Death by PowerPoint - Thoughts and Feelings

So today we watched this presentation about how bad presentations can't communicate very much information.

Death by PowerPoint

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The slideshow presented many interesting points that I agreed with, like the fact that too much information on one slide can be overwhelming and boring to your audience. Presenters should use less text and more shapes and images. Color schemes should be complementary. The font color should never be the same value as the background. There's more I could say, but I think the presentation neatly sums it up.

Web 2.0

What is a web 2.0 tool? A web 2.0 tool allows for user created content to appear on a web page, instead of only the things a designer uploads.

1st Choice - DA Muro Muro allows a user to create a piece of digital and directly upload it to an online gallery. There are several complementary brushes with which one can create interesting pieces of art with. A student can use this to create pieces for a class, or design sets for theater. Coded with Python, just so you know.

2nd Choice - Tag Clouds. Tag clouds are handy things that help you search for words in a particular blog or feed. They can even be arranged in appealing shapes and such. They can give your user-base an idea of the content in your website. I played around with this by pasting song lyrics and seeing which words were used most. A student could use this to review which words he/she may be overusing. 

Food Portrait

Oh man, I totally forgot I made this. It's supposed to look like me. I think the resemblance is uncanny.

Reflections 12/2/2010

I know what I'm going to do for my final now. :D It's gonna be a spread about the crummy digital pieces I drew when I could (and sometimes when I wasn't supposed to. What can I say, I have to finish things). Finnigan, my mutated rat with a fin (hence his name) is coing along nicely, plus there's that raccoon thing. I just need one more idea and I'll be good.

I made a vase :D

UUUUUUGH I hate Illustrator so much. Photoshop is easier to use. However, I did manage to make a 3d vase. TAKE THAT LEARNING CUVE!

Let it be known that Illustrator is mean and confusing and none of the tutorials help. They assume you know everything already.

You are what you eat PDF

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Reflections for 11/15/2010

I managed to actually stay on task today which is super awesome. Finished the raccoon thing I was working on. I really need a copy of Elements so bad... It's like the same thing as regular photoshop only cheaper. The pen tool would be great for making digital art, which I love. No more squiggly lines.