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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