Quotidian #11) Ma'am, is that hell through your earlobe? Why yes, yes it is.

Quotidian #10) Experimenting with harsh-angular makeup!

Quotidian #9) "Amy" - It hasn't been easy covering up the scar on my chin (From falling drunkenly the other night)....

Quotidian #8) "Sleeping Beauty" - Channeling Aurora Realness ;D

Quotidian #7) Out in "Nature"

Meshmixer Project - 3D Alien !

Walt.

I found this homework more interesting than most of the others, so far.
I like the subject of reproducing art, or it being un-copyable.

Quotidian #6) Costume Party in October

Had a fun time!

💅💅💅💅💅

Screenshots of Habitat Sketchup Work

Quotidian #5) Temple's NCOW Drag Show!

 myself, and the director of Temples adaptation of Rocky Horror (which I am in), as Fox Mystique & Mitch: The Wild Thing.

 Drag Kings and Queens #royalty

 My robot steampunk look (inspired by Steam Powered Giraffe)!

I don't have any pictures or videos from my actual performance in the show, yet.

But, I am trying to acquire some! :)

Quotidian #4) Audition?

This was me, the night that I shot my video audition for Temple University's NCOW (National Coming Out Week) Drag Show on campus.

I got in!

2nd year in a row, you can't see my excitement, but it's there somewhere. 

😘😍😚😜😛

My Wishbone post of my drag persona (Fox Mystique)

*It is being featured, and now has over 110,000 votes. It's also trending on the app.*

Propaganda Illustrator Project. (Smoking vs. Non-smoking.)

Illustrator/Scanner/Profile Project.

Magazine Text Tutorial

Sugary Sweet

                       The sheer amount of money spent on shoving sugary foods in modern America's faces is astounding. Money that could be used to, instead, provide free healthcare for citizens (Or even Education.). But, capitalism has its pros and cons, as any society does.

ATTENTION, NEW NEVER BEFORE CONSUMED LIMITED TIME POPTART.
You've eaten our classic strawberry, well now there is frosted strawberry!
CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME.

It's disgusting, and the worst part of it is, we all feed into it. Myself, included.....

Major Photoshop Project (Early September).

My Response to "Manufacturing Consent".

I enjoyed this video. It was very personal, and straight-forward. 
Beforehand, I had never even heard about Chomsky.
He sounded like an artist at first, but then it became abundantly clear that he was a linguist/philosopher.

Quotidian # 3.) A preview of a finished face. Taken at my best friends cosmotology school in NJ, after she dyed my hair!

 Serving face and weave

 Awindow Delano?

 Casual Selfie with boy clothes on 💅

Quotidian #2.) Preparation before anything can be "painted" on.

 *SHAVING* - Everything, but the kitchen sink.

 Foolery, and brainstorming (becoming Fox Mystique)

 Some idea of what will occur. Me mapping out my ideas.

My So-Called Response.

First and foremost, I'd like to say that this particular subject grinds my gears.

Not only does "Our generation" not have control over when we were born, but we were left with a lot of problems from the generation before.
Now, does that mean that we should blame them for these issues? No. That would be just as much generalization as it is when they blame us for "wasting their accomplishments".
We grew up with technology. We are not all lazy, or narcissistic.
I like to get complimented on Instagram, does that make me insecure or narcissistic? That is on a personal basis. Not every person from the "same generation" is the SAME.
Generations, in my humble opinion, are debatable as to who they encompass.
For instance, at our accelerated generational rate, generations vary by both opinion and fact.
Before the technological "boom", generations were mostly seen as parents, their offspring, their offspring, and so on. Or, a generation would be ushered in every ten years or so.
Nowadays, I would argues that a generation could be every year. This is because there is so much advancement in our technologies and intellect, that people can differ greatly through each year of time that passes.

Besides the generational gaps, there seems to be 3 major generations in our time.
Those who were born before the 80's, between the 80's and 00's, and "millennials".
Those born before the turn of the calendar, are seen as even more lazy and narcissistic than those of my generation (the 80's-00's).
This is due to the fact that they were born into high-technology times.

I did not like the article, to be completely honest.
For me, it was too formal.
I would have liked it to be more OPINIONATED, as the Title would suggest.
It seemed too academic and factual-based to be considered to have the title with the word "opinion" in it.

Quotidian #1.) Ready to Start my Journey of Transformation and Gender - Bending with Drag!

"The Ethics of Digital Manipulation" Response

         

             I knew that digital manipulation has been around for a VERY long time, but I had no idea that it was so prevalent in the art world. I also find it rather hard to determine rather an image has been manipulated or not. Especially in this day and age, when most images are. 

             I found the "ethical limits" part of this article to be rather interesting, actually. It prompts, "how far is too far", and "how much is too much". It's a question that I find myself asking every time I manipulate images. Even the images that I post on Instagram. 

             The picture of the Philadelphia skyline was refreshing. It did not seem manipulated, at first. And I still find it hard to establish what was manipulated in it, without such knowledge. 

             The section about the purpose and intentions of photograph manipulation started off pretty bias, but turned into a great explanation of why people manipulate their images. Especially, when an image is intended to be manipulated a lot. 

Meme Manipulation

Photoshop Project #2

Warping

First Day of Class! :)

Monday, August 24, 2015

Questions

What is your previous computer experience?

I have used very basic photo manipulation services. No Photoshop experience.

I am also slightly tech-savvy, and am very familiar with most social media.

I am familiar with word, drive, excel, and various other basic operating systems.

What do you hope to get out of this class?

Photoshop skills, animation skills, and the ability to manipulate photographs into what want them to be.

What is the relationship between computers and visual studies?

It depends on the course. For instance, a drawing course might not be very computer-heavy. Whereas a course such as digital imaging will HEAVILY rely on such technologies.

The major as a whole can either gain from computers, or the computers may possibly subtract from individual exploration in such a subject from.

What is your experience with Photoshop and Illustrator?

Anywhere from none, to very very basic.

More illustrator, than nothing.

Do you have a computer at home? If so dose it have Photoshop and Illustrator?

Laptop, buying a new one soon.

No.

Do you use a Mac or PC?

I'm a Pc kinda guy.

What do you hope to get out of this class?

I've already answered this question ^

Who is your favorite artist?

Either Tim Burton (Various art, characters, and films.), or Hokusai (The Great Wave of Kanagawa).

Who is your favorite musician? Either Chester Bennington (Linkin Park, Dead By Sunrise, and Stone Temple Pilots), or Adam Young (Owl city, swimming With Dolphins, and Sky Sailing).

Tell me something interesting about yourself?

I am in a Fraternity, and this is my second year living there.

Write a five line story?

My sleeping schedule is so out of sorts.

I stayed up all night, and then slept all day.

Now I'm back on schedule, and hope that that is the way it will stay.

I am so excited to learn Photoshop, and continue to utilize it.

Hopefully, the animation portion of class (This semester) will help with my dream of creating stop-motion claymation films.

Post an image on the blog.