After Presentation

Wednesday in class I presented my project. I was a little nervous just because the last presentation didn't go so well for me because I rushed it. I think this presentation was a lot better. I was more clear on this and everything went a little more smoothly. The only thing I wish was that the image was a little brighter on the screen. I was a little upset that the quality was poor on the screen. Other than that I believe that I did real well. I think i am getting better at presenting.

Time Project

I wish that the image showed up this well in class.

Malena Bergmann

It was enjoyable to hear what Malena Bergmann had to say about her own work. I enjoyed learning how she made the transition from 2d to 3d. I was able to relate to the fact that she was a painter/drawer and her interest in color. I tend to stick with the same pallet of strong colors for a while. However I did have a had time with the concept of everything that came together in some of her pieces. I understood were the references where coming from but what i wanted to know was why? There was a lot of reasoning with the usage of the different materials but why and how did she come up with the final idea? I tried to understand it but it was a little difficult for me to understand. I did enjoy her presentation and I would like to see some more of her work and learn more of a her works.

Critiques

I got some good feedback from my critiques. I know that I need to work on my presentation skills a lot. I tend to speak very fast and leave out explanations of my ideas or my thoughts. I should practice more at home. But I have time to work on it. It seemed that in both critiques that they liked my project solution and my creativity was well also. It is my presentation skills and my research that were poor. I'll invest more time in that next project.

Mapping--Project #1

Presentation

I thought I did ok with my presentation. I did speak a mile a minute. However, I usually do when I want to get something over with. I wasn't nervous and I don't mind speaking in front of the class but I wasn't as passionate about my project because it was too close to me. I do not like people to know my business so the faster I can get through with it the better. I know that will be something I can work on in this class, but there has been too much that goes down in my life for me to adjust that quickly.

I do wish that I elaborated a little bit more with the reason of choosing color as a metaphor for mapping. I just don't know how to explain it. Next time I'll practice a little bit more so that I can find the words I need. All in all I believe that for a first presentation I did alright. However, there are many areas to improve on for the next presentation.

Pre Presentation

I am not nervous about speaking in front of the class today. But I am nervous about presenting my final idea. It didn't turn out how I wanted it. It's an alright start to this class but I guess I'll have to see how my presentation will go. Everything is ready for the class today and I am ready to see what everyone did. The project for this assignment was alright. I choose found objects for this project and I don't know who well it worked out for me. I don't really like this type of art. I am an extremely visual person when it comes to art. I like color and I like super realism. It sounds cliche but that is near and dear to my heart. But this will be a good eye opener just like 3d design was for me.

Field Trip

Field trip

I enjoyed the field trip we took last week. I haven't had a chance to write about it this week due to the amount of work that I have had. However, I appreciated the chance to go off campus and see works from not only UNCC students but for other students in Charlotte. I didn't know that the light factory did that. I also enjoyed the photography exhibit in the light factory as well. It almost mirrored the voices the students were making about this year's DNC here in Charlotte. I don't want to get in to my political views or my beliefs with this. However, there is a lot that was wrong with the 99% and some of the other statements made in the one exhibit. There is a lot that people don't understand. You can't just be black or white with subjects as these, there is always a gray and most of the time there is a lot of muddy comments. It was a knew experience and there were some things such as they execution on some of the pieces that I did enjoy.