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Slide 1: Hello, my name is tyrone and I’m going to be talking about the project experience of this class.

Slide 2: For my 1st quarter project, we had to make a website about ourselves which was an interesting experience for me.

Slide 3: My main goal for this project was so that jobs and other colleges could get to know more about me and understand who I am as a person in my community.

Slide 4: I think it was pretty successful making this website because not only did I talk about myself, but I also showed the work that I produced to understand my work ethic.

Slide 5: For my 2nd quarter project, I was one of a few that decided to make a graphic design by making a sign to show a message.

Slide 6: The main goal of the project was to make a street sign that tells you a message without using any words.

Slide 7: Unfortunately, I doesn't think it was a success for me because people didn’t really understand the message of my sign.

Slide 8: For project 3, I was one of the few to make a video about whatever we want, as long as it was short. I chose to make a video about video games.

Slide 9: My main goal for this project was to put my hobby on display so that everyone would get to know more about me.

Slide 10: I think that this project was pretty successful because everything went well and when I watch the video myself, I get fascinated.

Slide 11: As you can see here this my revised project. I chose to revise my project statement for my Q2 project.

Slide 12: I chose to revise this because I feel as though I didn’t do a good job overall on it by not answering all of the questions.

Slide 13: This just shows the differences of what my project used to look like and what it looks like now, but you can’t really see any differences from this point of view.

Slide 14: I believe the high point for me in this class was the fact that I either met or exceeded expectations on projects throughout this year.

Slide 15: I believe a growth for me was that I pretty much adapted to Miss Hertz’ expectations in terms of process because at first it was pretty difficult for me to adapt to how much she wanted done at a certain time which was pretty hard at first but got the hang of it.

Slide 16: All these projects helped my creativity develop outside of school which helped me design more things in an artist-like perspective.

Slide 17: I don’t think there is any need for changes, except for letting people have their own option of doing a project with Miss Hertz’ approval.

Slide 18: Make sure to have a creative mindset for your project because being really creative will help you get a good grade on an assignment.

Slide 19: Work ahead of time because if you slack off, all the checkpoints are going to close before you even know it, and then you’ll have a bad grade.

Slide 20: The last tip is to just have fun because it’s boring if you pick a project that you don’t want to do, and it can make you less eager to complete it.

This was a website that talks about myself and what I aspire to be. I wanted to show the projects and achievements that I was most proud of and what I want to accomplish in the future.

I found the website to be a successful because I made sure to explain who I am as a person and why I want to become the person I want to be. The only part that needed a tid of fixing was the pictures I used for the website.

For my quarter two project I decided to edit two drawings that I created into something comical. My project pokes fun of the election without belittling anyone’s opinion on who should win, because if a joke offends a large amount of people, then it isn’t considered funny.

I made two of my characters either a Trump supporter or a Hillary supporter. The whole point of the project is to create a cartoon representation of the election, but at the same time create a smirk because of the facial expressions of both characters. I found the project successful because it managed to be funny and political at the same time.

For my project, I decided to create one of characters in its own world. The purpose of the project was to practice background making and have the background reflect on the character’s color scheme. I was going for a deformed space theme since the character is a spirit. The character is suppose to be the spirit of time and I thought it would be a good idea to draw her reaching out to the broken hourglass.

I wanted to show the theme of regret and imprisonment. Since my character is alone in her own world, reaching out to an hourglass which would turn back the hands of time. I believe that the art piece was a success because the background perfectly shows chaos and gives great detail on the character’s emotion. The shading is consistent and the reflection of the ground is smooth. It was experimental but it ended up being successful.

I decided to revise my third quarter project because I forgot to add eyebrows which is the most expressive part of anyone. I decided to add eyebrows because eyebrows show all expressions.

I felt that my character didn’t have a facial expression to match the pose and situation. Eyebrows are a powerful art component in order to portray emotion. I completely forgot to add it because I was so focus on the background. With the eyebrows I am able to give Nova who is my character emotions.

My highest point of the course was creating an original digital piece. I’ve been a digital artist for three years and I never pushed myself to create a background that reflects on one of my characters. That created the idea of my third quarter benchmark which turned out to be successful.

The biggest area of growth would have to be making backgrounds. Before the third quarter benchmark, I avoided making any type of background for my characters and if I did, I would make a simple one color background. For quarter three, I branched out and did a complex background. I was nervous to make a complex background but it turned out great in the end.

One tool I would use outside of school is the mirror effect. The mirror effect is where you can make a reflection on anything you draw by copy and pasting whatever is facing it and lowering the capacity. I thought this was a great trick because it gives the illusion that the surface glossy.

I think one cool idea that I would pitch in for next year is creating your own original character. An idea that is original but can be inspired by another creation.

First tip I would give to future students is be on time. Be on time with the checkpoints because assignments lock quickly. If you don’t turn it in then your grade drops tremendously and you miss out on criticism.

Second tip I would give is give good constructive criticism. Give details on what to improve and what the person did good on. No one can grow if all you say is “good job.”

My final tip would be use time productively. It’s best to do your checkpoint right away instead of waiting until the day is due because your teacher can give you feedback early and you can resubmit to get the full points.

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Here goes my Quarter 1 project

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The project was a website design project where you design your own website about your academic and overall life. The goal for this project was inform people about your life, both academic and everyday life.

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What was successful about my website was my “About Me” page. I feel as though I gave enough information about me and gave information about my personal/academic life that people should know.

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Here goes my Quarter 2 Benchmark.

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The project I decided to work on was the 3D modeling project. I had to choose a design that I wanted to focus on, such asa  house. I chose a house because that’s where I am most comfortable at and I feel as though other people can connect as well.

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What was successful about this project was the garage design of the house. I made the car fit the garage proportionally better and always improved on the car’s design.

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Here goes my Quarter 3 Benchmark.

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The project I decided to work on was the Image editing project. I had to choose a certain image or certain images and change the aspect and design of the photo(s). I had changed my whole design because I felt my first design wasn’t as creative.

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What was successful about my project was the drastic change in design, at first I wanted to make an eyeball with fire in it but I had a different choice in design.

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Here goes my revised project that I chose.

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I chose this project to revise because I felt as though I had the most success on. I went from the fire eyeball, to the cat and the forest, to my Quarter 3 project, to my revised project.

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Here goes two images showing the changes of before I started this project to After I was finished.

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I enjoyed seeing the changes I made from the finished Quarter 3 project to my revised Project, I feel as though there is a major change and the image looks totally different.

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My area of growth is creating designs, not for just my revised project but also my Quarter 2 benchmark.

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A skill I used to have when I was younger was drawing and coloring. I know it sounds childish but I feel as though that I was good at those things and that would be helpful when it comes to image editing.

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One project idea I have is to cooperate your own artistic design of any kind and use computer editing to design the picture even more. I don’t know what program is needed for that but I feel as though that would be a great idea.

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My first tip is to use as much time as you have to think about putting creativity in your project and don’t make it bland or dull.

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Another tip is that if you don’t like your design, you can always change it to make a better design that you and others will like.

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My last tip is to don’t be afraid of putting your personal aspects in your project. Make your project have a personal connection to you so it will make it easier for people understand why you chose your certain project design.