_____It took me a long time to decide what my final project image would be. I had trouble finding inspiration. Just as I was trying to find a picture to post, I decided I was thirsty for some orange juice. As I grabbed it out of the fridge, I noticed how Tropicana had changed their logo and thought about how much I liked the old carton better. It used to have a perfect looking orange with a straw sticking out of it, symbolizing the freshness of the juice. It was then that I decided to pick the old Tropicana carton for my project image. I knew it was well-known enough, and I've always liked it.
_____After picking the image, I wasn't sure what to do with it. I really enjoyed the pimp, hack, and mod project, but what could I do to an orange juice carton? Also, as much as I loved the project, I didn't want to do the same thing over again. But I stuck with my image and I trusted that something would come to me. I was still having a trouble a few days later, so I brought out my sketchbook and scribbled and waited for ideas to hatch. I decided to draw the orange with the straw. After I finished it, I wondered what other fruits would look like with the straw. So I drew a pear and added in the straw. I liked how it turned out, so I did the same thing with an apple next, then a strawberry, a lime, a mango, and many other fruits.
_____After flipping through my drawings that were made just for fun and because I was in the drawing mood, I decided to use them for my final project. I thought of what a Tropicana fruit juice carton would look like and thought it would be humorous if they had pictures of all the fruits on the front of the carton of fruit juice. So I decided to alter my orange juice picture into a fruit juice picture. I took my idea and put it in my sketchbook and posted it right away.
_____The next day, I colored all of my pictures and cut them out. Then I took them to a scanner and put them all on the computer. My intentions were to scan them all and put them on a white background and add the Tropicana text, but I was having lots of Photoshop difficulties. I was getting frustrated with trying to remember how to import, edit, and layer the photos. So I just decided to hand-make the project. I put my fruit pictures on the back of my "Pimp Cell" picture that I did for the pimp, hack, and mod project. Why not recycle the paper? I drew on the Tropicana title and the Fruit Juice title and took a picture. I was so pleased! It went right up on the blog.
_____Next came the critical comments. I got together with my old critical friends and we helped each other out. Both comments were positive and had the same advice: To add something to the background of the fruit to make their colors pop more. I thought they might get lost on a black background, so instead I outlined each fruit with a thick black line. I loved how it turned out, it really did make them pop a little more. It made it a little less dull. I'm glad my critical friends suggested it. The final draft went up on the blog.
_____Overall, I had fun doing this project. I like how we had so much freedom. It was a challenge to find what sparked my creativity (in this case it was being thirsty for orange juice!). I like how it turned out and it was enjoyable to see other people's projects as well.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Essential Questions of Philosophy
How do we know what we know?
My slideshow was of the United States landing on the moon. This topic is an interesting one to explore because a common myth is that the whole thing was fake and filmed. How do we know what's real? Is seeing believing? We can see pictures, or as Plato would say images of images reflecting as the eye would see.
Out of all the senses, we use sight the most as a base for our evidence. We can see an image of Neil Armstrong standing on the moon with the flag, but how do we know its real? None of us have seen space, so how do we know? We trust history. And I have seen other launches to space on televison, proving that its possible.
The slideshow goes from beginning to end: the launch, being on the moon, and landing in the ocean. It documents the whole process and doesn't show us just outer space. We can tell by the pictures that it is real. We know that a rocket can be launched from the surface of the earth, and we are familiar with the ocean. We have enough evidence to believe it is real.
My slideshow was of the United States landing on the moon. This topic is an interesting one to explore because a common myth is that the whole thing was fake and filmed. How do we know what's real? Is seeing believing? We can see pictures, or as Plato would say images of images reflecting as the eye would see.
Out of all the senses, we use sight the most as a base for our evidence. We can see an image of Neil Armstrong standing on the moon with the flag, but how do we know its real? None of us have seen space, so how do we know? We trust history. And I have seen other launches to space on televison, proving that its possible.
The slideshow goes from beginning to end: the launch, being on the moon, and landing in the ocean. It documents the whole process and doesn't show us just outer space. We can tell by the pictures that it is real. We know that a rocket can be launched from the surface of the earth, and we are familiar with the ocean. We have enough evidence to believe it is real.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Pimp/Hack/Mod/Mashup Videos
1. Honda Meets Rube Goldberg
This is an example of hack. To me, hack means taking something apart to make it better or to update it. In this commercial, a "Rube Goldberg" machine is made up of Honda parts to show how well they work. I thought it was really interesting how they used most of the parts of the car in the commercial. The hacking showed that Hondas are reliable.
2. Aquarium Computer
This is an example of a mod. They took a regular computer and modified it so that the hard drive would be cooled in mineral water instead of by fans and still work while submerged. They took the cooling system and modified it and made it better and perhaps more futuristic. They showed examples of how the mod happened by showing the specific parts of the hard drive that are were submerged. Mod to me literally means to modify, but not to add any more functions or capabilities. They took the regular computer and modified it to make it cooled in water.
3. Beer Throwing Fridge
This is an example of a mashup between a bridge and a catapult. And it's very cool and clever! Mash up to me means to combine atleast 2 products and made a new product out of them, such as Heely sneakers (skates and sneakers). In this case, the two products (fridge and catapult) combined make a "beer throwing fridge".
This is an example of hack. To me, hack means taking something apart to make it better or to update it. In this commercial, a "Rube Goldberg" machine is made up of Honda parts to show how well they work. I thought it was really interesting how they used most of the parts of the car in the commercial. The hacking showed that Hondas are reliable.
2. Aquarium Computer
This is an example of a mod. They took a regular computer and modified it so that the hard drive would be cooled in mineral water instead of by fans and still work while submerged. They took the cooling system and modified it and made it better and perhaps more futuristic. They showed examples of how the mod happened by showing the specific parts of the hard drive that are were submerged. Mod to me literally means to modify, but not to add any more functions or capabilities. They took the regular computer and modified it to make it cooled in water.
3. Beer Throwing Fridge
This is an example of a mashup between a bridge and a catapult. And it's very cool and clever! Mash up to me means to combine atleast 2 products and made a new product out of them, such as Heely sneakers (skates and sneakers). In this case, the two products (fridge and catapult) combined make a "beer throwing fridge".
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