going into this class I didn’t know what to expect. I always heard amazing things about this class from my friends, so I knew I had to try it out for myself. For the first assignment, I was quite excited because I always wanted to learn how to make memes. Seeing them around on social … Continue reading "THANK YOU PROFESSOR RYAN!"

because of thanksgiving, we missed class with Professor Ryan: even though we missed class, I was still working really hard on my website and creating new ideas: however, when the day of Thanksgiving arrived… Now that all of the fun times spent with family, friends, and food are over; it’s now time to get back … Continue reading "HERE I AM!"

VAPORWAVE! slowly but surely i’m seriously having an obsession with creating vaporwaves! I already love neon colors to begin with, so being able to gather so many images makes it so much fun. For this vaporwave I decided to make it a purple/pink theme; I wanted all the images to have something in common. Making a vaporwave allows … Continue reading "time for VAPORWAVES!"

Loving the whole process of creating your own website from scratch! IM NOT DONE YET! http://iamxwis.com I’m having so much adding plug-ins because you can choose what you want to display. There’s a whole ton of options but I simply went for the minimalistic look. I want my website to focus on my posts rather … Continue reading "WORK IN PROGRESS…"

A NEW POST IS FINALLY UP ON MY WEBSITE! -BECAUSE IT’S A NEW MONTH, I DECIDED TO SHARE FIVE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. GO CHECK IT OUT!

With the help of Professor Ryan, I was able to create my very own website! http://iamxwis.com Last week was quite exciting because we went from learning how to create memes, to learning how to use photoshop, to creating our very own website. This class is seriously moving so fast, especially because we only have it once … Continue reading "CREATING A WEBSITE!"

WITH MIDTERM SLOWLY BUT SURELY APPROACHING; THE STRESS LEVEL IS GOING TO BE IN FULL EFFECT! TIME FOR NO SLEEP! NO ONE IS EVER READY, BUT WE HAVE TO GET IT DONE, SOMEHOW!

  For this week, we added new things to the gif project. We had the option of continuing the same image as last week or creating a complete new one. Therefore, after so much searching on Google, I finally came across this portrait of J-Hope. He’s from a Korean boy band named, BTS.     … Continue reading "ADDING ON TO THE SIMPLE GIF!"

ANOTHER WEEK OF CT CLASS MEANS ANOTHER WEEK OF LEARNING! For this week, we learned how to make animated GIF portraits from scratch! Thanks to Professor Ryan, I finally learned all of the secrets and techniques that comes behind making an animated GIF portrait. With step by step instruction by Professor Ryan, this is what … Continue reading "IT’S ANIMATED GIF PORTRAIT TIME!"

Thanks to Professor Ryan, I learned all about the pano feature on my iPhone. I always knew about it but never got around to using it. I found myself having so much fun with this feature because you can get very creative with it. For instance, using some of these props that were outside of … Continue reading "THE POWER OF PANORAMIC STORYTELLING"

in today’s class we learned how to make memes …  I honestly didn’t think making memes was going to be this fun. The fact that we were able to create everything, from the picture, to the text, to the filter, I just had a lot of fun. After learning all of this, I am now going … Continue reading "THE CREATION OF MEMES!"

How I feel during the beginning of class because I didn’t get any sleep; How I feel during the class when Professor Ryan wakes us up and talks about our assignment for the day; And finally, how I feel when class is over and done for the day; Overall, I’m just extremely excited about this class … Continue reading "FEELINGS ABOUT CLASS"

what makes me happy? on a random afternoon, just looking up at the sky makes me happy. just seeing the beauty of something so simple but yet so mesmerizing, like nature.   another thing is music. it’s something that holds so much meaning to me. music is my escape and allows me to be myself. … Continue reading "Assignment #1"