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J I! EARLY ART

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1. _ Ruji _ learns _ to _ draw
blobs _ with _ arms _ and
volume
S legs.......................7__

I 2._ Ruji_ uses _lines _and

shading _ to _ make _ her _ draw-
ings _ look _ three-dimen-
sional.....................9__

visual 3. _ Ruji’s _ art _ elicits _

art concerned _ reactions _ from
elementary _ school _ teach-
ers, _ a _ demographic _ _f ar _
removed _ _ from _ Ruji’s _ tar-
get _ audience............. ...17_

II! HIGHER EDUCATION

1. _ Ruji _ majors _ in _ art _ at
the _ University _ o _ f_ Cali_ f-
ornia, _ Santa _ Cruz........ ...23_

2. _ Ruji _ comes _ //THIS\\

close _ to _ applying _ to _ MFA
programs _ but _ at _ last _ min-
ute _ changes _ her _ mind..... ...41_

f orgets _ how _ to
4. _ Ruji _ _
make _ art _ _f or _ six _ months
f ter _she _ graduates _ col-
a_
lege.......................47_

5 . _ Ruji _ starts _ making _ art

again......................69_

6. _Ruji _ starts _ graduate

school.....................81_
5.Ruji starts
making art
again.

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Left: Self-portrait from circa 2004,

edited in Microsoft Paint and Word-
Perfect 11 for Windows. Although
Ruji had Photoshop on her new
Macintosh, her passion for cheesy
bitmap art did not wane. Compare
the authentic bitmap image at left
with Ruji’s recent, faux-“old-school”
vector graphics (shown on page
73). Which do you like more? How
much would you pay for a print
of your favorite? (Allegedly, Ruji’s
Above: Two examples of Ruji’s early experiments with Grapher, an equation digital prints make great birthday
graphing program. She laments that she might not have dropped out of gifts for workplace acquaintances
precalculus in high school had she known about Grapher back then. and grandmothers-in-law.)

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