My Morph

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OhhhKAY!! So what do i like about my ppprrrroject? I like my second frame. And my little stick ♥ (not stickley... my stick on my project :)). I like how the transformation is a gradual change and not just like 'BAM' it's different!! I also like how my pink changes to rainbow!

What I don't like is that the second and third frame look kinda weirdly cartoonish. It was hard to keep everything still looking somewhat realistic with the items changing into completely different items. It probably would have looked better if the lollipop was not all colourful and was a solid colour... aw it would have looked cute if there was one of those cute little white santa clauses on there !

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If I had to do this project again, I would probably pick a different object to morph my pod into. Or change the colours of the lollipop. Also, making the two middle objects more realistic would probably make it look a lot better too.

Morph..

Okay, so MORPHING!. So my original idea was morphing myself but I don't really want to morph myself lol!! So things that have an interesting shape/design that I could morph are:

• Emily Brown -> boat


• flower -> ladybug


• teeter-totter -> bow


• lollipop -> ipod

Oooh I like the lollipop idea. The idea is a rollin' and a formin' ! Okay, so my little lollipop -> 0-- is gonna split down the middle and then the balls gonna roll down the stick into the place of wings!! and then my stick's gonna keel over and become legs and antennae ! it's gonna be GRRRReat!

Okay, soooo new idea.. I'm keeping my lollipop. but it's going to turn into an ipod ♥

Global Flag ♥

After the initial 'hump,' of brainstorming, the project got a lot easier to do! After brainstorming ideas of what represents being global, ideas of how I would make my map were just FLOWIN'! My favourite part of my map is my sweet rubiks cube in the center! Also, it's not overly chaotic and when you look at it, you get ideas of what it represents. I also like the redish smudge thing around the sun which looks really cool!

One thing I don't like about my project is the wires. Although they represent well communication throughout the whole world, the colours kind of clash with the colour scheme of the map.

If I had more time to work on my project, I would try to do something more with the wires. Kaela thinks the wires look like spagetti.. Brown agress... That's not a good thing, Miss George! Maybe if I added 'pluggers' or somethnig, it would look a little better!!
REPRESENTATIONS:
rubik's cube - being united.
sun - being global.
Orange and purple are like opposites so they are together to represent all people coming together.
the two lines - equality.
wires - staying connected.

The One Flag

What symbolizes being Global:

• rubix cube
• whole wheat
• rainbow
• heart
• sun

What are symbols of being a citizen:

• people holding hands
• anthem
• birth certificate
• passport
• How Do I Show Equality (size, mirror of something)

What are symbols of pride

• standing straight
• veterans
• monument
• dandelion seeds floating away (freedom)

What are symbols of cohesion:

• string
• tape
• telephone
• internet/wires
• mail

My Cultural Symbol ♥

Okay, so, here's my cultural symbol... As you can see it is very symbolic!! HAA! So I like my super big 'K' obviously standing for Keelan and I actually like how my 4 pictures actually look pretty good although at first I didn't think I would be able to make them myself. And I like my little silver/brown car!! ♥

One thing I don't like is how the edges around my symbol are a little uneven. The shape is a different one so it was hard to get all the sides the same size!!!

If I had more time to work on this project I think I would like to make the background shape a little more symbolic!!! Because a pentagon does not really mean anything to me.. It reminds me of a pencil.. which is SOOO not cool :)

Cultural Symbols Assignment

Symbol:

-something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
-a letter, figure, or other character or mark or a combination of letters or the like used to designate something: the algebraic symbol x; the chemical symbol Au.
-a word, phrase, image, or the like having a complex of associated meanings and perceived as having inherent value separable from that which is symbolized, as being part of that which is symbolized, and as performing its normal function of standing for or representing that which is symbolized: usually conceived as deriving its meaning chiefly from the structure in which it appears, and generally distinguished from a sign.
Culture:

-the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
-that which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc.
-a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.
-development or improvement of the mind by education or training.
-the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the drug culture.
-the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.

Ankh
An Egyptian cross symbolizing a mythical eternal life, rebirth, and the life-giving power of the sun. Wh the sign itself represents is often disputed. One interpretation that has been widely accepted was that it was a sandal. Egyptians called that part of the sandal 'nkh because this word was composed of the same consonants as the word "life", the sign to represent that particular part of the sandal, was also used to write the word "life".

Star of David
The star of David is a symbol of Jewish people. One idea is that a six-pointed star receives form and substance from its solid center. This inner core represents the spiritual dimension, surrounded by the six universal directions. (A similar idea applies to Shabbat -- the seventh day which gives balance and perspective to the six weekdays.)

Clover

According to legend, after Eve was banished from paradise, she plucked a four-leaf clover from the Garden of Eden and took it with her. Although cloves normally have only three leaves, the presistent sleuth can eventually find one with four leaves and, along with it, find good luck.

Olympics Symbol

Every rings stands for one of the five continents. Although there are seven continents, Antarctica is excluded and North America and South America are considered one. The connection of the rings symbolizes the connection of the continents during the Games and the ideal of peace and brotherhood of the whole planet.

Dream Catcher
If hung over your bed your bad dreams are filtered through the web and dissipate into the Universe; your good dreams remain caught in the web. Thunderbird thinks it is a shame to lose some of those bad dreams because those are the teaching dreams, and they have presented themselves because there are teachings and messages that need to be listened to. There is another school of thought that reverses the process by capturing the bad dreams and allowing the good ones ones to fly free.


The Recognizable Golden M Symbol is recognized worldwide as the fast food joint, McDonald's!! The M obviously from the first letter of their name.

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What they have in common:

simple

specific meaning

representation of something

completely different in shape and design

Words that describe my Culture:

Cheerleading

Car

Music & movies

Leisure♥

School

Work

Family+Friends

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Photo Montage

I actually kinda like how this turned out although there wasn't really too much to do. I like how it all meshes together to look really cool!! I really like the bed's displacement because it's simple and not overdone. Its

C-U-T-E !

One thing that bothers me is that it's kinda bland. The colours are very boring. I also don't like how there are so many colours and there aren't just a couple main ones.

If I had more time on this project, I would have liked to adjust colour brightness and saturation to create a more unique look. Also, it would have been REALLy Really nice to have more things to take pictures of in my room :( Oh well!!

Birthday!!

Hey Miss G...
It's my birthday....
I'm 17!!!!!!

A-Trees

1. In this article, it talks about how we have made things that calculate how we are affecting our environment.. mostly by global warming. For example, 'A-trees' lets us watch the growth of a tree on your computer screen. The growth of the tree is affected by the levels of carbon monoxide surrounding your computer that is measured by a real-time carbon monoxide meter. Another example of this is 'Stump,' which calculates how many sheets of paper went through your computer and spits that same amount back out in the form of a tree. These projects encourage us to see the environmental destruction we are causing the world.

2. - the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.
- the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
- the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.
- a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
This classifies as art because it is a sculpture showing a deeper meaning to what we do in our daily lives. Instead of just saying that we waste TONS and TONS of paper, they use art to express it.
3. I think I like A-trees the best. It seems really, really unique and I like how the tree changes based on what's going on around you. That was a really cool idea! I think that 'Stump' is a really really cool idea but I think it sucks that it's wasting twice as much paper as you have since it prints out as many as you've used.

4. I kind of agree that the trees are not really alive when the trees grow and die in relation to the environment because then they are really only alive because of us. In a way, they obviously ARE alive but what they said really makes you think!! If the trees die based on us then they aren't really truly alive to begin with.

etoy.SHARE

1. This article is about trademark infringement that can easily happen on the internet. This article focuses mainly on a Swiss corporation called Etoy. Etoy set up an internet account in 1995 and and an online toy merchant called Etoy received a complaint in 1999 by a customer who accidentally visited the art website and encountered profanities. there was a big lawsuit and a online 'battle' over the name 'Etoy.' The 'battle' ended in January 2000 when eToys announced that it was dropping the lawsuit. During the lawsuit, 1,798 people came to eToy's defense by participating in 'Toywar' which let people drive down eToy's.

2. -The quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what
is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
-The class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings,
sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.
-A field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
-The fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.
This classifies as art because it was of more than ordinary significance. It channelled their creativity and was their OWN! What they did was to try and make people think also about other companies and how they act. They took art and dragged it just a bit further to add more meaning to it.

3. If I was the eToy artists that were being offered money to change their name, I don't think that I would. Their work was a piece of art and the owners of eToys had no right to tell them to change their name. eToy had registered its web address two years prior to the company, eToy which would mean that they really didn't do that much wrong. eToy was a way that they could show off they're creativity and they had already started it and were doing well. If they had given up they're name than they wouldn't have been doing themselves a favour. they were proud of what they had done and shouldn't have been asked to change their name. the work they did probably did insult some companies but it was not their mission statement or anything like that; they just wanted to show art that "crosses and blurs the frontiers between art, identity, nations, fashion, politics, technology, social engineering, music, and business to create massive impact on global markets and digital culture."

4. What they did might not have been the best thing to do but I think that it was good that they didn't give up on what they had started. I think that the 'toywar' was a little silly and kind of childish on their part. It's not something that I would do. Maybe talking to eToy and coming up with an agreement would have been a more sensible approach! I'm glad that they were able to keep their site running though.


created own corporation
pretend to be a company

Anti-Smoking

Okay, so... In my poster I wanted to get across that smoking kills!!! The effect was supposed to be 'BAM' so that you could easily understand it and realize what was trying to be portrayed. I like the idea and I like how the 'motto' is smoky and meshing into the background smoke.

One thing I'm not very happy about with this project was that having the animated smoke and the real human looks a little strange. Also, with this idea, there was little room to play around and add to the overall composition.

If I had more time to work on this poster, i would have really liked to add more. Or maybe even added in a relevant fact or something to make you think a little bit more. Something else in the background with the smoke would also have been nice so that it wouldn't look quite so empty.

SoundSculpture Reflection

My sound sculpture project really made me quite angry!!! But it turned out pretty well. I like the effect that it has on the viewer, evoking a strong emotion!! Also, the sounds that I found worked really well for my project! I like when my lady screams at the end!! SOooo Cool!!

One thing that I didn't like was that it was really hard to edit the hair in photoshop and not make it look choppy!! With so many different images, it took a long time to edit each one. Also, making the scissors move was hard because they were to different images: open and closed. Matching it up was pretty tricky.

If I had more time I would probably try to edit the images a little better!! Also I would have liked to put more sounds into it. Currently there are only 4 I think which is okay but I think it would have been better with more. Overall I liked how it turned out!!!

Anti-Smoking Poster Assignment Brainstorming

Sooo, for my anti-smoking poster I would really like to create something a little more original then the classic 'hang tough; don't puff' or anything else lame like that. I'm thinking about doing a scale with a cigarette box on one side and poison on the other and a saying like, "what's the difference?"

Halloween!!

Yo Miss. George.... Halloween was awesome!!!

Yaaay! GIRLICIOUS!! Woot.. and you looked pretty cute yourself! Me Brown Kaela and Ashley went all across Cargill And took some pretty HOT pictures ;) ! WooooooHooo... and then we went to Brown's.. and then we left! Some dude tried to egg my car which made me REALLY MAD!!! Stupid Red Car! Then we stocked some dude who was with a really old dirty hairy man! (And he wasn't dressed up;) Then we went to Cargill And had a pretty sweet time there!!! Wooooot!!

Sound Sculpture Brainstorming!!

What are sounds that I like?

• running water
• thunder
• bass!
• wind chimes
• critters running on my porch ;)
• crickets
• electric guitar
• typing on a keyboard
• ipod sounds ;)
• disco music!

What are places with lots of sounds that I really like?

• Fairs!!
• Concerts
• Miss George's Computer Lab!!
• Forest
• Fisherman's Cove!!

What are objects with Sounds that I really like?

• iPod ♥
• computer
• cash register!!
• guitar!!
• water!!

Culture Jammer Project

For the this project, I chose to do John Frieda. I changed the model that they had in the ad and made her hair dead looking!! It's hard to see now cause it's kinda zoomed out but it's really scaly and gross looking. I also changed 'hair that speaks volumes' to 'hair that speaks the truth' because my model is trying to show what the product is actually doing; wrecking her hair!!! And it's NOW 'the WORST thing in haircare'!!
The thing I don't like about it is that it was hard to make her hair look gross while still trying to make it look realistic so at a distance it's hard to see that it's actually dead!

OKAY!!.... So I fixed the problem by getting a new chick again! This lady's hair is FRIED! And you can tell!!

Ad Brainstorming

For my ad, I am going to be making fun of 'John Frieda' hair products. A lot of products in general don't really do what they say they do; like "create perfect, sculptured waves" etc.... In my ad, I want to show the truth about the products. Sure, they may help create 'luxurious volume,' but they could also dry out your hair.

3D Image Mapping

For my 3D imagery poster project, I chose to do child abuse!! I really like that the meaning really gets across in the poster. One thing that I don't like is the colours that we had to use. It was very hard to try and make a person 3D while kind of having to stick to certain colours so that the person isn't 'alien-looking.' If I were to do this project again, and had more time, I would try to add more objects in the background. I had a hard time thinking of what objects would symbolize abuse and could not think of anything!! So that was pretty tricky!!!!

3D Brainstorming...

So I can't think of anything to protest... cause I am not an angry person :)!! Okay so hmmm... things I don't like... Well, I don't like gas prices, global warming, bullying... Child Abuse! Yay that's what i'm doing!!! Okay, so the date's going to say I posted this on September 30th but I actually did this a while ago but forgot to post it... so it sat in my 'drafts' folder!!!

3D Beginner Thing

Soooo,

we had to play around with crayons (or colours on photoshop) to see how this 3D drawing stuff works. We were to use 3 colours and make a simple little picture... this is it!!!

Okay, so goldenrod sits at the bottom, violet-red sits in the middle, and sea green sits on top!!

Environmental Entropy Final Project

ALRIGHTY!!

So this is my environmental entropy project!! So in my image I'm trying to show that we have way to much garbage in our world and that we should find ways to reuse some of these items.... I think that it turned out really well. The objects look really cool in the picture and I really like the background. One thing that I do not like so much is that you may not be able to understand what I was trying to get across just by looking at the image. If I had to do this project again, I think I would try to think of a way to make it more 'understandable.'

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Brainstorming for Environmental Entropy

So....
Last night I tried to think of what I should do for this project. My initial thought was to have a top view of a tree stump with lots of cracks and have pictures intertwining through the cracks. I don't think I will do this because I don't think it makes the viewer really think about it.
Now, I want to do a city with photoshopped pictures of what humans seem to value now in today's society.... including money, labels and brands.

Okay.... so I have a new idea now... GARBAGE!!! It's everywhere in our world! It is super nasty! Yuk!!!! So my idea is to make an item out of recycable materials. I am still trying to figure out the background but I want to have like a wasteland for the background or something else like that....

Environmental Entropy Digital Sculpture

Environment:
1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
2. Ecology. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.
3. the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population.
4. Computers. the hardware or software configuration, or the mode of operation, of a computer system: In a time-sharing environment, transactions are processed as they occur.
5. an indoor or outdoor setting that is characterized by the presence of environmental art that is itself designed to be site-specific.
Entropy:
1. Thermodynamics.
a. (on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
b. (in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S
2. (in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.
3. (in cosmology) a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death).
4. a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.

After searching artists that include Robert Smithson, Chris Drury, Christo, Richard Long, Alan Sonfist, Erwin Timmers and Rosalie Gascoigne, I have realized that these artists all use natural materials to create their environmental art. The art that I looked at was very interesting and did what good artwork should do; it made me think. One particular artist caught my attention, Rosalie Gascoigne, because her art really made me stop and think, "What is she trying to get across in this picture," .... Awesome!!

First Blog!!!

Hehehe! Today is the first day of school! Yay!! ... not!!! Sitting in media arts chillin wit Browno, Stick and Dessy-poo!!! It is currently very sunny and I have no life! Yay!!! Go Me!!! ♥ya!