Performance

For my performance I spun a color guard flag. My word was toss, so I threw a few tosses that I remembered from when I was in color guard a few years ago. Unfortunately it was seen as more of a talent show piece. So I guess next time I will have to think of something else. It seems like it was a popular thing to go with something you were already decent at, I should have seen that and changed to my previous idea of doing a back bend for the word bridge. Though I think that would have come across as a talent show piece too seeing that I am fairly decent at back bends. Better luck next time!

Plastic Stuffed Animals

Misplaced the final photo.

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Big Idea

I'm really pleased with the final product. Everyone seemed to like it a lot, especially since it worked. And I got a lot of request to make clocks for people! I think this is the start of a wonderful business, I really enjoyed myself.

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Survey

What is your favorite color?

Purple/Violet

How important is the appearance or design of the following products in your decision to purchase the product?

new car:  somewhat

underwear:  somewhat

tv set:  somewhat

winter coat:  somewhat

What is your 2nd favorite color?

Green

"When you select pictures, photographs, or other pieces of art for your home, do you find you lean more toward modern or more toward traditional styles?"

modern

"If you had to choose from the following list, which type of art would you say you prefer?"

American

Which of the following statements applies to you more?

"When choosing pictures, photographs, or other art for my home, I focus on whether or not I like the piece"

Would you say you prefer older objects or newer objects to collect or decorate you home?

newer objects

"Would you say that you prefer seing paintings of wild animals, like lions, giraffes, or deer, or that you prefer seeing paintings of domestic animals, like dogs, cats or other pets?"

wild animals

"In general, would you rather see paintings of outdoor scenes or would you rather see paintings of indoor scenes?"

outdoors

Which of the following outdoor scenes appeals to you the most?

Paintings of:

city

Which season would you most like to see depicted in a painting?

spring

Which of the following types of indoor scenes appeals to you most?

still life paintings of/domestic scenes with:

people

Do you tend to prefer paintings that are related to religion or those that are not related to religion?

not related to religion

Which of the following statements is closest to your view?

"Paintings don't necessarily have to teach us any lessons, but can just be something a person likes to look at."

Which of the following statements is closest to your view?

"I prefer paintings that are realistic-looking: the more they resemble a photograph, the better"

"Do you prefer paintings that exaggerate the dimensions or reality of objects we already know, or ones that feature imaginary objects which have no connection to everyday life?"

Both

"Do you prefer seeing bold, stark designs or more playful, whimsical designs?"

Playful, whimsical designs

Do you tend to favor paintings with sharp angles or ones with soft curves?

soft curves

"Which patterns do you like better: geometric patterns or more random uneven patterns?"

Random uneven patterns

"Do you like to see expressive brush-strokes on the canvas, or do you prefer that the surface of the canvas be smooth, more like a photograph?"

expressive brush-strokes

Do you like to see colors blend into each other or do you like it when different colors are kept apart?

colors blend

"Every color has a wide range of shades. Take the color blue, for example. An artist can use a bright, vibrant shade of blue, like a royal blue, a pale, muted shade of blue, like light blue, or a darker tone of blue, like dark or midnight blue. In general, which would you say that you prefer? when the artist uses more vibrant shades, paler shades, or darker shades of color?"

Vibrant shades

"In general, do you enjoy paintings that have a more serious or a more festive mood?"

Festive

"And how about the painting itself - do you like it to be busy and contain lots of people or objects, or do you like it to be as simple as possible?"

Busy

How about the size of paintings: do you prefer larger paintings or smaller paintings?

larger

full wall

"Some paintings are of famous historical figures and others are of more ordinary people. Do you generally prefer paintings of famous people, or ones of more ordinary paintings."

ordinary

"If you prefer famous people, do you prefer figures from a long time ago, like Lincoln or Jesus, or more recent figures, like John F. Kennedy or Elvis Presley?"

"Do you prefer paintings which are predominantly of children, of women, or of men, or doesn't it matter?"

it doesn't matter

"Thinking back to the paintings of people that you have like in the past, for the most part were the figure working, at leisure, or were they posed portraits?"

a mix of both

"Which do you think you like better, a painting of one person or of a group of people?"

No preference

"And from what you've seen, would you say that you prefer paintings in which the person or people are nude, partially clothed or fully clothed?"

No preference

If you were given the choice of a gift - a sum of money or a piece of art that you genuinely like and which was of equal value to the money, which would you choose?

the piece of art

Which one of the following would be most important to you in deciding how much money you would spend on a painting?

the degree to which you like the painting

What is the most amount of money you would consider spending on a piece of art you really like?

I'm not sure

"For each of the following names, indicate if your impressions of that artist's work are very favorable, favorable, or very unfavorable. Some of these artists are not very well known, so if you have never heard of someone, or don't know enough about their work to have an opinion, just say so."

Pablo Picasso: favorable

Norman Rockwell: n/a

Jackson Pollock: n/a

Salvador Dali: favorable

Leroy Neiman: n/a

Claude Monet: n/a

Rembrandt: n/a

Andy Warhol: very favorable

Georgia O'Keefe: n/a

"If you could pick one type of person you'd most enjoy having dinner with, would you choose an artist, a television or movie actor, an author, or a sports star?"

Tim Burton

"How often, on average, would you say that you go to art museums - more than two times a year, one or two times a year, less than once a year, or not at all?

Less than once a year

The following are some reasons people have given in the past as to why they do not go to art museums more often. For each reason, please tell whether it is a major reason why you do not go to musuems more often, a minor reason, or not a reason at all:

1. there is not an art museum in my area:  minor

2. I do not have enough spare time: major

3. I don't feel comfortable in art museums because I don't know alot about art: minor

4. the cost of admission is too expensive: major 

5. I simply don't enjoy looking at art: not a reason

Would you favor or oppose spending more money in federal taxes than we do on the arts?

oppose

Some works of art are displayed in public places. Do you think that average citizens should or should not have a say in determining which works of art are appropriate to be displayed in public?

should

"When it comes to most political issues, do you think of yourself as a liberal, a conservative, or a moderate? If moderate, do you think of yourself as being closer to being liberal or being conservative?"

moderate, liberal

Which of the following income categories includes your total family income in 1992 before taxes?

I wouldn't know.. thats the year I was born and my mother was still in highschool.

What is your gender?

Female

Inflatable Critic

The inflatable octopus was built using basic geometric shapes such as a horse shoe like shape for the head and wave/curve shapes for the tentacles. As we cut we made sure to leave enough space for the melting. Luckily, the iron a team mate had did not require the use of aluminum foil so the process of fusing the piece began to get quicker. Last, we turned the pieces inside out to add a natural clean and curvy shape to each piece, then, with a tool that our group made, we just lay the structure down and melted all the pieces together till the octopus was complete.

Problems encountered was knowing what area of the octopus we were working on due to general size (huge). Also, there were many pieces to the structure, so keeping track of it all was very tedious. To our disadvantage, the wind was very strong. So even though our project had no problem inflating, the wind would overpower the structure and blow it down. Also, due to the increase of heat both inside and outside, hole would begin to form and would have to be patched up if it got to server. The process of making the octopus had one major struggle that was able to be solved by two of our team mates, it was making the head top (head) round instead of bulky and pointy.

The happy accidents that occurred was the wind blew the tentacles creating a nice visual, it was if the tentacles were flaying around in panic because the octopus lacked water. When we created the skirt we expected it to be completely flat but it was not and helped add to the circular shape of the octopus’s head. Lastly, for the majority of the project assembling it together was fairly easy and simple.


Group Members:
*Danielle
*Krystal
*Brittanie
*Jackie

Inflatable

I didn't take a lot of pictures, not sure why. But this is after we finished the head of the octopus, but before the changes. My teammates got more pictures I'm sure.

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Color pieces

When I presented the pieces I wasn't very fond of them. I'm sure that came across in my presentation. However, the feedback I got from it was very good. My least favorite piece was a lot of other peoples favorite piece and my favorite one was others least favorite. Everyone seemed to really like the torn paper and transparent one. Which I though those were the weakest because the variations of color were less apparent than the dot piece. But whatever floats your boat I guess.

Exquisite Corpse

Energy eye drinks top good



Road directions school lonely life

Pretty body drinks soft laid

My words just made no sense whatsoever, as you can tell. 

Big Idea (Ideas)

1. Coke clock size of garage

2. Pin hand

3. Trading card mirror

4. Plaster hand

5. Rainbow ribbon

6. Uncomfortable Video: a view of two pairs of feet, and sex noises

7. Giant light bulb (what's the big idea?)

The one people liked the most was my clock idea. AND AWAY I GO!!!!

Identity

I chose to go with an issue that a lot of girls have. Trying to look like all the models they see on tv and in magazines, and wanting to feel pretty.

Mapping and Metaphor

METAPHOR

MAPPING

See the world through my eyes, literally.

50 words, 500 words, what's the diff?

1.Wash
2. Reel
3. Balance
4. Fall
5. Jump
6. Run
7. Burn
8. Throw
9. Hurt
10. Pain
11. Love
12. See-Saw
13. Crinkle
14. Lock
15. Fire
16. Saint
17. Thirst
18. Link
19. Strength
20. Endurance
21. Fear
22. Laughter
23. Drip
24. Fountain
25. Dog
26. Cry
27. Call
28. Shout
29. Tac
30. Cut
31. Slap
32. Stick
33. Mail
34. Book
35. Magic
36. Incantation
37. Ride
38. Work
39. Wall
40. Ring
41. Bill
42. Write
43. Scissor
44. Fate
45. Shoe
46. Hand
47. Tumble
48. Bridge
49. Ram
50. Needle

Final Line Story mark making

With a little help from my siblings I was able to round up a few cars that would make different tracks for my final piece. I am pretty proud of it. I though it might fail, but it turned out much better than I expected.

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Metaphor proposal #3

Teen Pregnancies: "Put a sleeve on it, or else!"

I couldn't really show this in my sketch but I would make one BIG condom out of many small ones, and at the opening there would be babies falling out.

Metaphor proposal #2

"I'm as straight as a turnpike"

I do realize the quote is a simile, but I'm having a hard time thinking of a metaphor for straight people vs the LGBTQ community. Basically it's just a line that ends up being curvy and a rainbow explosion.

Metaphor proposal #1

National Obesity:  This is typical dialogue with an overweight customer at the movie theater I work at.

overweight customer: Hi can I get a small popcorn with lots and lots of butter, and a large drink?

me: sure!

customer: You know, just go on and DROWN the popcorn in butter! Give me a heart attack.

me: Um, ok. Sure. 

me (under my breath): you might as well have ordered a large cup of butter. O_O

Basically I will have a small unbuttered popcorn, and a large cup filled with butter instead of a drink. Because basically, that's what these types of customers are ordering.

"There's ink in my mouth!

Spoon

Fork

 noodle sponge

noodle sponge

sandle

sandle

hair dye brush

hair dye brush

lanyard

lanyard

My lips (my favorite)

My lips

Why DID the chicken cross the road?

100 uncomfortable things:

1. Bad jokes
2. Random naked people
3. Watching sex scenes with a family member
4. When people touch me without my permission
5. Hunger
6. Seeing little children that are all beat up
7. The taste of potatoes 
8. The texture of potatoes
9. The texture of soft things, like fur
10. Dry skin
11. When people stare at me
12. When people look at me when I'm talking
13. When people look at my mouth when I'm eating
14. Eyebrows
15. Meeting new people
16. Watching myself in videos
17. People hearing me talk to myself
18. People hearing me sing
19. Talking in front of people
20. Laughing in front of people
21. Bringing attention to myself
22. Animal Planet shows that show a maggot eating away someone's eye.
23. Hearing people eat
24. Hearing people sniff
25. Hearing people blow their nose
26. Hearing people "pleasure" themselves
27. Hearing people being pleasured by someone else O_O
28. Owen Wilsons nose
29. People who diss Lady Gaga in front of me
30. Talking on the phone
31. Talking to people in general
32. My voice
33. Using the restroom
34. Hearing people use the restroom
35. People hearing me use the restroom
36. Standing in line at a crowded place
37. Crowded places in general
38. Funerals
39. Weddings
40. Graveyards
41. Small crowds
42. Closed spaces
43. Open spaces
44. Walking in front of people
45. Gum smackers
46. Toothless old people
47. Watching animals use the restroom
48. Talking to someone who has something in their nose
49. Little kids bleeding
50. Big people wearing too small clothes
51. Watching people eat potatoes
52. Stupid question
53. Being the center of attention
54. Watching birth control commercials
55. Watching pregnancy test commercials
56. Watching someone give birth
57. Babies right after they're born, before they're cleaned
58. Homophobes
59. Pick-up lines
60. Guys who like lesbians or bisexual girls but hate gay guys
61. People who have no rhythm
62. People who can't sing
63. Peanuts
64. Peanut butter
65. Escargot
66. Old guys who hit on young girls
67. Old women who hit on young guys
68. Middle age and older trying to dress "hip"
69. Being called a hipster
70. Being told all my clothes are guy clothes
71. Socks
72. Bra shopping
73. Rain
74. Hearing the rain
75. Smelling rain
76. Thunderstorms
77. My little sister in her cuddling mood O_O
78. Going back to work after being gone for a long time
79. Liars
80. Peer Pressure
81. People who have high expectations of me
82. Hairy bodies
83. People who spit all the time
84. Snot
85. Public restrooms
86. Laughing in a movie theater
87. Having to laugh at customers bad jokes
88. When customers try to hit on me
89. Reading out loud, not knowing how to pronounce a word
90. Not fitting in
91. Family reunions
92. The voices I sometime hear in my head
93. Having Deja Vu
94. Being called on to speak in class
95. Wearing swim suits
96. Wearing skirts and sometimes dresses
97. "The talk" with my parents
98. When I don't hear from anyone in hours
99. Making phone calls
100. Sitting in a doctors office

Are you uncomfortable?

I chose to go with this for my uncomfortable video because I know I always feel uncomfortable when someone is laughing and I have no idea why. Especially if its hysterical laughter.

Lecture assignment 3/04

In this photo is my grandmother and little sister. a. There was no purpose of taking this photo really, I just wanted to take a fun photo of two of my favorite people. I keep it because I thought it was a good angle, a beautiful day, and it shows the fun nature of my grandmother and sister. I chose it for this assignment because it was one of my first independent photo shoots. I would usually only take photos for my high school yearbook. It's significance to me is the relationship I have with each of them. Because they're my family, I keep them close to me at all times.
b. The emotional relationship is family. My grandmother for a long time was my closest family member, and my little sister is and will always be a little pest that I can't get rid of, but I still love her all the same. I think it influences the picture because my grandmother agrees with me about my sister being a little pest and that comes across in the picture because she's scolding her for being silly. It really makes me smile every time I see the photo.
c. I intended for this photo to be viewed as playful and bright, and the feedback I got from it tells me that I achieved this. I will definitely remember this in 10 years, it's been 3 already.

 This is a photo of me, taken by Haley Jo Horton, a dear friend of mine.
a. The purpose of this picture was I need senior pictures for my graduation invites. I keep it because I think I look all model like, and it was one of my favorites from the whole shoot. I chose it for this assignment because Haley is an excellent photographer and I think more people should see her work. This significance is the purpose of taking the photo, and the relationship with the photographer.
b. Haley and I are like sisters. I don't think it really influences the picture because it was a serious picture and usually Haley and I are very goofy when around each other. It makes me view the picture on a more professional level and sometimes I forget that it was just my friend who took them and not a highly paid photographer.
c. It was just for graduation invites and for friends to view. But I wouldn't mind if Haley used it later in her portfolio. I think I will remember this picture in 10 years because the day it was taken was one of the best days of my life with two of the best friends I could ever have.


a. I think the purpose of this photo was to show the playful nature of bubbles. It's not mine, I found it on the internet one day, and I thought it was perfect for this project so I found it again. The significance to me is the fact that bubbles are a part of my childhood, and many others.
b. I'm not sure what the emotional relationship is between the photographer and the subject. It looks more like an add type photograph, where the photographer just needed a model. I think it makes the photo that much more playful because there is no emotional relationship between the two.
c. Since I found it while looking for fashion photography, I'm going to say that it was intended to be viewed as a fashion add by anyone interested in photography. I probably won't remember this photo in 10 years because I don't own the picture, and I just found it on the internet one day.