This project was one of the most difficult assignments i had been given, we were supposed to find all the letters of the alphabet and the numbers 1-9 in nature. Many were easy to find but when it came to some numbers and letters such as number 5 or the letter Q it was much more difficult to find. After a few days i had found all my letters and had to get them ready for presentation. Instead of going with a poster i decided that a video would be best so i could do some cool effects with them.
For my sound map i decided to go for a more abstract illustration of what i heard in an hour. During the hour i sat down in my apartment i heard birds coming from out side, the air conditioner, people talking, cars and much more. I wanted to create the idea of my ears in the center and the sounds coming in and revolving around it. It was really interesting as i don’t think I’ve ever just set down for an extended period of time and just listen. There is a lot of silence except for the occasional sound of the world around me. Over all it was an interesting project taught me a bit about listening and interpreting things in a different way.
For this map project we had to get a map, destroy it anyway we pleased, and afterwords we found out that we have to create something artistic with the remains. 
Well i destroyed my map by cutting it, burning it, wet it in water, punching it, stabbed it with a pencil, crumbled it, burned it some more, and some more by the end there were only fragments of what was. I spent hours trying to figure out what to do with the pieces after we received the second assignment with it. After a while i taught about scanning it to see what it looked like and realized i could recreate a scene. The result was a drawn recreation of buildings similar to those in savannah. I imagined it to be like burnt wallpaper almost with the city in the background.
After spending many hours researching blogs on animation, i came to realize that out of the many i only returned to a few. Many of the blogs were about the individual artist which is great, the work at times was fascinating but it wasn’t really eye catching for me. The blogs that i preferred to look at would usually have a variety of work and different ideas that would make me think of what i could do myself.
In many cases they had video to view such as in http://onanimation.com/ which feature articles, reels, tutorials and much more but what i like the most were the videos. They have tons of videos and many of them show the behind the scenes animation of many popular movies, they also show trailers and just plain cool animations. I love to see what animators come up with and how ideas are endless plus its good to show me what is possible. For example, i really enjoyed the video on how the hulk in the avengers was created and all the work and detail they had to put into it.
http://www.animationblog.org/ is another blog i liked, unlike onanimation people are actually able to post comments and give feedback on the videos. In this blog the post are from around the world and their also broken down by the months they were posted. The person who post them can write about them sort of how I’m doing with my blog here and then the feed back from people makes it more interactive.
I think the best reason i like both blogs is because I’m able to see animation videos that i would otherwise not be able to find. The fact that their all in one place makes it much easier for me to view and discover. The works they show are pretty cool and gives me sometime to try to aspire to.
My passion for the arts began many years ago, i remember as a small child my grandmother in Cuba would be able to draw in exquisite detail. Thinking back, that is the earliest i remember being exposed to art. I practiced for a few years with much pride on my sketching skills but it wasn’t until high school that i realize that animation was the way to go. I went to a technical school (MLEC) and majored in graphic design where i learned to use many of the adobe programs. Towards the end of it all i realized that field wasn’t for me. I then looked for something i could do where i would be able to create what ever i could imagine since i was always drawing mini comics and wished they could come to life. Animation was the obvious answer. I could finally bring to life anything i could think of no matter what it was real or fiction. After working on Maya at Miami Dade college, i decided this is worth dedicating all of my time into, i realized that animation was something that i loved and would be willing to work on for how ever long it took. Now im 21 and at SCAD believing that this will be the begining of a great career.
