Evaluation

Strengths and weaknesses

1) Considering I am not only learning new formats of presenting art (including Flash, 3D rendering, Photoshop animation and Illustrator) as well as researching Astronomy I feel that I have devoted a lot of time and been productive in the researching elements needed for my project.
2) Thinking about my project is not only my strength but also a weakness. I feel sometimes that I spend so much time thinking that I start second guessing the process. I seem to have an idea but while pushing it I complicate the process and my end goal. So what I have done is created timelines to help organize my thoughts for the project.
3) Make is once again one of my strengths and weaknesses. I send a lot of time creating a few strong images but with this project I have not created enough for the stop motion/3D movie to last as long as needed. I guess I am so hard on myself that things are never finished or never done well enough. Which in the long run creates problems.
4) One weakness for me is blogging. For some reason I send the time on the computer working on Photoshop but once I am finished with an image the last thing I want to do is get online and blog about the problems or what worked in my process. I find myself forgetting about it.
5) Looking at art- When I look at art it is mainly art on campus and/or art online. I have the lack of time and will to go to most galleries. Call me lazy or just worn out…I mean that because my only day off work and school is Sundays and 90% of the time I am working on homework at school on that Sunday. So I guess it is more my priorities that are in question.
6) Taking the two astronomy classes this semester has been the best thing for me. I feel that these classes not only give me the knowledge needed to complete the project but in some ways forces me to learn the info. I mean yeah it is a great thing telling yourself that you will learn something because you are interested in it but a grade is focused on my learning the material, which causes more motivation.
7) I have found myself talking more to my astronomy professors than art professors.


How can I improve

1) Deadlines for me are not the issue because no matter when it is due the same issues come up. I prefer having a start and end time (meaning the semester starting and ending). I guess when I started this project I was prepared for it take me all semester for me to work on this. I have no problem showing my progression.
So I guess what I am saying I would rather have one day between now and the end of the semester were I could once again show my progression and receive feedback from the class.


2) Issues with Blogging. Um what I need to do is set regulations for me to blog on certain days. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursdays are three days that I can blog and I feel that I end to blog every week on at least two of those days.

3) Speaking more with art faculty. I need to by the end of the semester make more of an effort to talk about my process and my concept with faculty members (Kyle included). I seem to find myself unitizing my time working on the project rather than talking about it, which in reality makes more work on my behalf because there are ideas and feedback that can be helpful/beneficial.

How I work

I find myself fitting into all three of these categories. Normally I base my many idea off of a process that I understand/are interested in, than I generate work based off my interest and finally I configure information and research based off the work.
I can see that within my timeline with this medium and its progression.


New Project Description

Project review
On Monday November 23 I would like to have a chance to represent my changes/progression to the class. That way it gives me Thanksgiving break to work on correcting needed changes or rethink ideas expressed by my classmates.

Project completion
An eight to ten minute quick time video with sound and imagery surround my original mockumentary project construction.

Guy Debord

http://www.ubu.com/film/debord_refutation.html

I came across this video after learn more about Fluxus art. I found it helpful to my project because of the use of language and subtitles over images. Each element in the work relates to the way I am trying to merge language, facts and images.

Images Used

Ok so I started to understand the 3d tools in photoshop and the way to transform into a movie but I am not sure why it exported at a different size? I am not sure if it was the original size that was changed during exporting or not?

Importing from AI4 to Flash 4

After selecting File-Import choose the AI file. Import onto the stage to send to the main stage and a copy will be sent to the library.

The next window is a preference window which allows you to choose weather or not to import as bitmap or create move clip. During this you also want to keep your text as a editable text.

Once you push ok the file will be uploaded and you still have control of the different layers.

To Import another file you create a new layer and have that selected when going to the import area under files.

Now if I wanted to do the same thing with a PSD file I would follow the same steps except I would have the file already saved as a PSD file &when importing I would select that.

Video Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h47fNaOb-JU

This video go my imagination going with my project. I mean granted I am not going to be incorporating aliens into my project but some of the background effects and transitions can be helpful!