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Once again, the realization that all art classes was a bad idea has been hammered home. If you have regular classes, you get a couple papers maybe. Maybe a couple of tests. A lot of studying. I tend to cram pretty well though. If you have all art classes, you get all final projects. Luckily I managed to pull off the one class that I was really worried about. But here I am 4 days after my last final presentation and I am still recovering from lack of sleep. A couple things I have decided: I can actually draw. I can also paint to some extent. I really do love Photography. Since I haven’t had any painting classes yet the painting thing came as kind of a surprise. Sure I’m no Michelangelo or Picasso but let me show you my Picasso rip off. (my color theory final project) I actually plan on continuing to draw and paint. I don’t know if I’ll ever try to sell my work but who knows? And another thing, if anyone ever tells you that Picasso wasn’t an artist and that they could do just as well, they are a moron.

I’ve been designing websites for almost 8 years. When I went back to school 2 years ago, I thought for sure that I would be majoring in either computer science or graphic design. However after just one photography class I was hooked. I changed my major and got all excited to make the move from a career in design to one in photography. Since then, I have designed more websites than I had in the preceding 6 years. A good solid knowledge of photography has only improved my design. It’s funny, people always ask how I make the connection between the two and the more people ask, the more my mind boggles. They go hand in hand! That is why I am unable to do a double major in design and photography. The degrees are so similar in fact that only the upper division photo and graphics classes don’t cross over. So this semester I have come full circle. I am switching back to graphic design. It’s a good thing that just about all my classes still count toward the BFA in design.