Grades: History of Visual Communications

Okay, so I'm pretty happy with the grades. I wish I'd studied for the Final, or else I could have gotten a 100%. I only missed two questions, but I was preoccupied with a death in the family, unfortunately. I still got an A+, so what does it matter? Regardless, this class was fun, and it offers the students a fresh air and really gives us a chance to get a creative boost going.

On another note, I'm a bit disappointed with my "grades" overall. Last month, I was supposed to be in Web Standards Project, however, I had to withdraw from the class because my video card fried. (Curse you Maya!) However, I got marked an "F" with a grade of 0.00% instead of "FA" (Failed Attendance) which would be understandable considering I wasn't even there; instead, they were supposed to give me a "W" (Withdrawn), and now I have to go at some point to get this fixed, who knows when. But it dropped my GPA down to a 3.35 and I'm kind of upset, especially with the Education Department. But these are the (annoying) little things that you're going to have to deal with at Full Sail, so I suppose you should get used to it. Anyhow, here's my grade breakdown, as usual.

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New Wallpaper

Hey everyone. It's officially break, and until Christmas I've been super bored. I ended up doing this Wallpaper. It's not very Christmasy, so I'm going to do another one, soon. I was actually recording this, but my computer ended up crashing half-way through, so I lost my recording. Sorry. :( I'll be sure to record the Christmas one for you guys. :)

So here it is. I also created a new "Wallpaper" section at the bottom where you'll be able to download this and any other wallpapers I end up creating. Max resolution is 1920x1200. Enjoy.

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Month 11: History of Visual Communications

Final Project

For the final project, we were supposed to create a poster-esque something that was one of the art styles we'd learned about in class. The teacher allowed me to do something a bit more traditional, since we're rarely ever able to do something along those lines at Full Sail. Overall, I ended up going the Dada / Anti-Art route (though it ended up being more Auto-Destructive than anything).

I got a lot of compliments on the piece, and I'm quite happy with it. I feel like through destroying things, I'm able to express who I am, which actually makes sense considering how self-destructive I've been in the past. Perhaps that was the effect trying to contain all of it.

Good news is that they're going to display it in the showcase. I'll be sure to take a picture when they do for you guys. I also wanted to give a shout-out to John Castle for his awesome photography skills!

Also, on another note, we went to the Graduate Showcase today. I found it very interesting, and exciting, because I just know one of those days, that's going to be me up there. I'm getting very excited. I'm almost half way through it. All I have to do is keep up the good work! :)

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Month 11: History of Visual Communications

Lab 2: Watercolor

In this particular lab, I believe the goal was trying to get students to open up. What I really enjoy about this class is that you really do have creative freedom, for the most part. The exercise, I believe, helped to get students to understand abstraction of art. The process started with students closing their eyes and scribbling on the paper with permanent marker. Each scribble was collected and then distributed again. I have no idea whose scribble I got. Instead of coloring inside the lines, I just experimented. Strangely enough, I got a lot of compliments on it. I think it's because instead of trying to color inside the lines, I just tried to do something fun...

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Grades: Designing for Web Standards

This month was hard. It was more or less learning the concepts and understanding the concepts behind Cascading Style Sheets. And I won't lie, it was frustrating. Even though I bombed the second quiz (and YES, I did study), I ended up getting an A, so I'm very, very happy and thankful. The teacher is a cool guy, even though he can be a little rough at some times. He definitely strikes me as someone who is a tough-love kinda' guy. He'll make you cry. Not even kidding. But it was all worth it... Moving on!

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Month 11: History of Visual Communications

Lab 1: Art Nouveau

Okay, so things were a little crazy with the break. Tuesday, we went to the Morse Museum to get some inspiration for our first Art Nouveau project. It's a little bookmark, and we have to make it styled the same way as the general period, even though there are multiple styles. It gives us a bit of creative freedom. However, it can be a little confusing, because they're actually looking for Artist Statements and stuff about your project.

I've finished my project, I think. I may add onto it, however I'm going to wait for a final critique. Here's what it looks like for the time being.

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Month 11: History of Visual Communications

Hi everyone! So this is my last Gen-Ed class. So far, we haven't really done anything, so I don't have anything fancy to really show off. Last month, I had to take off. My video card fried and the school didn't have any loaner laptops for me to use. I guess that's one bad thing about Full Sail.

If your stuff magically stops working, you're screwed. Unless you're in CA / GA. Then you have open labs. But this wasn't the case for me...

But, all in all, I suppose it was a good thing I was "forced" to take a month off. My dad has cancer, so I've been taking the time to go over and help him, and take care of some things.

Anyhow. Happy belated Thanksgiving to you all. I look forward to doing the holiday thing this year, and hopefully I can create some beautiful festive digital composites for you! I'll keep you posted as the month progresses!

See you then!

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