Reading 3

I read Program and be Programmed which is a basic guideline of etuquette for the usage of technology. I certainly enjoyed reading it because nowadays, people do need etiquette when using technology. I myself am part of that ratio as well. Since in reality we live in a world where technology will most likely will be around us 24/7, I like that there is a book out there that has the 10 commandments of technology. My favorite commands rules were: is to live in person and dont steal.

It is so easy to be on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter on a regular basis even when people are infront of you, I again am guilty of this. But I try to be conscious and more interactive with people when they are around as opposed to multi tasking my interaction with people and being on Facebook. I still have to catch myself and stop myself from committing these technology blunders because it is an easy habit to fall into. The other thing I really liked was the rule about not stealing. Nowadays, it is so easy to steal people's work through the resources of google, etc. It is easy to pirate and steals people's work that it takes away the creativity and eradicates the originality of people's work. A good reminder about that is a great rule for all technological users.

Digital Nation Doc

I felt that the Digital Nation Documentation was a great and accurate depiction of how students in general and how the generation is today. After watching this documentary,  whenever I would sit in a classroom, I would look at how many people are on their phones. And what I observe is always the same thing - that almost everyone is on their phones, including myself. I think it is sad that we live in a world where we cannot thrive or function properly without technology. Although it has its great uses, it was not created to cripple us. Also, there was a part in the documentary where people were against the army recruitment center because it was centered on video games. I found that strange since it is a glimpse in my opinion, of what a potential candidate would be getting into. It enraged parents because of the fact that it was a video game which would in their opinion serve as a big propaganda to get a lot of candidates to sign up, which I do not think is necessarily the case. There are ups and downs to depending on technology, because frankly, it does make a life a lot easier. The one thing I take away however from watching this documentary is to not get crippled by technology.

This is my avatar for second life. To the left is my fantasy-self. My fantasy-self is tan and skinnier. I do love to wear dresses and I have long stringy hair. I picked the outfit because it is something that resembles to my style. I appreciate anything vintage and the dress on the left is something I would wear although I dont think I would wear it in public. Which is why it is my fantasy-self. My fantasy-self would wear anything vintage and 50's style all day. It is noticeable that my characters physical appearance are not too different. That is because there is only a few modifications I wanted to change from my real-self to my fantasy-self in terms of style and not so much on the physical appearance. On the right side is my real-self. I do have long curly hair and in real life, I am a much simpler person. I also just wear a lot of dark colors. My real-self is also a lot curvier.

3d model project

This by far was probably the most difficult project for me.  I only learned the software in a short amount of time and this is the best that I came up with. Using SketchUp, I modeled a dreambox and the New York Skyline. The dreambox is of significant value to me. I got it in an art museum. I have always wanted to visit New York and so I decided to make a 3d version of it. I had a high level of difficulty for this project. I feel like I could have done better, but due to the time constraint, my 3d imitation is not as detailed as Id hoped it would be.

For the fourth project, I used a simple Canon Vixia Camcorder and Final Cut Pro.
It was a bit of a challenge since I have never used this software before. Shooting my video however was fairly easy because I basically just shot a video of myself going crazy with a red lipstick for 4 minutes. :)

Response

I enjoyed the reading of "A Brief History of Art" I found it interesting how in the 60s that people wanted to steer away from the conventional and wanted to make something out of their own to express their radical individualism instead of going with the norm. As I was reading this, I thought to myself that I would probably be one of those people who would want to break away from the norm to be able to express myself. Besides school and the law, I never really liked authority or the feeling of having somebody being superior to me and that is probably why I relate to the story.

I also liked reading about the history of video cameras and how people had to make do with its usage since it was expensive and scarce; people had to think of ways to use it for creativity to also break away from the norm which was television at the time.

Walter Benjamin response

1. In the first section of the text, Walter Benjamin talks about the difference between an original work of art and the difference between the two being original and being something that can be reproduced. He states that man-made work has always be reproducible such as replicas, however reproducing through mechanical means represents something new. My thoughts on that are somewhat different. I disagree with that statement. In my opinion, anything that was not your idea is still bound to the original creator, therefore anything that was not your idea in the first place cannot represent something new even through mechanical means. 2. I found section 8 to be interesting because it compares and contrasts a film actor from a stage actor. I agree with Walter Benjamin when he says that film actors cannot really adjust to their audience since his performance is being relayed through a camera, whereas a stage actor can do so, and in turn his audience then becomes his camera. I found the comparison and contrasts in the text interesting. Such as how photography became really useful since it captured things fast-paced compared to lithography.

TriptychProject1animation

For the animation project, I used CS6 and created an animation for all the images in my panel.
It was not necessarily a difficult task, but I am a beginner at Photoshop so my animation was very basic. The animation is 13 seconds worth of the images in my project moving around. Most of the images moving around are fast and were mostly in 0.2 and 0.5 intervals. For the the last few seconds in the animation however, I intended the image of the woman and the phoenix to be at least 1 second. One to give the illusion of the phoenix looking like it is flying around and second, for the woman to be the last image that stands out, giving it to look like it had a dramatic finish.


http://youtu.be/JGQOtuagVBI

Scrapbook

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Statement: For my triptych project, I decided to call it Scrapbook because that is exactly what it feels like to me. The last time I touched Photo shop was in High School and so I feel like a beginner all over again and because of that, I decided to have fun with Photo shop by picking out things that I like and putting them together. So in this project you will find: my favorite symbols, the infinity symbol and a phoenix. I don't know why I like the infinity symbol, maybe because it symbolizes that some things that matter can last. I love the Phoenix because it symbolizes strength to me. I love anything that symbolizes strength to me and the two quotes resonate that. One, is my favorite Latin saying which means to be patient and tough, because someday it will be useful to you and the other, a quote by my favorite author, Paulo Coelho. I am also, although I hate to admit, a bit of a hopeless romantic, and that is what the Tiffany necklace, the picture of the navy guy and the nurse kissing are all about. I also love music that is why there is a tape there. And lastly, I like the feeling of nostalgia, and I would like to think I appreciate art, and that is why my favorite painting, Starry Night by Van Gogh is in this sort of collage, and lastly, Ive always like city scape's. They too give me a nostalgic feeling, and so I included the city scape of London. All three panels have the images all over the place. I thought the visual of that would look creative by doing so.