PAGE- Reflections

Answers to Reflection Questions

a. I am thrilled with my work because I was able to use photoshop and music to emphasize my pictures. Making the movie is what I enjoy doing because it has given me much success in the past and I want to somehow fit this into all of my projects.

b. I never thought that I would be able to accomplish this task because it was in Google Earth. I thought that also the steps that it took to have a complete product would be impossible to have done by the due date.

c. The thing that was the most difficult about this task was uploading the video into Google Video. It would take over a day for the video to upload, and since I've had to reload the most recently edited video over and over again, it seemed like I would never have a complete product.

d. Here is a list of all the steps, in sequence, of how I accomplished this project:
1. Matt and I added all of my project together through Google Earth. After that we photoshoped the images that we collected with the artistic tool. Later we added the music that was put on a key, and then we added the links into google earth. We then also added the video after we had completed everything else.

PAGE - Research & Gather Reflection

We have found many pictures that are suitable for our project. We have decided to go with pictures that shows that Chinease art is peaceful. Some of our troubles were that the pictures can be hard to find so we have to chose carefully.

Page - My Driving Question

• We took a look from China and figured that there must be a reason why they have done their art in such a way
• The reason why Chinese art was our option for this assignmeant is because we had figured out that they had made their art so gracefully for a reason
• We had gone through many other types of art and then decided that Chinese art would be the best way to open up about our opinion
• We chose this type of artwork because we both agree that it can be a crafty form of expression
• The belief that we both have is this artwork explains our own inner peace
  

My driving question is.... How does Chinese Art impact other countries peacfully?

Eye Movie

This is an eye movie that I am file:///E:/eye%20movie3.movgoing to put into google earth.

Sam's Final DAC": Peace/Respect Iraq/America

The message I want to potray in this picture is to stop the War on Terror on Iraq. It is important because many horror's of war are happening right now. America is in Iraq for the wrong reasons. They should be trying to be at peace with Iraq instead of trying to make them fear the Americans. So what I did was I went to google and got some images that really explain the Iraq war. I then photoshoped the pictures and made them artwork. Afterwards I put three pictures into the one photo of this child that has been a victim of the war.

a) What changes did you make to the original images you used?

The original images that I used came from the internet. I went to Google and searched for images under the Iraq War. That is where I brought all of my images into Photoshop CS and worked on them. The things that I did were using the Artistic Tool which led me to the interesting ways that I portrayed these images. I also used Layer Mask where after I dragged and dropped the images then I added a layer down by the telescope tool and erased some of the image to make the whole picture blend in with everything.

b) What pleases you most about the technical quality of your work? Why?

I was pleased with quite a few things that I was thrilled with when I was using Photoshop. The thing that I am always pleased with was the artistic tool that I used to design my images. The Layer Mask was also a great way of designing my pictures effectively. This happened by adding the extra layer and using black to take out the parts of the picture that wouldn’t go with the rest of my final picture.

c) What displeases you most about the technical quality of your work? Why?

I found that my technical problems were with how I could modify my images better so they could stand out more. This was the only problem with the Artistic tool. It couldn’t make things perfect but I thought that it did a pretty good job.

d) What new techniques or skills did you learn through the completion of this activity?

I found out more about Layer Mask. I found that it gave me insight about how you can express yourself through technology.

e) What message did you hope to convey in your collage, if any?
My message that I wanted to leave the good people with was that the war in Iraq is the opposite of what the government should be doing these days. There are many more issues that should be worried about in life. We have been warned about these things, so why is their so much bloodshed and no progress?

f) What emotional response do you hope to elicit from your audience?
I want people to understand that in war there is no beauty or glory. We are faced with things that could be resolved but instead are complicated. Why this is happening? All I can say is look within yourself, what can you do? This is the question that needs to be answered. After that question is answered by as many people as possible, we can go through with preventing war from happening. This will lead to a new revolution; we will be a world with no fear but pride.

g) What changes would you make to improve on this image?

I would’ve probably made things a little less dramatic maybe. The picture at this point has made me feel like I went too far. After I pushing the envelop I found it wasn’t a suitable action but maybe I could’ve took it down a few notches.

Sam's Digital Artist's Canvas Proposal

"I am aware that I will be evaluated on the final product and on my successful presentation of my concept or theme. I am aware that Peter must approve this project idea before I continue."

Here is what I learned during my research:
What I have learned from doing this project is that the instructions are very important to do this task. You need to read them in order to complete the task properly. Othewise you will be guessing something totally different just by scanning the blog's instructions. I learned that peace and respect are not so difficult to show, but some people rather do things the harder way and go the opposite direction. The Iraq war has taught me that the American troops are told to strike fear by doing horrible things, then being peace keepers. Canada can't be the only coutry to try and bring peace and respect among Iraq and all countries.

Here are three ideas/topics that I have thought of:

1. Peace and Respect by Music, like Bob Dylan's music back in the sixties with the protesting times. I learned that Bob Dylan and other artists like Buffalo Springfield would speak out about war and racism. If there was respect and peace, where there would be no war and racism then things would be better.
2. Peace and Respect by Nature and Culture, because people like the Native Canadians lived peacefully before voyagers came and destroyed the peace and respect for their culture. There was plenty culture before but now things ae more complicated. The Aboriginal people live in the reserves. There needs to be peace and respect among all Aboriginals and different cultures.
3. Peace and Respect in Iraq, which I already talked about. So now I'm going to just add that there are so many horrid things like torture and death. Many children have died and been killed due to the War in Iraq.

The idea I have chosen to pursue is:

3. Peace and Respect in Iraq.

I went with that because I thought that the point hasn't gone far enough to reach George Bush. He doesn't not understand that enough harm has been inflicted. The things that need to be done now are to make peace with Iraq even though it might be too late. Peace and Respect need to be brought between America and Iraq.