Hello,
My name is Calvin Collison, and I am a designer focusing on digital art, graphic design, woodworking, silversmithing, and digital fabrication. I am a graduate of the ATLAS Institute in the CU Boulder College of Engineering. As such, I have experience with several pieces of software and hardware, including: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier, Dimension, XD, Figma, large format printers, laser cutters, and 3D printers.
In addition to my education at CU Boulder, I started college as a computer science major at the University of Maryland. During this time, I studied data structures, operating systems, discrete math, focusing on Java and R. Due to the impacts of COVID-19 and wanting to express my creativity more in the projects I completed, I transferred to University of Colorado’s Creative Technology and Design program which has been a fantastic fit for me as a fusion of technology and art. On top of learning design software there, I have also studied web development and am proficient in HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
Right now I am taking my senior Capstone Project class, Digital Art 1, Material Studies, UX Design 1, and Technical Communication and Design. With these classes, I am expanding my skills with the Creative Cloud suite, user-oriented design, and physical fabrication. I also worked as a Learning assistant for two of the core Creative Technology and Design courses, teaching Photoshop, printing, Illustrator, and InDesign. Helping with these classes has taught me more than I would have learned through just taking the classes, in addition to building on my leader ship and communication skills.
