KHS Digital Media Arts

       A new trailer for a Doctor Who special called "Revolution of The Daleks" has just been released, and it confirms that Captain Jack Harkness has returned. He has been a companion to the 9th and 10th doctor, and now he is going to return with the 13th doctor. The episode will air on New Years Day on BBC America.  Here is a link for the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVWuYVUsBs

 Today I decided I am going to talk about one of my biggest inspirations and role models, India Severe, but most know her as Indy Blue. She is an Instagram influencer who got famous from her travel video montages. She is so talented at using her camera, which is Canon 5D. She is also very good at picking the perfect music for her videos. Below is my favorite video of hers!

  This game is sick! I own an Xbox and am considering buying a ps5 just because of this game. The graphics on it is insane and is free world play. It won game of the year and has been a best seller on the ps4. These are all lots of reasons you should consider buying this game. 

 Over the summer I watched 'Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2' on Disney plus. It is a behind the scenes look at what goes into making an animated movie. From the music to the pre-screenings it shows it all. It was really fascinating to see how the process works and I would really recommend especially if you want to go into animation or something along those lines!

  SesoHQ is a graphic designer who creates content for YouTube and an eSports organization called 100 Thieves. He focuses his mastery in Photoshop and creates a variety of content ranging from modeling weapon skins in video games, social media rebranding, redesigning other people's projects to show improvements, and teach better ways to go about creating certain things. This is a recent tweet of him modeling weapon skins for a new video game called Rogue Company and I thought the color scheme and mapping were very clean and simple.

 As a hockey player, one would think I play all the newest hockey video games and would be good at them naturally. This is true for most but not for me, I have never played any NHL or hockey video game up until this past month. I'm trying out NHL 21, so far in the game, I have a lot of opinions. The game moves wells and looks well although there are many flaws. The community refers to a goal that goes in every time as a "cheese goal" NHL 21 has 2 of these and is fairly simple to perform. There are many other flaws and good aspects to the game but I won't go into detail, overall I would give the game a 7/10 at the moment. 

 Instagram recently came out with a new update for the photo sharing platform that left many people upset and confused. Like the saying "don't fix something that isn't broke", many people had strong feelings against the new layout, saying that it made the app hard to navigate. Instagram like Snapchat seems to not ever get a good response whenever massive changes to the site are made.

  2014 Forest Hills Drive is a hip-hop album by my personal favorite rapper J-Cole, This album is very iconic in the hip hop world and is also one of the most iconic album covers out there, it's simple but there's something about it that perfectly captures the album. 2014 FHD went double platinum with no features and would lead J Cole down a path towards greatness in the rap game.

 Just two days ago, the PS5 was released in the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. The PS5 is Sony's latest addition to its line of gaming consoles, the Play Stations.  Though it's only been two days since its release, the PS5 has been highly praised for it's GPU setup, supporting 8K resolutions and ray tracing. This makes it so that it's possible for the way light moves/bounces from object to object (particularly reflective surfaces) and the way it refracts through liquids and glass to be mimicked. Thus, PS5 games can exhibit even more realism than before, as lighting and shadows are crucial to making something appear realistic. Unfortunately, though, we're still waiting to truly see this GPU setup in the works as few (new) PS5 games have been released; many PS5 games won't be released until 2021. Nevertheless, the PS5 can now be purchased, and older games can be experienced in a whole new manner as we await the release of games...

 Alyx is a first-person shooter in a post-apocalyptic world. What I really enjoy is all of the detail, you are able to interact with everything. The light levels are nicely put together, so it's not too bright when you walk outside of a building, or in a dark space. It's pretty neat, and I wish there were more games like this on the platform.

       I know there are two types of people in this world. People who wait to put their Christmas tree and decorations up the day of or the day after Thanksgiving. Then there are the people who throw their skeletons and Halloween decorations back into storage as soon as trick or treating ends. I know a lot of people overlook Thanksgiving and want to skip straight to Christmas. On the other hand, I know Christmas time can either be really fun or really stressful for so many different people, so don't want to have to worry about it till December 1st. I love decorating so I always get excited. So I am asking anyone reading this post, how early is too early for people to start celebrating Christmas?

      Pokemon released this 2nd part of the DLC for pokemon Sword and Shield in October. So far I still need to complete the DLC completely. There are so many legendary pokemon to catch. What is your favorite legendary or mythical pokemon?

 Liz Climo is a comic artist who makes short stories, sometimes only two panels, of different animals. Personally, I really like her art style and the little jokes in the comics make me really happy for some reason. They're something I look at when I'm feeling a little sad or just need to smile. Here are some examples of her comics: 

  I don't know about everyone else but when I was a youngster my parents purchased the Kidz Bop albums for me to listen to during car rides. While the music is not really for me anymore I have recently come to really appreciate the album covers. I'm not sure what it is exactly about them but I really love the design of the spelling of "Kidz Bop" in all capital letters with these crazy neon and pink backgrounds. Does anyone else remember these albums or does somebody have a younger sibling that still listens to them?

 I was discussing this topic with a friend a few days ago, and he brought up the opinion that consoles shouldn't have to rely on exclusives to sell better than another console, that it should be the hardware that matters. I disagree. Sure, a console doesn't NEED exclusives to sell well, the new Xbox will probably sell great despite the lack of exclusives or IPs that Microsoft has under their belt. However, I believe that a console is defined by their exclusives. Take Nintendo for an example. If properties like Mario, Zelda, or Metroid were developed for all systems by a third party, then the company would frankly be dead in the water compared to the hardware of the Playstation and Xbox.  Not only would having no 1st party development prevent game companies from making their console more appealing, but it would also make development a train wreck. If these games were to be developed for every system, then it would take forever for games to come out because of how wildly differe...

 Nine inch nails has shocked me.  I would never have thought anybody who makes music like this would make it into the Rock and Roll hall of fame 30 years ago but they've done it.  Nine Inch Nails, lead by Trent Reznor  and built up from the ground by this same man has served as a changing point in music.  There is nothing like it out there.  Their music is phenomenally weird and stirs something in you that can only be described as a tingling sensation of eeriness.  For anyone who hasn't ever listened to Nine Inch Nails, I would recommend listening to the entire Pretty Hate Machine album.

 Over the last couple of weeks, I have come to find that digital painting is a very enjoyable, easy, and fun task. It creates a really nice effect on photos that you can't find with filters while also giving off an old-timey painting vibe. I used this digital painting as part of my first SUS project.

                                                       Raya and the Last Dragon is a new Disney movie coming out in 2021. Raya is a new Disney princess from Southeast Asian culture. She will be voiced by Kelly Marie Tran. The new animated film is set in Kumandra. I'm so excited for this movie to come out, it's definitely something I'm looking forward to in 2021. 

Disney is coming out with so many new movies in 2021. The one that I am most excited for is Cruella. It is a spin off of 101 Dalmatians and is rumored to be similar to the film Maleficent. The lead role is played by the incredible Emma Stone, and is co-starred by Emma Thompson. The movie was filmed in London with a Nikon camera. I can't wait to watch this film!

  Alex Stemplewski Is a famous TikTok Photographer. He takes random people off the street and does photoshoots with them. A lot of the time it is to show off how diversely beautiful everyone is, and other times it's to spread a message. Most of his photos have a shallow depth of view, due to the type of camera he uses. If you are curious he uses Sony Planar 50mm/1.4. How cool would it be if you were out shopping and a professional photographer asked you to model for them! Here are some other photos he has taken. 

 I discovered Sean Dalton when I was looking for artist inspiration for my sustained investigation proposal. I immediately fell in love with his photography. He is a lifestyle photographer. I think I'm really drawn to the way he edits his pictures. His lighting is a little darker with a lot of contrast. 

  Crazy detailed pumpkin carvings amaze me. Over the weekend I tried to carve something into a pumpkin and failed miserably so I have now gained the respect for any artist who can do really detailed carvings into pumpkins.

 This month, the Nashville band, COIN, is going to provide a virtual concert for their fans. This news was exciting for me because I was planning on going to their show until it was canceled by the quarantine. The band has recently started to release music that follows the colors of the rainbow, the first EP being named Indigo Violet with more music on the way.

  Rap/Hip-Hop has never been a genre I would consider myself a huge fan of. I am the kind of kid that listens to all variations of rock and metal. The only two reasons I even considered listening to IGOR were because I had many friends who praised it at the time of release and I knew about Tyler's generally goofy personality online. I knew going to IGOR that I would be stepping outside my sort of musical comfort-zone. When I listen to an album, I listen to all of it in one sitting, as most artists prefer their listeners to do so. After my first listen, I thought the album was good. A couple days passed. I've watched some interviews with Tyler and have been listening to the album more and more. I think it's become clear to me that this is now one of my favorite albums of all time. I love it when albums are designed and arranged in a narrative style that flows well from song to song. I also think music can be much more powerful when the artist opens up about deep, dark emoti...

 If you have talked to me for more than one minute, I am a huge nerd. So, I am making another post about comic book artists. This time it's Annie Wu. She's a comic book artists who lives in Chicago, and is one of my inspiration artists for my sustained investigation. A lot of her work is dramatic with deep and dark lines with bold colors which is makes style perfect for where I first found her work. I first saw her work in the Black Canary book in 2017. Eventually, I will talk about Marvel comic book artists, but not today. If you want to check out more of her work, here is her website:  https://www.anniewuart.com/

  Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the sequel to Insomniac’s 2018 Spider-Man game. Since the game is set to be released next month, the developers have been releasing art and trailers for the game, and the visuals are stunning. In this game, instead of Peter, the protagonist will be Miles Morales, a friend of Peter Parker that also happened to be bit by a spider. I appreciate the representation in this game by having Miles (who is Puerto Rican, and black) as the main character.