123D Catch

http://www.123dapp.com/obj-Catch/Bear-2/1323928

 

This project was difficult for me. I had a tough time trying to get a 3D model. It took me a few tries before I got it right. First I took 40 pictures of my bear. I went around my bear from the side view and then more from the top. After that I loaded them to the 123D Catch website and it stitched them together for me. When they were done doing that, I got rid of all the things I didn't need, like the room pieces that were there. I tried to get a majority of the newspaper, but every time I tried, it would get rid of the bear's head. I don't want that lol.

Blog Logos

These are my two logos. I like making things like this. This is the stuff that I want to do when I get out of college. First I drew what I wanted in my sketchbook and did a whole bunch of different designs. The bottom one was my first one. I drew each of the letters, as you can see, and the little bowl that's next to it. Below that I typed the whole name of my blog. I like this one because it's simple, and simple is good for logos, you don't want a lot going on in one image. The top one was the second one I made. I figured I could spell it out instead of abbreviating it like the first one. (A bit of contrast) I hand drew these letters too. I combined the U as one big one to unify all the words. I feel like if it was two U's it would have made the logo feel separate. The last thing I added was the abbreviated my blog name. Both of these logos go together. Each one has a piece of the other one. They belong together.

The Avengers

The Avengers. I love this movie. I think I might be obsessed, and I say that a lot. I have so many things that are Avengers. I have 2 folders, pencils, reusable water bottle, mug, a poster and the movie. That's a lot of stuff. I have seen the movie so many, it sometimes say the lines with the characters. The first time I saw it, I didn't know that there was an extra scene at the end of the credits. I didn't know until my boyfriend showed me. At first I didn't believe him. I was then proved wrong by him when he showed me. I just couldn't believe that lol. The first time I saw it in the theaters and I didn't stay long enough after the credits to see it. I didn't think there would be anything else to show. And just writing this post makes me want to watch it!!

Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is a show that me and my mom watch. We love it. We got started on it because one of the people who star in it was in another show that we like. They made only 3 seasons and then stopped after that because the ratings weren't very good. But I still watch it all the time. Recently there is talk about making a Veronica Mars movie. I am very excited about this. The director went on a website called Kickstarter. This website lets people ask other people to fund their projects or whatever they want to do. This was a last ditch effort for them. They either had to do this or forget about it. The director proposed this to Warner Bros. (who still owns the show) and they said they would do it as long as there was enough fans behind the idea. If you want to check it out (and I think you should!) here is the link to it: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project They already reached their goal so the movie will be made this summer and released in 2014, I'm so excited I can't wait!!

Generative Art: Flame

Of the 3 online programs, this one is my favorite. I love all the colors you could choose from and how you could choose the background to white or black. The first image is supposed to be the emotion of happiness. The bright colors and the spark like thing in the corner bring energy to the picture. The second image is supposed to be sadness or depression. The monotone color brings not much brightness to it, which makes it have less happy feelings. Picking these 2 images was hard. Before picking these 2, I made around 16 different images. I wanted to see what Flame could do and make. Out of all of the images I made, these 2 were the ones that said the most emotions, without really talking. lol.

Generative Art: Scribbler Too

Well here they are, the two images from Scribbler Too. In Scribbler Too, I did like all the color choices you could pick from, but I didn't really like how if the picture was in the way of the drop down menus, you couldn't see where the mouse was. The top one took me a long time to do. It was based off of a picture I took in Minnesota. It was in the Mall of America in their lego store. I choose this picture because it was interesting and cool. I think I made a good rendition of the tiger. Trying to pick different shades of gray was difficult. Sometimes I would have to test it out first to see if it was the right shade. The second image is supposed to be some sort of explosion of colors, kind of like fireworks. I don't know if I like it as much as the first one. The second image also had to have a sense of volume, which I think this does, but it might be to simple. But other then that, I like everything that I did with Scribbler Too.

Generative Art: Scribbler

When I first looked at Scribbler, I decided it looked interesting. This morning when I decided to start this project I was excited to see what I was going to make. I made a whole bunch of images and saved them. I tried a whole bunch of techniques to see which ones I liked. After a while I noticed that you could add color. So then I made more images and added color. There where a lot of colors to choose from so I didn't know where to start. I ended up picking my favorite colors to add to my images. After all the images I had made I had the daunting task of picking two that I liked and wanted to post. I picked these two images because in a way they are different. One has curls and swirls and the other has straight lines and that's it. The colors are similar because each one contains my favorite color. I really like these images because they are interesting to me and the second one looks like some sort of bridge structure.

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is my FAVORITE. I have seen all the movies and read all the books. I saw all the movies first and then I read the books. And of course they made much more sense. I am really really obsessed with Harry Potter. I re-read all the books all the time, which I am currently doing right now. I am on the second book. Also my mom bought Harry Potter Scene It: The Complete Cinematic Journey. Me, and my parents played it during spring break. I knew every single answer, that's how much I know about it. lol. I love Harry Potter, I talk about it all the time. Sometimes I think everyone I know gets tired of me talking about it. I feel like they want to hit me and yell shut up. But Harry Potter is awesome. Most people aren't surprised when they see me reading it.

Video Mashup

The clips that I choose are from when I went to Seattle in 2011. They fit my song because they go along with the tempo, it's not to fast or to slow. Making this video was a little bit of a challenge for me. I didn't know what to do at first. I had no ideas in my head. I thought a lot about it for a long time. I then remembered that I had these videos that I had taken and I thought that would be cool to do. I then put parts of all the videos I had in iMovie and played around with the volume. I turned the volume of the actual clip down really low so all you can hear is the song that I made. Then after that I added transitions in between each one so it would flow together more easy. Then after that I looked at it all together and saw that it was good and I saved it. I think I was successful because I did everything that was asked and I tried my best. If I could change two things about my mashup they would be the song and the content. I would change my song because I think there needs to be a better song in there, preferably one that I didn't make. I think it needs something with lyrics too. And I would also change the content I have. I like the videos I have now but I think something more exciting would be better. It would fit my song a better too. The most difficult thing about this project was trying to get videos that would fit my song that I made. The videos I have now fit my song good enough but I'm sure there are better suited videos out there that fit my song better. From this project I learned all the things that I forgot when I learned it during senior year of high school. I made a graduation video then using iMovie and since then I had forgotten mostly everything. I learned that you can have songs, transitions, parts of whole clips and many more things.