Month 4: Networks and Server Structures

Lab 2: Terminal Commands

This first lab, we dealt with a lot of commands in terminal. We learned in lecture how to create files and directories, move and rename them, delete them, and much more. We had to create a certain file structure in terminal and then export the text (of terminal) and turn that into our teachers. Overall, it was fairly easy, taking about an average of 45 minutes to complete. I love working with stuff like this, so I'm proud to say I finished first in a clean 30 minutes and was able to talk with the lab instructors a good hour about some unrelated things. Anyhow, overall, it was very easy and by the time you're finished with the assignment, you've got a good grasp on the things that you've learned.

Another thing I'd like to point out, is that this class is very information-intensive. There is so much to know and to learn, it's hard to grasp the concept of everything. I'm just grateful that this month is the month we have spring break, so I can get some extra study in, because you definitely need it. That being said, the class thus far has been incredibly fun, and the teacher is a riot as well. :) He makes it a lot better than it could be if you had one of those monotone drags. :(

Right now I'm actually waiting outside for my third NSS lab to open. I'll try to throw an update up once I'm finished. Keep checking back for more updates! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. :)

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Month 4: Networks and Server Structures

Today was my first day of the NSS class. The teacher is a smart ass, and he makes the class incredibly fun. He jokes, he's sarcastic, and with our class being so small (only eight people), it's definitely tight nit. Everyone talks.

The first day we pretty much had a history of computers. My advice to anyone going into this class, take a lot of notes. There are certain things he says which are really important, which are not on the lecture slides.

We have lecture and lab in the same room. So he lets us out for dinner and then we come back. Since it was a history of computers, we got to watch a movie: The Pirates of Silicon Valley. It was a pretty good movie.

So, that's pretty much it as far as our first day went. During the class, we were told we'd have two exams (one Midterm and one Final), and the Final Exam would be in terminal. So I look forward to that.

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Month 3: Art History

Project 4: Lynda Tutorial

Yesterday was the last lab. We watched a 40 minute video and were given a take home assignment to do a tutorial from lynda.com. Most people do Photoshop or Illustrator. I'm already extremely proficient in both, knowing all the techniques even demonstrated in their Master tutorials.
So I decided to do something relating to my program and chose a CSS tutorial for styling a search box. The main things that interested me regarding this particular tutorial was:
1) The icon inside the search box,
2) The specific style of the button, and...
3) The normalization between browsers so that it looks correct and functions correctly in all browsers or at least has a nice alternative for earlier versions of internet explorer.
Here is the finished (and working) version of the search module:

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Grades: Advanced Computer Graphics

Again, another A+ from Advanced Computer Graphics. I'm really happy with the overall grade. I worked really hard for it all month long. :)

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Month 3: Art History

I apologize for not having posted anything sooner. We've done several things since I last posted. I've been caught up in other personal activities outside of Full Sail and I decided that it was finally time to sit down and post all of the things that have happened.

Project 3: Stained Glass

So, the following lab after the Prehistoric Digital Painting of the cave painting, we were given the project to do a little stained glass piece. Most people chose simple objects, but since I'm already well versed in Illustrator, I decided to challenge myself a little bit and I did an arch angel.

The following lab after that, the program director spoke about each different program regarding future classes, how to approach being a Full Sail student, and other miscellaneous things. This is a class that you will take at the very start of your program, so that's why he's talking about these sort of things. Since I transferred from Game Art, I ended up taking this class third instead of first.

The following class we had our Mid Term exam. It was fairly easy. All the things you need to know an study for are on your syllabus. There are like, eight things and about ten questions. I ended up getting a 97. I missed one question.

Then, we had a field trip to the Orlando Museum of Art. It was a pretty interesting experience, and they do have a lot of really interesting pieces. The woman who helped give the class a tour was very nice and funny, and made it much more interesting. We didn't have lab that day. Instead, after the trip to the museum, we were allowed to go home.

Project 4: Pop Art

Today in lab, we did a project that mimics the style of Pop Art. You could either use a picture of yourself or do a picture of someone else. I chose Michael Jackson, one, because he's awesome, and two, because he's the "King of Pop." I just thought it was a fun, ironic take on things. I believe I did pretty well. I went into more detail (again) than the rest of the class, but I like how it turned out much more than the class examples.

I also received my grades for Advanced Computer Graphics. I will upload those in a separate post.

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Month 3: Art History

Project 1: Pre-Historic

The labs for Art History are very simple. The first day was a Photoshop introduction. We were there for about 30 minutes and we finished the project and were able to leave early.

Basically, it had to be related to a subject we'd studied in class. They gave us a "cave painting" theme, so I did a bloody handprint.

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