Artist Statement- Media 160

Elba Vivanco
September 1, 2017

Artist Statement
  Unlike many people graduating from high school with a clear focus on what they were going to be majoring in college, I started my classes at the Borough of Manhattan Community College without much confidence or enthusiasm to embark in a prosperous career classes, I realized that I did not want to be in the business field.  After struggling to find the right major, I graduated with an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts.  Soon after graduating I began working as a cashier in a auto service shop, but I was never fully satisfied of simply working and having the same routine every day.  Although I questioned what career I was going to take, I have never questioned my love for technology and my ability to create fantasy stories, and so I came to Hunter College as transfer student and enrolled in the Emerging Media program.
As an aspiring  media maker I enjoy making animated gifs, editing pictures and creating stories.  Although I am still learning to work the tools in photoshop and illustrator,  I want to one day create designs, animated stories, and apps in which people are able to relate and find useful.  For I come from a Latino family struggling to be accepted in a society currently divided by racial differences.  I believe that in order to achieve that goal, the media network is my ultimate choice to connect with the audience.  
I find inspiration in the streets of New York adorned with billboards and advertisements, the shopping malls with the latest designs and from local artists in the social media.  I look forward to learning the  necessary tools in this Media 160 class to better express my thoughts and creativity in every piece of work I produce.  






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