Category: ENG1101 Homework

My avatar is based on one of the comic I’m currently reading. The comic is called “Popular Deskmate is a Cat”. I chose this avatar for a specific reason. The background color, it’s light purple with a bubbly effect which makes the background dreamy I guess. Also, the look on her face really caught my attention because I just like pictures that are sad-looking due to personal reasons. So originally in my profile picture the girl she does not have tears coming out of her eyes. I basically told my friend to draw her with tears coming out of her eyes since she’s already sad. Ever since my friend included the tears coming out of her face it became my profile picture for almost every social media I have.

 

The avatar that I chose is an actual picture of me that I took on snapchat. The reason I picked this picture as my avatar is because I want to show others my real appearance as an actual person and also what there is to describe of me. I wear glasses you would probably believe that I’m smart in the avatar, I don’t smile like that either in pictures and also I always carry a necklace with my first name initial. I don’t like having my hair long so I keep it short around shoulder length. I like to add filter to pictures like the one on my avatar to look more creative with editing it.

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 because I tend to enjoy the simple things in life. I also try to live my life to the motto”keep it simple” I think the most memorable things in design and life are the simplest ones.

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. 

As you continue working on the drafts of your interviews, spend time working on the question about your avatar: What is your avatar, and how does it represent you as a first-year design student?

To answer this question, review the three readings about avatars, and our class notes about the readings. Make sure you have an avatar and that it  meets the criteria in the readings and from our discussion and really does represent you.

A few things to keep in mind as you work:

Your avatar does not need to include an image of you!

This is a small square of visual information that you’re sharing with everyone. What can you include that takes advantage of that opportunity?

When you answer the first part of the question, “what is your avatar,” answer it in great detail. Imagine you’re explaining it for someone who can’t see it. Be that specific and careful as you write about it.

You can use images throughout Project #2, like the readings we encountered from the AIGA Eye on Design site. But your avatar is the only image you’re required to include. Think about how it represents all the aspects of yourself you’re writing about in the interview–if it doesn’t, either justify it in your writing, or choose a better fitting avatar.

You can add your response as a comment here.

Be sure to review the Nancy Sommers reading about revision–we’ll make a plan for our revisions in class on Tuesday.

Feel free to ask any questions here! Also, please comment back to at least two classmates to give them feedback about their answers or their avatar.