by Brad Horton ‘15
Jacob Alvarado ‘15 began his art career as a kid who loved to tell stories through drawing. He mostly became interested in art on his own, but had some influence from his friends who also liked to draw when they were kids.
Jacob’s art career began to pick up steam when he enrolled in Ms. Burrows art classes at Saint Ignatius. He revealed his true talent in classes such as Graphic Design and Drawing where he created works such as a typography project of Mcnulty’s Bier Markt. The project involved replacing a photograph with words. Jacob explains, “I have menu’s with me and I choose words from them and put them into each other like a strip of color.” Jacob received a Scholastic Silver Key for his typography project.
Jacob’s interest in the arts led him to becoming involved in the Artists in Residence (AIR); a program for students that excel in artistic abilities. The club allows Jacob to compete in art contests at schools and do commissioned art for neighborhoods.
Jacob states how he has worked on another project to turn into the Scholastic Art Competition. “It’s about a plot I had in my head for a horror game,” he explains,” that [idea] turned into messing with layers and seeing what I could do. And it looks pretty nice, like a poster you would put up.”
In the future, Jacob will take A.P. Studio Art and plans to continue fulfilling his video game concept art for the Scholastic Art Competition.
Jacob hopes to take his artistic interests to a professional level. He has ambitions to become a video game designer, an interest evident in his drawings and previous artwork. “On my own I really like drawing characters I see everywhere on TV that my friends watch or play. I like to hear that I made a pretty good drawing of that guy.”
