For my final year of high school it did not go as planed but I am happy with all the fun times and memories I have made with taking intro, DMA1, and Dma 2 . Thank you everyone
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I'm sad that it had to end like this, but DMA has been one of the highlights of my high school experience. Two years ago when I signed up for DMA 1 I had no idea what I was in for, but I am so glad that I took that chance. Through all the opportunities in this class, from the competitions to the field trips, I've grown so much as an artist. Next year, I will be attending the School of The Art Institute of Chicago to study graphic design. I am so grateful for Mrs. Shields, and everything that her classes have done to prepare me for the next four years. I will miss this class! https://vwesloh.wixsite.com/mysite-1
In honor of the rumored 10 year reunion of One Direction, the best band ever, I want to talk about one of their classic music videos for their song Story of My Life. Definietly one of their most artsy videos, the video shows all, 5 at the time (rip Zayn), members developing pictures from their past and hanging them up. We then go into a room full of pictures, covered floor to ceiling in pictures of baby Harry, Niall, Zayn, Liam and Louis. Each member has a solo with their favorite family members as if they have Travelex back and recreate the pictures aa they were present day. The tears start to flow when Louis is shown with his parents and grandparents, and then as they all age, the grandparents disappear. :( The cinematography of this video is seamless and makes you feel as though you are flying around the room. They put the camera on a circle track to make the motions and effects that they do. All 5 of them look fantastic as well. all around great video. great song. 10/10. Praying fo...
The cast and crew of The Goonies have reunited in a new web series called "Reunited Apart" created by Josh Gad (Olaf from Frozen, Chuck from The Angry Birds Movie, and Ludlow from Pixels). The video reunites Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Ke Huy Quan, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Robert Davi, and Joe Pantoliano. The video also brought in Steven Spielberg, writer Chris Columbus and director Richard Donner, as did Cyndi Lauper who made a cameo in the film and wrote and performed the theme song, “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough.'” In the video they asked each other some questions, reprised some of their favorite scenes from the movie, and sang “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough.'” at the end of the video. It was great to see The Goonies back together in a way. Here is a link to the video. https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/the-goonies-reunion-josh-gad-web-series-990585/
This year has been so much fun and im so glad that i took dma it really opened my eyes to all the different things and careers within this program. This class was one of the most fun classes ive taken in my 4 years at the high school even thought we weren't there to finish out the year i still had a bunch of fun. I want to thank Mrs Barnes for always being there to help and for also being very patient with my class.
Welp, it really has been a roller coaster. Despite not being able to go to state in person and everything after, the first part of the year was great (wanted to say thanks you Caleb for working with me on the Zoo). The information, possibilities and challenges presented by the projects, fields trips, and the docentes were great catalysts for learning and my own betterment (Bibibop also didn't hurt). Thank you Mrs. Shields for a great year as well as everyone else. Next school year I'm moving on to major in Games and Animation at Ohio University through the HTC program. It's been fun. Link: https://www.spelicdigitalartdesign.com/ This is probably the biggest thing I did this year and I probably couldn't have done it without Caleb. Cause terrified of copyright... “ROYALTY FREE MUSIC by BENSOUND.” Bensound, www.bensound.com/.
Throughout the course of this quarantine, I've had the opportunity to continue making use of my collection of Prismacolor Pencils. For any of those who aren't aware of Prismacolor Pencils, they're wax-based colored pencils that, when used on toned paper, can be used to create some gorgeous traditional art. I personally use them to replicate scenes from some of my favorite cartoons! Here's a piece I recently finished, for example!
1933 in Cincinnati, Union Terminal was opened for business. With tunnels and terminals, it operated as a train station until 1972, its doors were closed. And while it did reopen, its main function was no longer to service the entrance and exit of trains. When it reopened in 1991, the Cincinnati Union Terminal served as a museum. Today, there are constantly new exhibits rotating in and out, showing exhibits that travel the world. The Terminal also houses a large Rotunda and several mosaic murals that display the manufacturing history of the city. The artwork has recently been refurbished to be made like new.
Motion Capture is an animation technique where a computer tracks live actors movements. Then, animators used that as a base to animated upon. This causes the movements to be really fluid and smooth. A really good example of this is the lightsaber battle between Ahsoka Tano and Darth Maul in the most recent Clone Wars episode. Ray Park and Lauren Mary Kim did the motion Capture and it looks great. Just a cool animation technique that has been gaining popularity in the last few years. Here's the fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbLdLlUBLcA
The Front Porch Project is a new trend going around the internet ever since COVID-19 started. The idea is for a photographer to come to your house and take a picture of your family on your front porch and use those pictures as a way to remember this strange time. They can be funny or serious. My friend Kailer, who is also in DMA, is coming over next week and taking pictures of my family. This could be an easy idea for any DMA students to get out of the house!
Well I guess thats it. AP digital media has been my all time favorite class. I am absolute devastated that it was cut so short as I was really looking forward to all of the opportunities field trips, and competitions given to me by taking this course. I'd like to thank Mrs. Shields for being an incredible teacher and giving me everything that I needed to be successful in her class. There was never a dull moment! I'm proud to say that next year I'll be attended the Modern college of design to further pursue my passion of photography and advertising arts. I'll miss this class so much, I remember thinking I wasn't good enough for an Ap art class and I was close to taking DMA 1 instead. However I can thank Victoria Wesloh for encouraging me to take a chance and I am forever grateful!! <3
I wanna talk about my gaming setup that I am going to have. I already have a corsair keyboard with RGB and the pattern is on Rainbow. And I also have a Corsair mouse with RGB set on purple. Both of these are amazing tech and the color schemes on them are amazing. But this PC is what's going to be in my room. This has a Ryzken 5 with a 1600 graphics processor. It also has 3 fans with RGB on them. My gaming Performance is going to be insane and the games I play are CSGo, League, TF2, and others. I can't wait to get my PC.
So while everything goes to chaos most would think gaming is getting a bigger boom which would be true for most games but. Sadly the smash Competitive seen is different as unlike most other competitive fields of gaming. Smash is not supported by its maker Nintendo so the community itself has to keep it alive but normally they are local tourneys or big offline tournaments. But a few Smash content creators and others have put money towards a Series called the Quarantine series this is online games tournaments which are to keep the seen still in the light and I think you should check it out as this is unique in the fact new faces can appear as online is far different from offline so glad smash can still find a way to survive.
I feel like most people are complaining about being bored during this time- having nothing but time, but I feel like I’m the only one who feels totally overwhelmed. Between schoolwork, ungodly hours or working at target, and trying to emotionally support 82929 friends I feel like I can hardly keep my head on my shoulders. I miss having the need to do something creative- I feel like whenever I have free time I just get the itch to go paint something but now it just feels like a chore. Can’t wait for this to be over...
Well I guess that's a wrap for DMA 1. This was truly one of my favorite classes I have ever gotten to take and I would just like to thank Mrs. Barnes for helping me every time I needed it. I'll definitely miss this class but I'm really glad that I have all of these new skills I can use to better my photography, even if it is just a hobby. Here's a random photo to include in the post. I took this on a hike in Montana.
Looking back at high school experience, I never thought DMA would become such a big part of it. I remember walking into Mrs.Barnes intro Dma class thinking it was an easy class to fill up my freshman schedule. I was very wrong about that! I learned the basics of photoshop, and couldn't stop thinking about what all I could create. After that class, I dreamed of being part of the AP DMA class. My little freshman dreams came true. I am so lucky to be apart of class that allows you to let your creativity flow. AP DMA showed me a career path I never thought I would go down. This fall I will be going to UC Blueash for their Electronic Media Technology program. It's a two year program that continues going over all the different aspects of digital arts. After my two years, I plan on getting a minor in business management. Even though I'm sad to say goodbye to high school, I'm excited for my next step in my education. During this school year, I explored high fashion in ...
you're like me, and you're really bored of being in quarantine, here are some things you can do. One of the things I've done is, finish seasons upon seasons of Netflix, which is def a 10/10, would recommend. I also recommend trying to get your screen time on tiktok up to at least 24 hrs a week, which I'm proud to say is mine. Basically that's all I've been able to come up with so far. Let me know if any of you have found something better to do because I definitely haven't.
Hello fellow bloggers this is yuh boi Ryan Faul with his final blog post,all I really have to say is that DMA was the most fun class I had the past 2 years of highschool due to the people in my class and my great teacher Mrs. Shields,last but not least I just want to say thank you to everyone that made DMA the great class it is so thank you to you guys it was fun. https://ryansfaul.wixsite.com/faulphotography
I just watched the new Joker movie for the first time, and to say the least I am shook. This movie exposed issues in our society in such a dark yet powerful way it is hard to explain. Joaquin Phoenix did a phenomenal job playing the Joker that it might be able to rival Heath Ledger, but I don't want to get into that. Everything about this movie screams Joker. The lighting, the score, the camera angles, all of it. Joker isn't the greatest family movie but I think it is a great thriller movie for anyone who wants to ponder the problems in our society and how we treat other people.
Peach pit is a very creative band that I have a lot of respect for. They are the definition of a garage band. They are an indie rock band that are completely self made. They started from the garage and now they are at Coachella and they are still making music the same way. Check out Sweet FA by peach pit if you wanna know my music taste.
Welp this is the end. DMA was always my favorite class because I got to do so many things with so many ideas. It let me be creative in a different kind of way then my other classes because I never knew how to really express what I was feeling. I had shields for 4+ hours every single day this year besides for a day where I was not in school for some reason... I was never as good at DMA as everyone else including some of the DMA 1 kids but I'm still happy that I took the class and I'm glad I took the AP version because even though it is an AP class it doesn't really feel like it and it's just such a fun class so if you're considering AP next year you should do it. most of my pieces on my website are pretty garbage but my favorite one is this, I did this a little bit before we got out of school for the typogrpahy photography assignment and I smashed probably 30 cds for this. If you're interested in looking at more of my "art" here's the link to my w...
It's crazy to think that my senior year of high school is almost over. This year has been crazy for me. For the longest time I felt so lost because I couldn't figure out what to do with my sustained investigation, and on top of that I didn't even know what career I wanted. AP DMA has helped me out a lot this year. It showed me a lot of different career paths I could take and how many careers there are that involve digital media. Even though I'm going to college to get my PharmD, I'm so glad I took DMA throughout high school. I would have never gained a passion for photography, and digital art. In the fall I'm going to be attending DePaul University in Chicago for pre-pharmacy. I hope that I will still create digital art but only as a hobby, and I also hope I will take some dance classes or maybe even try out for DePaul's dance team. I couldn't pick one piece to post from my website so I picked my top two. I never got to use the picture of the b...
I remember first taking Intro to DMA as freshman and immediately knowing that I wanted to take that class forever. I couldn't wait to take DMA I. And then I couldn't wait to take AP. And now that I'm at the end of all of it, it's hard to count the ways that DMA has shaped my life. I remember liking DMA because it was art that I couldn't do. Other art classes like drawing or painting used skills I had already been practicing, but I had never done anything like DMA. It was beyond challenging, as I am terrible with computers, but that's what made it so appealing. On top of that Mrs. Shields and Mrs.Barnes made their classes challenging to pass. In other art classes, I could float through, make a couple pieces, get a 98% and head home. With DMA I had to fight to get the grades I wanted. It was art that pushed me, and I loved it so, so much. In the fall I am attending the Honors Tutorial College at OU to study Production Design and Technology. I hope to continue ...
What's cracking everyone, I'm back with another blog post! Today we will taking a deep dive into this "meme". Here we have the character Schnitzel, from the popular cartoon Chowder, in jungle attire. As you can see from the text, he seems to be making his way through the jungle. In my humble opinion, I'd have to give this a 9.25/10. Feel free to give me your thoughts in the comments below.
If you have walked around Cincinnati before, you have seen the many different styles of architecture that can be found all over the city. However, some of the more interesting and classy buildings were built in the Art Deco style. During the 1920s this style was prominent and Cincinnati used it in many of its newer establishments. Some of the most recognizable art deco style buildings is Union Terminal, the Cincinnati Time/Star Building, The Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, and the Shillito's Building (an old department store).
I got the game animal crossing for the switch and this game is so much fun. It has keep me very busy during this whole covid-19, in this game you go to an island and you get to fish and craft things and meet new "friends". Right now because of Easter there is an Easter bunny and you have to go find eggs that are hiding through out the map to get special rewards. If you have a switch and don't have this game i recommend getting it.
With the recent closures due to COVID-19, Broadway has tried to give their fans content to help them through the time. They have posted videos of them singing in harmony and in perfect time. Here are some video examples. Hamilton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqvVL8IurMw Dear Evan Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_10msPMEick Plus a lot of actors and casts are live streaming their get togethers. It's fun and I don't get how it's possible to harmonize and mix over video, but I'm not a trained musical theatre professional.
Heartbound is a role-playing video game that's currently in development. You play as Lore, a boy who unfortunately struggles with various mental illnesses and is only really able to get through his day-to-day life with the help of his dog Baron. When Baron unexpectedly disappears, Lore embarks on a journey in search of his beloved dog Baron. Every choice or interaction you make as Lore has the potential of changing the game in terms of dialog, encounters, interactive objects, and more. You can play what's currently been released on Steam right now. I'd highly recommend giving this game a shot! https://store.steampowered.com/app/567380/Heartbound/
1917 is a movie directed by Sam Mendes and holy cow this movie just amazing. My parents make fun of me because I talk about it so much, but its just that great. So the movie is about two British soldiers that have to deliver a message to a front line to call of an attack. They have to call off this attack because it is a trap by the Germans. The story is just great but I think the best part is the cinematography because the entire movie looks like it is one shot.
With the corona virus quarantine I have been re watching some of my favorite movies lately one being the Social Network directed by David Fincher, starring Jesse Eisenberg, and Andrew Garfield. The movie is about how Mark Zuckerberg and his roommates founded Facebook at Harvard back in 2004, and the effect is would have when you cross the wrong people and takes a toll on their friendships. It's currently on Netflix and I recommend it!
Sony released pictures of its new controller DualSense for its new-coming video game console, PS5. The controller has a microphone built in to the controller and has an improved ergonomic grip with many more features and better reactivity from the PS4 DualShock controller. I really like this controller because it has more of a shape of an Xbox controller which is what I prefer, but I always wanted to like the Playstation controller. I will definitely get this controller when it releases for my PC.
Valorant is a new first person game that has taken apps like twitch by storm with having more than 1.7m people watching others play it. It sounds crazy but it's the truth and i got to play it, so i understand the hype the game has been getting for the past couple weeks before this beta was released. The game is very fun and if you like games like CS-GO you will be in love with this game when it release in the summer for free.
In the new nintendo game Animal Crossing New Horizons, you're able to create your own designs! You can put these designs on canvases, t-shirts and create facial stickers. I think this adds are really cute personal touch to the game that allows you to express your creativity! There are a variety of color pallets and three different brush sizes to choose from, as well as a star, heart and circle sticker tool. I really enjoy the whole entire art style of Animal Crossing and this is a great touch!