Project #2

What I smell when I walk to my location. I smell the weird smell of the train station that smells like a box of crayons. The smell of the food cart.  The smell of smoke when people are smoking cigarettes right in front of you. The smell of fried chicken and pizza.

ENG 1101 “City Limits” By Colson Whitehead

In the reading “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead shows us how he views his New York and how others may their Ny is different and better. Whitehead says that the “old Ny is more real than the new NY, What was there before is more real and solid than what is here now”. But he only says that because he likes his NY more then the NY now and its different for everyone. Each person has their own NY.Then he goes about telling us that he still calls what was there before that is there now. Like he wont say the name of the new building but its “The Pan Am building” he wont say its the Met life Building. he wont accept the NY he likes his old NY better than this one because its not “real” to him. Whitehead also says that whatever others tell you about NY is not always true until you experience it yourself. Whitehead’s NY may be different from others because there’s always people from different areas coming in to NY and changes everything about NY. Just like how he says that you could never say goodbye because you will never know when its gone. ” this place multiplies when you’re not looking. Something that was once you favorite spot is now something that you wouldn’t imagine it would be replaced. just exactly like he says ” we can never make proper goodbyes” because will never know until its gone when we actually see it has been replaced. Colson Whiteheads then talks about the old building that been there for a long time period and without those buildings there wouldn’t be a memorable NY. Some of the buildings create our NY.  “They are a part of the city we carry around”. The building have a purpose of being there juts like he says the twin towers were something that not everyone saw but it was something he experienced. New York will continue to grow and we might have a chance to say that our NY is more “real” than then the future NY juts like Colson Whitehead said.

Project # 1 Reflection

Project # 1 was telling people such as my peers and teachers and others who might see my bio who i am as a person and tell them a little about me and explain why i choose the picture i have as my avatar to be my avatar. What i learned from doing this project was something not so complicated because your telling others about yourself. I felt like doing this assignment made me learn from others and their personality. It helped me get a better understanding of what there interests are. I feel like i can work on explaining a little more. But i also feel like if i can get some support from some of my peers in my class to comment on my work and give me feedback on what i need to add and what i need to work on. It didn’t really take so long to write a little about myself but what i think that took the most time is thinking of what i was going to write next. I think for my next writing assignment i should just plan out what Im going to say and just write it down.

Final Draft

My name is Lorena Gonzalez. This is my first year here at City Tech college and my major is graphic design. I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I really enjoy photography and I do like to paint. I like experimenting with paint and i don’t mind getting messy with paint. I started painting a little bit in elementary school and in middle school but then in high school i wasn’t sure if I still wanted to do art. But after realizing that art is a way of expressing yourself and being creative i thought about graphic design.

What my avatar is. My avatar is a picture of a camera which clearly means that I like photography i have a tons of pictures everywhere my phone, computer and on my camera. Almost anywhere i go i have to take a picture it could be anything that stands out to me. I think of it as a way of gathering memories or just capturing the good view or moment or it can just any random picture that i could take then later work on it to make more of an outstanding photo.

What others might think of my avatar. Some clearly might say that i like photography. But others might say that its just a camera that takes picture how does that show me as a person. Well I think a camera shows who i am as a person im someone who likes to take pictures and share them to others. I’m actually starting to think that i want to be more of a photographer and a painter then someone who just like to draw something that is already made.

My Portfolio will convey the development of the goal im trying to reach. It will also convey the amount of progress i achieve to each assessment I’ve completed. This matter because it will help with anything i plan on doing for my future. It can be either something related  to art or something similar to art and it will show my progress as i keep on developing and adding as it comes. it also matters because if i wouldn’t have a place to display my progress then there wouldn’t be something to show my work off. But it wont only show my progress but more of who i am and my personality and my interest and the creativity i have in art and design.

view from my window: critique

Well, my project # 1 was not critique but I did learn something from doing this project. I learned a few vocabulary and got a better understanding of ambiguous and stable. It was a bit hard because we were suppose to use lines that create shapes. You could only use lines so that you can make the thumbnail ambiguous or stable. But I also had to make sure there was an equal amount of black and white. So there was a lot of things you had to pay attention while doing this project.

ENG1101

Roused- (v)- to cause to break; to stir up.

Miniscule-(adj)- related to minus, but associated with mini.

Palsied- (adj) unable to move or control.

View from my window: cut paper

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View from my window: inked

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ENG1101 Project#1: Draft

My name is Lorena Gonzalez. I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I am now attending City Tech college and it is my first year at college which I’m really looking forward to because I’m able to do what I really enjoy doing. My major here at City a tech college is Graphic Design and so far I’m liking it. What I really like to do is go to places I’ve never been before. I never like to stay indoors and like to spend more time outdoors because I get bored easily. I also like to play sports, a lot of my friends say that I’m very athletic. The only reason I play sports is because it keeps me active and motivates me to keep playing sports and make me a leader. Besides that I wish I knew how to play the guitar a little more and learn how to play the piano because I once saw my friend play a instrument and she was playing it very nice and good that she just made want to play an instrument to.

The picture of my avatar. My picture of my avatar is simply a camera hanging from someone’s hand. That camera represents photography to me because with a camera you take photos. I like photography. I feel like photos is a good way to recapture memories. Away to bring back memories. Photography can sometimes make a better look better and that’s what catches someone’s attention. And that’s what’s like doing I like taking pictures but also make them look even better and playing around with the different effects.

where I see myself in the future years from now. I’m not really sure where I see my self. But hopefully I can have my own business not sure doing what.  Or maybe becoming a art teacher teaching little kids what I learned and know about art. I do plan on attending college for four years and graduate and have a career in my field either doing something related to graphic design or photography.

Most of all I’m an easy going person. What I want others to interpret my avatar is as a person who enjoys doing what they like do and putting my best effort as much as I can so that towards the end I can see that I have accomplished a lot and to continue on what I do. What I’m trying to convey to others is that I do take my work serious so that I can see that I’m taking those steps to reach to my goal.

View from my window Thumbnail Sketches ADV110 project 1

View outside my window

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