Hey Stranger - Week 7

 SAWYER'S TYPING...

    This week I spent my time working on a 'portal assignment'. It took me a while to think of a concept that I felt happy with that I could also execute. I started with the idea of something uncanny and unsettling into something more whimsical. I struggled to find pictures that really captured what I was thinking about. Eventually, I decided to go with something more normal, a convenience store. I found one that still had a slightly uncanny feeling and I used underwater pictures as my more "whimsical" side. The portals I chose, which were just a picture of a mirror that had lights that seemed to continuously disappear into itself, were a little more basic than what I wanted. I intended to make the tops of the fidgets look like a screen with words displayed, but I couldn't figure out what effects, fonts, colors, shading, etc would make that vision come to life. I ended up with something more simplified but I think it still held my core ideas for the project. 

Other than working on that project, we dived a little deeper into digital art and media through multiple people's unique styles. it was interesting to see and to learn more about different styles and applications in digital media. because of this class, I've actually been looking into digital design careers and so far I think it's a path I could really enjoy and grow with. it's refreshing to find new interests and new possibilities with my future and hopefully, I'll get to explore it more. 

 SAWYER Logging off...