Introduction Selfie - Sarah Ferreira

                                                     

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Hello! My name is Sarah (She/Her)!

I am a BFA with a concentration in Illustration hoping to graduate soon. Not only am I a BFA but I'm in the process of possibly getting a teaching certificate (Being an Art teacher is a plan B for my future). My passions in art lie within visual development and character design. I absolutely love watching animated movies along with playing video games and listening to all sorts of different type of musical artists. My biggest inspirations change every 5 minutes as I continue to learn more techniques and styles. Currently they are:  J.C. Leyendecker, Alphonse Mucha, Yana Taboso, Jorge Jimenez, Stanley "ArtGerm" Lau, and many, many more. 

I'm hoping that I can start the process of my BFA show idea which will involve my Brazilian heritage with inspiration and influences from Sonic The Hedgehog, Jet Set Radio, No Straight Roads, and other video games and media I have grown up with throughout my life. Its story is still in the process of being made but ideas are coming and going rapidly, I just need to start the actual drawing process. 

Besides art I'm extremely passionate in music as I grew up playing the flute and joined marching band along with concert band through out middle school and high school, unfortunately I wasn't able to continue through that process in college as my passion for art was much stronger--I make do by incorporating music into my daily life as much as possible. A way how I try and involve the two is by making killer playlists that I'm proud of that help embody the feel and aesthetic of the general character or idea, even for my BFA show I started by making a playlist that has music that influence the "Vibes" of the idea. My favorite music genres are EDM and Rock but those are just umbrella terms as the stuff I really love breaks into those genre's sub-categories (Breakcore, Screamo, Future Bass, Heavy Metal, Etc.). I'd have to say that my music taste was influenced largely by what I grew up with which was Sonic The Hedgehog and because of the music from the games it's shaped my current taste in music---funny enough the same can be said about my own art; I only wanted to learn how to draw sonic as a kid and because of that it later developed into me wanting to create my own sonic characters and then learning how to draw anime characters and more and more. In my spare time I also have a very big passion for collections, especially anime figure collections. I have a decent size collection of Hatsune Miku figures due to my love for the Vocaloid music genre. It's funny how much music has been intertwined into my personality and my art, I truly love it to death. 

I also really do love making new friends and helping out as much as I possibly can within the classroom, I have a bit of RBF and my monotone way of speaking doesn't help either but feel free to approach me and we can brainstorm ideas or just talk! I hope I get the chance to make some more friends within my college career! :D

"Photographs really are experience captured, and the camera is the ideal arm of consciousness in its acquisitive mood. "

- I just find this string of words really beautiful as it's an interesting way to describe the process of photography. Seeing photography as a medium that captures the truth in any instance while showcasing the subtle beauty of the medium.  

"Although there is a sense in which the camera does indeed capture reality, not just interpret it, photographs are as much an interpretation of the world as paintings and drawings are."

- Once again I just find this way of describing the process to be beautiful as one who isn't immersed into the industry of photography, I view the medium differently and I am unable to articulate the proper words to state its complex beauty,