WHY ILLUSTRATION ? The best answer I can give to this question is through the use of a quote from the head of the Illustration Department, Steven Guarnaccia: "Fine Arts is like having a conversation with just yourself, and Illustration is like having a conversation with the entire world." I am interested in communicating globally to make some sort of difference, and I don't ever want to limit my opportunity for making this happen by creating things that are too personal for anyone else to learn something from. The best communicative tool I have been given is my ability to create and draw. CIARA GAY
Well first I choose Parsons without really thinking about my major just because I love the school, I did the summer program going to my senior year in highschool and I love it, then I was thinking about Fashion and all the hype about the difficulty and cut throatness TOTALLY turned me off, who wants to deal with that shit? So I figured out either Communication Design or Illustration and my mum said it’s better to learn to draw the shit out of anything first, then you can choose later to do a masters program in Communication Design, if you want to. But, so far I’m really happy where I’m now and I have No regrets. Samantha Pearlman