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Paul Woidke  

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Post-Semester Review

Journal Entry: Mon May 12, 2008, 8:01 PM
  • Mood: Distracted
  • Listening to: iTunes on Shuffle
  • Reading: Dave Eggers - Best Nonrequired Reading of '06
  • Watching: The forcast for tomorrow; 58 and rainy :)
  • Playing: Psychonauts and Half Life 2
  • Eating: nothing
  • Drinking: Water
Like I did after Fall semester, I'd like to take this opportunity to give my impressions of the classes I took this semester and reflect on what experience I gained in the past few months. This Spring I took three studio classes that I'm reviewing.

3D Foundations - Sayaka Ganz
Having never done any work in 3D media before taking this class, I was prepared formt he start to be up late working on projects, putting ridiculous amounts of work into relatively simple things. And although I did experience these feelings, I also feel that I grew artistically like never before. Sayaka was a great instructor who demonstraited the media and then stayed out of our way for the most part, helping when we needed it. This gave me a chance to really make the most of my projects and be as creative as I could. I tried to go above and beyond the assignment and I feel that all of my projects were very successful. I think I put more work overall into this class than any other. My only complaint is that despite the amount of effort I put into making my projects superior, my grades almost never reflected this. Overall I felt like I may have been graded harder than some other people in the class, but it all worked out in the end.
Personal Grade: B
Semester Grade: A

Intro. to Printmaking - Shayura Kumar
My second class with Shayura proved to be extremely educational and gave me experience in printmaking, a field that I never really thought I would enjoy. I found that I really did love working on my projects for hours at night, getting ink all over myself, and even the crushing feeling of defeat and frustration every time a print didn't come out how I wanted it too. I feel like I can use this experience in the medium in the future, and can integrate it into future work. The class was definitely the most challenging class this semester, but I think that my work turned out alright overall.
Personal Grade:A-
Semester Grade: B

Intro. to Digital Art - Fred Leighton
This class was the first in the curriculum for my major, and introduced students to some common programs and techniques that we'll be using in the future. So basically this was my easiest studio class. Not to say that I didn't do a lot of work on my projects, of course. It's more of a relaxing class since I already knew how to do a lot with the programs. I also gained some super good experience with other programs (After Effects), and learned how to code in CSS. I finished the class with one of the best grades I've gotten, and I feel that it was well-deserved, but also that it was easy to get because of my prior knowledge. Fred was an alright instructor. His lessons were a bit dull at times, but he seemed to really know the programs and could offer some good suggestions and assistance when needed. So overall the class was okay. I learned some stuff, I did some stuff, and I'm now prepared to move on to higher classes.
Personal Grade: C+
Semester Grade: A

Final GPA = 3.83 :)

Next semester I'm taking 2 digital classes and a jewelery & metals class, and I'm really looking forward to them.


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Devious Information

  • Current Age: 19
  • Current Residence: Lakewood, Ohio, USA
  • Print preference: Copper plates through a press!
  • Interests: Ramen Noodles + Chocolate Milk
  • Favourite movie: Vanilla Sky, Fight Club, Waking Life, Donnie Darko, American Beauty, V for Vendetta
  • Favourite band or musician: Sufjan Stevens, Symphony X, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Interpol, Cake
  • Favourite genre of music: Whatever I'm in the mood for
  • Favourite artist: MC Escher
  • Favourite poet or writer: Chuck Palahniuk
  • Favourite photographer: Scott Mutter
  • Favourite style or digital art: Spray Paint, Vector, Mixed-Media
  • Operating System: Mac OS X Leopard
  • MP3 player of choice: Black iPod 80Gb
  • Shell of choice: Oyster
  • Skin of choice: My own?
  • Favourite game: Command & Conquer, Pokemon, Halo 3
  • Favourite gaming platform: Xbox 360, Nintendo DS Lite
  • Personal Quote: The only piece of paper worth less than one of your paintings is a BFA degree.
  • Tools of the Trade: CS3, MacBook Pro, Wacom Tablet, camera, spray paint, Prismas, whatever else

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~shalloweyedpoet:iconshalloweyedpoet: May 4, 2008, 8:46:36 AM
moving again (in pittsburgh) soon then coming home for a couple weeks for summer, doing the art thing. wheeeeeee!

yay for random comments! ::joy::

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~Lissi
=SHad35:iconSHad35: May 4, 2008, 12:20:47 AM
Life is good. :)
Home for the summer and just hanging out doing the art thing. How have you been?

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~shalloweyedpoet:iconshalloweyedpoet: Apr 28, 2008, 4:53:44 PM Mood: Zest
hey. how's life treating you?

just peeking in.

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~Lissi
~sina7:iconsina7: Apr 28, 2008, 12:49:19 PM
thanks alot for the fav and comment :thanks:

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~clicktorock:iconclicktorock: Apr 28, 2008, 5:55:27 AM
I clicked it... haha.. cool work.. I'm a noob at this but thanks for the compliment :) ...
~kendolf:iconkendolf: Apr 28, 2008, 12:47:44 AM
Thanks for your comment. I like very much your work too.
*negmass:iconnegmass: Apr 19, 2008, 7:59:44 AM
Thatnks for the +Fave! I really appresiate it.
~deeplycrashing:icondeeplycrashing: Apr 15, 2008, 1:21:58 PM
thanks for the favorite.

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~beAMAZED:iconbeAMAZED: Mar 29, 2008, 1:07:49 AM
thanks for the fav
~flowers-resurrection:iconflowers-resurrection: Mar 27, 2008, 10:34:23 AM Mood: Affection
thanks a lot

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~ladydel:iconladydel: Mar 3, 2008, 9:48:57 PM
Thanks for the fave! I've been wanting more ninjas to see my art.
~yagizyilmaz:iconyagizyilmaz: Mar 2, 2008, 10:46:44 AM
thanks.

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~BeKissable:iconBeKissable: Feb 29, 2008, 2:55:40 AM
Thank you very much for the Fav's :boogie:

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*sil-enigma:iconsil-enigma: Feb 28, 2008, 8:08:05 PM
Thanks bucketloads for the fav on Mission Metropolis :)
*archaii:iconarchaii: Feb 28, 2008, 2:12:13 PM
Thank-you!
For the :+fav:
Woo.
~artisticdork:iconartisticdork: Feb 28, 2008, 1:28:31 PM
thanks for the fave!

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~misteryboys:iconmisteryboys: Feb 25, 2008, 7:38:04 AM
thank you for the :+fav:

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=theancientofdays:icontheancientofdays: Feb 24, 2008, 3:22:14 AM
Thank you very much for adding Mountains to your favourites! :)

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~Barbequeburger:iconBarbequeburger: Feb 22, 2008, 1:20:00 PM
thanks fo the fav

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~thiagopeixoto:iconthiagopeixoto: Feb 22, 2008, 12:48:09 PM
thanks for fav, but fav this [link]

because i delete the other(sorry for my english XD)

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~christineberces:iconchristineberces: Feb 21, 2008, 7:55:47 PM
Thanks for the fave too :)

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~christineberces:iconchristineberces: Feb 21, 2008, 7:50:45 PM
Thanks for the comment! :)

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~dalYana:icondalYana: Feb 20, 2008, 6:21:25 AM
thanks for the fav :hug:

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~latersam:iconlatersam: Feb 19, 2008, 11:58:37 PM
...and thank you for the comment too! I appreciate it!:)