List 5: My Favorite Movies

V for Vendetta

Phantom of the Opera

Pirates of the Caribbean

List 4: Music I listen to

Nightcore

Here is a link to a video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixifxQ_MDu4

VNV Nation

Here is a link to a video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65_5lBKJbqg

Breaking Benjamin

Here is a link to a video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyOHPdTmva8

List 3: People I find inspiring

Ansel Adams

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams

Robert Frost

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost

List 2-Books I want to read

Paradise Lost-by John Milton

Inferno-by Dante Alighieri

Moby Dick-by Herman Melville

List 1-Books I Have Read

The Riddles of Epsilon-by Christine Morton-Shaw

The Good Children-by Kate Wilhelm

The Seven Deadly Wonders-by Matthew Reilly

Paper Stacking

Tomato

Obstacles I had to try and overcome with this project was time management and the fruit itself. My version of the fruit is rather flat compared to the plastic one I bought. I had trouble trying to get the curves of the round shape, as well as the curves on the top with the grooves. 

My inventive paper stacking is based on Dr. Seuss' "Oh the places you'll go" and

his imaginative world and landscapes. 

Masked Identity

Episode 468: Switcheroo Personal Response

I found this to be quite boring. Perhaps it was because I was merely listening and not watching. I am naturally a visual person, not only as an art student. I tend to pay attention more easily if I am able to see what is being spoken. So listening to this episode was not very interesting for me. However, the beginning, where they talked about someone else trying to be you, was an interesting idea. If someone did try and claim to be me, I would let them. It gives me a day of rest from my life.

Explanation

My mask is suppose to represent a nesting doll of the Russian culture as that is where I am from. To try and add a little more design to, I tried to add what is suppose to be snowballs on the side since Russia has a lot of show. 

One of the obstacles I had to try and overcome with this project was getting the tracing paper to form around the curves since my piece was made up entirely of curves.

Gregor's Room

Formal Response to Gregor's Room

As I was reading this story, everything aside from Gregor seemed to be an eggshell white. Since the family was not the center of the story, I seemed to put them in the background of the picture as I was imagining this in my mind. The only color that seemed to exist was Gregor. He appeared in my mind as any other bug would, brown. I pictured Gregor as a cockroach. His back curved, a hard smooth shell in different hues of brown. The whole story as I pictured it was in a spot color form.

Vocabulary for Kafka's Room

intercede 

premonition

asphyxiation

ascertain

reproaches

Personal Response to Gregor's Room

I felt that this piece of work is quite interesting. From the beginning you find yourself in a strange world where a man has been turned into a bug. However, through out the piece as you read along, you start to gain a familiarity with the piece, as any story goes. I found myself disgusted at the beginning, as I do not like bugs. However, as I kept reading, I found myself not so much as caring but curious as to what would happen to Gregor. Once I read that he had died, I felt a tad sorry for Gregor. Although this is a very strange piece, you start to develop a familiarity and relationship with the characters, like any other story you may read. This story also shows in its own unique way that every morning will not be the same. One morning you may wake up and find that you have been turned into a bug. Because you will never know what will happen the next day, waking up every morning is a gamble we all take. One morning you wake up and you go to school or work, eat, play, sleep, and so on. The next, your life is drastically changed and it will never be the same again. The subject matter of this story was very strange and bizarre through out the piece but can still be considered a nice work of literature and art. 

Explanation

In the end, the piece as my peers would say turned out to be cool and graphic look. I didn't want the black to overwhelm so I simply painted all the edges of the bed with black and kept the rest white. Because I saw this as spot color, I painted Gregor black and brown. 

The obstacle was the most obvious. Trying to create this piece with only paper. Another obstacle was painting Gregor and trying to keep his leg in place because they kept trying to get out.