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Shontia Arrington-Dudley

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Ever since I was younger, I always had a passion for art. At first I would draw stick figures and color in coloring books with crayons. But as I explored art more and more I discovered a art style called realism on youtube. I watched videos of different artists creating realistic drawings. This motivated me to create realistic drawings as well. I practiced and drew a lot over the years until I got better at art. I was fascinated by the fact that you can make a drawing come to life on a piece of paper. This made me want to pursue a career in art. My dream goal is become a graphic designer because my teacher introduced us to graphic design for a test we was going to take and I immediately became interested in graphic design. I want to become a graphic designer and sell my artwork at the same time.

Education

Dr Susan S Mckinney Secondary School Of The Arts

High School
2018 - 2025

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Bachelor's degree program

  • Majors of interest:

    • Design and Applied Arts
    • Fine and Studio Arts
  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Graphic Design

    • Dream career goals:

      To get a job as a Graphic Designer, create my own website, sell my drawings and paintings so I can sell my artwork

    • Retail Associate

      Burlington for SYEP
      2023 – 2023

    Sports

    Badminton

    Intramural
    2021 – 20254 years

    Research

    • Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

      At school — Student
      2024 – 2024

    Arts

    • Pratt Institute

      Drawing
      2025 – 2025

    Future Interests

    Entrepreneurship

    Peter Noto Memorial Scholarship
    Do you like to draw? Have you ever thought about becoming a professional artist? Art is beautiful, colorful. And valuable. Art comes in many styles and forms. It is meaningful to me and it is apart of me. It all started when I was younger. It was when I discovered something called art. At first I was coloring in coloring books with crayons. I would also draw stick figures too. That was when I saw people drawing stuff that looked real on Youtube. It impressed me. So I kept watching more and more videos of people creating realistic drawings. It inspired me and motivated me to start creating realistic drawings. The subject I started to become interested in is drawing animals/ So that's when I decided to draw a dog to start out with. I found a reference photo of a dog. It was a pug and it had black fur. The background was plain white. I really liked the reference photo so I decided to draw it. So I kept watching the videos a lot until I understood how to draw the fur, the eyes, and the nose. The difficult part of the drawing was the muzzle but I looked closely at the photo and drew what I saw and it still turned out looking good. I also because interested in drawing people too. I would practice drawing facial features and hair. I also like stylized illustrative art style as well. I use watercolor and ink pen to create that style. Art became apart of me because it is something that I am passionate about. I was fascinated by the fact that you can create 3D drawings on a piece of paper. I also learned that you can create any kind of art with any type of medium. I am so serious about art that I want to make it my career. This is because it is something that I love doing. I want to go to college to major in fine arts so that I can become a professional artist and make money off my art. I want to prove that anybody can be a artist as long as they keep practicing because if you keep practicing then you will get better and better at art. And I also want my artwork to inspire and motivate people to think that they can also create art like mines. I will never stop making art. It is a passion that will stay with me forever.
    WCEJ Thornton Foundation Music & Art Scholarship
    Ever since I was younger, I discovered art for the first time. At first I was coloring in coloring books with crayons. I would also draw stick figures too. That was when I saw people drawing stuff that looked real on Youtube. It impressed me. So I kept watching more and more videos of people creating realistic drawings. It inspired me and motivated me to start creating realistic drawings. The subject I started to become interested in is drawing animals/ So that's when I decided to draw a dog to start out with. I found a reference photo of a dog. It was a pug and it had black fur. The background was plain white. I really liked the reference photo so I decided to draw it. So I kept watching the videos a lot until I understood how to draw the fur, the eyes, and the nose. The difficult part of the drawing was the muzzle but I looked closely at the photo and drew what I saw and it still turned out looking good. Art became apart of me because it is something that I am passionate about. I was fascinated by the fact that you can create 3D drawings on a piece of paper. I plan to make a positive impact on the world through my art by creating my own art exhibition to bring people together so that they can talk about each other's artwork, express their artwork and give feedback. I can also create art that promotes issues that goes on in the world and people might relate with it.
    Mad Grad Scholarship
    Do you like to draw? Have you ever thought of pursuing a career in the arts? Art is beautiful, colorful, valuable. It comes in many styles and forms. It is meaningful to me and apart of me. It all started when I was younger. It was when I discovered art for the first time. At first I was coloring in coloring books with crayons. I would draw stick figures too. That was when I saw on youtube people creating drawings that looked real. I immediately became interested in wanting to learn how to draw realistically. So I kept watching more and more videos of people drawing in a realistic style. It inspired me as well as motivated me to start creating realistic drawings myself. At that point I became obsessed with the realism art style. I was so fascinated by the fact that you can make a drawing come to life on a piece of paper. As time went on, I would still make realistic drawings for art class in school and outside of school. But realism isn't only the art style that I liked so much, I also liked the stylized illustrative art style that is semi-realistic. I just like the way it looks which also made me become obsessed with it as well. Currently, I became interested in graphic design. I will still draw and sell my work for extra money but I really wanna focus on becoming a graphic designer. Art became apart of me because it is something that I am passionate about and want to pursue a career in it. Me practicing art and getting better at my art skills just motivates me even more to continue my passion in art which will encourage me to refine my art skills even more. I want to put myself out there and promote myself as a artist and show people what who I am as a artist. I would continue to add the spirit of creation and storytelling to ny future projects is by creating artwork using a new medium because I want to start using acrylic and oil paint. I wanna create people, flower, and animal paintings. This will tell people that I'm willing to try something new. This will result in me growing as a artist and taking my art skills to the next level.
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