A start to something new

I haven’t written in a while but i feel a need to get everything out. There’s alot going on in my life and alot of questions that I’ve been having about life that I’d rather just continue to ponder than having alot of responses or attention drawn to it like for example a facebook post would create. Thats not what I’m going for here and I dont know how long of how often I will write here for but just whenever something is on my mind.

So tonight I’m confused. Im confused by a series of dramatic events that happened in my life recently and now looking back at the entirety of these events, being a little more level headed (or even a litte elevated 😉 ), is a perfect example of the phrase “this rollercoaster we call life.”

Going into this summer everything had been going really well. I made the decision to return home, got a much better job, reunited with some of my bestfriends, enjoyed the seattle bar scene, even met a few new ladies throught the hot months. The highlight of my summer though definetly was enjoy my first smoke with the little sister who is my little sidekick at my present favorite artists concert, J. Cole with Big Sean who is up there for me too.  Everything was going great with the new job and having family around fo my sisters graduation was awesome.

And then out of no where this perfect girl comes into work for a tour. She was the cutest little thing but man, she was tiny. I had a crush on her from the moment I met her. And I went all summer saying hi and striking up conversation everytime she came into the office. Everyone would laugh at me at work after she left because they said I was flirting hard. Like I cared… She was beautiful. Shit, I would’ve told you she was widey material. Middle of august she walks by headed down to the pool to lay out and tan and my coworker points it out and says you have to talk to her. I said and say what? Ask her out? Get her number? And he said yeah. So i did. Like it was nothin… or shitting my pants but you’ll never know the difference. But I brought my A game and scored(as my parents would put it). So I texted her an hour later and then waited to reply and played all these games that everyone thinks are so damn nessecary to start up a relationship these days and it worked. I sold her myself. But thats exactly what I did. I sold her myself. Its not natural for me to play games like that. That’s not who I am. I reply when i can. Sometimes that immediately and sometimes it’ll be 6 hrs later but I dont understand why I have to seem busy for someone to like me.

The hardest part for me was it worked.

Thats bedtime. I’ll be back.

Family

 

This was one of the most fun projects I have had. I haven’t used audition before so it was a lot of fun to play around with it. I have always been interested in audio editing and it was really interesting. Being able to play with the creative commons music and listen to their different styles was very interesting and hearing the voices being edited was fun. It was nice to be able to hear my friend’s opinions on family and then being able to put those together to give such a diverse explanation was a lot of fun.It has been very fun being able to hear my final product and those of others. It took a lot of time to edit the smaller pieces together and get it perfect to get the specific words and not any parts of the ones on either sides of them. It is still fun to play around with the audio and mess with the different voices. I am starting to realize how some voices sound nicer together than others. I need to shorten up the clip which will be difficult because I am so attached to the topic and all the responses so that has been my main challenge this past week. It will be interesting to hear others and the differences between how I went about it compared to the different styles of others. I think my style is the heartfelt deep sounds. My creative commons music I selected because even before I added the audio clips it made the impact that I was going for on the audience. I want the listener to realize the importance of family to the people in my clips. The clips really show the stories of their lives and I love that about my draft. It shows the background and their future all in one clip with just a few words each and I don’t think I could’ve done that any better. Overall I am very satisfied with this project.

Family – Draft 1

 

This was one of the most fun projects I have had. I haven’t used audition before so it was a lot of fun to play around with it. I have always been interested in audio editing and it was really interesting. Being able to play with the creative commons music and listen to their different styles was very interesting and hearing the voices being edited was fun. It was nice to be able to hear my friend’s opinions on family and then being able to put those together to give such a diverse explanation was a lot of fun. I cannot wait to finish this up and be able to hear my final product and those of others. It took a lot of time to edit the smaller pieces together and get it perfect to get the specific words and not any parts of the ones on either sides of them. It is still fun to play around with the audio and mess with the different voices. I am starting to realize how some voices sound nicer together than others. I need to shorten up the clip which will be difficult because I am so attached to the topic and all the responses so that will be my main challenge this coming week. It will be interesting to hear others and the differences between how I went about it compared to the different styles of others. I think my style is the heartfelt deep sounds. My creative commons music I selected because even before I added the audio clips it made the impact that I was going for on the audience. I want the listener to realize the importance of family to the people in my clips. The clips really show the stories of their lives and I love that about my draft. It shows the background and their future all in one clip with just a few words each and I don’t think I could’ve done that any better. Overall I am very satisfied with the draft.

Raw Audio Interviews

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audition Tutorials

 

 

Family is Forever (AI Logo Project)

I took a lot of time thinking about this collage. I knew this one would be hard for me because it is such a personal and conceptual assignment. This assignment had to be done completely out of thin air and it had to relate to our topic. My topic is so important to me that I knew it would be difficult to really match how valuable my family is to me but I was able to do it with a few of the personal ideas I threw into it.

I started this design by building the infinity sign on the top. The infinity sign is a great physical descriptor of family because of a families value to each other. The infinity logo represents exactly what the words say. It shows that family is forever and shares the value of a families love and support of one another. I designed that first and then added the words on top. I loved the design but it was not enough for me.

The importance of my family can’t be symbolized by just one simple design because that is not who we are. We are all different and we are all unique. I need to show that in the design to help the audience better understand the logo. I added the figure and took the android design and put my own spin on it. At that point it only needed to be customized a little bit more.

At this point I looked at the design and I thought to myself what can I do to show that personalities of my family. I then thought to color each person the color of their favorite color and it showed that even though we are one big family, we all still have our own traits. I then added our last name on top to really connect us and add the personal touch that connects all of us.

To finish it off I just need to change the background so it wasn’t so plain so I added and layer and made it light blue. I really loved what it did for the overall image and I like how it turned out. It ended up being a very fun project after stressing about it for so long.

Logo Project

I took a lot of time thinking about this collage. I knew this one would be hard for me because it is such a personal and conceptual assignment. This assignment had to be done completely out of thin air and it had to relate to our topic. My topic is so important to me that I knew it would be difficult to really match how valuable my family is to me but I was able to do it with a few of the personal ideas I threw into it.

I started this design by building the infinity sign on the top. The infinity sign is a great physical descriptor of family because of a families value to each other. The infinity logo represents exactly what the words say. It shows that family is forever and shares the value of a families love and support of one another. I designed that first and then added the words on top. I loved the design but it was not enough for me.

The importance of my family can’t be symbolized by just one simple design because that is not who we are. We are all different and we are all unique. I need to show that in the design to help the audience better understand the logo. I added the figure and took the android design and put my own spin on it. At that point it only needed to be customized a little bit more.

At this point I looked at the design and I thought to myself what can I do to show that personalities of my family. I then thought to color each person the color of their favorite color and it showed that even though we are one big family, we all still have our own traits. I then added our last name on top to really connect us and add the personal touch that connects all of us.

To finish it off I just need to change the background so it wasn’t so plain so I added and layer and made it light blue. I really loved what it did for the overall image and I like how it turned out. It ended up being a very fun project after stressing about it for so long.

Illustrator Tutorials

Graphic Collage Final

I began taking many pictures when we began this project; Pictures of everything from my everyday life to the little stuff that we often oversee but there wasn’t a whole lot that stood out to me. Being that my project is about my family and my friends I decided to Skype with them to share what I was doing and get my mom’s approval to use some of the pictures she had taken. As we were talking I looked out the window and saw a beautiful sunset just past the horizon. I showed them through Skype and they showed me the sunset on their end. It helped me realize that although we are over 300 miles apart and a six hour car ride that we are still here together.

I waited the next night for a shot at that same sunset and thought about them the whole time. They have always been here for me and they have done so much for me yet they have never once said you owe me one. I believe that this is the true definition of what it means to be family and real friends. As much as you fight or get upset with each other you will always have them there when your world goes dark. They will always be right there to light it back up and carry you out of that darkness.

I stumbled across this quote as I was reading over the course of the week and I couldn’t keep it out of the project. The “author” named Hafez was born in the 1300’s in Iran and this passage has been passed down since he first said it. The meaning behind it gets greater and greater each time I read it. Even after it have finished my collage I read it and the meaning still changes to me but the people in the sky will be there forever. No matter what life throws at you the love that they share through our relationships is eternal. It will never go out even when the sun goes down. No matter how far away they are, they are still just a phone call away and will still be able to light any darkness in my life.

Adding the border really capped of the image for me. It made it an image and shows “my box”. The ones inside the box will always be there for me. I am certain that they have my back and I can always count on the. I also brightened the photos to show what really matters to me. It is those people that are in my box that I really care about and would do anything for. I enjoyed editing those image to make them look so perfect.

This collage will have a different meaning for everyone who looks at it but I hope when you see it that you will be reminded of those people in your life. Stop what you are doing, take five minutes and call them. They will be able to put that smile on your face like no one else can. I hope you enjoy.

Graphic Collage Draft

 

I began taking many pictures when we began this project; Pictures of everything from my everyday life to the little stuff that we often oversee but there wasn’t a whole lot that stood out to me. Being that my project is about my family and my friends I decided to Skype with them to share what I was doing and get my mom’s approval to use some of the pictures she had taken. As we were talking I looked out the window and saw a beautiful sunset just past the horizon. I showed them through Skype and they showed me the sunset on their end. It helped me realize that although we are over 300 miles apart and a six hour car ride that we are still here together. I waited the next night for a shot at that same sunset and thought about them the whole time. They have always been here for me and they have done so much for me yet they have never once said you owe me one. I believe that this is the true definition of what it means to be family and real friends. As much as you fight or get upset with each other you will always have them there when your world goes dark. They will always be right there to light it back up and carry you out of that darkness. I stumbled across this quote as I was reading over the course of the week and I couldn’t keep it out of the project. The “author” named Hafez was born in the 1300’s in Iran and this passage has been passed down since he first said it. The meaning behind it gets greater and greater each time I read it. Even after it have finished my collage I read it and the meaning still changes to me but the people in the sky will be there forever. No matter what life throws at you the love that they share through our relationships is eternal. It will never go out even when the sun goes down. No matter how far away they are, they are still just a phone call away and will still be able to light any darkness in my life. This collage will have a different meaning for everyone who looks at it but I hope when you see it that you will be reminded of those people in your life. Stop what you are doing, take five minutes and call them. They will be able to put that smile on your face like no one else can. I hope you enjoy.