Chris Terrill

Hi. My name is Christopher, but my friends call me Chris of course. I hail all the way from Porter, Indiana which is actually very close in relation to this, the lovely city of Chicago. I am twenty years young and I have resided in the area for my entire life. Chicago has, overtime, become my second home. As I’ve grown up, my life has been filled with the extensive array of cultural pleasures that the city has to offer. This ranges from watching Sox games to trips to the Field Museum to even standing outside of the local ABC affiliate in the attempt of plastering my face on the television for the split second that the camera pans outside. I am here now, a student of the Bridge Program in the high hopes of becoming a part of Columbia this coming fall. I have an attraction to this school, like many, as I have always loved art. I can appreciate many different kinds even though the term “art” can be very subjective. Everyone has a personal taste for art whether it is music, scultpure, photography, and so on. Myself, I plan on majoring here in graphic design. I have drawn since I was small and my love affair with the sometimes futile pencil has never faded. But I have learned to incorporate my computer into the creative process. This has led me down the path that I am on and I don’t want to just learn how to get by. I want to strive to be the best at what I do. I want to be able to use my art to make people emotionally feel something when they take a look at my work. I would say that is the biggest success I could imagine for myself. But besides drawing, I view myself as a jack of all trades in the sense of what I enjoy and do. I love music and movies. I can sit more or less all day and just marvel at both of these things without them getting old. I have a deep appreciation for even the smallest detail both on the screen and my ipod. I am also into gaming, graphic novels, and cuddling. So, when it comes down to it, I am the predictable nerd, but I cuddle damn well.