Favorite Logos

Favorite Logo

This is my favorite logo because its simple and represents the organization. It also has to the acronym of the organization so people know about it. I also like pandas and they represent the organization very well because they're very endangered.
 Behance

What's your stance? Blog Reflection

Do you believe your stance clear within your poster? Defend your answer- image, fonts, color, composition, etc. 

I believe that my stance is clear with my poster. I wanted to inform and spread awareness about puppy mills. I used images of dogs in puppy mills that are forced to the bred  and made that my background. Additionally, I included a bright yellow triangle in the middle, similar to a caution sign so this helped draw attention to my text that was inside the triangle. I put the triangle in the middle of the poster so its the center of focus. I also made the font bold so it draws attention to my message. 

From your initial thumbnail sketches to your hand drawn draft- Do you feel you were successful in re-creating your poster idea digitally? If not, do you like the new visual outcome?

I think I was more successful in recreating my poster idea digitally. The background especially was a lot more detailed.

What were the changes you made from your first version to the last version of the poster? Explain why you made those changes?

In comparison tot he first one, my second version had a much more clearer focal point. Also, the words were more focused as will. I did that because I feel like I had too text in my first one and had problems with the focal point or establishing one. Furthermore, in the second on, I got rid of the door because it allowed to add more images of dogs in poppy mills. Also, I made lines leading into my triangle for the second one and that was not there in the first version. I made that change because I wanted there to be more focus on the triangle because that is my focal point.

Looking over your rubric, which category do you think your project is strongest? Explain why. Which category do you feel the least confident? Explain why.
I feel most confident in the concept category of the project because I included a lot of sad and graphic images of what dogs in puppy mills have to go through daily. This really demonstrates that lives that puppy mill dogs have. Also, my text in the triangle represents my stance. 

I feel least confident in the design category of the project because I'm not sure if my font adds on to my message or makes a difference. I tried to show emphasis with the font but I'm not sure if it was effective. 

What was the most challenging aspect of the project, conceptually?
The most challenging aspect of this project was the picking a message part because there are a lot of ideas and its hard to choose one. 

What was most challenging about the project, technically?

The most challenging part was fitting on the images of the dogs together.

What's Your Stance? (Graphic Images)

1. Animal Testing
I think that animal testing is very cruel and should be illegal. Science has advanced us enough that we don't need to use animals to test on. I hate how the animals are treated and it sickens me that people are able to abuse animals when its not necessary.
http://www.peta.org/living/beauty/13-eye-opening-photos-animals-labs/
(from link above)
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(http://www.cosmeticanimaltestingpictures.com/photo/4)
http://www.peta.org/features/top-five-shocking-animal-experimentation-facts/
https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-animal-testing
https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/why-we-do-it/arguments-against-animal-testing
2. Factory Farming
I think conditions for factory farming should be more heavily regulated and the living conditions of animals need to improve. It's not healthy and right to treat what we eat in such a disrespectful way. These animals should be treated more humanely as they are capable of feeling emotions and have done nothing wrong to deserve being treated inhumanely.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/factory-farming-facts_n_4063892.html
(from link above)

http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-farming/

http://www.animalfreedom.org/english/information/abuses.html

(http://www.cleanwateractioncouncil.org/images/factory-farm.jpg)

Self Symbol GIF

1. My self symbol is that this symbol represents how I really like warmth and hate anything that is cold or gives off a cold feeling like winter or mean people. I gravitate towards things or people that give off a warm feel like heaters or cozy sweaters. I arrived at this symbol by brainstorming ideas and I was sitting the radiator and it felt really good so I wrote the word, "warmth" on my brain storm list. I also thought about ways to show warmth and I thought about the sun because the sun gives off warmth. I also thought about Winter and how I did not like it. This image relates or enhances my concept in that the snow man represents coldness or winter in general. The Sun represents warmth or warmer seasons. At the end, the sun melts the snow which what I like; the warmth warming me from coldness.

3. My GIF had evolved from it's original through the use of photoshop. In the original, I did not plan on  making the snow man waive his arm. But, I decided to do that because it made my snow man look more animated or alive. It was also kind of cute. I also decided to create a sun rise with photoshop because in the original idea, the first frame did not have a sun and the sun kind of appeared out of nowhere. So, I decided to make a sun raise form the horizon. Furthermore, I made the horizon higher in the animated GIF (before the horizon was about 1 cm from the bottom of the GIF). I did that so less of my background would be white.

GIF HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Portrait Transformation Project

AMY ZHENG
                                                   Liberty Amy

Portrait Transformation Reflection: 

1. Explain you concept

My concept is the Statue of Liberty. My concept has a sense of liberty and freedom because I put a eagle in the background. I also put my face on the statue of liberty.

2. Give your project a title

Liberty Amy

3. Are you happy with the results?

I am happy with the results because I was able to use the spot removal tool to make more skin on my face look less flawed and look like it has less acne. Also, I like that I was able to remove stray strands of hair.

4. Post at least 3 photos

Original

Original

Original

Final

5. Give step by step instructions on how you did Layer Masks
In order to put my face on top of the Statue of Liberty's, I used a layer mask. So basically, after I placed the image of me on top of the Statue of Liberty's face, I clicked on the layer mask icon. I made sure that I was on the layer of my face. I then clicked on the layer mask layer. Then, I clicked on the brush tool and picked black as my color. I used the brush to conceal what I wanted to hide. I then used the white brush tool to go over parts that I felt were messy or were suppose to shown. 

Photoshopped- ML4

Letter Project Reflection
1.
The first part of this project was getting assigned a letter and my letter was "A". At first, I thought of things that I enjoy or like. Such things include, cats, relaxing, trees, flowers and dogs. To make this, I then drew out some of my ideas into thumbnail sketches. I then shared my thumbnail sketches with another person and she labeled the ones that she liked most. However, I did not like the ones that she chose that much. So, I showed my thumbnail sketches to the people in my table and they chose the their favorites which happened to also be the ones that I liked most which were the snowman and the doughnut.
After the thumbnail sketches, I created two drafts- one of the snowman and one of the doughnut. After drawing these drafts, I had some extra times left and a new idea came to me which was palm trees which bent to create the letter "A". I then, asked my table members which idea they liked best and they voted on the palm tree and I agreed with them so I choose the palm tree one.

After the draft, I had to work on my final piece. To make my final, I had to create borders and to do that, I used a ruler. Then, I drew faint diagonal lines that connected the corners of the border to find my center. Once I got my center, I centered my letter around that; I drew two trees that leaned into each other to created the "A" shape. I then, drew a hammock in between the trees. I then drew a line which separated a sunset and the sand. Then, I drew a semi circle above the line which is the sunset. After this, I searched up reference images of a sunset so I was able to better understanding of how they looked like and how their gradation changed from yellow to orange. I colored the sky, sun and sand yellow at first with chalk and blended it with my finger. Then, I decided to add orange to the top of the sky, sun and sand. I then decided to add brown and more yellow to the sand and blended it with my finger. I then, colored in the tree's bark with different shades of  brown and the leaves different shades of green. I used a marker to color the trees' branches. Then, I outlined my hammock with a black marker. Lastly, I erased the chalk on my borders and signed my name on the project.
2.
To represent my concept, I drew two palm trees as palm trees usually represent or allude to relaxation and serenity. The palm trees also lean into each other which create a shade over the hammock which sees very relaxing and serene.
To represent my concept, I colored or made my sunset with warm colors-yellow and orange as they express warmth. This feeling of warmth is associated with comfort and bliss with adds to the concept of relaxation.

3.
The most challenging aspect of this project was deciding which draft or thumbnail sketch I wanted to do for my final. This was the most challenging because I really liked my snow man idea and thought it was very cute. At the same time, I really liked the idea of relaxation and palm trees. I also feel like there was pressure not to mess up because I will regret my choice.
4.
I am satisfied with my project because I like how the sunset provides warmth and I can sort of picture my self there in my picture. I want to be there because it seems relaxing. I also like how the the sky has a gradation of yellow to orange. Furthermore, I like how the leaves of the palm tree look very lush.
5.
If I could change anything about my design, I would not use a marker to color in the branch of my palm tree because that made my branch have less depth and look unrealistic. I would also put tape on the borders so that the chalk does not go on the borders.

My Summer

Hi,

My name is Amy Zheng and I am a student at Millennium High School. I cannot wait to graduate. I like to watch television and my favorite food is pizza with lettuce.

Over the summer, I did not do many things. These are the pictures that best highlight my summer.

*I took care of my friend's dog over the summer while she went to Chicago. I took care of the dog with my sister in my home in Queens, New York. I chose to post this picture because I really like dogs and wish I could have one but I have four guinea pigs who act like dogs and taking care of my friend's dog was very fun.






*I volunteered at a cat shelter on 430 E. 9th street in Manhattan and hung out with some kittens who are now 3 months old. They were 6 weeks at the time the picture was taken. I chose this video because the kittens were so cute and it was fun hanging out with them.









*I went rollerblading with my friends in Brooklyn (near Brooklyn bridge). I chose this picture because I had a lot of fun while rollerblading and my friends are awesome.