My name is Andrew Mesa, and I am a Computer Science and Data Science double major at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Hobbies that I enjoy are cooking new recipes, hiking, playing tennis, and creating digital art. I am from Boise, ID, with heritage on my Father’s side from Mexico and Spain, and on my Mother’s side from Germany and England. I enjoy art as a hobby through which I express my creativity. I also enjoy visiting art museums in my free time. As I move into a professional career after college, I hope to continue practicing art as a hobby to express my creativity. I want to gain knowledge and experience in the process of creating sculptures. As I gain experience working in digital art and sculptures, I want to post my more intricate art pieces on Social Media and the Internet.

My experience with art began in High School, where I worked on various projects involving drawing. The drawing mediums comprised black and white graphite, pastel, scratch art, and ink. During this time, some stand-out pieces were scratch art of a dragon’s head and an ink drawing of a Bugatti Chiron. I further perfected my drawing skills in my first year of college, in which I produced a still art drawing of items on a desk. Then, in my second year of college, I worked on digital art and graphic design, in which I gained knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite. I completed projects like a short animation with a dragon and knight and a mock newspaper on my art pieces. That year, I also learned 3D modeling skills and created a model of a watch and its inner mechanisms.

My technical skills, both related and unrelated to art, include many programming languages, including Java, C++, C, and Python. Specifically, I have used Python to control the coloring and frequency of flashes on an LED. Furthermore, I have crafted circuits with an Arduino and have some experience working with a Raspberry Pi in FIRST robotics. I also know how to use professional cameras and photo editing software like Photoshop, After-Effects, and InDesign.

The creative arts that I am currently participating in are cooking and photography. Within cooking, I like to take inspiration from recipes and change them to create my own. I also enjoy photography and learning new techniques when taking pictures of the foliage and animals in the natural world. Recent pictures from North Cascade National Park and Mt. Rainier National Park can be viewed on my Instagram: andy.table.

The artist Darren Pearson is a huge inspiration to me as he has published a light art collection called DARIUSTWIN. This collection inspires my photography in how I utilize light for emphasis in my photography, and motivated me to take the Light Art Practicum at WPI.

I am proud of recent projects: the CAD model of a watch and its mechanisms,  the photo collection from my trip to North Cascades National Park, and a mock newspaper on my artwork. The CAD model utilizes Solidworks, which allows the interconnected gears to move the watch hands proportionally. The photographs from North Cascades National Park show off the many sprawling mountain ranges in the area and the local wildlife, such as the mountain goats in the area. The mock newspaper utilized InDesign and graphic design concepts to look visually appealing to the human eye.

Ink sketch of a Bugatti Chiron.