Who are the 47 great, future professional artists
enrolled in the Cal State Fullerton Digital Illustration classes, who will contribute to this blog?
Most students come from Southern California, yet a
few have travelled from the remote lands of Porterville, CA (Monache HS),
Fremont, CA, Kingsburg, CA, Escondido, CA (technically in Southern California, but pretty somewhere out there!), Seattle, WA and Payson, AZ (Payson
High School). One student even listed
a Vietnamese high school, but we’re not sure if it’s local or 14 time zones away!
When they’re not doing homework, our classmates are
clocking in as retail managers, pet groomers, PMC Event Coordinators, and
Disneyland dancers. What they’d
really like to do for a living is: children’s book writers and illustrators, greeting
card designers, art teachers, multimedia designers, storyboard artists,
animators, graphic designer for video games, 3D modelers, interactive art
directors, wine label artists, actor, visual developers, concept artists, and the
owner of gallery/bar/café.
Where would they like to work? Some said anywhere that pays them above
minimum wages, but the more obsessed students mentioned: UDON Entertainment,
Disney Imagineering, Microsoft, any prestigious fashion magazine, and Wired.
Which past and current pros inspire our future
pros? Mary Blair, William
Bouguereau, Tim Burton, Alphonse Mucha, Paul Rudish, Scott Campbell, Julie
Vivas, Brianna Garcia, Dr. Seuss, Sandy Skoglund, JMW Turner, Tex Avery, David
Wiesner, Norman Rockwell, Luke Lucas, Paul Rand, Carlox Angarita, Chuck Jones,
Frank Frazetta, Andreas Deja, Audrey Kawasaki, Gustav Klimt, Dave McKean,
Aubrey Beardsley, Pearl C Hsiung, David Delamare, Marumiyan, H.R. Giger, and
many more.
What do they do in their spare time? One student recently became a
first-time father of a little girl (so he’s swamped!), while another is a
mother who impatiently nags her kids into making her a grandma. And with what little time they have
enjoyed recently, they have read: Engulf in Flames by David Sedaris, Talisman
by Stephen King, Storm of Swords by George RR Martin, Soul Obsession by Nicky
Cruz, Free Pizza for Life by Chris Clavin, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a
World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, as
well as many classics, such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, The
Little Engine That Could, Where the Wild Things Are, Lolita, and 2001: A Space
Odyssey.
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