My avatar is actually a piece I created on adobe photoshop. One day I was just bored, scrolling through my Instagram feed, and saw three words that stood out to me, “Real eyes, Realize, Real lies”. Once I saw those words, an immediate thought was, how can I make those three words look visually appealing. First off I wanted to make those words stand out, and I wanted there to be more warm colors than cool. I wanted to create an illusion by trying to make the words appear through the paper, as if the colors of the words were … Read More...
Month: September 2019
Curious Artifacts
Discover
My mind map consists of areas that interest me, places I’ve visited, and words that help to further describe and expand on these topics.
Define
These were the first items to pop into my head when I thought about my three main areas. The first is a snow globe to represent exploration/travel, the second is a pair of gold bangles that I’ve had since I was a baby to represent fashion, and the third is a paintbrush to represent design (creativity, art, self-expression, etc.)
Develop
Deliver
Personally, I found … Read More...
My project #2
My avatar is based on a lime green background that says “keep it SIMPLE”. The fonts used was Helvetica for “keep it” that is then colored white.Then “SIMPLE” is an outline in white and copied again in a dark toned green which are then layered on top of each other. “keep it” is positioned on top of the”SIMPLE”. All together the texts was placed in the center and “SIMPLE” was enlarged to give the image a very minimalist yet creative design. Which I think represents economy and unity as well as stable figure-ground. Ultimately I think this avatar represents me … Read More...
COMD Reminder!
Here’s your reminder for tomorrow/Thursday’s class. 🙂
Homework Due
- Writing: Spend 10 minutes writing about your favorite song; describing it in terms of pattern, line, shape, variety. Consider how some sounds repeat to create rhythm. Do these observations affect how you understand the meaning of the music or the intention of the composer/songwriter/artist?
- Pattern Squares: While listening to your favorite piece of music rework/refine your 24 Pattern squares.
- Texture Squares: Using a soft graphite pencil on several pieces of tracing paper, create 24 squares of unique relief rubbings of different textures to represent the sounds you hear in
Beautiful sunset
Project #2 introduction
My avatar is a baby picture of me. This baby picture is after one of my birthday. I don’t remember which one it was either after my first or after my second. In this picture I am wearing an old white dress and an all white hat. The hat I am wearing is so big that it is covering all of my hair. There is a red background behind me with white polkadots. This picture appears that I’m very happy smiling with only like six teeth in my mouth, four on top and two on the bottom. … Read More...
Stop
ENG 1101 Homework: Drafting avatar descriptions
In class we started drafting the paragraph or two that will answer the Project #2 question about avatars. Here’s what the assignment asks you to do:
Choose or create an avatar to represent you on the OpenLab. You might need to reconsider your avatar choice if you’ve already selected and uploaded one. Write one or two paragraphs in which you describe the image well enough that your readers need not look at it to know what it looks like, call attention to specific details in the image, and explain how the image represents you, specifically the you you’re representing in … Read More...
Class Notes : working on Project #2 Drafts
Write one or two paragraphs in which you describe your avatar well enough that your readers need not look at it to know what it looks like, call attention to specific details in the image, and explain how the image represents you, specifically the you you’re representing in the interview.
About your partner’s draft:
what do you understand?
What do you want to know more about?
What would you add? remove?
What would you mod/steal/use for yourself?… Read More...
Project #2 First Draft
Question: Can you see yourself doing anything else?
A: There is one other thing that I can possibly see myself doing but it would take a lot of effort and dedication put into it to actually receive an outcome from it. That one thing would be streaming or doing Youtube as a content creator. Being a content creator on those platforms can also expand my creativity while being myself as a person. I was unsure if I would be successful in that direction so I decided to become a graphic designer as a ComD major to have that firm ground … Read More...
