The Adolescent View of Graphic design life

My map theme is basically to show the origin of music in the 5 boroughs of New York City. Certain music was created or brought up in the 5 boroughs of NYC. Hip Hop of course was made in the Bronx. My point of you to this map is probably going to be personal, my mom is always speaking to me about the different music played in the 50s and the 80s. My grandfather is always talking about how music has change for the worse and maybe he is right. I feel that these new musician or artist of the new generation has forgotten the whole point of music which was to give a political view on your life and neighborhood but expressing it in a different way like a rap or a song. Music is about speaking the truth no matter what the people like and music doesn't always have to be about drugs, sex or even Gang violence. You could speak of the good in your neighborhood and the country you live in or lived.    I'm planning to ask the people in my neighborhood were music had began for them. I'm ...

My dad playing the Congas My video poster The Fordham statue which is featured in the Video

MyBlockNYC.com is a interactive website the allows people to capture interesting aspects of their block. these posted videos show the cultivation of the 5 boroughs. This website is a emerging into a portrait of this popular and controversial city. Users upload videos geographically, building the first fully interactive video map of New York City.   The my block assignment was to video tape primitive moments in NYC. you also allowed to upload videos previously recorded on your cellphone, camera, and video camera. Each video has to be taped outside on a single block. my class was given a camera from the cooperation of my blocknyc and we also had a mentor Brian that gave us pointers and advice when creating this video.      First I was given a outline paper to help us figure out the basic form of our video.  The second step was to tape a least 30 seconds of footage with the camera I was given by an employee of the my blocknyc company,Brian. Then I wa...

    I was asked to create three buttons on voting and the controversy that comes with it. We used illustrator to create the buttons and ms. Carol sent us an outline for the buttons through Gmail. First we had to figure out what concern we had with voting as teenagers. Then we answered questions like do you think immigrants should vote or convicted felons. We were also asked if teenagers should vote and if we were OK with certain restrictions when it came to voting.After that I just started working on my buttons. This project was to educate us on the process of voting and how this is a serious job we have when growing up to be adults.     In order to vote you must be 18 years of age and you have to be a citizen. If you are an Immigrant without a green card you are not qualified to vote. You are not qualified to vote if you have criminal charges against you. I feel the voting system is fair and reasonable, there is only one thing I would change. I...

                                      Voting Survey      In order for you to be qualified to vote you must be an american citizen and 18 years old. When you register to vote you must bring your registration card or some may registered online. Voting is important because it gives us a choice of who is going to protect us and keep us involved in the government. We the people need to vote in order for us to strive for the future of this country and society.The presidential vote is important but voting for the senate and mayor is significant for your community. The Mayor has control of the children's education and has onsite in police office's in the city. Even the protection and funds of the city to make sure we are financially growing. The senate writes laws like the gun control  and many suggestion when fixing unemployment rate. They repr...

     The assignment from last week was to find a career you want to pursue and a college you would want to expand your education. we used two websites collegeboard.org and careerzone.gov. College board was used to research on different colleges and majors you would like to pursue and career zone was to find a career the suits your personal preferences. This assignment was To broaden our knowledge on college requirements and regulation. First I went to collegeboard because I already knew what career I was headed.I found out the GPA requirements were higher then expected. I also discover what score is standard for SAT in curtain schools.      The only reference I made was that I want to be a veterinarian. This project made me  realize that my GPA was lower then my expectation and the college expectation when enroll. I also learned that their are college near by offering the major I want. Your GPA is important because college want to see w...

I was asked to write a poem about my character. then I was told to make personal symbols referencing to my personality. I also had to create my own alphabet and pick out key words from my poem. I had to make jesters with the keywords definitions . Then we had to make a poster with all of the projects from before. I learned about illustration and how the patterns lined around my poster could be used in a book, and a greeting card. I used the same materials from the last project the gradient tool which creates a gradual blend between multiple colors and the pen tool which creates paths with straight segments. I really didn’t follow any steps just went along with any ideas that came to my head. My poster has a beaded pattern outline and a flower in the middle. The pedals of the big flower in the middle contains my flower symbol  and My poem which is scattered within the other pedals. I definitely feel my poster fits every aspect of my personality as well as...