In a sense, I have been practicing archiving for a little over four years now through the blogging website, Tumblr. I don’t post any original content of my own so my blog consists of purely things that I’ve “reblogged” from other people that I follow on the site. It is literally a collection of […] Continue reading →

This is a project that I recently completed for my Motion Graphics class. This was done in Adobe Illustrator and took about 3 weeks. This is a character that I created and added a background behind him, which contains a planet and some stars. This was pretty difficult because I had never drawn on a […] Continue reading →

So I’ve been messing around with MS Paint again because I recently made a new blog on Tumblr which will contain just black and white photos from my daily life. I found a great theme that contained a sidebar but I didn’t have any image to put in said sidebar and I wasn’t happy just […] Continue reading →

After reading Professor Michael Smith’s blog post, which contained some awesome advice from previous CT 399 students, I was immediately struck with inspiration and motivation to work harder at figuring out what I want to do with my time and finding new ways to create original, or just generally creative content. The most helpful bits […] Continue reading →

This blog has changed quite a bit since I made it at the beginning of the semester and it just seems so full of activity and content as opposed to how empty and lackluster it was initially. I’ve changed my theme at least 50 times and I’m still not happy with it. WordPress really isn’t […] Continue reading →

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After watching the documentary titled The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, I was immediately overcome with so many different emotions that I wasn’t quite sure which one to write about. I’m amazed at how much Aaron was able to accomplish within the short amount of time that he was alive, but I’m […] Continue reading →

So for my GIF The Portrait digital storytelling project, I decided to use Quorra from Tron: Legacy as my inspiration. Tron: Legacy is one of my all-time favorite movies for the music, special effects, character designs, plot, etc. I love … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As we near the half-way point in the semester, it’s time to reflect upon all the work that I’ve done so far and the quality of said work. The most interesting work that I’ve done so far for this class … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So I am currently taking Motion Graphics 1 (FA 284) and my first assignment was to come up with an original character, create a background story for them, and then create a composite using Photoshop of an important event in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So as a wrote in a previous post, I was able to create a 3D design that solved a problem that frequently arises in my life. I was finally able to print it out with the help of Professor Daniel … Continue reading → Continue reading →

 Just as Andy Baio recreated Jay Maisel’s photograph of Miles Davis by making it into 8-bit art, I remixed Andy Baio’s 8-bit art of Miles Davis and made it into a gif. Here we have Miles Davis playing his sweet … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After reading all the articles that I previously posted about and reflected on, now I feel paranoid about the content I edit and recreate from original material. I could easily be sued for all the images I’ve edited and claimed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve been seeing a lot of people having their own personal images as avatars so my question is: How do you change your avatar on this site (WordPress)? I’m sure a lot of other students have been wondering too. I’ll … Continue reading →

[ EPILEPSY WARNING ]  I decided to do a very simple gif of an image taken from one of my favorite movies, Tron: Legacy. I decided to create this sort of “turn off, turn on” type of gif because I … Continue reading →

We, as a society, have truly submerged ourselves into the age of the Internet. And in doing so, we have added on to our personal identities by creating domains within the Web. Most people, such as students and even professors, … Continue reading →

As I stated in my first Weekly Reflection, I am a huge social media junkie. I’m currently engaged in Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. And have been using each of these for a few years now. I use each … Continue reading →

I hope to really get my creative juices flowing this semester especially for a class like this one that sort of forces you to be overwhelmingly imaginative and expressive. I plan on making a variety of gifs; playing with different … Continue reading →

I’ve been a pretty active member of the media/tech world for a while now. My main pride and joy is my Flickr account. I also have a Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and YouTube channel, and have been on these social networking … Continue reading →