Pinterest Progress Check One

• What project(s) you aim to accomplish in total for this assignment.

1) Melted Crayon Art

2) Paint Sample Chip Project

3) Refinish and Paint Dresser

• What project(s) you are starting
1) Melted Crayon Art
2) Paint Sample Chip Project
3) Refinish and Paint Dresser

• What steps you worked on towards realizing the project's completion
1) Melted Crayon Art
-Bought crayons, tape, and poster board
-Peeled the wrappings off of the crayons

2) Paint Sample Chip Project
-Collected paint sample chips from The Home Depot

-Cut a majority of the paint sample chips into various sizes and shapes to use towards an abstract art piece that will be framed and hung as decoration. Begun glueing pieces of cut paint sample chips onto index cards that will be strategically placed together to create the piece when the rest of the colors have been cut and glued.

-Constructed a decorative flower out of some of the paint samples by using double sided tape and a leftover cardboard pie tray. The shape of the paint sample chips that I found were a pleasant surprise and worked perfectly as flower pedals.

Supplies

First Option...

Chosen Option!

Final Product!

3) Refinish and Paint Dresser
-Researched the specifics on how to properly remake a dresser and what materials will be needed.
-Bought all materials to strip, repaint, and decorate both my dresser and side table.

-Cleaned both dressers and prepared them to be sanded.

• Share pictures & reflections on difficulties and/or your experience thus far
-I didn't know exactly how many paint chips, what colors, or how many of certain colors I would need because I was not following specific instructions from Pinterest as much as I used them as inspiration. This was a problem because I had to work with what I had chosen, and it somewhat limited my options once I sat down to complete the project.
-I have never repainted furniture, so I had to research a lot more than I expected. The Pinterest posts that inspired this project didn't apply to the type of dresser I have, so I wasn't sure if the instructions would work. I'm glad I checked because the paint wouldn't have stuck to my dresser if I followed the Pinterest instructions. Between research online and the very helpful guy at Home Depot, I figured out how to do this project with the materials I have.
-Money was also an issue I ran into. I didn't have any of the necessary supplies I needed for hardly ANY projects I found on Pinterest. That is why I chose to do projects that would be worth spending money on. I needed better home decor and my dressers dont match my other furniture, thus deciding my projects.

• Provide an approximate duration of effort to date
Shopping- 2 hours (The Home Depot and Dollar Tree)
Paint Chip Flower- 1 hour
Paint Chip Abstract Prep- 2 hours (lots and lots of cutting)
Crayon Project Prep- 1 hour
Total- 6 hours

Video Games

My current video game obsession is Grand Theft Auto 5. I had never played any of the other GTA's, but when my boyfriend bought it the week it was released, I instantly understood the craze. GTA gives people the ability to do anything and everything that they couldn't do in real life. I feel like the influence of GTA is greater in children because of the exposure to criminal activity and violence. For me, it didn't really effect any aspect of my life besides time.
The release of GTA5, in September of 2013, was a much awaited and anticipated event. For months, people were counting down the days until the new GTA came out; my boyfriend, being one of those people. For weeks after the release date, all I heard about was GTA and all I did in my spare time was play GTA. If we hung out in a big group of people, instead of playing a multi-player game, we would trade turns on GTA.
The game in general, the first edition through the fifth, has had a tremendous impact on culture and has been heavily debated throughout my lifetime. It is know for it's controversy and kids and teens alike flock to games like that.

Free To Play

I enjoyed the film Free To Play because it showed me a side of gaming that I didn't know existed. I knew that people were obsessive and treated gaming as a profession, but I never actually thought it could grow to be that intense of a hobby. Gaming is within an entirely different field than televised sports and therefore I can't say which is or will become more popular. Sports have their fan base as does gaming.
With the rise in technology, I can assume that gaming will grow as the games become more and more advanced. I feel like anything relating to technology has limitless possibilities for the future. For all we know, games may became entirely interactive. I can just imagine 20 years down the road, that gaming will be like the James Cameron movie, Avatar. It is an exciting yet concerning thought at the same time. People have already become attached and obsessed with living in a virtual world, that if video games become more and more lifelike, people could begin to lose grips on reality. If people begin to like their virtual life better than real life, it poses as a huge concern for the future of gaming.

Glitch Project

  

Michael Jackson has had a roller coaster ride of popularity throughout his lifetime. He began as a beloved child star when he became a member of the Jackson 5. He was a cute little black boy with a giant fro who's voice and imagination was something to be reckoned with. Due to his childhood fame, Michael lost out on many of the typical experiences that come with growing up. He was forced by fame to grow up quickly and because of this, he became crazed with creating a child-like lifestyle for his adult self that included strange relationships with young boys and a dramatic change in appearance. Micheal Jackson is infamous, not only for his alter in skin color, but for the questionable behavior that caused some fans to question his sanity.

I chose to glitch Michael Jackson because of the way that he started his life so positively and seemed to gradually become confused with who he was as he grew older. The fame and spotlight caused a "glitch" in the course of Michael's life, and this can be seen by the stories that have been told about him and of course by his decision to change from black to white.  

I think these glitches turned out exactly how I imagined. The glitch gets more prominent as he goes through the skin color changes because he seemed to get more confused about who he was as a person towards the end of his life. 

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Tumblr User Receives Anonymous Hate Messages

Anon Ymous says:

Mar. 5, 2014 at 11:20 am

Hello Lindsay Bottos, I am the anonymous commenter. People have blown up this story so much that I feel like I need to say something. I think that your art project is awesome and after a lot of thinking, I feel bad for my mean tumblr posts. I was judgemental and rude. I think I am the ugly one and I am stupid for making such hateful and ignorant comments. I apologise. I am a bully and I should be ashamed of myself. Have a good day beautiful lady!

Project 2: Breaking Bad: The Rise and Fall of Walt and Jesse

My intentions with this project were to show the father-son relationship of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from the television series Breaking Bad. After watching the show all of the way through I realized that Walter and Jesse had the most dynamic and interesting relationship out of any of the other characters in the show. After realizing this, I decided that it would make an interesting video if I pieced scenes together from the show that explained the characters feelings towards one another. Not only does this video highlight the changes in the relationship between Walt and Jesse, it also shows the growth and development of each character individually and how they are similar in their ways.

I would categorize this video as transformative and also identity correction because it looks at each character in depth and how they have a father-son like relationship even though they were merely business partners. For those who haven't watched the show, (or haven't finished it) I will run through some of the main points in the video.

I start the video by giving some background to why they met and how they started doing business together. 

Next, I show the high point in their relationship when they were making money and things were running smoothly. 

Next, I show the conflict start to arise and we see Jesse begin to doubt Walt's intentions and morals.

Finally, we see the end of their relationship, when Jesse finally realizes that Walt isn't the man he thought he was.

In the final portion of the video, when Jesse makes his self-acceptance speech, he reveals his final thoughts towards Walt and everything that he and Walt had done.

The very last scene is Walt finally admitting that he started the business for selfish reasons and it shows him finally coming to grips with reality.

This video was meant to take you through every step of their unique relationship and thoroughly explain the resulting feelings towards each other after all was said and done. 

I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it!