Last night was the midterm for my ARTC 1353 course. Since you really can't have a test over computer illustration, our assignment was to recreate six artboards that our teacher had created then upload them. These are my six.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Lifescouts Friday: CPR, Hot Air Balloons, Parades and more!
Happy Friday everyone! Hopefully everyone else's weeks have been a bit less crazy than mine, but its over. Its finally over. So, without further ado, its another edition of Lifescouts!
CPR
In high school, in order to graduate you were required to take a health course. Not only did this cover basics like nutrition and "family planning" but it also covered things like CPR. One of the requirements in order to pass the teacher I had was that you had to get CPR certified by the end of the semester. It really wasn't too difficult, all you had to do was to take a test and (on a practice dummy) perform CPR. While I've let my certificate lapse, I still remember how to do it.
Hot Air Balloon
When I was in the 7th and 8th grade, I was in band and I also lived in DC. Three times a year, our band would travel all over the northeast to perform in competitions (which we always won, I would like to brag). During these trips, we would spend one day competing, one day at an amusement park and another day doing some other "learning" activity. One of these competitions was held in New Jersey. Our "learning" activity was spending the day at the zoo. This zoo also had hot air balloon rides. While we didn't get to actually go anywhere, it was a lot of fun to go up.
Driving
I've been driving since I was fourteen. Actually I remember when I was, like, four and I would get to sit on an adults lap and "drive" while they drive.... But I guess that doesn't really count. So I've been driving for the past eight years. Maybe its because I live in the US and especially in a city that doesn't have a major public transportation system, but I really don't see what's so "badge worthy" of driving.
SCUBA Diving
In August 2010, I learned how to SCUBA dive. Austin's cousin teaches SCUBA diving, so he obviously taught us how to dive. We both wanted to get be PADI licensed divers before we left for our honeymoon since you can't dive unless you've been licensed and certified (and who wants to do that when you're on a vacation!?) It really was a great experience and although I am sad to say that we haven't done anything with our certification lately. Maybe its time to get back in touch with Curt about going diving come spring....
Be in a Parade
Throughout high school and junior high I was in band. In high school, this meant I was also in the marching band. Aside from being able to go to band camp which is actually a lot of fun (seriously, have you ever played soccer on the roof of doors with a ball that was on fire?) and playing at games, we also were in the parades at Christmas and whatnot. While being in the parades in the summer in your band uniform and walking for ten miles and playing and keeping in step wasn't so much fun, hanging out with everyone afterwards always was.
CPR
In high school, in order to graduate you were required to take a health course. Not only did this cover basics like nutrition and "family planning" but it also covered things like CPR. One of the requirements in order to pass the teacher I had was that you had to get CPR certified by the end of the semester. It really wasn't too difficult, all you had to do was to take a test and (on a practice dummy) perform CPR. While I've let my certificate lapse, I still remember how to do it.
When I was in the 7th and 8th grade, I was in band and I also lived in DC. Three times a year, our band would travel all over the northeast to perform in competitions (which we always won, I would like to brag). During these trips, we would spend one day competing, one day at an amusement park and another day doing some other "learning" activity. One of these competitions was held in New Jersey. Our "learning" activity was spending the day at the zoo. This zoo also had hot air balloon rides. While we didn't get to actually go anywhere, it was a lot of fun to go up.
Driving
I've been driving since I was fourteen. Actually I remember when I was, like, four and I would get to sit on an adults lap and "drive" while they drive.... But I guess that doesn't really count. So I've been driving for the past eight years. Maybe its because I live in the US and especially in a city that doesn't have a major public transportation system, but I really don't see what's so "badge worthy" of driving.
SCUBA Diving
In August 2010, I learned how to SCUBA dive. Austin's cousin teaches SCUBA diving, so he obviously taught us how to dive. We both wanted to get be PADI licensed divers before we left for our honeymoon since you can't dive unless you've been licensed and certified (and who wants to do that when you're on a vacation!?) It really was a great experience and although I am sad to say that we haven't done anything with our certification lately. Maybe its time to get back in touch with Curt about going diving come spring....
Throughout high school and junior high I was in band. In high school, this meant I was also in the marching band. Aside from being able to go to band camp which is actually a lot of fun (seriously, have you ever played soccer on the roof of doors with a ball that was on fire?) and playing at games, we also were in the parades at Christmas and whatnot. While being in the parades in the summer in your band uniform and walking for ten miles and playing and keeping in step wasn't so much fun, hanging out with everyone afterwards always was.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
ARTS 1311 - Texture
This past week in my 2-D Media class, we've been reading about texture and how it can effect a design. I've never really given much thought as to how texture can effect an image, but it can really make or break a design.
One thing I've come to realize is how much each aspect (light, texture, value, line, etc) really goes into creating a design. Whereas before this class, when I thought about a photograph, I thought of it as a composition of all of these design aspects, I'm now looking at each one individually. Even in my summer photography course where we focused on a certain element of design, the main idea was to create an entire composition that used all elements of design. At the start of this course, I struggled to really focus on the one aspect of design. I feel like I'm starting to get a better handle on focusing on the single element that we've been assigned for the week.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
ARTC 1353 - Type Tool
Friday, March 1, 2013
Lifescouts - The Beginning
I don't know how many of you watch Alex Day, but about two months ago he came out with this video in which he debuted Lifescouts. Its pretty much like Boy Scouts for adults without all of the extra biggotry and hate, and I think its a pretty cool idea. Not only is it an interesting idea to remember some of the things you have done in your life, but its also a fun little way to push yourself to do something you haven't done before.
As of today, there are 40 Lifescouts badges and I've done roughly 30 of them. so instead of doing all of them at once, for the next few weeks, every Friday I'm going to be posting five badges that I've reached as well as posting my little story behind the badge.
Empire State Building
Spring of 2012, just months after 9/11 happened, I was still living in DC with my family. Things had finally settled down so my parents decided it would be fun to take a weekend trip to New York. This was the first time I climbed the Empire State building. It was also the first time I had been to Times Square. I've been to the Empire State Building twice since that first trip, and I'm hoping that I can go again this year with a potential trip to New York in the summer.
Play a Guitar
In high school, one of my best friends, Justin, started to teach me how to play the guitar. He spent a lot of time my sophomore and junior year teaching me basics and even progressing to songs. He passed away April of my junior year. That summer, I went to Brazil with my family to visit my grandparents. One of the guys I met there taught me to play a different style of guitar. He was incredibly sweet and helped me get through a time in my life when I was still dealing with the death of such a good friend. Since that summer, I haven't picked up a guitar. I doubt that I would remember much. It seems that I now associate playing the guitar with such a sad time in my life, I don't know if I want to anymore.
French
I started taking French when I was in the 8th grade (god that feels like forever ago!). I honestly feel bad for that teacher, I was such a terrible student and I really did give him hell. I continued taking into my freshman and sophomore years of high school and then took a semester in college. While I'm by no means fluent, I can still read French and I can hold my own.
Skateboarding
In high school, a lot of my friends knew how to skateboard and knew how to do all sorts of fun little tricks. Never one to be the one left on the sidelines, I took a shot and taught myself. I could do a few basic tricks but I lost interest once I got the basics down. Although I wanted to fit in, I didn't really see the point in it.
Watch a Sunrise
This is actually something I've done many times in my life. If I don't have work, then I would prefer to stay up all night. There have been many nights that I've been out with friends until the sun rose. I've also had many nights that I didn't actually see the sun rise but I was up due to A) my addiction to the internet and inability to turn it off and sleep or B) procrastinating and putting off homework until the last possible moment.
As of today, there are 40 Lifescouts badges and I've done roughly 30 of them. so instead of doing all of them at once, for the next few weeks, every Friday I'm going to be posting five badges that I've reached as well as posting my little story behind the badge.
Empire State Building
Spring of 2012, just months after 9/11 happened, I was still living in DC with my family. Things had finally settled down so my parents decided it would be fun to take a weekend trip to New York. This was the first time I climbed the Empire State building. It was also the first time I had been to Times Square. I've been to the Empire State Building twice since that first trip, and I'm hoping that I can go again this year with a potential trip to New York in the summer.
Play a Guitar
In high school, one of my best friends, Justin, started to teach me how to play the guitar. He spent a lot of time my sophomore and junior year teaching me basics and even progressing to songs. He passed away April of my junior year. That summer, I went to Brazil with my family to visit my grandparents. One of the guys I met there taught me to play a different style of guitar. He was incredibly sweet and helped me get through a time in my life when I was still dealing with the death of such a good friend. Since that summer, I haven't picked up a guitar. I doubt that I would remember much. It seems that I now associate playing the guitar with such a sad time in my life, I don't know if I want to anymore.
French
I started taking French when I was in the 8th grade (god that feels like forever ago!). I honestly feel bad for that teacher, I was such a terrible student and I really did give him hell. I continued taking into my freshman and sophomore years of high school and then took a semester in college. While I'm by no means fluent, I can still read French and I can hold my own.
Skateboarding
In high school, a lot of my friends knew how to skateboard and knew how to do all sorts of fun little tricks. Never one to be the one left on the sidelines, I took a shot and taught myself. I could do a few basic tricks but I lost interest once I got the basics down. Although I wanted to fit in, I didn't really see the point in it.
Watch a Sunrise
This is actually something I've done many times in my life. If I don't have work, then I would prefer to stay up all night. There have been many nights that I've been out with friends until the sun rose. I've also had many nights that I didn't actually see the sun rise but I was up due to A) my addiction to the internet and inability to turn it off and sleep or B) procrastinating and putting off homework until the last possible moment.
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