The Experiment

Hello everybody! I'm here to tell you about the very first thing we did when we turned on the computers. It was a Photoshop experiment where Mr. Sanderl let us have free reign and do what ever we wanted. Because my computer was acting up, I didn't do as great as I would have liked, but that's okay. We did this because Mr. Sanderl wanted us to learn about the program the way he did when he first got it, and for us in our second year, review it. It was fun, and would have been great if I could have had longer to finish up. Even so, it was fun to complete.

I made a blue and white gradient background with the gradient tool to represent the sky. Then I drew a sun with the   and wrote smile. I used the layer effects to make a shadow, and to add texture. That's about it. I did another one though, and even though it's not finished, it looks great so far. It's a contour of me, a photo I took in photo booth, another great program. When it's done I will post it here with smiley. (That's what I named my sun artwork)

This project was great because I got to be free Photoshop, one of my favorite activities. Photoshop is actually one of my favorite programs. I love taking things and turning them into artwork. Contours are my preferred choice, by I also enjoy freehand drawing. This project would have been better if I could have started with my contour instead of wasting time on my smile art. But over all, a good way to start off the year.

Link List

• That first link takes you to a Photoshop experiment that I found fascinating. Even if you are like me, and don't really like leaving the webpage, I highly suggest everyone, especially the girls and women, go and read this page.
•  The second link takes you to Mr. Sanderl's blog. It's pretty cool, and has links to all the student blogs, not just the student's in my class.
• The third link takes you to a Gradient tool user manual.

500 Viewers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone, yes I know I'm back, it's exciting! Let the streamers fly, because believe it or not, this blog just made 500 viewers! Yes, I know to some of you that might not seem like a lot, but I'm really excited, because knowing that 500 people around the world have seen my work, well, that's amazing to me! So keep the views coming, I want to make 1000 before this school year is up! If we make it, then I will give virtual cookies to everyone ever. See you later!

Back to School

HEY everybody!!!! I am so sorry that I haven't posted in two months! It's just that summer vacation was very busy, what with all the sports and exciting things I did! (I will do a post on that. Eventually) Anyway, I'm back at school for my seventh grade year at K.M.S! It's already the third week of school, I can't believe how fast time flies. This year Is going to be great, I can already tell.

Anyway, because this is a school assignment and stuff, I need to follow the requirements, and that involves telling you about the most challenging part, and best part so far. Well, the most challenging thing so far is getting up in the mornings at 6:30 and actually functioning. Like I need to get dressed and not just lounge about in my pajamas all day. Also challenging has been figuring out how to find everything. My pod is different this year, so I've gotten lost several times, and been late too. Oh well, I might be a slow human being, but eventually I'll get it!

The best part so far is defiantly my two elective classes, Gt, which you will be reading about a lot, because most of my posts are about it, and Art. Gt is always fun, and Mr. Sanderl is a great teacher. I love art because when I go into that classroom I just relax instantly, and I always enjoy the lesson. I know that it is important to have that stress free class where you can just breath. I tend to stress, (a lot) so it's important to have a "calm class" so I don't have a heartattack by the time I'm 16.

To be successful this year, I will try to stay on top of things. I just need to know what I'm doing, then everything can get done, faster and easier for everyone involved. Using my planner more would probably work too. Lots of things to help me not run around in a blind panic day after day! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this little insight into the mind of me, I hope you'll come again and be dazzled soon! (Joking) Leave a comment down below, and if I like it, I'll publish it! See you later!

Me and my bestie Kasiah Vercelli. (She is the one on the left)

Metamorphosis Animation

Hi everyone, I'm so excited to be posting again. Sorry it's been so long, we have been very busy with our newest project, our animations!!! That's right, we did animations!! It was most definitely the best project so far, as we got to work in garage band and a whole lot of new programs!! Garage band was so fun, I love music!! So anyway, our animation (And by our, I mean my group, Lani, Talia, Kasiah and me) was about Artemis, Greek goddess of the hunt, being turned into a puppy by the horrible titans. We used Stykz, claymation, and stop motion to really make our story come to life. Our project was to make our characters morph into something else, and to grow and change. According to our scores in our class critique, we did pretty well. The video is underneath, if you want to see it.

Our first scene was of Artemis sitting on her throne, when the titans come bursting in.  They turn her into a dog, and then Zeus kicks her off Olympus. In the second scene she must fight a horrible sea monster, but then they become friends and the monster gives her a ride. Then she is trekking through a huge forest when she is attacked by an evil hydra! After facing a spider demon in our forth scene, she finally comes across the cave of the oracle of Delphi, where she begs to be turned into a goddess again. After Delphi complies, Artemis and Zeus defeat the titans, and succeed.

Our first scene was done in Stykz, by our brilliant digital animator Kasiah. (For those of you who don't know, Stykz is an animation program) The second through forth scenes are done in claymation, which is animation done with clay. All our monsters were made by Kasiah and I, and Talia made the dog with some assistance from Lani. As you probably have realized, our fifth and final scenes were done in Stykz, and our last few in stop motion, and claymation again. Talia is an excellent stop motion animator, and between Lani and I we managed to get every stop motion scene done, to say the least. Thanks to my whole brilliant team, you are all wonderful, and we really worked together well. I mean, we got second place for overall video right? but seriously, I'm so happy we got to work together, it was a great experience. And now for the video.

P.s this was supposed to go out like two months ago, so count this as last years work.


P3T6 Metamorphosis from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.