I have to begin by apologizing for the lack of updates. I got busy the past few weeks with various work and school-related things. Earlier this week I woke up with a fever, which was really bad because I had 2 exams scheduled that day. I only hope the essays I wrote on them were coherent enough to at least earn me an ‘E’ for effort. The fever broke the next day, thankfully… I just wish it would have never occured in the first place.
But I digress. I completed my poster project for my Digital Art course. I’m pretty proud of it, especially given the amount of work I put in regarding the concept, composition, and making sure each figure cut was the best it could be. A lot of the last factor depends on fine control with the pen tablet I use, and I think I’m developing that fine control rather nicely, although I do have a long way to go. I guess I could ask a surgeon how they keep up their manual dexterity, but I’ll leave that for another time. Without further ado, here is “Charisma:”
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I came up with the concept while working on my lab projects one night and a song by the same name came up in my iTunes mix. A high level of charisma, as anyone with an original thought knows, is almost always an undesirable trait in a leader. Yet, people fall for their words and eventually pay a terrible price before waking up. Only one leader mentioned in that poster has been considered great, and two of them have yet to be judged. The message here is to dig beneath the surface and think for yourself.
With that, I will now take my leave of you and try to recover some more. I’m still quite congested and it’s not a good thing for me right now. I have a big day planned tomorrow (first stop: Blue Man Group!) so I need to get all the rest I can. Take care, everybody.
Interesting to see Ghandi included with those names…
Excellent effort, Rick!