Author Archives: onetouchtej

“Be kind to yourself, learning is hard, design is easy” Learning new skills was super hard for me in the beginning of the semester although I had already taken a graphic design course last semester, I did not work on any photoshop skills after that so I was a beginner once again. I didn’t researchContinue reading “The experience”

A piece that Milton Glaser created that surprised me was the I ❤ NY logo. For the longest time I always thought somebody just made this logo up a t-shirt but an actual artist designed this. Its’s such a simple design but very very popular. As an artist I wonder if he ever thought hisContinue reading “I ❤ Milton”

For our final project we had to pick an environmental issue and turn it into a mosaic. I decided to focus on the issue of water pollution. Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities. Water bodies include for example lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and groundwater. Water pollutionContinue reading “Mosaic Madness”

My anatomical drawing of choice was the heart, and I chose to focus on heart disease. Surrounding the heart are facts and statistics regarding heart disease. My first infographic represents the races that are at the highest risk of dying early from heart disease and stroke. The left side represents women and the right sideContinue reading “Heart Disease”

Afrofuturism is the reimagining of a future filled with arts, science and technology seen through a black lens. The term was conceived a quarter-century ago by white author Mark Dery in his essay “Black to the Future,” which looks at speculative fiction within the African diaspora. The essay rests on a series of interviews with black contentContinue reading “What the Heck is Afrofuturism ?”

I am actually super excited as I make this post because I didn’t think the gif was going to actually post as a gif. I thought I was going to have to convert this into a different file and do a whole bunch of things I honestly don’t know how to do, so this isContinue reading “Love is In the Air…Gif Life <3”

“They going get this black girl magic today whether they want it or not.” – TherealKenyaT This collage piece is inspired by my idea of what a perfect world looks like from the beautiful flowers to the tall palm trees. Of course my perfect world would include way more things, but this is just aContinue reading “Black Girl Magic”