Jan. IMED Reflection

Reflecting on Winter Term

Winter term is, essentially, a refresher course in things we should already know.  Or, at least, that's how I see it.  Having already learned how to use Photoshop in IMED, and learned the in's and out's of the Microsoft Office suite in a high school business course, there are many moments during winter term that feel forced or unnecessary.  Still, it's helpful to get reacquainted with the programs from time to time and, in the slow pace, minimal stress environment of winter term, it is actually rather enjoyable. That being said, the material and assignments are mostly mindless, occasionally crossing over into being nothing more than time killers. At this point in time, the whole point of doing the college thing is not to waste time, but it seems each class I attended in winter term was composed of 10% work and 90% goofing around.  I would try to add some depth to the winter term courses.  They should be challenging, thought provoking, maybe even encourage some group work during the IMED course.  However, I feel this sentiment will not be shared by my peers.  People seem to enjoy winter term for how it eases them back into classes, allows them to have a little fun, and doesn't stress them out.  It's only two weeks, so as a refresher I guess it's good enough for me as it is.

Before & After

Before and Afters

For my before and after pictures, I focused on faces.  It's not a cop-out so I didn't have to edit fat off of people, I just happen to think the face is more important than the body when it comes to good lookingness.

BEFORE:

 AFTER:

 All I did with this guy is get rid of the dark circles that were around his eyes, and remove the red spots and more obvious blemishes.  I also made a few adjustments to his eye size and shape. He was already pretty fine, but I think he looks a little better now.


BEFORE:

 AFTER:

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For this young man, I just removed some pimples and red marks.  Trimmed some fat off of his face to give it a little shape, and got rid of that nasty mustache he was starting to grow on the left side of his lip.  I didn't want to change too much, because that attractive girl that sits in front of him in math would be able to tell that his profile pick was highly edited.  This way he looks better and he still has a shot with her.

Logo

This is my logo:

It's made up of my initials- AW.

film strip

Here is my film strip project:

Poster Project

This is my poster project:

It's an old man with a hat.

Phone Case

Phone Case:

I tried to do a Megaman inspired thing.  If you've ever played Megaman, you'll understand.  If not, then this probably looks really stupid.

Postcard

I wouldn't mind visiting Northern Ireland.  It's not most people's first pick, but I think it's got some redeeming qualities.  Beautiful scenery, typically nice people, a bad economy (it always helps people be a little nicer to tourists,) and an interesting enough history (Titanic, anyone?)  To tell the truth I've been there before on a somewhat restricted trip.  It would be nice to be able to spend a few days there doing things my way, or at least trying to.