Wonders Never Cease ? Student Profile: Zach Wood

News-Register | Regina Fischer Graphic Arts student Zach Wood takes advantage of the quiet Serenity Room in the Student Life Center to write down his thoughts.

Artist, writer, athlete and traveler, Zach Wood is inspired by life around him

By Regina Fischer
Staff Writer

Zach Wood is a visual thinker.

The 19-year-old Liberal Arts major loves to let his imagination soar, and North Lake College allows him to do just that in Byron Black?s Digital Imaging class. Creating the designs of tomorrow are a passion of his. But his interest in arts goes back seven years.

?The first memory I have of graphic design [is] in middle school when I started learning Photoshop,? said Zach. ?A close friend and I would challenge each other.?

Later, as a student at Lewisville High School, he participated at Career Center East, a career training program. The center offers state-of-the-art facilities and Zach discovered he excelled in graphic design.

He credits Ms. Harman?s graphic design and illustration classes for pushing him to have faith in himself as an artist.

Zach seeks inspiration in everyday events, especially human interaction or from ?just life happening.? His creativity has grown into other facets as an artist, too. His website displays his many accomplishments, from logo designs for television and movies to music to short stories.

In Zach?s recent submission to Duck Soup, North Lake?s literary magazine, his short story entitled, ?My Life,? is about a funeral being viewed by a deceased person.

?The song I would like people to listen to while reading my piece would have to be,? A Writer?s Dream by Petri Alanko,? he said.

The message he wants to convey in the short story is, ?Everybody cares about you. If you leave, people will still care about you when you are gone.?

Not only does Zach display techno savviness, he also pursues outside interests. In May, he visited Poland where he toured cities as he traced the footsteps of Pope John Paul II. A longtime participant in baseball, Zach tries to be accomplished in as many fields as possible.

Currently he is learning piano and is enrolled in digital imaging classes with Byron Black, as well as working on his first book. Zach said his ideal job would be to design for the cable network Showtime and work in their advertising department.

To see several samples of Zach?s designs, log onto www.cargocollective.com/zachwoodartist.

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