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   “ A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” -  Paul Cezanne

I created this piece of work to test myself, and see what I will be able to accomplish. I normally don’t do projects like this one because it is out my realm. However, with this project I decided to take a chance and approach art in a new way for me: Mixed media Drawing. Drawing, painting, coloring etc was never one of my strong suits. By me doing a mixed media drawing I was able to open up to these techniques. I created this work to prove to myself that I am an artist in more than one way. My overall vision for my piece was for it to be refreshing, unique, and peaceful. When I first decided to make a tree I wanted this piece to feel like the beginning of spring when you saw it. I wanted it to have an impact on the people that see it, and make them happy by just looking at it. I want my work to communicate with viewers the idea of peace and serenity. When you look at the painting you see many colors that allows you to see a fresh, new , cultivating canvas.

I achieved a lot through this project. I was really excited with the result, and it surprised me because again I never did paintings, drawings, or sculptures before. I enjoyed trying and succeeded in doing a new concept. My current piece of work is nothing like my previous work. My previous work consisted of sewing, threading, and patching. This project took me a while to do because I had to use 3 new painting techniques that I had no idea of such as : Acrylic paint, watercolor, and pen.  The first thing I did first was paint watercolor onto my canvas and then I started using pen and Acrylic paint afterwards. This painting was also contemporary art. An artist that does work that was similar to what I did is Jane Frank. Frank uses a lot of different techniques and colors in order to capture the eyes of the viewer. I was truly inspired by her work, and that is why I decided to make this painting.

For my project I created a game on a website Game Maker. I hoped to learn how to create the foundations of a videogame.

I completed each step to create a game starting from a sprite which is the character. I encountered a failure because the computer shut down when I was almost done my project and I lost all my stuff. I had to restart all over again. To overcome this problem I just did my project on creating a sprite,which is a character that you can control in the game.

I learned a lot through the creation of this project. I learned the basic structures of how to create a game. I learned how to be a better problem solver because I definitely came across a lot of problems.  I learned creating a little game is not as difficult as one might think.

I learned some things about myself also while doing this project. I learned that if I’m determined about completing something then it will get done. I learned that I really do like coding and creating games and I might consider going into that field.

If I could do this project differently I would've created the whole game and submitted me playing it. I would also have just created a game with more detail than what I have planned, but I don't know how that would've worked out with  me meeting the checkpoints.

Some tips for people using game maker is to go on youtube for help. There is excellent on there. I really want to do a game in more detail after doing this project. With multiple sprites and colors, with missions.

This game helped me explain that creating a basic game is possible for someone my age in just a few weeks. I would have been able to do it if I didn’t run into the problem I had. If I can do it anyone my age can do it. It's not hard at all.

This project is a compilation of some of my previous works. I started with two photos I took of the city and used that as my background. Once I finished that I used the wand tool to segment off pieces of a painting I did to decorate space before moving onto the next large piece I inserted. I meant to expand the topmost photo so that it fit the page but I could not because I had saved the file, which means doing it over would require redoing everything that covered the photo as well. For the same reason of not redoing everything, I never added my third city photo to the bottom of the page. This means my final project has two major flaws that I did not intend to be there but I cannot really redo without erasing my other work. I covered the space the bottom photo left out by adding in pieces of drawings I did. I was never able to fill the empty space around the top photo in a way that makes sense to me.

By the end of my project, I realized that saves always count as one photo so it’s best to finish all the work you have on one layer before moving on. In my case this affected the background but that’s my only issue with the final product. If I were to do this project over, I would make sure my background was completed in the way I wanted it to be. Next I aim to do the same project, but polish it by going in and redoing what I dislike about it.

Using Pixlr was very confusing which is why my background ended up being unsatisfactory but that would not have been a problem if the editing tools were not as hidden as they are. I had to Google a lot of how-to’s for the platform. My advice for others doing the same project is that some of the most basic editing tools (like rotating/cropping) are hidden under the “edit” tab so check that out before thinking you are unable to do something.

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For this quarter 3 project I decided to create a video. I worked with another student in my class who is Sakura Seals. We came up with the idea to make a comedy video, which was asking people riddles and see what their response was going to be, if either it was going to be wrong or correct. My goals for this project was to finish it and to have fun and to have a laugh while doing it with my friend. I learn that I like to edit and record videos, i find that fun. The tool that I use to create the video was WeVideo and the tools that I edit the video were graphics, transitions, audio, and text.   The process of creating this project was pretty easy, we just looked up some riddles that would’ve been easy but hard at the same time to answer. Next, we asked people in our school if they wanted to be asked questions and they agreed. Then, we recorded it and put it on the editing software. Finally, we edit it and published it. We encounter like a several couple of failures while recording some of the clips. One of them was there wasn’t enough space on the phone to record, the second one was some of the clips were blurry, and the last one was we had some background noise but we overcame it. The way we fixed our problems was erasing some of the content on the phone, we recorded some of the videos over again and lastly we found a place where there wasn’t a lot of noise in the background. I learned something new about myself through creating this and it was that I like working with my friends and that while doing it, you have fun creating it even if it’s for school. If we were able to do this over again I think I would ask better questions and tell people to speak louder but other than that I wouldn’t change anything.

My project was to make a popular meme using 3D modeling. What I hoped to learn is how to create a 3D image using simple tools and shapes. To create my meme, I had to create a clock with the word stop going around it. To do this, I had to get a circle and expand it. I then had to add a rectangle and put a triangle on top of it to be the hand. The success I had was actually creating the clock. A failure I had was putting the words in the clock. I overcame it by taking my time and not rushing. What I learned through this project is that taking your time will always be better rushing. What I learned about myself is that I work better when I’m focused than when I’m not. If I could do this project differently, I would probably try to add more stuff to the model. Some tips for people doing this project is do something you want to do and know you can do. This project has inspired to create more 3D models. The tool that I used help convey the message I was trying to make because Tinkercad has many options that you can use to create something. I wanted to show that in my project, I can use a lot of stuff which would portray the message that I’m versatile.

My project was made on tinkercad.  I designed a caterpillar.  I did a caterpillar for my little sister because she really likes bugs and I thought she would be excited.  When I first started the project I watched some tutorials on how to do it. Then I started to design my project.  A success I encountered was learning to move the pieces up and down.  A failure I encountered was accidentally not saving the project, and I had to start again.  Luckily I remembered what I did.  In the project I learned about doing 3D modeling and how to use different tools to make different things.  Something I learned about myself is that I am not good at computer programs.  It is something that takes me awhile to get the hand of.  I would watch more videos and try something more complex if I were to do it again.  Since this is my first time, I think I took the easier root.  I made something easier then others made.  A tip I have is watch a few video tutorials on how to work the program you are using before you start so it is easier.  This project has inspired me to try to use the 3D printer next time. The tool did not have any specific thing to help me convey the message.  I personally feel I could of done this on any 3D modeling website.  

My project is IMage editing, where I took a certain picture and changed it to an image that is different. The tool I chose to use was Pixlr. I wanted to change the scenery of the image. The image I chose to use is cat’s eyes. The original image was very light and bright. I wanted to totally change that around. I wanted to make the image dark. So I darkened the image and changed the image to green. I chose green because cat’s can see in the dark and the color they see is green. I also added another picture on top of the cat’s head of a dark forest. I felt as though this gave the picture a dark and mysterious view. The last tools I used was the brush and the eraser. I used the brush to make the background black and the eraser to smooth out the additional image. I actually changed the image I decided to focus on at first. It was also an eye but I felt as though I couldn’t really do anything with it. So I changed the image and the goal I planned on completing when I started this project. I learned that Image editing is more than just adding a filter and being finished. It takes actual skill and precision. I also learned that I actually have skills in image editing. I did way more than I thought I could do such as adding an image inside an image and making the image fit. I would use my time in class more efficiently next time because I could have done better if I put in more time. I would advise anyone to plan out exactly everything you want to do and not wing it. This project inspired me to look more at image editing and try to do some on my free time.

I will insert the final image, the image that I first started out with, and the additional image that was put in the project.

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The project that I chose was video editing. The goal for the project was to create a 1 to 3 minute video that on content that we have choose. During this process, I hoped to learn how usual people make videos and movies that are produced. I created a video on how to create your own art style because I feel like as an artist this is something that we all need to work on.When going through this process, I thought about what exactly I would want to do and what is something that wouldn’t be difficult for me to do. Once I came up with what I want to do, then what I want to create it on. After that I tried to find fair use photos to use. After that I had to get videos and other things in order to fully make my video.Some successes were the videos that I have recorded of me drawing for the video of the time-lapse. The video was clear and steady and you could have seen everything that I did . Some failures is that I wish I could have brought back more of my own music because I feel like the song I was originally gonna chose would have made it better.I learned how to timelapse videos for my drawing and now if I ever wanted to do that again if I make a Youtube video of me drawing, I know how to do it then.I learned that if I have the flexibility for a project, I will always incorporate  some sort of artistic piece because that is what I did for this project too. Art comes easy to me because it just flows so I really feel comfortable in doing so.

I would just make sure that I transfer my own music because would have been better to me.I would tell them to not procrastinate because I procrastinated a little but even that light bit had messed up everything for me. Time management is key.I kind of inspired me to make a Youtube channel just because of the time lapse. The tool I used was WeVideo and it helped me create my message better because it all came together pretty well for me if I do say so myself. I feel this way because I honestly took time to make this better for myself and I know that I could do better, but at this point I don’t have much time left for that. I used tools like overlapping the backgrounds with the text as well as adding the transitions because it made everything flow good and it made it look professional.

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The first thing I did was procrastinate for about a week. (lol). After that I went from one topic to another. I went to doing challenges from my favorite youtubers then doing a dance video. Until I decided to do a Hair and Skin video at the last minute. It took me about two days to complete this video. I had fun filming it and putting it together. In Addition, learning how to use IMovie was a lot of fun.

I designed my stop and think sign for people who make bad decisions. If I was to put this sign in bad neighborhoods, at lights, corners, etc, it may change the decisions people make. Maybe before somebody is about to rob someone and they see this sign, they may stop and think about what they’re about to do. It took me nearly a week to complete this project since it was hard to use the Pixlr tools. By the time I got it all figured out it was close to due. Throughout this project I realized I have little patience since I got frustrated every time something didn’t look the way I wanted. I wanted to quit and not do the project but I overcame it and finished. For anyone attempting this project don’t use the Pixlr tool, it’s way too complicated. Try and find a simpler one that offers tutorial.

I have created the ballerina because I wanted to draw something that would represent me and what I love to do. I was hoping to achieve showing my personality through my work and showing how creative I am doing it. I think my work communicates to the viewer that the definition of my ballerina is very exquisite and the way that I used the background to bring my drawing out was nice. I have achieved outlining the figure to have straight lines and I also achieved in printing the figure out very nice. My current work relates to my previous work because of the definition that I used for my previous one I used on my current work. An example of contemporary art that is similar to mines is the artist Stephen Mackey. His drawings of Arcadia Contemporary is like mines because his use of dark in the background to bring out the main point of the picture is what I did for my painting. Also his use of colors I would definitely say contrasted together like mines.

The process I used to create my work is I first drawn my figure. Then I transferred my image to my linoleum and traced it. After that I used some tools to carve the figure the way that I wanted it. After this whole process, I started printing my linoleum onto a paper and I chose to do a pink background because I felt like it would have made the ballerina pop out more. Then I was finished after that all I had to was scan my paper. My inspiration for this was me and my personality and what I love to do which is dancing. My work reflects the world I live in and my experiences because this is really all I know to do besides volleyball. My work can influence people to know that you don’t have to draw what everyone else see and know, you can draw something that you know, learned, and love to do. A certain technique is important because like say you're drawing a picture and the way you hold your pencil is important if you want the lines to be hard or soft or curvy or straight it’s all in the wrist. A new technique that I learned is how to carve at a certain angle and basically how to carve linoleum in the way that you want to carve it.