Hi, my name is Allie Veil. I am a senior at UW Stout and will be graduating this May. My major is in Fine Art with a concentration of Graphic Design.
I didn’t know I could draw until the end of my senior year in high school. It is exciting to know how much I have learned in just a few years and it will only get better. Now I am about to graduate and I feel like I am just starting to grasp drawing and designing.
Everyone likes to ask me what my plans are after graduation and like the typical twenty one year old I say I have no idea. I love to draw and love designing and that is why I am in this program, but as far as what I want to do with it is still undecided.
Currently I am working at a church as an office assistant and because they know I am creative they tend to give me all the “fun” projects. So lucky for me a lot of my design work is being put to use.
I have also done freelance work for smaller companies, helping with logos, brand identity, and advertisements. Basically just trying to get my foot in the door and experience under my belt.
Besides freelance work and the office assistant job I have also been a custom framer. It was always fun to see art come in and we did get to see interesting stuff. But I don’t want to frame art pieces, I want to make them.
As an artist I am really excited for this class because my favorite thing to draw is the human form. I think not only will it help me understand the human body; it will also help me be a better drawer.
