Kiara’s Profile
My name is Kiara Lovelace, but a lot of people call me “Kiki”. I was born and raised in the Bronx and have always had a passion for art and drawing since I was a child. I went to an art high school and graduated in 2009. It was in high school where I really developed an interest in Illustration and cartooning, to express the struggles I had went through in high school. I was the teen whose voice was never heard and was able to express myself through art. I participated in an exhibition in the Bronx Museum and had a piece in the high school art show. After graduating I went right to working in various jobs and took a long break from my education. In 2015 I applied to SVA to studying illustration and was accepted, unfortunately could not attend due to finical aid. It was in 2016 I applied to City Tech and dedicated myself to my studies and get my ASS degree, then transfer to F.I.T to study illustration and receive my Masters in Illustration.
I am a hardworking person who enjoys challenges and creating artwork people can relate to. My goal after graduating City Tech is get my foot in the door in the design industry, something along Huge Inc., Buzzfeed, Design Army etc. I also have a personal goal to learn Spanish, so I can be able to design and have my art relate to Spanish clients. I would describe my art as dark and blunt. My influences are Jhonen Vasquez, Tim Burton in the dark and creepy aspect and Stan Lee influences my forever young cartoon side. I been watching cartoon and reading comics since a young child and drawing since the age of 2. This is all I know and all I live and breathe. There is a saying that always inspires me when I feel down or begin to even think about doubting myself. “Don’t tell me the sky is the limit when they’re foot prints on the moon.”. I don’t know who said this, but I saw it on a social media page a very long time ago and it has always stuck with me. My name is Kiara Lovelace and I will be an illustrator for a major company.
My Courses
COMD Communication Design Internship Coordination Site
This site is designed to help you find fieldwork/study situations of approximately eight hours per week at an internship site approved by the Department Internship instructor such as an advertising agency, graphic design firm, corporate design office, publications art department, photography or illustration studio, TV or multimedia production company. Students will be required to keep a learning journal of their internship in the form of a blog using Openlab. A portion of the class will be devoted to presenting and sharing experiences with classmates. Students will learn how to assess their talents, update their resume, and promote themselves and their work through social networks. Students will be required to setup and maintain at least two social media networks such as: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. The instructors for this class are there as mentors if you have not yet found an internship before registering for the course. However, the instructors do not find an internship placement for you. It is your responsibility to find a position that fits your personal career path and help you transition to full time employment upon leaving the halls of CityTech. Ideally, you will use this site to find an internship the semester before taking the COMD 4900 class.
Three Dimensional Design COMD #3292 D222
Principles of three-dimensional design. Course covers an analysis of form and space. Topics include: hollow forms both geometric and organic; architectonic organization of space; light and shadow; geometric solids; the modular unit; form and structure in nature; linear forms with membranes; movement. Applications to packaging, architecture, sculpture and environmental design and graphics. Materials and inherent properties governing their use in form and space.
CDMG1112 D306 Digital Media Foundations FALL 2018 Goetz
This course introduces students to core concepts in the media field including color theory, design and production terminology, reproduction processes, file formats and substrates. During the semester, students will complete three pages of their own ePortfolio web site, complete a print design project and one video project. Lectures will provide students with a historical perspective of the media field as well as discussing current practices and future trends.
COMD1167 D154, Type and Media, Spring 2017
This is a foundation course in typography with emphasis on using type for a range of industry related applications from print to interactive. Students will be introduced to principles of type design and terminology including: variations of type structure, anatomy, font usage, grid, leading, kerning, tracking and alignment. Students will learn industry standard software such as InDesign on the Macintosh operating system.
This basic design and color theory course explores graphic communication through the understanding of the elements and principles of design, as well as the design process, including idea development through final execution. Students develop basic skills in two-dimensional design, color and content creation while employing the design process of research, sketching and experimentation. Communication designers use the concepts explored in this course in disciplines such as advertising, graphic design, web design, illustration, broadcast design, photography, and game design. Image: Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010 http://www.datapointed.net/2010/01/crayola-crayon-color-chart/
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