Sketchy

For this project, we had to rase our names backwards to create the illusion of someone drawing our names. I chose a relatively hard font to work with, to make it look like it was a bubble letter drawing with artsy details inside. Hannah and I did a kind of joint project concerning this, and I love the finished product!

Video Killed the Radio Star

Using our ten words that we chose for ourselves at the beginning of the year, we created a video style animation with Photoshop, instead of a frame by frame animation. The result is a smooth animation with little work involved, instead of those time-consuming frame animations.

ArcFire

For this animation project, we used the same principles from the first bouncing ball project, squash and stretch, ease in and ease out, and anticipation. We used a frame by frame animation style and did it all to make it look like the ball was bouncing along out name. This one was really fun!

Squash and Stretch

The first principle of animation is Squash and Stretch. It occurs when an object is in motion, and makes the object look more lifelike. This can be applied to a bouncing ball, as I did, in a way that makes the ball stretch until it hits the ground, where it squashes. This makes the animation look more exaggerated and fun and adds a bit of life to it.

If you sketched of all my worst qualities, it would make quite a poor trait.

My personality type is INTJ, or Introverted, Intuitive, Thinker, and Judging. On all of the sites that I have looked at, INTJs are considered to be intelligent, albeit a bit stiff, people. They seem to go through life like a giant chess game, strategizing their next move at every step. INJTs tend to have a natural thirst for knowledge from an early age. They also usually fly solo, not working in groups unless they have to. Some famous people that share my type are Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, and Stephen Hawking. Some fictional characters that are based off of INTJs are Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty, Hannibal, and Walter White.

I think my type is pretty spot on, really. I don't tend to spend time with people unless I'm really comfortable with them, and I'm pretty curious about the world and how it works. I really relate to a lot of the things described on the websites, because a lot of it say that INTJs don't tend to waste their time on things that they consider to be unimportant.That's pretty much me. Something that maybe isn't me so much is what the websites say about the confidence of people with my type. My confidence isn't really my strong suit, and I tend to doubt myself a little bit. Other than that, I'm pretty in tune with my type. I kind of knew these things about myself, but hearing that other people are the same way is really nice.

When I'm on a team, I generally take a leadership role, an info checking role, or a researcher. Unless it's online, in which I usually make the project look appealing. I don't really like being told what to do, so unless I'm in a leadership role, I tend to do my own thing and then report back when I'm finished. I think in the past a lot of people thought I was arrogant and a loner, which to be honest is kind of true... But I don't mean to be those ways, really.

We took the Lion, Otter, Golden Retriever, Beaver test, and I came out as a Lion. A leader that doesn't like to be told no.... Seems pretty spot on. Some of my stenght would be keeping on task, leading, and general strength, but my arrogance could hold me back. This also matches up with my MBTI personality pretty well.

"They loved your GPA, then they saw your Tweets"

Summary

This article is a warning. "Watch what you say!" Colleges look at applying students' social media as an insight to their life ad what they're like. There are people who scour the web for your social media to see if you made bad decisions on it, and if you did, then you most likely will get penalized for it. This is especially true if your grades aren't the best. Some students will change their content so that they can possibly cover it up, but it's best just to not post anything at all.

Things That Surprised Me

It surprised me that colleges would say that they worry about the judgement of students that "spend their time on their mobile phone and makes such awful remarks." There could be students that spend time on their phones, perhaps more than usual, and still be good people. It also surprised me that 31% of college admissions officers said that they visited an applicant's Facebook or social media page. That surprised me because I didn't know so many people would do that. It also surprised me that someone would say that "deleting [stuff you don't want colleges to see] is kind of like joining two more clubs senior year to list on your application to try to make you seem more like the person they want at their schools." This surprised me because what this person said is really true, and I never thought of it that way before.

Things That Confused Me

In the article, it talks about a senior who posted rude remarks about people on Twitter, and then it goes on to say, "perhaps she hadn't realized that colleges keep track of their social media mentions." How could she not know that? If your social media isn't private, anyone could see it. And even if it is private, people could still find ways to view it. The article also mentions someone who is a lawyer specializing in social media law' and I had no idea that those kind of lawyers existed. There also are guidance counsellors who help students scrub their social media clean, which I didn't know happened either.

Impact 

I don't really use social media, but if I did, I'd watch what I say. I don't see myself getting any soon, because I personally think it's a waste of time, but you never know. I think I'll just watch what I say online period.

My Photoshop Projects

 Project #1- Layering and Opacity Levels
For the first project, we worked on how to work on all separate layers, as we did with the text and compass ver the school. Also, we worked on how to use the opacity too, so that you could see the school behind the compass and text.

Project #2- Hues and Clone Stamp
From a picture of a normal monarch butterfly, we added color to the wings by changing the hues and then added 'motion' to the wings using the clone stamp tool. For the longest time, I couldn't figure out the clone stamp tool, but after I used it correctly, it was easy.

 Project #3- Text Masks and Gradients
Taking a picture of ONW, the same one as the first project, actually. We layered a text mask over it and adjusted the font size to make it stretch to the image, selecting the outside so that you can see the school in the letters. On the outside, we added a gradient. This one was really fun to use.

Project #4- Taking Objects Out, Magic Lasso and Blending Layers
At first, this project was very difficult for me. Once I figured out how to remove the unwanted parts of the picture though, it was much easier. We used the clone stamp to remove the cars and light posts out of the picture and just show the school. Then we used the magic lasso to cut out a picture of the raven and follow the lines correctly, pasting it on the picture of ONW. Then we added pictures around the school on top and adjusting the opacity and shape of them. Then we cropped out some of the grass and added a border. It took a while, but I'm happy with the finished project.