Hi, my name is Michaella Gumila, I’m a senior and this is my first year here at Freestyle Academy.

First of all, Thank you very much for taking the time to review and critique my work, it’s much appreciated!

I came to Freestyle with a background in traditional fine arts, I took drawing, painting, ceramics, photography and commercial art classes at Mountain View. I came to Freestyle to find more ways to express myself and make art.

I organized the posts on this webpage into two categories; Before and After. The posts under before are what I did in the first half of my year at Freestyle and what I presented during our annual Exhibition at the Computer History Museum in February. This includes a book jacket design and a lyrical poem inspired by “Citizen: An American Lyric” by Claudia Rankine. In the second category, After, are my projects during my second semester at Freestyle. This includes my Zenith project which was my biggest undertaking spanning from mid-February to the end of April. An aspect of my Zenith is a Consumer Product and recorded Reflection.

The story of this website and how I have grown at Freestyle would make the most sense if you view the content in this order; From the Book Jacket and Lyrical Essay to Zenith Project then Consumer Product and finally, Reflection. I would really like if you focus your attention on the design of my Book Jacket and Zenith Project and how I have improved so I can ask for your guidance on how I move forward from here. With this WordPress theme, you will have to click on the bolded post title at the top of each post to view the entire post.

P.S. Thanks again, I look forward to meeting you and getting your feedback!