The past four months of Senior year at Freestyle, I have done more reflecting than I have the past four years at Los Altos. We’ve written our college essays, learned a variety of digital editing programs, and in animation specifically, have made our first 3D animations.
I value creativity and individuality more and more each day, fitting for the past “Who Am I?” unit, having been forced to figure out who I want to present myself as to the world.
core values vid here
mandala statement
black and white statement
colored mandala statement
engraved statement
mandala reveal vid
behind the scenes sc
After setting up an eight sided pie-like symmetry in Illustrator, I began drawing my mandala from the outside in, starting with the tigers. After the symmetry pieces were done, I was able to make the center piece, the tigers face, then move on to coloring, as seen above.
I really enjoyed the entire process of making the mandala, maybe everything but setting the symmetry up, and I really value knowing how to use Illustrator now. Drawing digitally is one of my favorite forms of art, so overall, this was lots of fun– and I got to use the Wacom tablets that I’ve seen professionals use.