Infamy

Noun
1: evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal

2a: an extreme and publicly known criminal or evil act
b: the state of being infamous

A Literary Visitor Strolls in From the Airport By

“During Britain’s general election of 1997, he set a new standard for journalistic infamy by getting himself bounced off John Major’s campaign plane for snorting heroin in the bathroom.“
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Prodigious

Adjective

1: causing amazement or wonder
2: extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree : ENORMOUS
3a: resembling or befitting a prodigy: STRANGE, UNUSUAL
bobsolete : being an omen : PORTENTOUS

A Literary Visitor Strolls in From the Airport By

”He used to be a prodigious drinker and drug-taker, famous for late-night altercations, not always coherent public appearances and marathon hours at trendy spots like the Groucho Club.“
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Lore

Noun

1: a particular body of knowledge or tradition the lore of baseball heroes
2: something that is learned:
a: traditional knowledge or belief tribal lore
b: knowledge gained through study or experience the lore of religious architecture
3 archaic : something that is taught : LESSON

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“Mr. Self’s own text is immensely learned in cabbie lore and even creates a cab-based “Clockwork Orange”-like language, in which the sun is the “foglamp,” for example, and the moon an “édlite.”

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Value Portrait

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deliver:

Something I learned form this project is that when I claim that I can’t do something I can do it even better than I imagined. Something I could have done better is take my time to include more details but it still came out pretty good. Based off what I learned from this project one thing I would like to take with me to my next project is patience. If you are behind or don’t understand what you are doing, stop take a breathe and start again.… Read More...

BHS Field Trip Reflection

There were many surprising things on this field trip. But to me this coloring book was the most surprising. To be honest I was mostly concerned about who this coloring  was for. Is it for adults? Or is it for children? If it’s for children I understand why because they are informing children at an early age about the dangers of H.I.V, though a fun way but are they introducing it too early. Another thing that surprised me was the time period this coloring book was made in. It was made in 1987.  In the 80s H.I.V was just hitting … Read More...

Pattern mashup

Discover

In my opinion this project was kind of hard. I say that because when I listen to music I don’t really visualize anything so then to listen to my favorite song and try to draw something that goes along with it was difficult. The song that I picked was Mo Money Mo Problems by Biggie Smalls, Diddy, and Mase featuring Kelly Price.

Define

These are my 6 designs that I chose to do my mashup on. However, I only chose 2 to use in my final and 2 textures.

Develop

My final was piece was made up of different … Read More...