What’s your name, what year are you, and what are you majoring in?
My name is Bobby Hill. I am currently a sophomore at Parsons’ The New School of Design majoring in communication design.
Tell us about when you first learned about graphic design. How did you decide that it was a career path you wanted to pursue?
I was first introduced to the graphic design practice during my sophomore year at KIPP Pride High School under the instruction of Ronald Beckham. The KIPP program and Mr. Beckham supported me in my pursuit of the arts and motivated me to get where I am today. I originally began practicing fine art. However, Mr. Beckham pushed me to think practically about what I was doing if I wanted to make it my career.
Many people tried to instill doubt in me by saying that I would become a “starving artist” because I wanted to explore the art field. I did not let their negative thoughts deter me and I had the help of Mr. Beckham to uplift me. When I shifted to graphic design, I became infatuated with it because it allows me to combine both my love for fine art and design. Graphic design gives me the ability to create visual messages that transcend ideas in the public domain and work to solve problems.
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