
Brian Blevins, Design 1
Dan McCluskey, Graphic Publishing Applications
Anita Dickson, Drawing for Design 1
David Chu, Design for Advertising
...and as an added bonus, Mr. Chu threw in this killer illustration of a car. He's got a thing for cars.
The concept of this project was entirely selfish. I really worked my ass off and poured my guts out on all the projects during the semester, and when it was all over, I wanted something back from my teachers that was more than just a letter grade. Through my assignments, I had exposed my thoughts and inner workings to them, so it seemed appropriate that I should receive something more complex than a grade. I wanted some tangible expression of my teachers' perception of me.
When I asked for the drawings, I gave each teacher an easy way out. I told them that the drawing could be as simple as a stick figure on a post-it note, and that they didn't have to spend more than two seconds working on it. To my surprise, each of my teachers set upon the task with great enthusiasm. Eager hands rifled through desk drawers in search of worthy drawing implements with which to perform the deed. I posed for what seemed to be inordinately long amounts of time, stealing glances at the sketchpads on which elaborate portraits bloomed where I had expected mere doodles. As I went through my final classes collecting these drawings, I felt more and more humbled. Who else besides your best friends or your own family would take the time out of their life to do something like this? Apparently, teachers would.
Thank you all for a beautiful semester. I learned so much, and I'm looking forward to coming back in a month.
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