1st Semester Reflection

ONW Now News Story

This project was for my school's version of a news program. This project took us a couple days due to principal being busy multiple times. One challenge was, obviously, interviewing the principal since he's always busy, but somehow my team interviewed him. Another challenge was editing. My team wasn't sure who would be responsible for editing, but I was good and could edit pretty quickly. I did stay after school due to the voiceover being sent to me long after I finished the first edit. After I got the voiceover in, my teacher sat down with me and helped me fix the color, graphics and straighten the angles in clips. I didn't get home until 4:45pm that night. I learned to pay attention to little details when editing, even if it doesn't seem like a big deal, it is. The teacher helped me a lot along the way on this project and the end result is really good. It's on of my best edited pieces this semester.

Advanced Feature Piece

This project was to do an advanced interview by including varied shots and natural sound. This project took my team a couple days, giving me the opportunity to get a lot of B-roll. A challenge along the way was the audio didn't record so out entire interview with Mr. Johns was silent. I told my team the best option was to do a voiceover for the entire thing and the teacher said to add light music under the voiceover. Feedback I was given was to make sure to audio is on while recording. Overall, recovering from a major setback like this is an accomplishment. This project is one of my better works.

Time

When I wasn't needed, I made sure assignments were turned in and we had made sure my team had everything planned out and ready to go. There were some days where I did nothing due to everything being ready and assignments were turned in. When I finished early I made sure everything exported correctly and uploaded to Youtube the way I wanted it to. Outside of class, I'd watch movies and notice the different cuts and shots in movies and tv. I would try to name the different shots, but it happens so fast, I can't name them in time. My strengths are communication and editing. I try to be as open and on page with everyone on my team wile remaining flexible when it comes to ideas.  I can improve my skills in leadership by being more vocal about the project and what my team should do. 

ONW Now

 My role in the ONW Now news piece was editor. I edited the clips of the video, voiceover, color correction, straighten shots, added graphics and transitions in Adobe Premier Pro. My team did a story over the new laptops every student got at our school. I learned to pay attention to detail even if it seems insignificant.

Summary

  What I loved about this semester is the amount of editing I got to do. If I could change what happened about this semester it'd be making sure the audio is on when recording. Overall, I learned how to straighten clips, correct color, add graphics and proper transitions. One goal I'd set for next year is to be more efficient and notice small details.

Final Thoughts

 While video has been fun and I enjoy editing, there were several times this semester where I was really stressed out and had to stay after school a lot to finish projects and assignments. I hope next semester will be less stressful, but I don't plan on enrolling into video next school year due to the stress I experienced. 

 

ONW NOW

A good broadcast story should contain at least one interview, B-roll that pertains to the story or what the interviewee is referring to, a good voiceover/script and good editing.

When my class was doing the Sophomore version of *ONW Now, i sat in the room where people could control what was being recorded for video as well as transitions and what would play next. I didn't do much since I edited my team's video for ONW Now while everyone else went to the recording booth to get jobs for when the entire thing would be recorded. 

A strong news broadcast should contain good leaders, proper preparation, and strong teamwork skills like communication. The anchors have to be prepared to read the teleprompter and make it sound natural instead of if they were reading off of a screen. Those in the recording booth have to have good communication skill and prepare for technology failure and have to have a plan in place. The microphones have to be checked to make sure they are working and on. Set director have to have good listening and communication skills to be able to take orders from the recording booth and to pass directions onto the anchors. 

*ONW Now is my school's version of a News Station. Every week, they make a news broadcast about different things happening around the school. They also produce daily news videos, but ONW Now is the news that most students see and is produced weekly. 

1st Semester Review

"Nature Man"

   This project was one of the first Photoshop Projects I did in my Graphic Design class. This project was to Photoshop a man, image was provided, into anything we wanted. The rules were the face had to be visible and use adjustment layers. I don't remember how long this project took me to complete, but longer than I thought. Some challenges for this project were deciding what I wanted to do. Originally, I was going to do a horror type edit, but decided to do a galaxy/alien edit instead. I had a a difficult time gettin the suit right, but figured it out in the end. I learned how to use adjustment layers and opacity as well as the quick select tool. Some feedback I got was the lack of blending modes. I didn't use any, in fact, due to my nonexistent experience with blending modes. To this day, I do think this edit is one of my best. 

Photoshop Challenge 2

 This project was to find 5 photos or more, use a photoshop filter, adjustment layer, and a layer mask to create this edit. It took me a couple days, from what I remember, to complete it. I learned to use color balance/adjustment and how to layer photos together. Some challenges I faced were trying to make the gravestones look natural, getting the fox's orange color to stand out, but blend it, and for the statue/ghost thing in the background to be faint but noticeable. Some feedback I got was the gravestones looked a little distorted and the fox would look better if it had a shadow underneath it. I didn't make any changes to it since I turned it on to my teacher due to my satisfaction with my work. This project isn't my best work, but i do like the aesthetic it has. It's interesting.  

Pop Art 

 The last project will mention is my pop art project. It didn't take me that long to complete, but i did have a difficult time getting the subject's hair blue due to all the little strays that were too small to color. I learned how to change backgrounds and change the color of a specific object. The feedback was it looked a little choppy, and I have to agree. I had a difficult time with the quick select tool in this project. Also, I could have used a better color scheme. I finished the main part of the project and didn't know what to do for the background, so I just guessed as to what to do and hoped it looked good.  I already knew what I wanted to do when I put the photo in photoshop, but I was still learning the ropes of everything, and ended up with a decent piece of work. In my opinion, it's not bad, but not one of greater works. 

Time

 When I would finish a project, i would work on photoshopping celebrities into random characters from popular media. I stopped after awhile due to how bored i got after awhile. I then moved on to editing characters from the same movie on one photoshop document. I did do some more serious work as well, mostly doing edits for my parents. One was editing photos from their trip to Eureka Springs into a panorama collage like my Paris one. Another project was to put a photo label that my dad sent me to put on one of his friend's shirt in a photo. I think over time, the more serious the project, the better I performed and my skills improved as the year went on. Outside of class, i started an arts and crafts project where I used photoshop to create images of my friends' favorite tv/movie character or celebrity with their favorite quote. I did this for eight of my friends and will glue each image to a piece of watercolor paper with their favorite color painted onto the watercolor paper.  

One of the edits I made for my friend.
She loves video games!

This is another edit I made for a friend.
She and I are in marching band!

Eureka Springs. This is one of my better edits

Stand By Me is one of my favorite movies,
so I created this panama. 

Strengths and Weaknesses

 I have strong time and project management skills as well as communication. However I lack in leaderships skills. Graphics Design doesn't have a lot of the traditional "leadership" roles, so it's been a bit of an adaptation. However, I always ask other for advice, and ask the teacher for help when I can't figure out a solution to a problem. I do turn in projects on time and make sure I am doing what is necessary to be on track. 

Summary

 What I love most about Graphic Design is the projects and how many we do. However, back to blending modes, I'd do a project where it was just blending modes as the main focus. Overall, the takeaway I had of this semester is to enjoy the projects and to do it how you feel like doing it while completing all the requirements. A goal for next semester is to continue side projects as well as keep up with schoolwork, which wasn't a problem this semester. Overall, I had good projects and poor projects, but none of them were terribly bad.

Behance

Below is a link to my Behance where you can check out more projects I have done as well as some other cool projects done by others:
https://www.behance.net/katiebarry8d65

Written News Story

"Recently at ONW, students received laptops from the District. The laptops are Dell, but mostly Microsoft-based. These laptops are planned to last for a couple years so students need to take good care of them. The school hopes the students will be more successful with these laptops."

The way I wrote my news story was based on what I already knew from getting the laptops. The teachers and tech administrates gave students advice and "how-to"s on taking care of laptops and making sure students are safe and secure.

What I like about writing a news story is being able to have some freedom with how to present information. There are many types of leads News Anchors use to get the audience's attention. For example, on lead an be what a person said in an interview and build the story based on that beginning. Another lead is a Staccato lead. This lead is usually three short sentences to create action and interest. An example of this is if the story was about baseball; "The ball is pitched, the clink of the bat, coaches yelling "Run"".

I still need to work on making the story "bigger". I need to work on stretching the story out a little more to fill up more of the video portion of the project.

I would still try to keep the story short and concise, making sure I get the point across. Stories should be short and concise with room for what the interviewee said, however, it can't be too short.

I would still interview my principal at my school, but try to get the interview done earlier. My team had a difficukt time trying to set yup a time to interview the principal.

I will try to be concise and to the point on my next project when it comes to writing one, but making it a bit longer too than what I have.

In he end, writing news stories isn't my cup of tea, but has helped me get to the point in a lot of my work.

Advanced Feature Piece

For this Video project, my group decided to interview Mr. Johns, the new Web Design teacher in the e-Comm program. Our story was based on his experience so far at ONW and how he ended up where he was now.

In pre-production, our team had a harder time finding a subject for our story. The person my team was originally going to interview didn't want to be interviewed, so we decided to interview Mr. Johns. For scripting, I wrote down the questions to ask during the interview. I came up with a good portion of them, if not, majority. As for assigning roles, I quickly volunteered to work the camera because I haven't had a chance to work it yet. During class time,  Mr. Johns as kind enough for us to film B-roll. I made sure to record a lot of random clips of Mr. Johns and the class. Apparently, I was too good at my job at filming B-roll due to the fact that the file with all clips wouldn't upload to the class server. Editing was a struggle due to the realization that no audio was recorded including our ten minute interview and natural sound.

I found a way around the failed recorded audio and suggested to my team to record a voice over for the entire project.

Putting together the clips and sequencing it all was fairly easy. I got that part done quickly.

My approach to this project compared to the last interview I did was make sure I recorded enough B-roll because I felt like in my last project, my team didn't have enough.

What I would do differently would be make sure to make sure the audio is recording and maybe not record as much as I did, but still a good variety of B-roll.

This experience was more interesting because of all the various shots I tried to get. It did, in my opinion, made the final product more interesting and satisfying to finish.

Overall, this project and some bumps here and there, but, in the end, turned out just fine.

Watercolor Transfer Printing Process and Experience

This project was based on a printing process we learned earlier in graphic design class where you transfer an image to a different piece of material. This process is called a Transfer Print.

     1. For this, we used watercolor paper, used watercolors on the paper similar to the colors in the image we chose and let it dry.

     2. Then, we used Mod Podge on the image we chose and put it on the watercolor paper with the paint already dry.

     3. Next was using a Squeegee, which is a tool used to get rid of air bubbles in the image when glued onto the watercolor paper.

     4. After gluing, we let the image dry to the watercolor paper.

     5. After everything was dry, we used water to get rid of the excess paper on the image to reveal the ink from the image. The image was still present, but it looked as though it was printed onto the watercolor paper.

The project was easy and fun. Although, there were some days where I would forget to stop working on my Adobe Illustrator project and work on the Printing Process project. I think I did a good job, this being my first time. I did do two of them because my teacher said if we decided to do two, the best one would be graded. I also did two because the two images I chose I thought were the best-photoshopped projects I've done.

One thing I will do better next time is making sure I don't rub too hard on the image because, as it is obvious, some of the ink was rubbed away during the water process (step 5). I think Alien Man was better compared to my fox/forest one because less ink is missing and is cleaner. I would also recolor the watercolor part due to how faded the background looks.

I would use the sane images if I did this project again just because I think they're my best work and I really like them compared to my other projects.

Feature Story

This project was to do a feature story like on news channels. My group decided to interview a student at my school due to the clubs and activities he did.

My group and I came up with twenty-one questions to ask. These questions built on each other, which means the questions weren't "yes/no" questions. I came up with some questions as well as my group members. We originally were going to film in the library, and we did, but we forgot to turn on the microphone that was in the camera, which is a Panasonic AC90 camera, so we had no audio. So many groups made the same mistake my group did, so we were all given an extra filming day. By the time we filmed again, with the microphone turned on, we couldn't use the library anymore, and found another space. After filming was done, it was time to edit. We all used Adobe Premier Pro. I asked the student we interviewed if he had any footage of the clubs/activities he was in. He gave us the clips and used them as B-roll.

For editing, I divided the film we had from the interview based on the club mentioned in the question. I had to delete majority of the footage from the interview because the video had to be one minute thirty seconds maximum. Throughout the process, I learned how to "color code" clips so I knew which clip was which. I changed the colors frequently so I wasn't bored with the colors I originally chose. This kept me organized throughout the process. I did edit the audio levels so everything was clear and even. I also added transitions to enhance the project and to hide very little mistakes. I also added lower thirds text at the beginning so the audience knew what or who was on screen.



If I could redo this project, I wouldn't mostly because I'm not interested in convergence journalism, or news stories based video, I did have fun with this project, but it wasn't my cup of tea. I would add more voiceover, but I'm not good at writing scripts for this kind of video work. I would also fix the way we filmed the interview. The camera angle wasn't straight at all throughout filming, so I had to fix that too.

I would still interview the same person, film in the same space, and use the same editing software and clips if I had to to this project again.


 

For my next project, I will make sure that the camera angle is straight, and that the built-in microphone is on so audio is captured. I will also make sure to add more voice over and write a better voice-over script.

Overall, this project was interesting. It was fun, but not my cup of tea. Editing was bit more difficult than any other project I've worked on for Video. This project was a learning process, and well worth the time.

Printing Processes

What are the Printing Processes?

The three main printing processes are Relief, Intaglio and Lithography. These processes all include a transfer of ink from a certain surface to paper. All of them have a different process which I will explain in detail. 

Relief

use a block of wood or a piece of linoleum

Use tools similar to a woodcutter would if working on wood 

Tone the block with Indian ink wash or wash of a jet black film. This works on linoleum but isn't necessary

Use Iron Oxide or Carbon paper transfer that has your design already on prepared

Transfer the image

Decide on if you want to use White line, which reveals the image through thin white lines, or Black Line, which is removing majority of the wood to reveal the image. A balance of boh is usually used.

Roll ink onto the block

Place in Press

If done by hand, use a baren, which is a tool used to transfer the ink from the block to paper, ad apply gentle pressure all over the paper on the block.  

 carefully pull the paper off of the block and check to make sure the image transferred.

Intaglio

prepare plate  by cleaning it

apply a ground to the plate which acts as a nonacid 

smoke the plate by placing it upside down

scratch away the ground to reveal the metal

etch the plate for fifteen minutes

submerge plate in a bath/pan of acid

clean the plate again

wipe the plate with ink 

hand-wipe the edges 

put chalk on your hands and brush over the surface

set on press

use a dampened sheet of paper

print.

Lithography

use a lithographic stone like limestone to draw on

use Lithographic materials/pencils/crayon to draw on stone

remove grease with sandpaper or razorblades if needed

Once drawing is finished, use gum arabic and rub all over stone

Use rosin and Talc to establish drawing

Apply acidified gum arabic  or TAPEM

apply more gum arabic

use cheesecloth to buff in 

use lithotine 

use aphaltem

apply water to clean

rub ink with an ink roller over the image

apply dampend paper

press. 

repeat adding ink to stone and press four to six times. 

Which one would I do?

I'd do lithography because I don't know much about wood or metal and I think stone would be a similar surface to paper since I draw a lot. I think these processes have some influence in contemporary design. 

ONW Procedures

     Over the past couple of weeks, I worked with a team to film a "how to" video related to our school. For example, how to use the lunch line, how to get into the school if you're late, dress code etc. My group decided to do "how to use the elevator". At my school, if yo are injured, and can't walk up the stairs, you can get a key from the nurse that grants you access to the elevator. We talked to the nurse to see if she was okay with lending us a key and if we could film. She said it was okay, and so we began. All my team members had the same basic idea for what we should film and do for our video. I had a pair of crutches and an ankle brace that fit me at home that I brought to school to use as props. I played the injured person in the video, and another person on my team played the person helping me. For editing, we all used Adobe Premiere Pro which is fantastic for editing and putting together videos. In the end, I think I did a good job with my video. Our camera was having technical difficulties at first, but we got a new one, and all is good. I would fix the white balance in some shots and well as leveling the shots by using the tripod. I would also reshoot the scene coming out of the elevator because one of our members decided it'd be funny if he was in the shot, but we were running out of time to film due to camera issues, so we just used what we had. All in all, this project was fun and I would do it again in the future if given the chance.

Multi-Exposure Panorama

   

     Going to Paris, France was one of the best trips I've ever had. The culture, language, food, architecture, people, and geography are all things I love. The photos I used in this collage were from the second level of the Eiffel Tower. 

     It was on a Sunday. Toby and my grandpa decided to visit Sainte-Chapelle, which is the most beautiful cathedral in my opinion. Then, we walked around a bit to visit the Luxemburg Garden, which is bigger than huge, and got some gelato at the best gelato place in Paris, Amorino. 

     We then decided to visit the Eiffel tower, and my grandpa and I got in line to climb up the stairs to the second level. We had to take two little breaks to catch our breath due to the amount of stairs there were.  When we reached the first level, we looked out at the view, but there was a fence blocking some of the scenery. 

     My grandpa and I continued up the stairs and finally reached the second level. There were hundreds of tourists looking out at the beautiful view of Paris. I was fortunate enough to capture some photos. The view was amazing! It reminded me of that scene of Ratatouille where Remy sees the beautiful view of Paris. 

      A few months later, school starts and I'm in Graphic Design. I've finished many projects and side projects and our ext project has to be a collage of photos we've taken. I decided to use the photos from the Eiffel tower because of the beautiful view. I did edit the original photos to give it more of an "old-timey" feel. I started putting it together by lining up the photos with the Seine river and go from there. I used the eraser tool probably one hundred times as well as many layer masks. Overall, I think I did Paris justice in capturing it's beauty and essence.  

Pop Art Design

The Process

     I started by selecting photos of my partner and chose the one I thought I could work with easily. I decided to use the primary colors for the subject and secondary colors for the background. I did put in some yellow arrows to add some normal shapes and to create more of a "pop art" feel. I was mostly inspired by Roy Lichtenstein, who used a lot of primary colors. I used a lot of color balance to change the colors of the subject aw well as some gradients for the background and for the glasses. I had a little trouble with the gradient tool due to my lack of experience with it, but i eventually figured it out.  I did have some trouble with the hair and glasses because the hair had little details that I couldn't include and with the glasses because i used a gradient on the glass part of them. Overall, I enjoyed this project, not my favorite, but one I enjoyed. 

The Project 

"Nature Man"

      This assignment was to Photoshop a man using either the provided photos or our own and edit him using the photos. The goal was to keep his face visible

The Process

Here is Alien Man. My edit of the challenge

     At the beginning, I was going to do a horror themed edit, but I didn't find any images I liked or thought would be interesting, so I ditched the idea, and decided to make it Outer Space-galaxy-star themed. I found a lot of different images of stars and planets as well as some alien themed photos as well and compiled all of them together and created Alien Man, at least that's what I titled it once I saved it. I didn't use the photos provided because they photos of mountains, trees, tree roots, hence the name of this blog, "Nature Man".  

      I used a lot of layer masks to edit all of this together. It wasn't difficult, but it was a lot of "rinse and repeat". Every photo I added had to be resized, erase the unwanted bits, make sure it looks "natural" etc. I I really enjoyed this project, and I highly recommend doing this challenge to anyone with basic photoshop skills. I used a lot of the skill from the previous lessons and incorporated them into this project. There were some days where all I wanted to do was work on this project. 

Finished Project

     I'm really happy with the way it came out. It is interesting and weird, but I think it works. I have shown some of my friends and they all seemed to like it. I did finish early because I came in during lunch to work on it because of how much fun I had working on it. Since I finished early, I had extra time to make another edit on a different photo. Same rules applied but it was whoever we found on Google. 

The Extra Edit

     This extra edit was especially fun because it is of a video game character from a game I like. The game is called Undertale and the character I chose is Undyne. I think . I did a pretty good job. I didn't do as much detail as my last edit. For example, I didn't edit the clothes, hair or background and instead, focused more on the facial features. Again, this edit was for fun, but I still think I did a decent job. I did forget to edit some things like the earrings, and forgot to add some eyeshadow and gills to the character, but I think it's still recognizable. 

Photoshop

What was the project?

The whole purpose of this project was to learn about photoshop, its tools and how to photoshop different items and people. 

                       Lesson One

     The first lesson was on content aware fill, which is deleting unwanted items out of a photo or backgr
ound. I had four different photos that I had to photoshop and it was simple and easy to do. I really enjoyed learning this simple trick and it will help me in the future. Originally, this photo to the left had many unnecessary items and blemishes, but thanks to Photoshop, I easily got rid of those unwanted blemishes and objects and made it what it is now.

Lesson Two

     Patch Tool is a variation of lesson one. I learned that Content Aware Fill won't always work fr getting rid of unwanted objects or items. The Patch Tool is a good substitute to get rid of bigger items such as t-shirt logos. I had a harder time making the shirt look more natural, but for the lesson, I did a good job.

       Lesson Three

     While getting rid of unwanted items is all good and an essential lesson in Photoshop, knowing how to make the rest look natural without the unwanted item is also necessary. That's what Clone Stamp and Healing Brush help you do. I thought I did a pretty good job on this. The goal of this project was to get rid of a clothing tag on the jacket near the arm and pocket of the right side of the photo. Overall I did a pretty good job, however I did make one, very little minuscule mistake near the pocket, but from afar, it isn't noticeable.  I did enjoy learning this skill and will need it in the future.

Lesson Four

The objective of this Photoshop lesson was to get rid of unwanted background items. Tis lesson was called Clone Stamp and Patch Tool. We used the clone stamp from the previous lesson as well as the patch tool from lesson two and combined them to erase a pole in the background. We used the clone stamp to get rid of the section near the guy's head as well as the entire pole, then used the patch tool to make the sky more natural. I enjoyed this lesson more than the previous lessons. This and lesson one are my top favorites. 

Lesson Five

Lesson Five was using the spot healing brush to get rid of blemishes and make the skin smoother. The photo was already in black and white and originally, the boy was covered in dirt and just had some blemishes here and there. Thanks to the spot healing brush, it was easy to get rid of the dirt spots and blemishes. This lesson was okay, I did enjoy it, but not one I'd want to do every week. 

Lesson Six

Out of all the lessons so far, this lesson was the most complicated and least liked by me. The goal was to make a collage out of three photos of a girl modeling. As you can see, I messed up on one of her faces. I had to go back to different sections of the lesson and repeat many things because I would make a mistake and have to delete a layer. This was the hardest out of all of them and took me many days, almost a week, to complete. This lesson was complicated and harder than the previous lessons so it makes sense as to the amount of time I had to spend on it, but that doesn't mean I enjoyed it. All in all, it was a good way to combine every skill previously learned as well as some new ones, but not one I'd do again. 

 

Self-Portrait

     Description

     For my first official Video assignment of the 2018-2019 school year, I decided to show the hobbies and activities I like and do on a regular basis with a twist. I'm speaking French because I've been learning the language since fourth grade. I've always been interested in the language, culture and the country of France. This past summer, I did visit France and it's very different than America, but I enjoyed every minute I was there, whether it was at the Eiffel Tower or at a little cafe, watching the people pass by. I wanted to speak in French because it's a language I've spent a lot of time to learn and I wanted to practice my vocabulary by speaking it in the video. Through this video I want people to see how much I know and how I can communicate to others in a foreign language.
     Out of all the other self-portraits I've seen I really liked Jaiden's video where he wrote a poem touching on how movies portray homosexuality and racism and how homosexuality and racism is a deeper problem and real life than what everyone would like to believed. I thought it was really brave of him to do that and inspired me to a better friend and person.

Explain

     I wanted to film against a blank wall with nothing else to look at around me so all the attention goes to me and what I am doing. I also tried to find a bright room so the object and myself are visible and easy to see. As for the framing, I made it so the audience could see examples of what I like that relate to a bigger topic and made sure to keep that example up so the audience has enough time to process and make connections before moving on. There are a ton of examples in the video but one is when I'm talking about watching tv, and that I prefer Phineas and Ferb. All of these connect to what I wanted to show about myself because they are things, activities, and hobbies I like and what make up me. 

Reflect

     I hope through this video people can gain a better understanding of me, my life and what I like. I think I was successful since I got majority of the activities and hobbies I like in the video. I did have some trouble with some filming at one point because my camera roll was full, and wouldn't record. Most of the other troubles I had were forgetting what I was going to say, and not continually talking and the transistion to the other subject was not the greatest, but I think I did okay. One thing I would do differently is add more examples and maybe write some notes or reminders of what I'm going to say so that way there's no waiting. I learned that it's difficult to get everything want across to the audience and not everything you like will make it into the final cut. 

     

4th Quarter Project

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      This past quarter, I have been working on a project with three other people. The project was to come up with a new invention, for example, my group came up with Vinels, which are Vines in virtual reality. Then, we had to create a logo, web banner, ads, animations of the packaging and the project, catchphrase, commercial, and a website. I helped out with the logo design and the website. I have been working all quarter, with my team, on this project. I did have to go in during lunch on some occasions to finish a certain part of the project, but besides that, I used majority of my time in class to work on this project.

Here is another version of our logo

     Some challenges we faced were fixing little mistakes in our commercial. There were times that our team felt stressed and overloaded mostly because of little errors and forgetting when we had to turn certain parts of our project in, but we kept working and finished everything on time,
and the hard work paid off.

Here is our logo

     One thing I learned is to be more patient and calm under stress. I was given a lot of positive feedback from my team on the work I did on the website as well as some things I could change or do better on. At the beginning, the text on the website was the text the team used on the logo, but I didn't like it mostly because when I went to preview it, there as no way of telling which text was the heading and what wasn't, so I changed it. Overall, I really liked this project and the team I was on. The hard work from each of us paid off.

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Time Management

Screenshot of our website

One of our ads

     Some of the activities I did to complete the project was turn in
my own version of our commercial, which isn't our official commercial, build the website, and help out with the logo. Since I built the website during the animation rotation section of the project, I didn't have time to create an animation. It was pretty easy for me to stay productive as I built the website and gave advice to my team mates. I mostly communicated with my team on what I needed for the website and how much more work I had left. I did have to come in once at the beginning of the quarter to finish my version of the commercial, but besides that, I finished everything in class. 

The second ad

Strengths

     I maximized my strengths by working hard on my part of the project while also giving advice to the rest of my team when they asked for it. Or, if I got advice from somebody, I'd use it. 

Summary 

     What I loved most about this quarter was building the website because when everything was finally in one place, it looked original and official. All the work the team and I did was finally together in one spot. 

Screenshot of our website

      One thing I would change is if a group is stuck, with no ideas, is give them a list of current problems, whether it's global warming, or a first world problem like not knowing what to eat when you're hungry. This way, it'll give them a little boost in what to do. 

Our Web Banner

     Overall, I learned how to get along with people that don't have the same personality or interests that I do. It was a good experience, and one I'll definetaly run into again. 

     Next year, I hope to grow my skills as well as my list of friends. I hope I can grow my skills in technology as well as learn to communicate better with my teachers, friends, and team mates. 

      

      My final thoughts are that this project was a good idea, even if I was unsure at the start, and it helped me grow as a person to connect with others I'd never thought I'd get along with. 

Here is our animation of our product

Here is the packaging

CSS and CARP Design

      This latest project was a web project. I started using HTML and ending in HTML. It was a learning process for me because I'm not very savvy when it comes to web design. Most of he steps were already written out, so that made things a lot easier. This was all based around a poem, and by applying CARP, the poem looks much better and captivates the reader.

Contrast

     Contrast was used through colors based off the dog as well as the style of text. Some text is bold, and other text is italics. Some colors are darker and other are lighter. The main background is black, but the body, or second background, of the poem is a lighter tan. The heading of the poem is a lighter color than the poem. 

Alignment

     The body of the poem is lined up with the credits at the bottom. The title is lined in the middle with other parts of the title underneath. At the top, there is a link that is aligned with the poem and the credits. 

Repetition

     The title and the credits are the same color. All the colors originate from the dog, repeating a theme. The link at the top has the same color as the body and the title. 

Proximity

     Everything is spaced out evenly from each other. The dog is outside of the body, combining the background with the body. The title is separated by space and font style to create proximity. The stanzas are evenly spaced from each other, making everything else look even. 

Conclusion

     I learned how to apply CARP with web design in HTML. I did have to go into the code a little bit, but it was to make the font Georgia appear on the page. I think CSS is fun to mess around with every once in a while, but not something I want to do everyday. 

Personality Type

     My personality type is INFJ. I’m introvert, intuitive, feeling and judgement. What this means is that I get my energy from being alone, I think of all the possible outcomes, I'm more creative and I think of the future more than I rely on facts. I also think not everything is black and white. I tend to be more loving and caring than logical. I'm also more organized, in control and decisive than  being open and flexible. Some famous people that are like me are Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Connelly, Plato, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mahatma Gandhi, and Thomas Jefferson. There's also some infamous people that have the same personality as me, but everyone has a personality type, so everyone has at least one infamous person with the same personality. 

     For the most part, the description of this personality is fairly close to who I am. There are a few things that are things I wouldn't really call myself, but it is close. For example, being organized. I'm not very organized sometimes, and I call myself an organized mess. I can be messy and unorganized, but there are other times where I am very organized. I also try to be open-minded to discussions or when it comes to making a decision, but not all the time. However, I do like to think of theories and different possibilities. I do think of the future A LOT, and it's usually where i see myself, or the world in five years. I also try to understand other people's though process and why they react the way they do. I find it very interesting. I already noticed some of the things this test told me, so I already knew, and I wouldn't really say it helps me understand myself better. It did make me realize all my habits and tendencies. The activities I do are all the activities INFJ's do. I'm constantly listening to music, I love looking at artwork whether it's my own or others. I also like to study the strokes of the pencil or paintbrush. I love learning about other cultures, writing, reading, and socializing with one or two people. These are all activities INFJ's like to do. When I read that I was in shock because that was the most accurate part of my personality, in my opinion.  

     I think this helps me understand why I tend to take more of a leadership position. I hate the idea of being in charge of a big project, but when the time comes or a problem arises, I tend to lead the group and find possible solutions. I also think of any consequences any possible solution has as well. I guess it's ironic that i'm an introvert, but I also tend to be a leader. I also help people when they are dealing with a tough situation and give them advice. Even if they already tried that, I think of another solution while comforting them. I tend to be shy when I have a new idea because I'm afraid people won't like it. I don't think I've been "misunderstood" in the past because of my personality. The biggest problem I have is when something good happens and I want to tell everyone, but when I walk in the classroom, I don't tell anyone, only my friends. I have had issues with some people in the past. Some people I don't like working with are those who are always talking in class, those who don't care about the work or don't get it done on time, those who are distracted easily or don't pay attention and are constantly saying "What are we doing" or "I don't know what to do". Every once in a while, I'm okay with someone saying that, but not every five minutes. 

      I learned some interesting things about myself like the activities I do. I'm more aware now of my habits and how I interact with people. I also noticed how my personality is rare. It is the least common personality among men and the third least common among women. My personality makes up 2% of the general population. 

   Another part of this test was the LOBG test. This test told me which animal I was most like. The options were Lion, Otter, Beaver, and Golden Retriever. I am most like a golden retriever. This means that i'm very loyal, wanting to be loved by everyone, and have a couple of close friends. I think this fits the best because it fits my personality really well.