Class take away 2

For Monday's class I felt very impressed by all the creations my fellow students created with their eggs. I feel that what people made was much more than I thought it was going to be. I expected this assignment to be more of a visual and digital project, but ended up realizing that other students didn't need that kind of approach on the project in order to let their ideas show. I was also intrigued by what others had to do artistically in their coloring books, and how thy all seemed to have entertaining and positive views of their world to share.

The Egg and Eye

For my egg I wanted to give him personality, and I thought a unique way to give him personality that he could express more openly with the rest of the world would be by giving him a twitter account. He can be followed through @ExcellentEgg and has already gained several followers. I figured making an actual social phenomenon through an object that started off as nothing relevant was a very creative approach to this project. On Eggbert's profile you can find a profile picture, a lovely cover photo of the farm he grew up on, and all the interesting tweets he has to share on a daily basis.

Color Your World

For this assignment I had lots of difficulty deciding what exactly I could do to color a page of an animal coloring book in order to express what I want in life. I decided to use an image of a lion because I love cats, I greatly admire the courageous symbolism that a lion signifies, and I felt that this animal represents me best. I colored his mane purple to represent how important my friends are to me, because suggested to color it purple, and I thought I could use that as a symbol for the importance of friendship in the world I want to live in. I drew in a bowl of orange chicken from panda express because I love that food so much and my world would not be perfect without it. I drew a credit card with the lion because I would like to have an unlimited supply of money and financial stability in my perfect world. Lastly I drew in an image of the main gates to Lollapalooza behind the lion because I would love to someday be able to be a part of huge music festivals like this and tour the world.

Class Take Away 1

I really enjoyed this first day of class. I felt that the first thing we did, getting in a circle with all of our desks and talking to each other was a great way to open up our minds to being less judgmental towards each others' ideas, and more focused thinking creatively. Something that stays with me from this class more than anything is what Beth has shared with us and taught us already, and how my mind and creative passion has already opened up to making new and amazing things at my own pace, and in any way I want. The egg assignment has definitely intrigued me. I feel that while everything about the class and assignments were being discussed, the whole time I was feeling dozens of different ideas and creative feelings run through my head. Just the feeling of creative freedom is something that I have already come to love about this class.