Week 24

Mar 31/11 - I was looking at some of my own past video pieces and watched something a created last year for class. I realized how forced it was to try and be a 5 minute video rather than an aestetically pleasing one. Some of the shots in it are painfully long, and I know I could make it better if I had another shot at it. When I get some free time (once school is done), I am making a note to refinish this piece... because it does mean a lot to me and I want it to be as meaningful to others watching it.

Week 23

Mar 24/11 - I have an empty space on one wall in my room. And I could really use a place to sit (rather than my bed) to watch TV or movies on the computer. At first we tried to fit a fouton in the space but there was no way it was going to fit. I decided I wanted a comfy leather bench that could also act as a storage device. Looking through photos, I decided to photoshop the ideal bench. I created two views of this dream bench in a chocolate brown!

Week 22

Mar 17/11 - I discovered my artistic mindset doesn't just reside within the computer. I found out that when given the objects and the time I will attempt to make anything look cooler than it should. Do you think they have careers for solely food decoration? I made this vegitable arrangement for my sister's baby shower.

Week 21

Mar 10/11 - I found a parody video of a Taio Cruiz song, which I think was hilariously done. I love the creative remixed lyrics they've come up with and the fact that it features the return of the new Donkey Kong game for Wii. It was a game that was a huge part of my childhood!

Week 20

Mar 3/11 - Even though it's only march, my friend and I have been thinking about the summer... and soccer! We're organizing our own team this year and we are designing jerseys complete with logo and team name. I found a great website that does custom jerseys:
http://www.totallysoccer.ca/
They even provide a page that allows you to customize the colours/pattern of the jerseys. I compiled a list of different colour and style combination of some of the jerseys available and had the team vote on their favourite. 

Week 19

Feb 18/11 - I bought a housing case for my Nintendo DS, which means physically taking the system apart to replace the broken hinge and have a fresh new look. I wouldn't have had the confiednece to go inside of the expensive system without having these detailed step-by-step guides of how to do it. Also the skills learned from some of my new media courses definitely helped as well.

Week 18

Feb 10/11 - I began prototyping for the name and logo of my webdesign "company". I came up with the name Auric Eye essentially meaning "Golden eye". To have a golden eye means to have an eye for beauty, or art. I felt this was an appropriate expression without being too specific. With that I came up with a design for the logo and played around with different texts. The one the majority of people on my facebook liked got finalized...