Double Take: Media-Go-Round

The idea here is to take a personal creation from a non-digital plarform, editing it on a digital platform, printining it out, and editing the creation again on a non-digital platform.

For this I did a sketch/coloring of a dragon...

and a spin-wheel painting with neon glow paint.

I took photos of the two images and uploaded them into Photoshop.  In Photoshop, I primarily used filters to edit these images, to see how it would change the backgrounds of the images themselves. 

 For the dragon, I used glowing edges, bas relief, and plastic wrap filters.

For the other crazy guitar looking one I used the accented edges, graphic pen, and glowing edges filter.  I transformed it a little to the right to make the middle line look more symmetrical. 

I printed the images once I was done editing them in Photoshop.  The image that looked almost like a guitar, I actually did turn into a little guitar with markers and colored pens.  For the dragon, I added a new color scheme to go with the leathery look of the Photoshop image.

Class Take Away 9

This one is not exactly about class.  I mean it is somewhat related, but a little off topic.  In class we had to create something using paper that represented the new food we tried.  I ate snail for this project.  I made a tree with the paper, because I could not think of a better way to explain snail other than earthy or like the sensations on your senses when you are in a forest.  Ironically, during the time I was coming up with ideas for the snail I ended up coming up with a cool painting for my pixel art characters.      
                                   
I just finished the painting itself today, but I am still working on getting the tiles glued down.  The painting is of a cave entrance with a waterway at the entrance.  The taste of the snail actually inspired the colors in the painting.  I thought it turned out pretty great and I love how my thoughts on the taste of snail helped me shape the painting itself.

While I was painting, I took some time to start on making different colored covers for the altared book.  I came up with two covers that I really liked, one is plain silver to represent my name meaning and the other is the start of a chaotic mash-up cover page with dark/neon green, pink, and silver overlay.  I took some pictures of these two, but the pictures don't quite do the end product justice.  I am starting to get excited about how the whole thing is starting to come together.

Believe it or not this thing is much darker in person, but it still has that awesome looking tie dye effect going on.  The cover is more of a sea foam green with neon green, neon pink, and silver over the top.  I cut out a square in this page, because I am going  to use the square as a foundation for a    3-D tree coming out of the cover.

Right now the back cover page is just plain silver.  I plan on adding more to the back cover page, but I wanted the finished result to be a surprise.  I am sure the end result of these pages will not be exactly as I imagine them now, but I can't wait to see how they transform.

The Flavor of Escargot Sounds Like Forest

For this project, I was supposed to try a food that I have never tried before and explain how that food tastes through sound.  The food item I decided to try was escargot prepared by the head chef at Ivy Tech.  I believe it is important to try new things, because they open up whole new realms of possibility for an individual.  However, snail was not on the top of my list of new things to try.  It ended up tasting pretty good, just different from what I am used to eating.  The initial burst of flavor I got was garlic, but after that first taste of garlic it started to taste earthy.  It was very similar to eating a mushroom, except the it had more of an earthy/forest taste to it.  I know this sounds crazy, but it is almost like a mixture of dirt, leaves, air, and water.  Eating snail is like standing in a forest just breathing in the air.  It's hard to capture into words.  I probably won't ever be eating snail again. but it was an interesting and valuable experience in  my opinion.

The recording above was taken at West Side Park in Greenwood by the creek bed.  I wanted the sounds to represent the flavors I tasted in the snail; like dirt, water, air, and leaves.  The crunching noise in the background is where I picked up leaves and crushed them in my hands,  the water sound is from the movement of the creek, and I caught little bits of the wind picking up.

Class Take Away 8

I can relate to what Kennedy had to say about video games. Video games do make for a good escape from reality, they can bring people together, and they give people something to enjoy while passing the time.  I think games in general bring these moments out in life.  I think that playing/creating games gives us the power to transform not only how we look at the world, but it actually changes the world around us.  This in itself is a good reason to get out there and design new games.

I had a space out moment during class, but I could still hear my classmates talking about their different ideas for their cover pages and how those ideas related to who they are as a person.  This got me to thinking about myself and who I am as a person.  In my day to day life I maintain the illusion of structure and organization, because that's usually what is expected of me.  On the inside, this always make me feel like I am swimming in a pool of chaos.  Ironically, I come from a pretty chaotic background and I eventually learned not only to thrive, but to succeed in the midst of chaos.  I decided to represent myself on the cover page of my scrapbook in a chaotically structured way.  I know that I want to spray paint the back cover in silver, maybe make it a half and half with another color to represent the dualities that we often see in our lives.  I want to use pictures and quotes from authors I like.  I am going to shred up some of the class projects I've done and make some sort of design with them. I was also considering the use quotes from my fellow classmates, because this is supposed to be a collective journey that we are on together.

Altared Book Cover Page

For this blog I will be talking about potential ideas for what I can do with my Altared book cover page...

1)  I could cut up images and quotes from books and concepts I like.  The cover will have these images and writings put on the front of the scrapbook.

2)  I could shred up different projects I have done for the class and use them to create an image on the front cover of my scrapbook.

3)  I could use different green markers to cover the page in my favorite color and then place ceramic tiles on top to make it pop, then I will add artwork to the very top portion.  This will turn the scrapbook into something I enjoy looking at.

Class Take Away 7

Why am I here?
Well no one can ever really give a direct certain response to that question.  Life is full of opportunities to learn and grow, so the person I am today won't be the person that I am ten years from now.  In class the Brigg Jung personality assessment was mentioned.  I first learned about this personality assessment when I was in high school and at the time my personality type was an ENFJ.  A couple of years later I did the assessment and it said my personality type was INFJ.  For the last class project I did the assessment again and it said my personality type was INTP.  The first time I did this personality assessment I did not understand that the personality type I had would not be the one I would always have.  Now I understand that not only must I continue to grow, but I should also actively seek new ways to become the best version of myself. I know that there are parts of me that will always remain the same, but there are also parts of me that are still changing and growing.  I definitely will not be the person I am today tomorrow, but I cannot tell you who I will become.

Why Do I Do MAS?
I said before that media arts and science was not my first choice. I was in a Digital Arts & Media program in Central Nine when I was in high school.  I spent a year and a half in that program, it helped me to grow artistically and individually.  Needless to say I found happiness in the work I created at Central Nine.  Ever since I can remember my dad has worked eighty hours a week to support his family and he always looked miserable, this made me decide that no matter what I wanted to do a job that brought me happiness and satisfaction.  I believe that for me media arts and science is a way to find happiness in the work I do.

Who Am I? Why Am I Here?

     In class we did these blind contour drawings of a partner.  After we completed a timed session of the drawings, we gave the pictures to the person we where drawing.  Now we are supposed to come up with something that represents us to answer the questions, "who am I" and "why am I here", based on what we got about ourselves from the drawings we received from our partners.  Personally, I think it's hard to attain any real information about myself from a blind drawing of myself that's been generalized to fit someone else's perception.  For this particular project, I wanted to focus on both general and personal information about myself and why I am here.  I put together a little bag of different things that are meant to represent some aspect of who I am and/or why I am here.  My name is Arianna, which means silver and holy one, depending on the culture an individual is in.  I personally like the meaning of silver more than holy one, because holy one seems impossible to live up to and silver is a very lovely color.  I chose to represent my name with a silver gel pen and for the holy one aspect of my name I used a painting of the goddess Aphrodite, because I am not religious person.  My favorite color is green. I represented my favorite color with some green ceramic tiles and a green gel pen.  I put pennies and dimes in the bag to represent my financial growth.   I love to read and write.  I chose to represent this aspect of myself with the author and book that started it all, In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater Rhodes.  I come from a poor family, but I work hard and have the money to show for it now.  I started out at Ivy Tech Community College, because it was the only school I could afford and they offer a great curriculum.  I had trouble parting with Ivy Tech, so now I work there as a public safety officer.  I represented my close ties to Ivy Tech with a picture of their logo, that I received on an academic achievement award.  I am a bit of an overachiever and I chose to represent this aspect of myself with a StrengthsQuest top 5 strengths quiz.  I was not the least bit surprised to find out that my top five strengths are strategic, commanding, input, individualization, and context.  I am good at taking charge in any situation,  I like taking in other peoples ideas and assessing them compared to my own, I see people for who they are as opposed to who they want you to think they are, and I reflect on the past to find better solutions for the future.  The last thing I put in the bag are two pictures of works I did during this semester with the help of my Seeing Sideways class.  This class has inspired me to be creative in ways I never thought possible and helped me to achieve some of my best work since coming to IUPUI.  I wanted to show this work as a representation for what I will during my time at IUPUI, but also how the creative innovations will continue long after I have settled into a career.

 The picture to the left is an 80's pixel character that I created recently.

The picture below is a photo I took of the gem stone at IUPUI. This photo is special because it inspired a short story and storyboard called Serenity and the Crystal of Destiny. 

 

Who Am I?

I am Arianna. My name means holy one and silver. I love the color green and its many shades.  I am an overachiever.  I am good at taking charge, thinking strategically, accepting input from others, seeing people for who they are, and looking to the past to make a better future.  I am extremely strong willed and stubborn. I love to read and write.  I started college off at Ivy Tech Community College, graduated last May, and transferred with my Associates degree to IUPUI.  I actually wanted to go to IU Bloomington, but IUPUI is closer and cheaper, aka the more reasonable choice.  I love my area of study, Media Arts and Science with a focus in Game Development.

Why Am Here?

I initially wanted to get my degree in Criminal Justice, so that I could become a criminal analyst.  In order to be a criminal analyst an individual is required to obtain top level government security clearance and I could not do this because my father constitutes as a foreign national.  Without the ability to pursue the career I wanted I decide to pursue the next best thing for me, which is Media Arts and Science.  I naturally have an innovative personality, so this field is a perfect fit for me.  I come from a poor family, so I am using my time in college to get a degree and save back money for the future.  I don't want my future family to suffer the way that my parents and siblings did, simply because we where too poor.  I am here to build a better life for myself and the people I love.