History in the Making(Graphic Design)

        While sitting on my laptop I always catch myself wondering how far graphic design has came, as well as pictures in general. Just think about it pictures may have first started back when cavemen were here. I just start thinking like what how could we go from drawings inside caves to now designing just about anything we want to on computers.   Ellen Mazur Thomson is the name of the man who first discovered graphic design. He stated " It has been thought that graphic design emerged as a profession only when European modernism arrived in America in the 1930s, yet shows that the practice of graphic design began much earlier. Shortly after the Civil War, when the mechanization of printing and reproduction technology transformed mass communication, new design practices emerged." Thomson investigates the development of these practices from 1870 to 1920. During these years was very exciting because no one really knew what graphic design was, so begun to question it. What did the designers do, and how did they learn to do it? What did they call themselves? How did they organize themselves and their work? So many people were curious about graphic designing because they never seen anything like it. They seen pictures before but never like this, pictures were now filled with even more life.
Technology has helped out a lot of graphic designers because without it we would't be able to or even thought about graphic designing. Now graphic designers have no limits they able to do just about anything they want from color reproduction, video games, posters, signs, and photo illustrations as well as applications in advertising, publication design, information graphics. Literature on computer technology as used in desktop publishing and computer graphics is also included.  Just knowing how far it as came get me excited to see what the future holds, I'm looking forward to it.

Kreative Kids

                 I always catch myself daydreaming in class at least twice a day, just wondering how I

 got here and how I decided on the major that I have chosen to presue. I begun to remember  that it all started back in fourth grade. I transferred schools and had to start my school life all over again. My only hobbies were video games, comic books, and cartoons. I enjoyed them all because they took my mind off school and kept me entertained. One day while in class, we had our first group project. I admit I was a little nervous because I was new to the class and I was placed in a group full of guys that had known each other for awhile. The assignment was to find something in common that everyone could relate to, we started throwing ideas out and we noticed we all liked graphics and animations. From that day on we became bestfriends.

                 A couple years later we begun to read more and our minds grew curious. We wanted to know everything about graphics arts and design. We finished our work early just to use the extra time to learn more about it. Once we found out the basics we decided to start our own company called "Cartoon Central". It's funny now that I think about it, as young as we were. It was amazing to see a group of young boys with the mind set of ambition and determination. we were not going to let anybody tell us that we couldn't make our dream come true.

                 By 7th grade, I realized how far we came with our company as well as our friendship. We all agreed on making a cominc book, we sold them in the library after school and in a week we made a hundred dollars.That's when I foumd the passion for graphic arts. Just knowing I could make a career and get paid for doing something I love. I moved to Huntsville, AL my freshmen year of highschool. Even though I moved away from my friends I never lost interest in graphic designing and now I can design almost anything. Websites, cartoons, party flyers, etc. The ony thing I haven't had a full understanding of is designing games, and that's one reason why I decided to attend Jacksoville State University and major in Graphic Arts and Design. Art is a way to express yourself however you want without any rules, theres no limitation.

Who I Am

             Hey, My name is Dantrell Duncan and I'm majoring in Graphic Arts and Design. I was born and raised in Chicago, IL. I moved to Huntsville, AL my freshmen year of high school. I love basketball, I played basketball throughout high school. My second passion is graphic designing, Whenever I have the time and opportunity to work on a project pertaining graphic designing I normally spend somewhere close to 3-4 hours on whatever the project is. Every since a child I always been interested in learning everything that I could leaning involving graphic art and design. There is nothing that could amount up to the feeling of being free to do whatever you want no rules nor limitations. No one can tell you that you are wrong or something's not done right. You are your own teacher because you learn from yourself, I'm here to learn but as well as inform. Those are the reasons for me creating a blog about Graphic Arts and design. I hope you guys enjoy and continue to read.