My first project in Freestyle was the Self Portrait. The self portrait focused on what wasimportant to us, family, and friends. I experimented with Illustrator to create my design piece and Dreamweaver to get the basics of a website down.

The Narrative unit tested our ability to tell a story visually. We made a comic in English, an animation in Web, and took photos of a model who represented a narrative character from my story. We used Flash CS6 for our animation and worked with three point lighting for our narrative models.

For the Documentary Project I created a book on The Orange Peels, which is a band that’s been around for more than 20 years and is known internationally. There’s a photogallery of their studio and it’s members in here.

The Experimental Project had a very different twist. I was given a conceptual statement to express through a combination of Illustrator and Flash CC, poetry, and music.

In my Profile Project I created a magazine article about Mark Roberts, who is an eye surgeon that came from the Philippines and was adopted by a missionary pastor.

The main goal for my group was to get things done. We were lagging alot because our group didn't like the lyrics we made, didn't have a central theme of rebellion, and not a whole lot of agreement. Laurel and I liked softer rock, Andre liked hip hop, and Alex hard rock. We had a phenomenal instrumental, but it didn't really go with the lyrics. Annaka gave us an accoustic copy that allowed her more free room to sing along with it.When our group split, Laurel and I decided to use Annaka's version and to add electronic tambourines. I recorded both Alex's and Annaka's version. Later I tapped out the rhythm for the tambourines by connecting Reason to Protools and got feedback from Laurel. We needed to finish it all in less than two weeks. I learned how to work with alot of pressure.

My Narrative 2 website will be completed in late April.

My Portfolio Showcase website will be completed in late May.