Nate Bittinger
BFA - Graphic Design
My design career sparked purely from the desire to incorporate my ideas into things that I love. Since I was young, my brain has been turning with creative notions inspired from the evolving technological world. I have a strong-minded demeanor. When I see something that I have interest in, I will teach myself everything about it until I feel successful. This is where my interest in art originally developed.
I started learning Photoshop early on in my life by watching YouTube tutorials and spending time experimenting within the program. I taught myself the technical processes of multiple design effects, and that caused me to aspire to learn more. All of this new knowledge left me happy, but not satisfied. I fulfilled this need when I bought my first camera. Learning photography helped me to find my stance within the art world. It helped my style to evolve and gave me another way to deposit my ideas.
I use my art to mesh my creativity with deep emotion and life experiences. Just as I am growing and changing, so is my work. I learn new things about myself along with new design processes everyday. I think this is a positive trait to have because of my wide range of skills. After many years of experience in multiple design styles and platforms, I have an expertise in mixing multiple ideas and styles. I constantly mix my photography and graphic design work.
Today, my photography and graphic design work go hand in hand. I don’t want to define myself as a graphic designer or as a photographer. I am a determined and driven artist. I study all different mediums because I want to be able to produce a broad range of work.
Art helps me to form an everlasting connection with my surroundings and myself. I use it as my personal form of therapy. I symbolize my feelings through the pictures I take and the themes I represent. I find peace and comfort in exploring new places and doing new things, and I reflect that in my artwork. My pieces represent my solo ventures, personal battles, and internal perceptions. They are not for any particular cause; they are lucidly the outcomes of my ultimate passion. My work not only represents my life, it is my life.