Before I could start at RISD for real they wanted me to take a condensed version of their foundation studies year. All freshmen coming into RISD take an entire year of 2D design, Drawing and 3D design before declaring their major.
At first I was skeptical. I’ve taken so many drawing classes, so many design classes, what was I going to learn? The drawing class was what I was least excited about. Over the past few years I’d come to terms with my drawing skills and wasn’t really interested in learning how to do things the ‘right way.’ I knew drawing is important to me as a graphic designer, I knew it’s a great skill to quickly communicate an idea, but I wasn’t really interested in developing this skill much further. I was kind of happy with where I was at.