How the GYRs Turned

My group was named GYR, and our product was the GYR breathalyzer. The team was very technically capable, and got all of our work done on time. Most of us got along very well, but one person really prevented us from clicking as well as we could have if they were not there. That one person held back our team at times by saying that they didn't like any other ideas we presented, but not giving any alternatives. With the next group project, I won't take on so much work, because it really gave me that 'everything has to be totally perfect' mentality that I really dislike having. I think that all of our work was really solid, but I'd maybe work for a bit longer on our presentation. Technical difficulties are great, aren't they? I worked on the final animation, made the whole website, and made the ad. All in all, I really liked this project, and I would do one similar to it in a heartbeat.

The Winchester

For this project, we put our Sketchup knowledge to the test. We followed a blueprint to make a house of the exact size and almost exact placement of windows and doors. I also added vegetation and a driveway to make change it up a bit. Making the roof was the most fun and kind of challenging, but I also really liked making the windows. We also made an animation, which is showcased in the video. Sketchup did most of the work, we just had to set key frames and the rest of the work was done for us. It was great changing the colors and adding little changes to make this house my own; that was definitely my favorite part. All in all, I loved this final project.

Webpage

For a taste of web design, our class made a webpage in Adobe Dreamweaver. We had to insert our elevator pitch, bio, and a few of our favorite projects. I chose my sketch animation as my favorite because it was a challenge but was still really fun. I also like the butterfly project because it was unique and fun. We added hyperlinks, changed the font and headers, and changed the look. The borders and the background also got a face lift, in an attempt to make it look semi-unique. I hope to make even more complex and unique websites in the future!

In the Doghouse

With this SketchUp project. we used a base, like a blueprint for a building. We used exact measurements to make the doghouses identical, save for the colors and the little accessories that I added in, namely the dog and the bowl. I likes having the freedom to do whatever I wanted with the last project, but I really like SketchUp, so it was still fun.

Bord och Stol

For a while now, we've been using the program SketchUp to create 3D models of things. For this project, we created a table and chairs, and I modeled mind off of a table at a restaurant or bar stools. I used the Follow Me tool to make the corners not so sharp. and made the chairs all components and rotated them so that they would all be exactly the same. This was a really fun project!

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.