Blog Post 10

FINAL PROJECT:

At first when I was trying to think of what I would want to do for my final project I thought of a short film. I loved the idea of trying to make a movie, but I wasn't quite sure how to execute it. I had a feeling it wouldn't exactly turn out the way I wanted/might be hard to do. Plus I wasn't really sure what I wanted to make a movie about. I still kept this option in the back of my mind hoping something like an opportunity would present itself. The dream board idea showed up during it and kicked off my thoughts. I decided that that seemed more practical and I do want to make one if I don't end up doing it for my final. Plus I loved how it is a different approach to a typical narrative.
-If I did do a movie I know I'd want it to be a funny one

DREAM BOARD:

      Recently I was watching this beauty person on Youtube where they talked about how they got motivated. (Yes, I watch beauty gurus on Youtube.) In the video she showed us a board she created called the Dream Board. I wasn't sure what that was and good thing she explain it. She stated that a Dream Board is, "...a board made up of pictures and words containing all the things you want to be or have in the future." For hers she put down her long term goals for five years. It looked really cool to me and as she explained it, it seemed very inspirational. This definitely sparked other ideas in my head. I love the feeling I get when I think about how unpredictable the future is. I don't know where I am going to be, what I am going to be doing or even who I will be with and that is kind of exciting and freeing! I mean I do have these desires and wants, but I can't really plan out anthing. I can take my goals and desires and try to go after them, knowing that in the end ultimately things will work out the way they should.  The experience won't always be easy, in fact most times probably will be hard. But that's part of growing up and just the experience of life. It's hard for me to always think this way especially because I am impatient and when things aren't going so hot, but I have to remember how much life can offer and how short my time is here. I want to be inspired and have an open hand to whatever may come, which will be hard but I think it's beneficial to create goals and list dreams so you don't forget. It tends to brighten up my thoughts when I think of it.

That being said this lead my thoughts to what I pictured a dream board to be..

• First, I just so happen to have a lot of empty space in my room and I love art, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to create a piece of artwork to put in my room
• There is an open spot above my bed and I seem to always end up there at night, so I figured this would be a great spot so I could always see it/find my inspiration.
• We were assigned roughly to create a narrative and what we watched movie wise in class, seemed to not have an ending. 
• This lead me to think what would be the basis of my dream board, if I so choose to create this.
• Cork board was the way to go.
• With this material I can place some things I want permanently on there with glue, but since it is the way it is I can move or add things to it the way I want (or as time passes).
• & as time passes my goals may be reached/change or things that inspire me might be different in season. This taken into consideration the cork board is more than just a solid base for this piece of artwork, but also one that is interactive where I can add, move, take away from as I please.
• What's also cool about it is that the ending is unknown even to me. I think by viewing this it can cause me to be inspired or do other things that are good. It is unpredictable what influence it might have on me or anyone else that views it. It too doesn't have an ending exactly other than what I believe that things will ultimately work out in the end the best. 

This is the main idea I might go with for my project. I wrote down a list of things that I want to do, where I want to go, what I enjoy, who I enjoy, etc. I also decided to try to find some inspirational quotes just to keep that in mind of what I could want to add to my board. I might add the list of quotes on here (I wrote them down in pages but I'm not sure which ones I want to use yet.) the other list I wrote on paper and is pretty long. I guess this piece of artwork can go anywhere with things not just goals and I don't want to put a time limit on it. I already bought the cork board and it is good size. I also picked different pieces of construction paper and had my mom use her scrap-booking device to cut out letters D-R-E-A-M B-O-A-R-D. I have some of my photography printed out so I might use those. I guess I just need to plan out what I want on it and explore a little more before I put all the elements together. I think this is definitely my vision for what I want my final project to be.

      Actually putting the dream board together was a little hard. It's like I have so many ideas and I love the freedom of it, but I couldn't get myself to actually put it together. I wasn't quite sure how I wanted to arrange things. Also my printing didn't really work out as planned.

Cathedral Response

I thought this article was very interesting. In the beginning I wasn't sure what was going on or going to happen. The style of writing the author used was pretty unique. The grammar was different and the way the narrator shared his story almost made me think he was the high school sweet heart. It was cool to have it in his point of view. I feel like a lot of the articles we've talked about have mentioned something to do with religion. That was an interesting discovery. The ended was by far the best part of this article. A quote from it that I liked was one response from the blind man to the narrator. "Then men who begin their live's work on them, they never live to see the completion of their work. In that wise, bub. They're no different than the rest of us, right?" I thought that was a very interesting statement to just dwell and think about. I think the idea of stepping into another person's shoes is definitely shown here. I think I can take that into my everyday life and maybe future artwork. Like how would someone in a certain situation feel or what would they go through? Then try to produce art that way. Something I didn't like about the article was at times the writing style in the grammar department. It made it seem realistic, but it was kinda hard to read at first to be honest.

Micro Project 6

Smear: 1.) to spread or daub 
          2.) to smudge or blur, as by rubbing


My word assigned for me was the word smear. I got really excited when I heard that this was my word because honestly it just sounds cool. Upon thinking about this project and trying to get ideas I found it was actually pretty difficult. First to think of an object I use pretty much daily and then incorporate smear into that object. I finally settled on a pen as my object. I was going to do something with makeup because I love it, but I don't really wear it every day. It hit me without thinking too hard how many times I use pens as my writing utensil and how I sometimes notice that the way I write causes the ink to sometimes smear on the page. It also leaves a nice smear mark on my pinky finger. This is an object that I used daily but don't really think about. How vital it has been to my education and other life activities! I thought that this was the best suited object for my project, thus why I chose it. I journal a lot so I decided to take a picture of me journaling. Next I wanted to show the smear that my hand naturally creates sometimes, depending on the type of pen, how fast I write and how tired I am. After that I wanted to showcase the smear image on my pinky knuckle. It sometimes can be a messy process which leaves more ink on other parts of the page and/or me if I am not careful. I also tried to blur the words so you can't read everything as a complete sentence since it's my thoughts in my journal. I thought the overall idea seemed to blend in well together..see what I did there ;) Maybe that wasn't too funny..close enough to smear. 

Micro Project 5

Evil Ed

        My favorite comic book character/action character of all time is Wonder Woman. I own a few of her comic books because I love her and the artwork. Just the way she is and what she represents in my eyes really gets to me. I love how brave, strong and fearless she is. She is someone who is loyal and helps save the day. Not to mention she is still a girl and looks good doing it! She seems to have an athletic build to her unlike many models we see today. I know she's just a cartoon, but still it's cool it's not just some tiny twig woman (I'm not against that stuff though). Wonder Woman has many different attributes to her. One of her powers that I think would be really cool to have would be her Lasso of Truth. This Lasso of Truth, in her world, is a golden rope that when is wrapped around someone it makes them tell the truth and obey to what she says. This definitely comes in handy when she is fighting crime. Just the way she is screams confidence and those attributes listed above are something I want to show. In my picture the rope is green to be different and I changed my name to Wonder Whit. I think this would come in handy for fighting crime as well. If I had this superpower, I definitely would have to put it to good use in the responsible way. That's why I'm protecting my house from Evil Ed. The setting is my front porch so it is a place literally close to home. I would want this place to definitely be protected so that's why I picked it. It is very important to me and it's safety is as well. The brainstorming process was kind of hard for me. I had this first idea in mind, but when I started it, it didn't seem to really connect with me. I took a few different pictures in different settings later on when I thought of which of Wonder Woman's superpowers would I love best to try. I knew I wanted to incorporate Wonder Woman somehow, because that in a way represents me (Plus she's my favorite.) The pictures with different scenes were hard to choose from, but this idea I liked the best. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I'm really new to Photoshop, so I had to look up a lot of information on how to create this look. Some things I would change though would to fill in the little triangle by Ed's speech bubble. Another thing I think that would be cool would be to learn more about how to do different kinds of speech bubbles. Also to make the dots more red and blue like a real comic. Other than that I am really impressed with how the finished look is. I wasn't too sure if I could figure it out.

Wallace Review

I found this article very intriguing. It definitely got my attention with a few statements. It made me think and in fact I asked a few questions to a friend so I could make sense of what the author was saying. I think it caught my attention because my faith is important to me and in the article they kind of talk about that genre. I loved the style of writing the author used. I think that this kept my attention and the author kept it true to their opinions and feelings. With stuff like that you need to be confident. I may not agree with everything the author stated, but it was so cool reading about everything and making me think of things, or why do I feel differently about the author's opinion. It made me rethink things. The style and boldness of it is something I can take into my own artwork/life.

Micro Project 4

My "spot" on campus is one that always seems to get me thinking. I love walking by this spot because it's a unique part of campus. It's right next to the oval and across from the Union. It also leads to Mirror Lake! It's a lot more peaceful than the oval (usually unless there is construction), and it's a fun little spot. There is shade, lot's of trees, benches, flowers and this wonderful piece of artwork. I love how someone did this piece in the tree. To me it kind of reminds me of an eye and how cool is that! I find so much wonder in it. It is beautiful and gets me thinking. Who did it? Why? When? What was the purpose? It also causes me to use my imagination including the piece and the surroundings. I just love it. It's like a little magical place on campus where, I feel, you can use your imagination to have creative thoughts. A lot of times now a days we don't really go back to kiddish ways, but this is one place on campus I feel comfortable doing that. I just all around love it and the cleverness of it. I picked Wayfarer sunglasses (I believe they are usually called this) for a few reasons. I was on Pinterest and I saw a picture of these. I loved the style of them and realized they were a lot of money, but they still initially attracted me nonetheless. I just like the style of them and I really wanted to play with my idea that this piece in the tree is an eye. By using my personal style and the combination of my imagination I wanted to create life-size glasses. I feel this would make people stop, look and think about the area and the piece itself. It might even make some people laugh. I feel it would draw people in to explore the whole piece including the glasses. Maybe have them touch it or climb on it. Just fun things would come from it. It would be for all ages and might even allow the adults to get to explore their imagination and life in a different way. Then glasses give us a new prospective on things, so I thought it could figuratively cause people to be curious and just think about things/the area a little differently. I would use some sort of metal/plastic/glass to create this. I don't want it to break easily or rust. Also if the lenses could stay pretty much clear that would complete the piece. 

Kaprow Review

I thought this article was very interesting. It was so cool how Kaprow viewed teeth-brushing as a form of art. I loved how he described the process as something he never usually thought about. It is something that has become part of a subconscious act when it was so hard in childhood. I totally agree to this statement. Only few times have I ever really thought about what I was doing. When I even tried brushing my teeth with my left hand, I could barely do it right or fast enough. It really does take time and practice to get this "art form" down. I think that this is an art form. It's cool to see how far things have come with what we describe as art. I love how Kaprow talks about this in his article. I agree with him and now it makes me look at other acts differently. I could definitely take this idea and use it some time in my life. I loved how honest Kaprow seemed to be with saying he doesn't always view things like this as art, but this opened up his eyes to other subconscious acts he does throughout the day. That baffles me how our mind/body connects and can do normal things, with out us really thinking about it.

Micro Project #3

IPOD: I chose my Ipod because I absolutely love music. I think it is such a beautiful form of art, just everything about it. I can't imagine life without music. It's gotten me through times and has made me feel feelings that were indescribable. It can truly speak to the soul, I think and can communicate emotions in such a unique way (even better than words at times!). 
Magic Peace-Maker


MACBOOK: I chose my MacBook because it is something that I use pretty much every day. There are so many things on it that mean a lot to me. Things I've written, it is access to different social medias/devices that I use in everyday life, and it is a source of entertainment. I love all the things you can do with it! It does cost a lot of money, so it would be a good thing to save as well.
Entertainment Source


GUITAR: I picked my guitar because I love it! It is one of my most prized possessions. I love messing around on it and playing music. I love how you can create and express so many things with it. Sometimes it can even bring people together. I named it BAM because it is Black And Magical ;) eh eh. I'm lame haha but also it was a big gift last Christmas from my parents, so that's  really special to me.
Wonderful Creation 


LIGHTS SIGNED CD: I picked my LIGHTS signed CD because it is one of my most prized possessions. I just went to her concert on Monday and it was seriously one of the best nights of my life. Things I never expected happened and I got to meet her-it was just crazy. I definitely didn't deserve it but it was one night I won't ever forget. She is my favorite artist and has definitely had a positive influence on my life. I look up to her a lot and love her music so much. She is always so encouraging and her lyrics never cease to amaze me. She lifts people up and her beats are wonderful. She has a lot of talent as an artist and is just really awesome. This is not my favorite CD of her's but it is a little piece of her and reminds me of a great memory. 
Light


JOURNAL: I picked my journal because it means a lot to me. I write a lot about my life in there and just journal my thoughts sometimes to God. I love this one because I think it is so pretty. It's been cool to see how my life has been when I've been writing in it. Also LIGHTS signed it so that's pretty sweet. It just means so much to me and it will be sweet to look back and see what my life was like compared to what it is when I read it. It will show me how far I've come and grown in life with the Lord. It can also show answered prayed, things I've learned and just where I've grown. This is my favorite journal of all the ones I've had.
Secret Records


ALEX MORGAN SIGNED HAT: I chose my Alex Morgan signed hat because she is my favorite female athlete. I got the experience when I was in Arizona for Nationals to go watch her play a soccer game. At the end of the game she randomly came over to my side and SIGNED MY HAT! It was seriously such an unbelievable moment. I don't understand how that happened, but it will be a memory I won't forget. It was such a good memory in general and the experience I had there was incredible. 
Star Memory


I think all these things do in some way represent my identity/personality. The Ipod shows that I love music and it means a lot to me. You can do so many things with and through music. Music is a big part of my life. I play it, work out to it, dance to it, sing to it. write it, worship with it, listen to it, etc. These are actions I do regularly. I think it can help express emotion and evoke it. It has helped me get through different times in my life as well. The Macbook kind of shows where I spend a good chunk of my time. It shows I am a student and I also use this a entertainment. I play games on here, have social media things, and do school stuff on it. I do get on it almost everyday. That can show and tell people about the time period I'm growing up in. It also shows that some technology items mean a lot to me. My guitar shows that I love music. It shows that I play music and can hint to singing or writing. I love lyrics and that creating music aspect. I do enjoy writing things so trying to figure out music to it is sort of a puzzle. Really it shows that I can express myself differently and love learning new things/challenges. The LIGHTS CD shows something about me. I really look up to this artist and she has definitely shaped my life for the better. She is my favorite artist and one whom I enjoy her music style. I love how she can build things up by adding different instruments, yet still makes sure she can strip it away down to one. She definitely takes a lot of thought in her lyrics and I feel that would be the kind of style I would like to create. It just shows something about me and maybe we have somewhat of the same dress style. My journal shows that I enjoy journaling at times. I guess writing would be better, but to be honest I didn't really realized I "journaled" till about this year. It's funny how that happens. It shows that I love deep thoughts and pondering things. I love taking records and I believe this one, I'm currently working on it, is my best one yet. It holds a lot of personal stuff inside. It's kind of a representation of the human body. I picked the Alex Morgan signed hat because she is my favorite Womens' soccer player. It shows that I love soccer and am an athlete. It also represents how I do enjoy wearing baseball hats. I also think the layout of my piece shows that I am different and unique. I love art and trying to think of things differently than other people. They ring together because they are all a part of me and are connected in my identity.

"Feet in Smoke" Review

     I really enjoyed reading this article. I thought the author's writing style was very compelling. I can't believe this was a true story and he lived. That's definitely a miracle in itself. I was very intrigued by this article and it kept my attention. It's hard to pick out a good thing, or something to take and apply from it, and a bad thing from it. It seemed to be more of a story in which the author was still trying to figure out. My opinion is that I enjoyed reading the article and would maybe take some of the author's writing styles back into my own work.
     Something that I didn't really like from this article was the wording towards the end. When he explained his brother's story of when he died, I didn't really understand. Then towards the end he was trying to make a point and said something that his brother's story seemed to be of the underworld? I just got really confused. That's so freaky and crazy how he mentioned Mark Twain and that was the day that he passed away (well both of them I suppose in this case). It's crazy how many miracles happen out there and fascinating how we don't understand the afterlife. Life is crazy in itself, but what a beautiful thing. That's awesome that brother lived through it and is pretty much back to normal!

My Journey to Class

On my first day of class I was running a little late, as usual. This time it wasn't too much my fault because I didn't plan on it taking that long to get here. I usually try to plan ahead but end up cutting it pretty close..or maybe it's all in my mind that I'm already late, I'm not sure. I just believe I usually end up to class right on time, if you know what I mean. I've only had one class that ever went to the stadium, which was only for an art show. I don't think I time-managed myself very well. I walked everywhere, usually. In fact, I haven't taken a bus or anything this year to get to class (not knowing when they come and a mild winter helps). I was worried I wouldn't be able to find the class and I definitely guessed. I got a little lost, which didn't help and the sign on the door for the class room number wasn't very visible. In my defense that didn't help my problems. Nonetheless, I found my way to the class and took a seat closest to the front. It's actually a blessing it ended up that way. I have trouble paying attention a lot, so being in the front is good for me to not get as distracted. Plus I don't have to worry about not being able to see, thus helps me achieve academic success (in some sense) in class (I'd like to think).

Wexner Review

David Smith


- Currently until April 15, the Wexner Center is showcasing David Smith's Cubes and Anarchy. As a renowned 20th century American sculptor, David seemed to use a lot of household or metal type items in his work. I definitely noticed how he used a lot of geometric shapes and pieces to make each design. In fact it seemed like all of his sculptures/works were mixed up geometric shapes. Two of my favorites from his collection were Saw head and Untitled 1958. Saw head was his first work, as a security guard told me, and it was one that actually made sense to me. The other favorite was a piece that had three vertical stick like things, one horizontal stick like thing across the other three, and a circle that went beneath the first two sticks and in front of the third one. This was oil and board on board and is very hard to describe. I would have shown a picture, but many of his pieces are untitled and I couldn't find one. For this piece I felt like I could maybe uncover what he was trying to convey from it. At least I could take something from the piece and it actually felt like he took time to think about an underlying message. I could be way off or wrong, but I enjoyed it and liked to interpret it. To be honest I didn't really enjoy his work too much. I feel really bad saying it, but I just didn't find his pieces visually stimulating to me and I found them really boring. I hate admitting that because I try to give everything a chance, but I guess it's okay if it's not always my cup of tea. Now if David was actually there and could explain his artwork to me, I think I could have a very different opinion. I want to know why he made certain pieces the way he did and what exactly was his motivation for each one, if there is one. That would help a lot, I think with my current opinion on his artwork.


Sarah Morris


-Sarah Morris's piece in the Wexner Center is called Points on a line. It is actually a 38 or so minute video with beautiful scenes captured in life. The camera(s) she used for this project were phenomenal. I loved how big the screen is too, it was quite unique watching it. To be honest I wasn't quite sure what she was trying to convey. Things kept on changing from one place to another. There were beautiful buildings in different places, sweet scenes of animals and the architecture was amazing. I didn't really understand it though. It was a pretty lengthy video and it was at times hard to keep my attention. I didn't understand the plot and I feel like the music was confusing on what emotion or message to feel. I didn't know what I was suppose to think, thus got pretty easily distracted. It was nice that they switched scenes a lot though. It's amazing how technology these days can cause things to look so clear on a screen. To be honest, I wasn't that impressed with the exhibit at the Wexner Center. I was kind of bummed. I know that these artists are passionate and put so much time and love in to their pieces, but I feel they weren't for me. This is weird of me to say, but I need to be honest. I think I just didn't feel that sense of connection or understanding with their pieces. Sometimes I like to think of art as a game in which you want to figure out what the artist is trying to convey to you, where does this fall in his/her life or what is the artist trying to express through their artwork. It was really hard for me to understand/see that in these exhibits. 

Micro-Assignment 1

1) Asymmetrical Image

2) Symmetrical Image

3) Radial Image

4) Person and Their Surrounding Space

5) Person Up Close

6) An Image fron the Point of view of an Ant

7) An Image from the Point of view of a Bird

8) A Stable Image

9) An Unstable Image

10) Your name on Campus

 

My experience taking the first ten pictures was pretty fun. I loved how much freedom it felt like I had and that I couldn't mess up with whatever I wanted to take. It almost made it hard to choose the ten pictures, because there were a few I liked and the class only got to see ten from me. I suppose I wanted my pictures to be well rounded. Taking these last ten pictures, I felt, was a lot harder. We had restrictions, only a little thank goodness, to what type of pictures to take. I ended up just trying to not let myself worry too much over what type of picture I needed to take and just take pictures of things I loved in different ways. I kept in my mind what some things I needed to look for, but it was nice after a while to just not care and take pictures. Afterward it was a lot harder picking the correct pictures for each guideline. I wasn't as confident in my pictures and worried that they didn't exactly meet the criteria. In the first ten pictures I took, I had so many pictures that I loved. This time it was harder for me to find pictures, feel confident about them, and place them in a category. Something similar between the two was how I just let loose after a while and took pictures of things I wanted to. Also just picking the right pictures was hard both times, but in a different way. My favorite images from this project are the asymmetrical photo, symmetrical photo, the person in surrounding space and I thought the name on campus was kind of unique, but I'm not too impressed with myself. I feel like there were probably others who thought of that. I had a backup picture lined up, but I just used that series. I think I like these pictures the most because I feel like they are visually simulating to the eyes and I really love the way they turned out. Plus just looking at the photos brings back a memory and where those photos were taken. I like the last series because I thought it was a little bit clever.

NippleJesus Review

        First off, I loved the style of this article. I loved how real and vulnerable the author seemed to be, it really got me sucked in. I felt like the author was letting me in on his deeper thoughts and just experiences. It was a very interesting article to read. I loved how the author described his emotions over time from the artwork. How when he first saw it, it was beautiful then when he got closer it made him pissed,etc. I love looking really closely to different artworks and seeing all the details of them. I feel like I would have had a very similar reaction to the author about when he first saw the piece and then when he got closer. Jesus means a lot to me and mind life, so I'm really curious to see what emotions this piece would have evoked in person and over time as with his situation. I think I can take from this that art is complex and not always what you see is everything. There are things to uncover.
      Some things I wasn't very sure of is exactly why the artist, Martha, did the whole piece. I guess she wanted to get a reaction out of it but why Jesus and why nipples? I would love to ask her more questions on this. I didn't really understand her explanation of it all and the video part, but I think I would have had similar feelings as the author did. Also I was just confused if there was more meanings to her piece and what not. I think it would have been great to see in person, but the artist leaves us so many questions. I'm not sure if what she did was the best or right and want to know why she chose those subjects. I do like how it provokes lots of questions and opinions! She's definitely a clever one!

Barrett Review

     This article was like nothing I've really read before. It talked about denotations and connotations we "naturally" have for things. It was big into racism and that what is portrayed in the art world. A famous artist who plays on typical African American stereotypes is that of Michael Ray Charles. He made lots of artwork that would allow the racist viewer to go along with what they naturally believed went together. I thought this article was pretty interesting. When they used art examples to make this point, it was cool to see what usually happend. It does depend on where you live/lived, family values and other environmental factors to what you usually would associate things with. Towards the end it was sweet to see the author have examples of this in many age groups. Those examples would be a fun project/experiment to do in some class. I think this article teaches us to really look into advertisements and artwork to see what the underlying messages are. This article can also spark us to think outside the box for different items we want portrayed in our artwork and what other people might view them as.
    The way the artist was really serious that everyone has a connotation/denotation for everything was kind of scary. Maybe he meant it in that we can come up with them everywhere, not that we are all racist. I feel like OSU plays a lot into stereotypes. I've had to read stuff in many classes or things that really over think/complicate things in my opinion. This reminded me of that. Although it is very interesting to have a different prospective, I feel if we allow ourselves to take this too seriously, we won't get to enjoy the artwork or advertisments. It's good to keep that in the back of your mind, but you also need to live a little.

Walker Review

     This article seemed pretty interesting. It talked about the definition of a big idea. To Walker, "big ideas-broad, important human issues-are characterized by complexity, ambiguity, contradiction, and multiplicity." He also stated that big ideas can engaged students in deeper levels of thinking. Overall I thought the article introduced me to different ways of thinking. It got a little confusing in the middle when it was trying to differentiate between big ideas, themes and subject matter and towards the end (I wasn't sure when I was supposed to stop reading). I loved how it used different examples to convey their point, especially the one with Jennifer Bartlett. This helped me so much with trying to understand what they were saying. They talked about the differences between big ideas, themes and subject matter and relayed them to how we view artwork. I think this article is very helpful for me as I am pursuing an Art Education Major. I think it would be a good thing to take what they said about the definitions of the three and use that not only when I'm teaching, but also viewing artwork. 

      The way the article is structured is really my only concern. I think that mainly has to do with it was taking out of some bigger book. Other than that I thought the style of the author did a really good job at teaching me the content. It took me a few tries and I don't think I completely understand it but it gave me examples to learn off of. I guess if they could some how make it more clear between everything that would be good, but honestly I am content with the article. 

Weschler Review

      I found Weschler's article on Why is this man smiling? fairly interesting. It was pretty cool reading it and learning about this new type of technology in entertainment. I haven't seen Final Fantasy, but I can't even imagine working on it. One thing that really stood out to me was how how much thought was put into each part of the human face. Their job was to make a creature look as realistic as they can with their computer software. The author stated that in some circumstances in the past, artists have had to stop adding more details because the creature looked too realistic and creepy. It amazes me how much time and effort was put into each character. I also loved this idea of how the author quoted a famous acting coach and compared what he said to their processes. Here's what Hook, the acting coach had to say; "When I'm coaching an actor and he asks me, 'Should I raise my eyebrow here?' my reply is likely to be, 'I dunno. Don't think about your eyebrow. Think about the emotion you're trying to convey, and the eyebrow will take care of itself.' But with an animator, it's the exact opposite. You're building from the outside in. Bits don't experience emotions, and emotions get conveyed exclusively through such things as a raised eyebrow, which itself has to be precisely calibrated. Raised, OK, but by how much? And what happens to the chin when the eyebrow gets raised? To the ear? To the other ear? And so forth" (Ed Hooks). That was very interesting to me. I feel I can take that into consideration when creating artwork. It's cool to switch up the point of view and might add more depth to artwork. I have a feeling since this class is computer based, this type of idea might come in handy during class.

     I didn't really find too many objections to this article as it was more informational based. I did agree with some who got into the topic of trying to create "real life" computer human beings. I think it would freak me out if my creature looked too realistic. I don't think it's natural or the way it's supposed to be. I don't know too much about that stuff though, but it seem to affect a lot of artists and their beliefs but in a very respectable way. No harm anywhere and it hasn't really gotten to that problem yet, so we shall see if it ever becomes one.

Hickey Response

      I really enjoyed the beginning of this article. I thought the author did a great job of grabbing my attention and transitioning it into his point of view. I loved how the author used his love for basketball and tried to make it relate to his opinion. I thought it was really cool how he put in information on how basketball came to be. I also thought it was cool how the author presented this idea that Thomas Jefferson stated; "The liberating rule that civilized us yesterday will, almost inevitably, seek to govern us tomorrow, by suppressing both the pleasure and the disputation. In dong so, it becomes a force of violence itself." It definitely opened up my eyes to think, but I'm not quite sure what opinion I've formed on that.
      Something that I really didn't like or agree with was when the author stated that basketball was not a religion,  but better than a religion. I just felt this author was taking it a little too seriously. Maybe he meant it in a symbolic way, but I didn't get that from the context around it. I felt almost when reading this article that it went downhill with my attention. I feel that he went way off into left field with his views and tried to incorporate this extreme love for the sport of basketball with what he had opinions about. I can see some of his "connections", but it was almost too forced and I don't know if I agree completely. I feel like from my prospective it was almost hard to understand. I'm not really into following basketball per say (except for Ohio State of course!), so maybe his opinions would have made more sense to a viewer who was just as passionate about basketball as the author was.

Kidd The Cheese Monkey Excerpts Review

    When I first started reading the article, it took me a while to figure out where it was going. I really loved the style of the author and how formal yet informal it was. The author made a lot of interesting points in the article. I really thought the point about we view the world from left to right was intersteing. It makes sense in my head, but I've never actually thought about it that much. The author talked about how in a movie the director tends to put the most important person on the left. I'm sure this isn't always true but it makes me want to review some movies and see how many times this does happen. Definitely opened up my eyes to think about where to place certain things and where the human eye seems to travel when thinking about art work. I'm not sure if the author's completely correct, but it'll be cool to explore that more.

       A part in the article I didn't completely agree with or understand was the points the author made about top and bottom. He started saying things about gravity and what goes up must come...I'm guessing down. Then I just felt he didn't explain his point very well. I think he was trying to get at the "Evil" person would be either on top in the frame or on bottom. I'm not quite sure and that leads me to think he didn't exicute it well. Also the author started off and ended with talking about we are trying to get the "enemy" to think this,etc. Who is the enemy? If it's the audience, why do we call them the enemy? We might use this tricks to trick the appearance of things, but I'm still a little confused.

Two Decades in the Making

              So I'm here, what were your other two wishes? (;

Hello! My name's Whitney! I am a current student at THE Ohio State University where I am looking into Art Education as my major. As you will soon find out I am very, very indecisive. My major currently is titled Exploration which describes my future perfectly. Although the title might change, it won't hold me back from exploring for the rest of my life! I'm from a smaller town and love being out in the country! Ohio will always have a special place in my heart, no matter where I end up. I love thinking about how exciting that is. I'm just trying to figure out what, where and who I am destined to be- but isn't everyone? I feel we all have this internal desire to find that next thing, or person to just know who we are. Some people might suppress it, while others search everything and everywhere for it. We were meant to be relational...On that note here is a top five list and some fun facts about me to get to know me better! Only a few though, don't want to spoil all the fun!

Top 5:

1. I LOVE MUSIC: Top 3 Artists= LIGHTS<3, Taylor Swift, and John Mayer
2. Favorite Movie: Billy Madison
3. Favorite Sport to play: Soccer
4. Favorite type of food: Italian
5. Favorite places: Rising Park, Lake Tahoe & being out in the country are a few!

Few Fun Facts:

• Mark your calendars: September 29th is a pretty darn good day.
• I LOVE makeup and beauty related things in general. I watch Youtube gurus all the time and want to start making my own videos!
• I've played so many sports in my life and I love being outside!
• I currently am the social chair/play club soccer at Ohio State. I love my teammates so, so very much!
• I am a Younglife leader at Groveport Madison High School as well, where I got the privilege to coach soccer.
• Jesus Christ is my savior!
• I LOVE deep conversations, meeting new people and asking wayy too many questions. I love listening to what people have to say and just trying to understand people. (I'd say I have a pretty open mind..I think?)
• I seem to love cracking not funny jokes and then laughing at myself and making things awkward..Oh and I play guitar. Get at me