BFA Essay by Shae Young
My parents
made their living painting windows at car dealerships, fast food restaurants,
and all of the local Piano Gallery. My Great Grandfather was Lee K. Parkinson
who made his living making oil paintings and my grandmother was an art
professor at Utah Valley University. After years of barely scraping by my father
taught himself Adobe and coding, this lead to the start of their graphic design
business.
My love for art began in grade
school with drawing and as I have progressed through my education my skill sets
have radically expanded thanks to the guidance of my instructors. As I observed
my parent’s love for graphic design, I began seeking their knowledge of Adobe.
After pursuing a degree in medicine and my curiosity for knowledge, I found my
passion just wasn’t in the sciences.
This lead me back to what my real passion was, graphic design and the
arts. After completing my foundation
classes, as well as the multiple others that I have taken, I feel the knowledge
and experience has prepared me for the graphic design program. These skills,
mixed with my desire for learning, have made me an excellent fit for the
program. Drawing, being my most used
medium, has seen the greatest improvement, especially since my start here at Weber.
I have also added collage, digital, 2D, 3D, as well as photographic pieces to
my body of works. I have acquired
knowledge in Illustrator, Photoshop, Bridge, InDesign software as well as color
theory and good design practices. Using these skills I have designed a logo for
a local church’s Youth Ministry as well as the T-shirts for University of Utah
ARUP Phlebotomists.
I look forward to learning how to
further improve my art and design as well as the challenges that designing for
a range of clients will bring. My
journey thus far has been stimulating and eye opening and I have not left a
single course empty handed. There is still so much that I have yet to learn and
experience which surely this program will provide me with. I am excited to work
closely with the professors I have had the privilege to learn under, as well as
some new one’s I have not yet had the advantage of being instructed by. Thank you for taking the time to go over my
application and I look forward to seeing you all again in the future.
