Critique-Mid Term

The comic that I attempted to create was not as in depth as i had hoped. Partially because of limited time but it turned out a lot better than I thought.I feel that just like any program it takes time and practice. This is one program i will do extensive practice on over the summer. The comic is based off of a conversation i had with my roommate a couple of weeks ago about some old,stale, rancid burrito that was left in the fridge. I really enjoyed doing this project seeing the possibilities that i had. I want to go back and make even more adjustments to make it better.

Thompson - The comic was simple and clean. I feel that there could have been a little more interaction with the panels. The style was nice and execution clean.

Hodge - This was fun to see and interact with. Once I reached the 4th panel, I predicted what was going to happen. Maybe if the scenes in the panel were different in content then it would be more interesting. The comic was very clean and the pictures were beautifully colored.

Breedlove - The fact that you labeled one of the elements on your stage 'MCA' makes me want to know your idea behind your project was. It intrigues meeeee...; But yes I enjoyed it very much due to the fact that it's very busy and looks inviting. I'm assuming that it's not completed because it stops and doesn't continue. I feel that once it's complete it will be wonderful.

My Comic Content.

After seening Simon's comic about an average day, i decied that many of the random conversations i have with people should be shared as well just as a day was shared by simon. Well the other day I was talking with my roommate about a stale randic buritto in the fridgerator. Some how the conversation ended with a wierd band name of Death by Rancid Buritto and Hot Peppers, with my roommate sliding a plate with the old buritto on the floor up to my cat, who savagely devowered it. I would like to take the comic through steps of our conversation with several parts that are connected and end with the same scene, in a kind of loop. After reading Simons tutorial i see that his comic was one big Movie clip with many Movie clips nested inside it. Controling each other through different time frames, in each move clip, Simon perfected his moving comic.

Simon Norton’s “Testimony: A story Machine.” Response

Yay! Amazing. I really enjoyed this piece. Lots of clipping and pruning to make this piece beautiful. This is my passion and what I desire. The way that the story moved around to create convertable stories was ingenious. The content of the piece was one that I could connect with even though there was no set plot in a certain direction. I want to create what Simon did.. I really do, but at this point I just don't see it as possible.

http://www.myballoonhead.com/storymach.html

Assignment Write-Up/ First Comp

ARG!..Me + Flash = this----------->
I enjoy this type of work, but,well I would like to say that Action-Script is a whore. It reminds me of html coding except more complicated. Trying to figure out where the script is valid, and where it is not, making sure that the code is perfect so that it works correctly, and labeling, have made this first assignment harder than I thought. It literally took me hours to figure out how to change scenes. I feel that there was too much information placed at one time, or maybe I'm just slow. I understand how the functions work, but I just feel as if I still have a small void to this whole code idea. I know that I can do it. Just that i don't have enough time to make it appealing and create the correct functions that i want.

PERFECTION...is what Flash Demands. I feel like if I don't go in a certain order then my mission won't be accomplished. Or maybe I should eliminate all other elements and work on them one at a time. I feel that if I just had a reference to look up exactly what I wanted the element to do and place the code where needed.
I'm seriously buying a book!

Web Art Response

One of the posts of wed art that caught my eye was "Scream" which was found on artificial.dk/networks. In response to the ideas that scientists are developing robots to be more "human like". This program greatly resembles the average human in a stressed, over worked environment.Developed by Amy Alexander, she simulates a responsive computer in the same way a human would react.
http://scream.deprogramming.us/

Vander Bush Response

The fact that the article written by Vander Bush was written in 1945 is amazing to see the "predictions"have come true. He talked about credit cards as if they were Mechanical devices filled with wonder and amazement. The ideas of the transactions and how many different people are affected through the swipes on millions of people everyday. He also wrote about Instant Pictures, now known as the Polaroid. A collaboration of scientist, chemist, and philosophers come together to make these inventions possible. When he started out the essay I wasn't sure if he was just furious about the corruption of man and his machines, but as he wore on it seems that he was explaining that technology is one way that man has caused his down fall. The conclusion is one that should be read and spread to all. It is beautiful and I think deeply explain human beings as long as they remain on the earth.

"The applications of science have built man a well-supplied house, and are teaching him to live healthily therein. They have enabled him to throw masses of people against one another with cruel weapons. They may yet allow him truly to encompass the great record and to grow in the wisdom of race experience. He may perish in conflict before he learns to wield that record for his true good. Yet, in the application of science to the needs and desires of man, it would seem to be a singularly unfortunate stage at which to terminate the process, or to lose hope as to the outcome."

- Vander Bush As We May Think 1945

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush

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