Just a thought :)

I started this blog as part of a class I was taking, called Foundations of Digital Media. In this class, I learned about many different tools and ideas that are going to be able to help me throughout my career in digital media.

This semester was my first semester as an art major, and boy did I not know what I was getting myself into. After being so used to working with codes and numbers, doing art for a grade was definitely a different experience and I definitely felt like a newbie even though I have always loved art.

In this class I learned about many different tools that can be used to make digital art, and some of my favorites were tagxedo and vector programs. I never even knew vectors existed or how they were made, and I honestly can't get over how wonderful they are. As I went through the readings for the week when we had to work with vectors, I was honestly amazed at how much you could do with them. Some images looked so realistic and I would love to get to that level of expertise with vectors, that is definitely an area that I would love to look a lot more into.

Another thing I have been noticing because of this class, is that I honestly missed photography. I'm usually very shy, and I don't feel comfortable enough to get up and take pictures in front of many people, but this class made me discover that love I actually have for it. I tend to avoid photography, and also because I don't like showing my work to people, but I think that after this class, and now that summer's here, I think I might start looking a lot more into it.

In this course I also learned that I definitely to pay attention a lot more to deadlines. I hate missing dead lines, and sometimes because i would be so caught up with other projects, I would forget to check back into the discussion board, and I really need to pay attention a lot more to that. I also thought it was really cool that we had a discussion board because it made me think about other people's art instead of just focusing on mine all the time and it definitely opened up a door for me to be more comfortable to discuss art and to be able to be willing to receive criticism from others. 

As an overall, this is definitely a course that I will always look back on to remind me of different tools and ideas that can be used, not only artistically, but also in a more personal level.