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Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Stop Motion Project with Cooper, we created a story of an oppressive queen who becomes overthrown by her civilians. She’s sitting on a platform to indicate her power over them, and also we created her to look scarier as well. With their numbers however, the civilians overthrow her to stop her tyranny.

This was my Music Imagery Project. I chose the song Tangerine by Glass Animals and created an abstract girl who was a tangerine. The song is about someone losing touch with who they are so I drew a slice coming out of her to indicate that.

Motif Project with Anna, Vreanna, and Jack. Our motif was about the four evils: hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil, and do no evil. We wanted a dark theme so we created dramatic and contrasting lighting to achieve that.

Meme Project, my goal was to touch on the subject of Senator Ted Cruz abandoning his state during a crisis and going to Mexico for vacation. I wanted to subtly point out how his actions have caused the public to view him as a coward and not fit for a senator position due to him running away from problems.

This was my Fab Lab 3D Printer Project. Our goal was to create a shell for a water bottle to make a recycled vase. I spent the week in the lab coming up with designs and learning the programing. I eventually came up with this simple, thin, minimalist design and printed it to fit a gatorade bottle.

This is my Creative Self- Portrait, the main focal point I wanted to bring forward was my journey of becoming the person I want to be. I’ve been through many hardships that have caused me to lose touch with who I am. The left side of me represents who I am now and where I have been. The right side is representative of the tarot card “The High Priestess” who is in touch with her emotions and intuition. She is wise, caring, feminine, and she rules spirituality. She is who I am working to become. This piece also contains symbols of my hobbies, passions, interests, and characteristics that define me. Some of these symbols shift from right to left, indicating what I plan on changing and working on for myself.

**These are my journal entries from the past semester, I wrote two every week and documented dreams, events, and thoughts that happened throughout the week.**

Indesign Book

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link to all files for the book:

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Book Sketches

Final Calligrames

Calligrame Sketches

Flags

This flag incorporates a sun and a moon formed together into a single circle, and then 2 little red stars are inside the sun. This flag is simple and I drew inspiration from the Japanese flag and added some astrological elements.

This flag has the Aquarius zodiac sign in front of a white triangle and blue waves at the bottom. Aquarius in the water-bearer but it is also an Air sign, and the simple symbol for air is a triangle.

This flag has a tri-color rainbow with a lightning bolt and a star in the top left. I love storms and I think they can be very beautiful in a lot of ways.

This flag is of a sunset and a palm tree in front of it. I love the beach and grew up on the east and west coasts so I wanted to design a flag that would connect with any beach bum.

Finally, I created this flag for my Animal Crossing town. The town’s name is Honeydew and it is on an island, so the flag incorporates a sun and a big honeydew melon right. in the center. This is my personal favorite.

Flag Study

For my first flag design I want to create something for my video game town. Something that represents the island and the island name.

For the second I want to represent my love of the ocean and the beach, and a homage to the places I’ve lived.

For the third I’m thinking about creating a flag based on weather.

The fourth I want to do something that reflects my love of Sanrio and/or Pokemon and creating a Hello Kitty flag or maybe a Pikachu flag.

I’m still working on ideas for my fifth design.

The Kiribati Flag

I think the Kiribati Flag is one of the most well designed flags in all of the world. It uses lots of curved lines and round curvy shapes which give off a peaceful and calm aura to the flag. This flag uses red, yellow, white, and (navy) blue. The red symbolizes the power and courage of this small island country. The yellow means peace and happiness. The white also represents peace and harmony. While blue, symbolizes determination, liberation, and good fortune. Overall, just from this flag you know this country honors peace and happiness above all else. The sun in the center incorporates sharp edges however, and emphasizes the importance of the sun and what is stands for to this culture.

There are 3 white waves that symbolize the three groups of islands Kiribati is apart of. The 17 sun rays represent the other 16 Gilbert islands for which Kiribati is apart of. The bird shows command of the sea and power on the pacific ocean. Sir Arthur Grimble designed this flag in 1932 for the Gilbert and Ellice island groups for the British colony. I personally love this flag, a lot of other countries have basic shapes for their flag designs. I love this flag because it feels originally and authentic to the country from which it came. I did not know Kiribati was an island before doing this research and just looking at the flag I knew this would be an island country. I feel like flags should give you that kind of information just by one glance, a lot of other countries are not this way.