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I told my blogging neighbor I didn't want to be her friend.

I can only hope that she knows I'm kidding.

Personal Landscape

Our assignment was to create a personal landscape utilizing any images that we could find. I used all scanned images, including grass, sticks, leaves, and pictures from magazines. I then edited the document in Photoshop. My intention was to combine my love for the city with my love for nature.

AIG Relocates

The assignment was to take a story in the news and alter it a bit. I think the image speaks for itself.

Journeying Home

I created this stop animation film of my brother journeying home. I was going for a more epic approach. I created the video portion in Photoshop and then added audio in GarageBand.

Seamless Pattern Tutorial

The tutorial taught me how to create a seamless pattern. I have always been annoyed when making patterns because you can always see the lines where the pattern ends. The starbursts however are just the product of fooling around with different tools.

Aurora Borealis Tutorial

This tutorial was to make an aurora borealis using the meshing tool, blending tool and several others.

Our assignment in class was to find an artist that we liked and create an image in Illustrator using their style. I chose the pop artist Peter Max and used his piece called "Liberty Head" as a reference for my piece. Using a lot of variations of the paint brush tool, I made this piece entitled "Father Tcheou."

Self Portrait at an Amusement Park

Our assignment in class was to create a vector image of ourselves in a background using the pen tool. I found this image of myself online then placed myself into a theme park roller coaster setting so I could start thinking about warm weather. I used a combination of the pen tool, the pencil tool, the gradient tool, the mesh tool and several other tools to reach this final result.

Guitar Pictograph

In class, we had to create a pictograph of what we would be doing if we were not in art school. I decided that I would learn how to play the guitar and see how far I could get in a career as a rock star.

Breaking News

I think my neighbor in Computers has a crush on me. I think I'm going to tell her how I feel about her next class. Stay tuned for the outcome.

First Computer Class

Today I had my first computer foundation class and I was so excited when Liz Schaeffer sat down next to me. I have to admit that I was a little nervous though...I really hope she likes me. Then I created this blog. This has been such a great day. I hope she sits next to me next week ;)