Resume

I tried and failed to upload a PDF of my resume to a server I trusted, so here it is in raw text format. Maybe someday I'll get it put up where and how I want it...

Sarah Anne Lewis

33 Harvest Dr.  l Oakley, CA 94561 l  (925) 783-2941 l  s_lewis9@u.pacific.edu

Personal Goal

l  Further my experience with web or other digital media design.

Education

Freedom High School – Oakley, CA

Graduated June 2010, Golden State Seal Merit Diploma

          ROP Digital Arts, 2009

          ROP Webpage Development & Programming, 2010

University of the Pacific – Stockton, CA

BFA Graphic Design, Class of 2014

Experience

Professional Experience

RaeXels Design, August, 2009 – Now

l  Freelance webpage design and website troubleshooting

o    Worked independently to develop and maintain business and non-profit websites.

l  Freelance T-shirt design and screen printing

o    Worked independently create multi-colored t-shirt designs and printed using a screen printer for profit.

Experience and Skills

l  Learned to work with Adobe Photoshop in 2004

l  Learned basic HTML and CSS in 2006

l  Began creating basic websites in 2006

l  Worked with computer troubleshooting in 2006

l  Learned advanced HTML, CSS, and Flash in 2008

Mastery of the following program and skills

o    Adobe Photoshop

o    Adobe Dreamweaver

o    Adobe Flash

o    3D Animation Programs

o    HTML

o    CSS

Activities

l  High School Symphonic Band, 3 years, Section Leader, 2007-2010

l  FHS Anime Club, co-founder and vice president, 2008-2010

l  Earned a letter in music twice

l  Marching band, 4 years, section leader, 2006-2010

l  2 ROP certificates in Digital Arts and Web Design, 2009 & 2010 (respectively)

Knowledge vs Creativity Part2

Artist Famous for Creativity

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock was made famous for his unique style of painting during the 1940s and 50s.  His technique of splattering and dripping paint onto huge canvases and pieces of glass set him apart from other artists of his time, most of which were preoccupied with panting patriotic murals.  He was the first major figure in abstract expressionism and is well known as such.  The reason he is so well known is his creativity.  While other artists where drawing and painting what others wanted to see, Pollock used painting as a means to express his emotions rather than please the crowd.  His style was completely unique for his time period, drawing upon his own creativity and emotions to create great works.

Artist Famous for Knowledge

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci was more than just an artist.  He studied the sciences extensively and had vast knowledge about each thing he drew or painted.  His drawings of people were visually pleasing in every way; the anatomy was perfect, the facial proportions ideal.  Even his sketches were full of perfect detail, further expressing his vast intellect and complete understanding of what it was he was drawing.  He is obviously well known for his knowledge.  His observational skills were impeccable and he used those skills to not only paint beautiful pieces, but design complex contraptions and machines that were way beyond his time.  

Knowledge vs Creativity

Often times, people tend to disassociate creativity and knowledge.  They often use the argument that each is controlled by a different side of the brain. Truth be told, however, this is one of the ways that makes them similar. Because they are not controlled by the same side of the brain, it is easier to combine aspects of each in various outlets; drawing, writing, etc. Without knowledge, creativity is flat. Knowledge helps to further deepen our understanding of the world around us, providing us with a more effective means of expressing what it is in this world that we see or feel.

Knowledge is one’s mental capacity and what they know while creativity is one’s ability to interpret what one sees or feels in an exact, abstract, or mixed manner. The more a person knows, the more a person can use that known thing as a creative outlet or subject. One person may have musical knowledge and thus be inspired to write music when they see a guitar while another individual may be more knowledgeable in observing and reproducing shapes on paper and thus be inspired to draw that same guitar. Your creativity is directly affected by what you know how to do and what you recognize as what in this world. 

Art/Design/Craft

It's been a while, and I guess I forgot to post what I needed to post on here. Here's my view on what art, design, and craft are.

ART

Art is a form of expression in which the person or persons that create the work mean to express or incite emotions with their work.  In less technical terms, art is meant to show the artist’s emotions or influence the viewer’s emotions.  For example, the artist Jackson Pollock, an abstract expressionist, would use the dripping of paint to express his feelings.  Art of a less abstract style are still meant to influence or express emotions.  A huge portrait of the patriarch of a rich family hung over a fireplace is meant to cause reverence or fear.

DESIGN

Design is a form of art meant to influence you mentally.  Specific lines and colors are meant to effect the way you look at something and influence whether it is something you want or not.  Campaign fliers that slander an opponent with negative words and bad photographs with dark backgrounds often make people not wish to vote for them.  The packaging for fries at a fast food restaurant is made using bright red and bold yellow, both colors that have been proven to be two of the most appetizing.  Design is meant to make you want or not want something by influencing you mentally.

CRAFT

Craft is meant to be a physical art form, usually with a specific function.  Objects such as handmade pots and vases or jewelry are all forms of craft.  Other examples include creative furniture such as a hand shaped chair or woven friendship bracelets.  Anything that is craft can also be art or design.  In that same line of thought, design can also be art of craft, and art can also be design or craft.  Which of these categories a piece primarily falls into depends on its function; emotional, mental, or physical.

First Artist of the Week

So I've decided my best bet to get this done without wasting time or forgetting is to start doing an artist of the week of sorts. So here we are. This week's artist is....

VisceralMilk [DeviantArt]
Currently known on the artist website http://www.deviantart.com only as VisceralMilk, this artist is a self-proclaimed "angsty vegan" who's provocative and often-times disturbing art is well known for triggering both emotional and physical responses. Below are a few pieces currently posted on DeviantArt. Each picture is linked to the original page it is on.

"Loli Girls"

"hello i hATE myself"

"paper"

All  of VisceralMilk's work can be found at DeviantArt

During different times this week, I will be reviewing a few pieces by this artist that I find interesting. My opinion is mine alone. If you agree, then alright. If you do not, alright as well. Everyone has different tastes in art and I would love to hear yours.

And so it begins...

It's alive.
IT'S ALIVE!
...
Well, not really.

This blog exists only because I was assigned to create one. To be perfectly honest, I would have preferred to live through my entire life without creating any sort of blog, but oh well, it can't be helped.
Now you're probably wondering about one of two things:
1.) What's this blog about?
2.) Why am I even here?
In the case of question 2, I wish I knew the answer to that as well. As for question 1, the answer is simple:
I have to talk about art.
It's not optional, I have to.
Oh well.