Learning to not hate computers

I have this issue with technology- It has a personal vendetta against me. ALL technology. I tend to have really rotten luck with really simply things. We have an electric scrubber at work that we use for- You guessed it! Scrubbing floors. It's really not that difficult to operate, but somehow I always break it. I remember when I got my first cell phone, I was completely dumbfounded, I mean, a phone, but it's also a CAMERA??? It blew my mind! I'm just beginning to recover from such astonishing work. Really.

I mentioned last time that I can be a graphic designer who doesn't like computers. I will not be ruled by them, though. After all it's just a tool. Back in middle school I made a personal rule that I would never let tools rule my life. It's a pretty grand rule, then it applied to guys, now it applies to guys and to computers.

Anyway! I had to take this intro computer apps class last semester. The purpose of this class was to learn to make computers your friend- particularly in learning the Adobe Creative Suite, and I must say, I actually learned a buttload of useful info, and now no longer despise my mac. So for this post I thought it would be fun to include two projects from that class. Because I can tell you as much as I want that I am now proficient in those programs, but it will be much more effective to just show you.

So, here is the first assignment from that class- we were to spell our name using the pen tool. I chose a theme of what I ate for lunch

Pretty hideous right? In case you can't tell, it was supposed to be grapes, a banana, a spoon, and one sad lonely spaghetti noodle in some sauce.

For the final project, we designed a poster for an event of our choosing. I decided Matt & Kim concert that was going on would be perfect! (I have a healthy obsession for that band, as well as Dr. Who, and I owe both of these healthy obsessions to my freshman roommate, Michelle.)

Pretty awesome, huh?

Well I hope you enjoyed the random ramblings and artwork of this weeks post. This is just the beginning and it only gets better from here, so enjoy!

College, work, College work.

I've got a lot to add, so be patient with me as I go through this. I've never started a blog before, so it's a bit of an adventure. That is one little odd thing about me- I really don't like computers. What's this you say? A graphic designer who doesn't like computers! How absurd, you might think. Well it's no more absurd than a percussionist who dislikes drums, especially snares. And that's exactly who I was in high school, and I turned out just fine, even considered going to school for music. Oh but how times change!

Anyway.

I really missed the whole art class thing after immediately starting college. My first semester at BYU was the only the second time in ALL of my schooling that I did not have some kind of visual arts class. So I did a lot of my own work. Apparently college and a social life wasn't quite enough, or maybe it's something I just love doing too much to give up. Either way, here is some work I did, my early semesters of college.

Something Grown Together, 2011

I hope you enjoyed these works!

Hi, School! Paintings, illustration, etc.

So, I thought I would start with some really cool painting and illustration work I've done from high school. Art is something that I've always been incredibly passionate about and have made art classes a regular part of my curriculum. I hope you enjoy this small sample of works from my senior year.

Goldfish, 2010

This was a surrealist painting assignment from my senior year.

Ecstatic!, 2010

A portrait of my friend, Mary

Messy Kitchen, 2010

An exploration with charcoal

Monotone Still-life, 2011

Suzannah, 2011

Colored pencil work

YAY BLOG!

My name is Kristina McCoy and I'm a graphic design student at BYU, and I'll use this blog to keep you updated on my work and stuff. It'll be cool, I promise!

Enjoy!