For this assignment, I wanted to use two different types of creative ideas. For the first one, which is supposed to represent State Farm, I wanted to only use the colors that the early humans would have used: red, brown, and various colorations of those. As we learned in the video, those colors were most […]
For the cave painting assignment, I really knew I would struggle to make something of my own because I lack artistic talent. So I used an image generation Artificial Intelligence called Microsoft Designer (https://designer.microsoft.com/) which you can sign up at for free and create 15 images using descriptive language. I took screenshots of the prompts […]
This week the class focused on a pictograph assignment and a classroom discussion on the postal service’s role. I think the class did an excellent job and had a clear mix of styles of pictograph art. Some drew stuff by hand, others used AI, and others Microsoft Paint. Overall this demonstrated a large amount of […]
Overall I think this was a really fun and interesting first project to do in this class. I found it really interesting to see how everyone interpreted the assignment differently and we all did pretty different things. It really made me question what associations I had with products even with language removed (identifying Old Spice …
I thought trying to guess everyone’s drawings was super fun. I was surprised to see how different peoples’ interpretations of ideas were. I was a bit concerned when we were planning the project that people would just end up making very similar things, which could be interesting in its own right, albeit less funny. This […]
I had lots of fun with this assignment! I really appreciated the fact that I was able to branch out and be more creative than I usually am in college classes. While making my cave art I truly appreciated how much our communication as people relies on words and symbols. I had a very hard …
Nike wanted to make an ad for their footwear with a remote tribe, for some reason. These poeple are living much more in line with our anthroprological roots, hunting and gathering to this day. They didn’t wear shoes, so the executives over at Nike were thinking, ” I’m sure they’d love our products, so they […]
When making these pictographs I had more trouble finding a 70s invention. I made one for a Taser and another for the Magic 8 ball but the sharp jagged edges of the lightning bolt didn’t feel right when designing the Taser. I couldn’t figure out a way to give a sense of foresight or prophecy … Continue reading Blog post 2/13/2025 [Cave Pictograph Advertisement] →
I am late to post, but better late than never. Sometimes. So far, 427 has been very interesting. I have enjoyed how interactive the class is. Having the opportunity to participate in the design of assignments goes above and beyond an average course experience and taking turns with leading discussion… Read more“”
Hi, this is going to be a relatively short blog post where I go over my thoughts on the class thus far. This might actually be the first history class I have taken in my 8 semesters at UMW. So it has been pretty entertaining thus far, switching it up from normal computer science monotony. […]