Lindsay Clemmons has accumulated a modest portfolio while studying at Bakersfield College that might actually give her a head start in the direction of becoming an aspiring artist.
Only a few months shy of her 21st birthday, Clemmons has been attending BC since 2008 to study art and hopes that it will offer her a career in animation and game design. Her goal is to get into character and landscape design for video games.
“I’ve been into art ever since I was a little girl, but I didn’t start to take it seriously until junior high school,” said Clemmons. It was then that Clemmons, along with a friend, began to develop their own stories for animated characters which they had created. “It was something like our own comic strip,” added Clemmons
So far, Clemmons’ experience in art has led her from creating traditional pencil or charcoal sketches to acrylic painting and eventually merging into digital painting. She has done photographic art as well.
One particular style that she uses in her artwork is stippling. Stippling is a way of creating an image by drawing dots to form the image’s outlining shape. She has one piece in her collection that she calls “Smosh Stippling” that she created using that specific design. When asked how long it took for her to finish that art piece, she stated that it took her about two hours to complete.
Clemmons says that the most important thing an artist needs to have is the ability to find what inspires them to create.
Being one who appreciates music, Clemmons admits that much of her artwork is inspired by the music she listens to. Yet, she says that just about anything within her environment can inspire her to create a piece. “Anything can be a form of art,” Clemmons said. “Whether it be decorating a home, sculpting, photography, anything and everything can be artistic.”
At the age of 17, Clemmons’ art received public scrutiny and was awarded first place in an art competition. Prior to starting college at BC, Clemmons was enrolled in the Regional Occupation Center where she met the one teacher who gave her the encouragement to express herself through her artistic talent. His name is Daniel Binsfeld and was the one who got her into composing her art on the computer. As a class final, Clemmons was instructed to enter some of her artwork in a competition at the California State Fair. Shortly after her 18th birthday in 2008, Clemmons received a call to notify her that her digital painting had won first place in the competition.
Clemmons has used different programs to create her digital painting and artwork. The two she mentioned are Sai Paint Tool and Photoshop.
Clemmons is registered at the DiviantArt.com website where her artwork can be seen including the digital painting that won her first place at the California State Fair.