Week 14 (Post 2) FA 333 Project 5

The final project for Video & Sound class is to create three, one-minute abstract videos of three different truths. The task itself doesn't seem hard, but trying to take an idea and making it abstract is the hardest part. The video itself cannot contain any copyright music, however my idea requires me to include a small snippet of a song. The truths I have chosen include "It's easy to hate on something you know nothing about", "It is amazing to see the lengths people go through to annoy others", and "Days would be easier if they would just happen later" I have ideas for the first two truths, but am still stumped on the last. My idea for the first truth is to film me being bored and reviewing different anime I could watch. Then cut to a a bad version of the opening song (which is the small copyright snippet) following another cut to me cringing then showing my laptop screen in which the anime is on my dropped list having not watched any episodes at all. I feel it is representational, however upon talking to a few friends and colleagues, they believe it is abstract since I am only implying the truth and not simply stating them. My idea for the second truth is to incorporate memes that annoy people. I wan to make these videos funny, but the abstract portion is what throws me off.

Week 14 (Post 1) DTC 355 Project 5

Four project 5 in Multimedia Authoring, our assignment was to create a website in Dreamweaver. Considering I already had a template made from project 4, I used to code I had in the HTML file and modified it in Dreamweaver creating a navigation bar, playing with the color of the text and links as well as adding shadow effect to the text. This assignment was tough as I was new to Dreamweaver, but was also the most fun project I have worked on in DTC 355. The website is currently viewable at http://users.tricity.wsu.edu/~johnwesley.go This is the completed version for the project, but not the completed version for how I want it to actually look like. There are several modifications I would like to make and additions I would like to add, but I first need to learn how to use the Dreamweaver program more. Creating websites takes time and it's no wonder website designers make decent money. My hope is to eventually finalize the site so I can use it for my professional career as a voice actor since that is the career path I have chosen to pursue. I based my website on those of my friends' websites, most of whom are new but working in the professional voice over industry.

Week 13 (Post 2) FA 333 Project 4

The fourth project for Video and Sound class was to get into a group and do a short three to five minute documentary. Our topics were Cinma Verite, Personal Diary or a non-fiction investigative film. I partnered up with Johnny Garcia and Meha Naran and we all decided to do a personal diary about my life as an online voice actor. The video starred me talking about my experience, recent roles I've been cast as and small information about the ins and outs of the industry. The video also included a small segment of me doing a demonic laugh and Johnny giving it a whirl by doing a small impression if Spongebob Squarepants. Meha gave ideas and co-assisted Johnny in editing, while Johnny was both the filmer and main editor. Our video was about 3 and a half minutes and was more informational and fun. We have yet to receive a grade on it, but we hope we did well.

Week 13 (Post 1) FA 332 and DTC 355 Project 4

For Print & Web class, our project 4 was to compose a small HTML website that includes a table, external and internal pages and testing of color pallets on a societal or historical issue. Having done HTML last semester, I created the website in a mere ten minutes on a controversial movement in the gaming industry called #Gamergate. This movement was discrimination against women in gaming, whether they be game creators or activists. My website included a homepage, an all about the movement page which was an external link, a targeted individuals page which was an internal page that included a table of 3 of the main targets in the movement and a contact me page which had a "mailto" action linked to me email. Project 4 for DTC was a similar assignment, but required more specificity. For this website, I created a template for my personal voice acting website which I then eventually decided to use for Project 5 in DTC 355. HTML and website design seems to be my forte in the DTC major at the moment, but I am hoping to expand my video editing skills more. My hope for next semester is that I work with video editing a bit more as well as sound editing as that is my desired field. Second to that, I would love to learn animation and character designs as those are my close second desired field. At heart, I have always known I was a designer and creator, but I never took that leap until now because of parents influence in majoring in something marketable.

Week 12 (Post 2) Sakura-Con 2015

Sakura Con 2015 was so much fun. Thoughout the weekend, my girlfriend and I attended various panels and some really awesome people in the voice over industry. On Friday, we already had a set schedule as we were to be at a reception dinner at 7pm and a outing at 9pm. Both these small events were a nice way to meet with the voice actors in a more comfortable setting and this way, we wouldn't have to wait in their respective lines for 2-3 hours. We only got to attend one panel because of our hectic schedule, but it was all worth it. The rest of the time, we spent in the exhibitors hall and artist alley looking at various merchandise and art. On Saturday, our schedule was more free and we attended more panels. We had to wait in one of the voice actor's line for autographs because he was unable to attend the reception dinner. We were in line for a good 3 hours, but we sill managed to attend the panels we wanted to go to and look at more merch. We also got to meet a longtime friend of mine I met online who is now getting into the professional world of voice over herself, so that was fun. On Sunday, we had to leave at around 4pm as I wanted to attend one more panel called Voice Acting Tryouts. This panel was a way for aspiring voice actors to put their skills to the test. Sadly, I was not selected to go up, but it was a blast hearing from everyone else. Overall, it was a fun weekend with tons of pictures and exciting events.

Week 12 (Post 1) Another Voice Role

On my way to Seattle, I received an email for a creator of an original animation. The animation is described to be about "A boy named Izeah who lives a ‘comfortable’ life with no friends and has an anxiety disorder. He has been having reoccurring dreams addressing his loneliness. Could this mean something? Heck yeah it does. Yvette is an imaginary friend, sent from an unknown land to create a new life for him- one with friends and happiness. But when she comes, she attracts a lot of unwanted attention, and not just from humans.." I was cast as Izeah Murlon and am very happy to be a part of this project. I have found that most of the characters I have been cast as recently have the apathetic quality to them with a cute side. Jet freaks out over video games and other nerdy things, Kevin thinks his own jokes are hilarious, and Izeah loves dogs and other cute things. I am very content with my voice over roles and hope to record for this project soon.

Week 11 (Post 2) DTC 475 no new posts

In my online class, I've noticed no new updates from my professor. I had no idea why, but I decided to wait and regularly check on Angel. Eventually, after 2 weeks of no updates passed, I checked my WSU email and found that she has been preoccupied with taking care of her parents and they are ill. I hope everything is okay. I'm fine waiting for new assignments, but personal problems come before work in my opinion. I'm sure she will be posting an update soon about our next assignment. I heard that some students were reporting the inactivity to the Dean and as much as I know how they must feel, doing so is kind a mean thing to do when there are personal problems going on.

Week 11 (Post 1 )Reviewing of Projects

This week, in all classes, we were reviewing the final product of all project threes. In print and web, we reviewed everyone's packaging design, in multimedia authoring, we reviewed everyone's cinema verite, and in video and sound, we reviewed everyone's music video. Everyone in each class had some creative projects and I was amazed at how much creativity this world has. I look forward to our next projects in each class. In both print and web, and in multimedia authoring, we will be creating websites for ourselves which I find incredibly fun. In video and sound, we will be filming a documentary in a group and am excited to see what kind of documentary everyone comes up with. I do not regret going into the DTC major as I love expressing my creativity in all these different ways. The work load is insane, but I have somehow managed to keep up. I hope for am successful rest of the year.

Week 10 (Post 2) 2 more Voice Roles

On March 14th, I received two emails from two different casting directors. They had both informed me that I was to be cast in their original works in which I beat out 50+ auditions for one project and 90+ auditions for the other project. The first email was for an original animation called Tokyo Magic Star. The animations started out as a joke, but eventually grew into something serious with dark themes such as depression, starvation, low self-esteem and etc. After the animation became serious, the creator decided to look for voice actors to fill in some of the parts as she felt she was not diverse enough to do the characters justice. I auditioned for the part of K aka Satan. It was a surprise being cast for this role as I didn't think I sounded evil enough, but according to the creator, she was impressed to the point her jaw dropped. The second email was for a fan game based on a real game called Danganronpa. The only difference is that the characters and story were all originally made by the director herself. The fan game is about 16 high schoolers who are invited to a high class high school called Hope's Peak Academy because of their insane talent in their respective fields. The twist is that they are all trapped in the school and find that they must kill each other to get out. I was cast as the Ultimate Chemist named Kevin Cosmos. Kevin is anti-social and is apathetic in nature much like my first character, Jet, however, he has a side to him that is apparently cute. He thinks he's funny and is often seen laughing at his own jokes. I am pleased to be a part of these projects and will be receiving scrips for both projects sometime in April or May.

Week 10 (Post 1) Spring Break

During my spring break, I spent most of my time working on my school work. The majority of the break was spent working on both the music video project in video and sound class and the cinema verite in multimedia authoring. This was due to the limited time each student had a camera for. Shooting for cinema verite was especially hard as I was to shoot anything that interested me. The cocnept was more abstract then the music video and my shooting options was incredibly broad. I decided to shoot traffic, the supermarket and school. Editing for cinema verite was also a hassle as I wasn't sure what exactly I needed to edit out and how to transition each scene. The times when I didn't film for the two projects, I spent working and recording a part of my lines for my first voice acting project. Spring Break was more work then a break. When I wasn't working, I would spend my time relaxing, watching anime, playing video games, or even catching up on my sleep. I hope my next break won't be as hectic and I get to spend more time relaxing. Being productive is a great feeling, but tired me out fast.

Week 9 (Post 2) FA 333 Project 3

For project 3 in video and sound class, we were to create a music video of any song using footage we shoot. Grading for the project would be based on the complexity of editing. The song I chose was Secrets by Mary Lambert. I thought to myself about how I could shoot for this project and realized most people would probably try to shoot footage that included lip synching of some sort. I decided that my footage would instead be scenes that reflected the lyrics. By doing so, I thought it would make my project more unique. I did all my shooting during Spring Break which took me about 6 hours in total in one day. During the shooting, I took multiple shots in order to give me variety. The editing I did took place after Spring Break which took me another 3 hours.The video was a success with the class in which it took 3rd place after a voting process to see which video was liked the best. The lyrics and scenes were aimed at the general public and basically told people to be themselves and not care about what anyone else thinks. In my video, my girlfriend is seen writing out traits she didn't like about herself and eventually crumpling the paper up which reflected the main theme of the song. Through the rest of the video, she is seen playing video games, watching anime and in general, having fun and being herself. This project was a challenge as it tested both my shooting and editing skills. Video projects are always tough, however, they are also tough. I look forward to the documentary we will be doing next.

Week 9 (Post 1) FA 332 Project 3

For week 9, we were working on our third project in print and web class. For this project, the class was to choose a box or package of some sort of any product and redesign the package in a more satirical manner. For my particular project, I chose to recreate the Krafts Macaroni & Cheese. To make it more satirical, I renamed the product Crap's Snack Disease and used opposite colors of the original box. The original box used yellow and blue and I made use of red and green. The project required one picture on the new package to be a picture we took with one of the DSLR cameras or a scan of an item. Below is a comparison of the original box and my box, both front and back.

 

 

 I found this assignment to be the most fun so far in Print and Web as I got to express my artistic side more freely and create something from scratch rather then making a composite of pre-made images. I look forward to projects that are similar to this package redesign in the future.

Week 8 (Post 2) A New Role Confirmed

While this may not relate to anything in school or my classes, I do want to spread the word that after having submitted an audition several weeks ago for a character that is a fan favorite for an indie video game, results were announced on March 7, 2015. The character is named Jet Ryker York. He is described to be very apathetic in nature due to his troubled past, however still has a soft side to him. The producer of the game has had this character uncast since 2012 because nobody caught her and her teams' attention with their auditions. She did around 20 rounds and for this last round, I finally sent in an audition. After having a bad day at work, to the point where I even quit, I become depressed and stressed. The day was also when this announcement would be made for who would be cast for the character. I was left in suspense, but after over 120+ auditions, the producer and her team chose me to be the voice actor for Jet. I was ecstatic and my mood definitely brightened.

Week 8 (Post 1) FA 333 Project 2

In Video and Sound class, Doug had us create a sound for an image of our choosing of a place or thing we have never heard ourselves. For my project, I chose to portray a Kendo match. (A Japanese sword fight, which is a sport in Japan). Having never been to an actual Kendo match, I created the sound of one after researching how matches usually sound by watching videos on YouTube. The sound project was definitely easy to put together as I have had practice with sound editing beforehand, however, editing it on Final Cut Pro had its drawbacks as I wasn't too proud of how I edited the applause of the crowd sound effect. More work could have been put into this project, however due to work and personal reasons, I was only able to do what I did. I have yet to receive a grade, but I'm positive it will only be average. I intend to put a lot more work into future projects.

Week 7 (Post 2) Chapter 3 - New Media In Art

Chapter 8 of New Media in Art discusses the practice of video installation art. From what I read, video installation art is a combination art of video technology and installation art (an art that uses 2D effects to capture the audience's attention) in which the entire surrounding environment is used. On page 126 and 127, a picture called Electronic Highway by Nam June Paik is shown in which dozens of televisions are stacked on top of each other with bright and colorful wires running everywhere. This image was stated to have been made to "disrupt the viewers' complacency in front of the television set. Paik believed that TV has attacked us all of our lives. He managed to get his message across by having the screens of the televisions in his picture each have a distorted image. This image captured my attention because of the unique quality and the blend of distortion and happy neon lights in one single picture.

Week 7 (Post 1) FA 332 Project 2

For project 2, Doug had the class assigned a random generated word and with this word,we were to create a composition of images that were found through a google search of that word. My word was literature so it was a lot more difficult to be creative with this word as most of what I found were that of books, shelves and feathers. For my composition, I found up to seven or so images portraying the word. I can't remember the content of all the pictures off the top of my head, but I do remember one being that of a book where the pages were flying away like birds, one was of a candle and a book on top of a desk, one included a few books and a globe, one was of a shelf full of books, my scan of three different kinds of books (including fiction novels, informational textbooks, and comic/manga books), and the main picture of the different types of genres literature can take. The project itself wasn't too difficult, but I know I could have done a better job on the composition, had I figured out sooner how I wanted to create it. I sadly, do not have a picture to show of the image as I cannot access Adobe Photoshop from my personal laptop, but I still await a grade from Doug on this project. I hope I receive a better grade then I did for Project one which I will be redoing sometime this week as he informed the class, we were allowed to do.

Week 6 (Post 2) Chapter 2 - New Media In Art

Chapter 2 of New Media in Art focuses primarily on video art and how it has impacted society. The biggest impact was the invention of the television. At first, moving images were only available in the newsreels and movie houses, but since the invention of the television, these moving images became a part of the common American house hold in both black and white and in color. The book states that "by 1953, two-thirds of American households had television; and by 1960, it was up to ninety percent, a fact which was to have a profound effect on the film industry" (Rush, 84). In the 1960's people were watching seven hours of television a day and many artists viewed television as the enemy. Although television seemed to take away the appreciation of canvas art, it did bring a whole different kind of art altogether. With moving images, stories could be told in less abstract ways. It gave many other people jobs as actors, directors, producers and story tellers who weren't fit to draft novels. Television showed different types of genres and left an impact on many. The Wonderwoman picture on page 103 was a compilation of different manipulated images from a popular tv show in the 1970's. This video, created by Dara Birnbaum argued against a myth that said woman were beautifully chiseled miracle workers and lover. Television is now a part of daily life, and even if cable or even satellite networks aren't being used anymore, televisions are essential for people who want to watch on web hosting sites such as Netflix, Crunchyroll, Amazontv, or Hulu. 

Week 6 (Post 1) A New role? and Project 1 disappointment for Print and Web class.

I have recently sent in an audition for an indie game that has been in development for several years. The creator and director had been searching for a voice actor who would be able to portray one of the main characters in the game correctly and even after countless of submissions had not found the right voice. After sending my audition, I was showered with positive feedback with one minor critique. After exchanging several emails, it seems she may be casting me for this part and should I receive the role, I will be extremely happy and honored. The sad note I have pertains to my grade for project one in Print and Web. The project required me to take 3 pictures and 3 scans of items/objects that either repelled and attracted us and have legitimate reasons as to why we felt the way we did about them. I received a 64, which I was sadden by as I didn't use rule of thirds (didn't realize what it was) and some of my pictures were not quite clear. After Doug handed back my grade, he announced that he did start off grading harshly at first, but lightened up for other students. Hopefully my next project will be better. I just need to keep working hard to attain the results I want.

Week 5 (Post 2) Workload

Being a week late on these blog postings pains me, however my workload this semester is much greater than last. I enjoy the DTC major as I can express my creative and artistic abilities, however I'm not much of a photographer for film recorder and I'm no the best at editing these photos or videos with the program required of us to learn. Being a voice actor online, I am really good at sound editing and video editing, but only with programs I have used myself. Since I am also a manager at my current job, I am sometimes stressed out by all these projects needing to be due at the same time for 3 different classes and sometimes feel like I won't be able to pass. But I do try my best and always hope for the best. I know that optimism will only help me this semester. I am nearing the end of my college career, being a halfway done junior and I am preparing myself for a future of my desire. I hope I can make it though and move to LA or Dallas one day to take acting lessons to further improve my skills and send in auditions for official animation of game voice overs.

Week 5 (Post 1) Chapter 1 and Intro - New Media In Art

The intro of New Media in Art is a general introduction of video and film and how it came to be and grew into a contemporary art. Chapter 1 starts out by discussing the growth of performance art. This development began around the 1950s and 60s and grew into a big industry starting in New York. Performances were done at churches regularly and eventually grew into theatre. This would eventually grow into film and video which is the modern ages' most popular form of performance art, be it animation with voice over or literal acting from a performer in front of a camera on a set. The chapter goes on further to discuss choreographers and their importance to a performer's performance as well as sets and costumes. I am extremely happy and thankful for the development of performance art as I am an actor and singer and have performed before in front of an audience. It is my passion and I get chills and thrills whenever I do so. Recording on a microphone for animations and games is especially fun for me.

Week 4 (Post 2) Chapter 6 and 8 - The Photograph as Contemporary Art

As the title of the chapter suggests, the photographs in this chapter capture moments in history that are important to know. On page 173, there is a photograph entitled Halima Abdullai by Fazal Sheikh of a woman and her grandson in Kenya who were just treated for an illness or injury and this shows what sort of troubles the Somalian refugees have to experience. The following page shows a photo entitled Young Buddhist Monk by Chan Chao, of a Burmese man who is a refugee and now a monk. He was part of an armed student group. but left due to circumstances. In each case, the photograph portrays someone who was an important part of history that helps us understand the different cultures and the people from said cultures and what troubles occurred during the time of the photograph. Much of the photographs portray either some sort of desolate wasteland or construction of a new environment, all relative to history. These events shape both the present and the future and photography helps us understand these events visually. Chapter 8 was also of interest as it focused more on the physical objects. Some of these photos look more like paintings so it's extraordinary to see such beautiful pieces. Some of the pieces were edited in photoshop or some other photo editing program to make a more unrealistic feel to the picture and makes it more unique to the individual who took the photo. It ties in with our reliance on technology and how it is important to modern society.

Week 4 (Post 1) FA 332 - Project 1

I had a to of fun doing the first project in Doug's Print and Web class. For this project. the students were required to take three pictures and scan three items. The requirement for the task was to find at least two items that attract you and repel you. For my project, I took two pictures that attracted me and one that repelled me, and I scanned two pictures that attracted me and one that repelled me. My two pictures of attraction included my microphone and headset as this represents my love for the craft of voice acting and represents my love for entertainment in general, and that of a fruit bowl which represents my taste for sweet and nutritious snacks. The picture of repel was that of a trash bin. I hate taking out the trash no matter where I am. I don't like the smell and I don't like nasty grease or random garbage accidentally getting on my hands. Everything about garbage is disgusting to me. For scans of attraction I first scanned my Playstation Vita du-oed with my favorite video game on that system. This represents me as being gamer and a person who loves anything with an interesting and compelling storyline. The second can of attraction was a custom made necklace my girlfriend bought me. This represents my girlfriend's and my relationship and how much we've been through together. The scan that repels me was that of a toy ladybug as it shows my greatest fee of bugs. Bugs are gross and creepy. If a person even jokes about a bug crawling on me. I freak out and run out the room I'm in. I hope to be able to do more projects that can help show the class who I am as a person.

Week 3 (Post 2) Chapter 4 - The Photograph as Contemporary Art

This chapter is intriguing in the fact that the artist who take the photographs use ordinary objects and end up taking a picture of something that is extraordinary. On page 115, it is stated that "the stuff of daily life ostensibly counts as the subject, the 'something' of the pictures. But because we may ordinarily pass the objects by, or keep them at the periphery of our vision, we may not automatically give them credence as visual objects within art's lexicon" (Cotton). This is true because as people, we pass my so many different objects, people etc everyday in our lies, however, we only actually pay attention to the things that are obvious and are in front of us. Each picture is interesting, yet simple at the same time. In one picture, 2 broken car doors are placed in front of a building door, so as to model a door being blockaded. The very first picture shown shows a kitchen took balancing diagonally with what is believe to be a carrot and piece of celery on top of it. This set up creates a different shape made from simple kitchen objects/products. This chapter has made me be more careful about the little things around me and has made me take time to appreciate the beauty of art in the world.

Week 3 (Post 1) Hectic Weekend

During the weekend of 1/30/15 - 2/1/15, I had a completely hectic weekend. I was assigned 3-5 assignments and 3 projects all due on 2/2/15 and 2/3/15. In my Print and Web class, I had to snap three pictures and scan three items which reflects what kinds of things attract and repel me. It was one of the shorter and easier projects, however, I needed to head to work after completion of the assignment since I did this assignment after I had returned home from class on Friday 1/30/15. For the next two classes, I again needed a DSLR Camera. As a student, I am able to reserve a camera one weekend a month and one day a week. This weekend was that weekend. On Saturday 1/31/15, I decided to work on my English assignment first, which required me to critically think about teamwork and collaboration and type several paragraphs about what kind of work I have done that requires collaboration. After completing this assignment, I went on to work on my online homework for DTC 475 - Digital Diversity. The assignment was split into 3 parts. The first being finding and reading 2-3 articles relating to my chosen career/major and summarizing what they are about. The second was to relate them to Digital Diversity. The third was to look at 2 more articles and relate them to Digital Diversity and what it means for society. After completing this assignment, I again needed to head to work. On Sunday morning 2/1/15, I went on to work on my Video and Sound project which required me to shoot 40 still shots, at least 10 seconds long, from many different angles. Since Sunday was Superbowl, I had to go to work right after shooting 20 of the shots. After finally returning home at 8 pm, I fell asleep until midnight struck. When I awoke, I shot 20 more stills and uploaded all 40 shots onto my laptop. Seeing as how the next day was Monday and was the day to return the camera, I decided to stay up the entire night to shoot 100 pictures of things that related to me for my last project in Multimedia Authoring. I found myself shooting things I liked around the house and eventually had to drive around town. I completed the assignment around 6:30 am. Completely beat, I finally went to bed, content with having completed all of my assignments and projects that were required of me to complete over the weekend.

Week 2 (Post 2) Logos Final Decision

After having gone through ten different names and experimenting with different designs and color palates, I decided on using Yumekoe, my second design as my final. I really liked the message of "voice dream" and the image of the microphone really enhances that message. Sena seemed to like it as well because she said it reflects who I am and what I aspire to do professionally which is what artists should always do. I tried printing it on Monday January 26, 2015 with the TA, but the printer would not work for some reason so we decided to save it. Among my other designs, I really enjoyed my first one entitled AniTaku because of its colors and font design. The sakura petal is to express that the company does license and produce English dubbed versions of anime from Japan. While I had ten different designs in mind, I only managed to work and design six or seven in total due to time contraints and not having the program on my personal computer. I like to have less, but better quality work then more and bad quality work. Hopefully this is what Sena is looking for as I worked pretty hard on these thinking of the different ways to present an anime licensing/dubbing company.

Week 2 (Post 1) Chapter 1 - The Photograph as Contemporary Art

Chapter 1 discusses how photography is an art and what photographers try to express with their photos, On chapter 21, Charlotte Cotton states that "all of the photographers here evolve from a strategy or happening orchestrated by the photographers for the sole purpose of creating an image" What this means is that photographers don't just take random photographs because it looks good. They actually go through a process of making observations while letting sequences unfold. When the time is right, they snap a shot to capture the moment of action. Photography became widespread around the 1960's and 1970's. Based on the pictures in the chapter, photography was popular among Japanese artists, In most photographs, the photographer is always focused on a subject, whether it be the background or foreground. Depending on which is the subject, the opposite will always be blurred so as ti keep their audience's attention on the subject. Some photographs have leading lines that help direct an audiences' attention to the subject. Overall, photography has definitely evolved thanks to new technology and will continue to become more high quality in the future.

Week 1 (Post 2) Helvetica Documentary

Helvetica is a documentary which discusses the origins the font of Helvetica as well as how designs of words effects how people feel or respond to situations. It discusses the challenges of graphic design and how it isn't easy and can compared to that of a physician trying to find a diagnosis for patients and their many different symptoms which could be related to various other illnesses. A graphic designer thinks of different styles of writing words and arranging them. Different designs have different effects on different people. It depends on how the style looks and what the intention or meaning behind the text is. Helvetica is a neutral typeface/font and can come across differently depending on the text and color palates. This documentary has opened my eyes to the world of design and creativity. I never realized how much of a process it is to create a logo, slogan and everything else the general public sees on billboards, magazines and pretty much everywhere else in the world. When I first heard of typography, I laughed it off and didn't realize it was a literal specialization. What we see today makes me realize how much needed graphic designers are, yet my question is, why do people say that the need for graphic designers is dropping significantly. New text are being printed everyday and designing those in a creative way will always be needed.

Week 1 (Post 1) Project 1 - Logos

For our first project, Sena wants us to be creative and make a logo based on a fictional company we can think of, or to make our name look fancy as if advertising ourselves. So far, I'm thinking of basing the logo off a company that licenses and produces English adaptions of anime (Japanese animations), I'm pretty sure Sena is familiar as she mentioned watching Hayao Miyazaki films to me last quarter when I took DTC 101 and an art class with her for inspiration in making my own creations. As for names, I'm thinking of something along the lines of Anitaku which derives from the combination of Anime and Otaku (otaku meaning geeky enthusiast/fan of something in some way) or perhaps Koeyume which translates to "voice dream" which relates to me in the fact that I dream of becoming a professional voice actor. There's still many other names jumbled in my head, however, these two are what stuck out to me the most so far. This class seems like it will be fun and a new learning experience for me.