Class Take Away Day 10

What I thought was interesting last class was the difference between escapism and meditation.  I do escape from my problems by watching TV, playing video games, and etc.  It doesn't, though, get rid of my problems.  Once I stop escaping, my mind immediately think about the problems that I am having at the time.  That makes me even more stressed out.  Maybe doing some meditation might help out whenever I am in stress.

Media Round Robin

For this project, I started off by drawing four different shapes. One is a pentagon, a rectangle, a triangle and a rhombus.   In these shapes I drew triangles.  After doing that I colored each of the shapes with various of colors.  The pentagon and rhombus I used complimentary colors.  For the other two I just used random colors. After completing that I took a photo of each of them. The shapes are below.

Once that was finished I put opened Photoshop.  For this experiment I had to do something creative by hand, then do something digital to it, and then by hand again.  In Photoshop I blended all the shapes together and the finished product was this.

I was suppose to do print it out and do more to it but I didn't want to.  I felt that there is no need to mess with it any longer.  If I continued working, I think I'll lose this cool blending effect on the photo.  It also might make it look sloppy.  This final product is very different from the originals because all the shapes and colors created a unique photo. You could still see the different shapes in the photo though.  Thanks to media, I was able to blend all the shapes together in order to create this final product which could not be done before or as simple.  I think this what this will apply outside the classroom is that I am able to create product from various other finished products and create something new or different.

Class Take Away Day 9

What was interesting to me last class was the activity that we did that had to do with our tasting experiment.  We first had to think of a word that describes our experience.  Then we manipulate the paper by only by using our hands and nothing else.  It was meant to depict what the word was.  Then we take another piece of paper and create a character that represents the word.  This must of been one of weirdest activities that I ever done. It was interesting though to depict something that we don't see. For example, we could not see the word bitter.

The Sound of Taste

For this experiment I did a Chinese or eastern Asian dish that consisted of beef, broccoli, and rice. There was some type of sauce used also in this dish.  I had tasted these things before but not in this way.  If I remember correctly the assignment was taste something new and the taste was new to me.  The food was sweet but also bitter.

To elaborate this in sound I used a mason jar and a knife.  I rub the knife against the mason jar which made same sounds but in different frequencies.  The higher pitches signify the sweetness and lower pitches represents the bitterness.  I tried to record this but with technical difficulties, I am unable to do it.  To fix this I will do it live in class.  I will not bring a knife but I found out that a pen could make the same sound or similar to it.

Day 8 Take Away

I thought it was interesting when our instructor talk about that we should play.  This probably have to do with the fact that we are taking our mid-terms which is stressful time for some people.  She did not say to act like a child but but do things that we enjoy to help relieve the stress.  I do get stress out because of school sometimes.  To help get rid of the stress I try to do things that enjoy.  Although, sometimes I can get carried away and do the thing that I enjoy too long.  I need to work on that.

Book Cover Ideas

Here are my cover ideas that book cover.

Idea 1:

            This one was brought up by my instructor during our 50 ideas assignment.  She mentioned that I make the book like a double so two books in one.  I could make one cover that has to do with all the “nerdy” things in my life like video games, NMS, and RPG games.  While on the other cover I put things that have to do with sports.  I could put on the cover my favorite teams or symbols that have to do with my favorite sports.

Idea 2:

            Make the cover look like a TV and the other half of the cover to imply a game console. Then make a screen shot of some sports game like, Madden, NBA 2K, or NHL. After that, glue it onto where the screen is supposed to be.

Idea 3:

            My last idea converting the cover to look like a role-playing game cover.  Like D&D, pathfinder or etc.

           

            

Day 7 Take Away

Day seven was a very short class so this take away is going to be a little shorter than usual.  Mainly what we talked about in class was about the experiment that was do that day.  Which was the "Who are you and why you are here" experiment.  I thought it was interesting when our instructor mentioned how personality could change a little as time passes by.  I haven't really thought about it but thinking back I did act a little bit different personality wise than I do now.  So I thought that was interesting.

Who are you and Why are you here

These was a very thought provoking questions?  I started by thinking about my past, present and future.  I figure out what have been doing. What I am doing and what will I be doing.  At the end I end I decided do more both of spiritual and literal meanings.  I used a Lego Creator container and a picture of me during my senior year of high school.

 I first had to take the stickers off the case which took me almost six hours to do.  It was the type that won't come off easily.  After doing that I found a school picture of myself during my senior year and cut the background out.  I glue the picture onto case after that.  That only took me about thirty minutes.  Part of my head was on the lid, so I used a knife to cut the picture where the lid and case separate.  It looks like you are popping the top of my head off.

Inside the case, I put items in it that have to do something about me. For example, I put ear plugs in their.  You might wonder why I would do that.  I did it because it was meant to represent that if when a friend or family member needs help I would be their to listen to them.  Other items I put in there are the drawing, a ring, coins, and a smooth rock.  The drawing represents all the negative things in my mind.  The ring represents my creativity.  The coins is for helping others.  The last one is the smooth rock and that represents my calmness.