I feel like this is a different kind of Christmas card. If I were to change it I would've added maybe a picture, a family picture because it looks sort of bland. I still really liked how it turned out though. I got this background picture from morgue files.com and and scanned the snowflake from what I made out of paper. I then changed the opacity to a lighter fill and used the effect color burn to give it that wintery look. I then got  a cursive font and copied the colors from the snowflake. I really like how this turned out! And I really liked this graphic design part of e-comm! I loved editing photos in photoshop and illustrator and look forward to doing it more!!

Adobe Dreamweaver Question

Web design

 This is my website in the process of finishing it. Overall,  web design is not my thing but I enjoyed doing the process and learn how people make websites and use graphics and pictures and codes to change and add things into it.

This is the final product of the website. It's got a show of different colors and a contrast of black and light blue. I added a picture of the school to give the viewer a visual of what my school looks like.








I also used my schedule to see my daily life at school and all the classes the offer and to show how the day is in Kansas. Dreamweaver was a sort of old system but I learned to work with it and make it better and I got to learn the opportunity to make a website and do the process  of it.

My personal logo

In my logo I wanted a simple yet fun and creative logo that would make people remember it. For example, everyone knows the logo for McDonald's is the golden M. Just like that I want people to remember me by. With this logo it shows that I love all things girly with the color pink. In my sketches, I showed that I still want my name but a symbol in it that represents me and what I like to do.

Photoshop Projects 1-4

       In this specific project, I used the magic eraser a lot. Firstly, I started with a picture of the school and had to erase the polls and cover up the car with grass to make it disappear. Then we got the raven off of the wall and we had to crop the head only onto the picture. Lastly, there were pictures from the school and I just cropped them smaller and changed the opacity to a low amount and have a blurred look.

      In this project, I got used to the opacity tool and putting a text mask over the picture. I cropped the original picture smaller and then got the compass and took the white parts out of it and change the opacity to make it lighter. Then I added some text to it and had a light opacity to it to get this awesome picture!

     This was my most favorite project to do. It was so fun and enjoyable and I love using the clone tool. I used a tool to change the color and how much of the section I wanted. Lastly, I used the clone tool to have a flying affect by pressing option and click at the same time and then putting that spot in a different place and doing that over and over until you have this awesome butterfly!

In this last project I changed things up a bit. Instead of having the black line horizontal I changed it to vertical. That's what it's like in graphic design. You don't go exactly off of what the directions say but make it your own and become more creative. That's what graphic design is nowadays!!

Anatomy of a Font

My four words were emotional, understander, progressive, and relaxed and I feel like it describes me pretty well. First off, I am girl so I am emotional and just an emotional person. I'd rather know how someone feels than doing the right or wrong thing. In some ways I feel like i'm understood but in many ways I'm not. I feel like I am progressive in ways and like to be filled with busy things. Lastly, I am relaxed a lot because I feel the need too.

In adobe illustrator, I have learned many new things including shortcuts like command, option, and shift. and changing shapes into another shape. Color Physiology is all about what catches the readers eye including colors like red which is alarm and makes the audience alert. Like in the Bath and Shower gel brands you can notice how different both shower gel brands are and how they can catch the audience's attention in both different ways to catch different people. Like using Bath and Body Works Cashmere Glow, It portrayed many girly colors and pictures and a clear bottle which women like to see what they're buying. It tells you the ingredients like Vitamin E, and Shea and the good things for your skin. On the other hand The philosophy bottle is plain but the simplicity still stands out to people in a good way. It lists every single ingredient and how you make it which some people like. 

What is graphic design?

First and foremost, graphic design is all about communicating to people. It is seen as a language for the living. People use words and pictures to create a message to the world. It is told that it doesn't have to be pretty but it has to grab the attention from people and it usually has an idea behind it. Graphic design is not about the numbers but what the landscape is. People design to make a space more interesting and people will want to be together. In the everyday world, it all comes down to designing who we really are.

Interview

This was my very last video for the Explore 9 course which is sad. I enjoyed this class very much and learned so many new things! I learned things that I can use for the rest of my life even. I learned about the six shot sequence which was various angles of a shot. It included extra close-up(XCU) which was of the hands, close-up(CU) which is of the face, Over the shoulder(OTS) and shows what the character is doing, Medium shot(MS) which is of your hips and up, Wide Shot(WS) which is the actor from head to toe, and Extra Wide Shot(XWS) which sets the scene. Not only did I learn how to make a video but I also learned to communicate with lots of different people with different opinions. I collaborated and became closer with my fellow classmates. I am thankful that I learned this class and grow on it and use it for the rest of my life.

The Chase

I learned that in the chase you have to stop a video and start right in the same place or it will look off and seem to jump. For my next project I am hoping to make sure I get all the right shots in the correct shot that they should be in and to make sure I stop and start in the VERY place that I stopped! This collaboration was different from others because in this one we had to create a story just not some shots. Also we had three people to a group which means that one person does the storyboarding, the other filming, and the other being the actor so we all had our own jobs! Next time I will make sure that everyone has their own opinion of what they want to do and just not one persons idea.

Paragraphs for a 6 shot sequence

In this video I learned that once you stop a video you have to start where you finished last in the video before. Also I learned not to jump cut and if you don't want the viewer to know how far they're walking, do a close up of their face so the viewer doesn't know how much they are walking. For my next project I will really focus on the differences of each shot sequence and make sure they are correct and in the right place. I will also focus on stopping at one point and then starting back up at the same place you stopped.I think collaboration means working together and sharing information and helping each other out at the same time. This applied to our group because we had to work together and collaborate to get the 2 paragraphs including 2 sets of the 6 shot sequence. Also one player had to be the director and the other had to be the actor.

My Personality Type

My personality type is INFJ which is all about the feelings.
These kind of people have a drive to help people and there challenges. These people are seen as more realistic when talking about the future. They also are very motivated and organized. Some of the suggestions it showed me what INFJ people do are become writers or photographers and I myself want to become a writer and I thought this trait described me very well. Some famous people that have this trait are Plato, and Ghandi.

This very much describes me on a daily basis. I like to express my feelings to other and show love and affection back. I would rather read my favorite twisted love story of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte than go to a party. I want to find  someone and live happily ever after with a future in hand. I show much love for anyone and I would say I am easily impressed. I think I understand myself a little bit better for the way I am and see how it can really help the world and make a difference. For example, I gravitate towards dancing because it sets the mood and really lets me get away from the problems in the real world. Or watch the rain fall because of how breathtaking the view is. I see myself letting my feelings out and seeing it happen in nature or showing it by dancing.


It tells me I able to communicate with people and i'm caring and willing to hear peoples opinions and be able to write well and have a creative spin on things. When things don't work well with my personality type and i'm in a group I will step back and let people have better ideas where I can help them. Sometimes people like people who can be more of a right-sided brain which is numbers and facts and not much creativeness. Sometimes people have to visualize what my creative ideas are and sometimes that can be hard for other people to see. People that have different views on things and contradict a lot of people's ideas are hard to work with for me. 

6 Shot Sequence

The 6 shot sequence is a set of steps that are required for making a successful video. The six steps are types of ways to shoot a video. There is extra close up which could be a close of your hands or face. There is over the shoulder which shows what the person is doing. A close up answers the question "who is it?". A medium shot shows from the hips and up, A wide shot shows what the person is doing, but not the entire scene. And lastly the extra wide shot sets the scene. I learned that you need to make sure you have the right shot and know the difference between every shot. And for the next project I hope to make it more creative and have the right angle of sequences.

How I did my video!!

First I found all of my videos that were all about me and what I do in daily life! I then went to ssyoutube.com and copied the link and pasted it and downloaded it and then once it downloaded I downloaded it to my finder. From there I went to Final Cut Pro and put all my videos on there. I then put them in the order I wanted to and cut the videos to the part where I liked it most. I put a title at the beginning and put my name and hour on it.After that I put transitions in-between every single video to make it look better.I used the transitions blur between every one to give that good blur effect before every one.129 Once I was done I saved my video to my library and logged on to my youtube channel and then posted it to youtube!!