Hey what’s up everyone! How’s it going? My name is Moises Contreras, but I go by either Moses or as known by most “Moe”. I am currently enrolled in the Digital Media Design program here at TSTC. I will be graduating in the spring of 2009. I do plan on getting my Bachelors in art from the University of Texas Pan American. I am going to try and see if I can attend both UTPA and TSTC during the fall and spring semesters so I can get a head start on my bachelors. After graduating from TSTC I do plan to finish off at UTPA.
In the long run, as far as my vision, after getting my bachelors in art I plan to get my certification in teaching and teach art at the middle school or maybe high school level. While doing that I do still plan on doing all of my digital media designing on the side. Which includes photography, print design, web design, etc. I do wish to be able to open my own design house or business where I can fulfill the design needs of businesses and of people in need of design concepts. My greatest interest is obviously art, and all that has to do with being creative and new, and if not new different. Art to me is like and everyday need, and not a day goes by where I don’t pick a pencil or pen and start to doodle away.
Composition classes have helped me develop the ability to put things on paper when they come to mind. Although at times what comes to mind and what is put on paper are not exactly words, but in forms of cartoons or some sort of drawing. The ability to put thoughts on paper is very helpful, and can even be an art, and thanks to composition classes, those thoughts can be organized, and set up to be an extraordinary portrait. It also helps you be a better communicator. Communication for me will play a big part in my career. As a designer and a future art teacher, my communication skills will have to be great. I have to speak to customers and maybe even organizations in order to introduce and explain design concepts. As far as being a teacher, I would have to speak to students of all ages, and different backgrounds. This course will help achieve communication skills, time management, and responsibility. This course is on-line and well the teacher isn’t physically there, so I have to be responsible enough to keep up with deadlines, and be able to communicate with the teacher through the internet. So with that said, I have to stop being a slacker. That was a joke!
