Blog 2

The Kidd article was very interesting in the way it was presented. Through this tone, it conveyed the concepts of Left to Right, Big to Small, Top to Bottom in the matter of you can never avoid these things, it is just the way life goes. This intrigued me because it is very true. Ever since we were little, these were the ways we were taught to do everything.
What I found difficult in the article was the way it was presented in almost a war type language. It was as if someone was being attacked and must be on their toes and ready to go. I understand in a way why they chose to write it this way, it is just a format outta left field for this topic.
Hickey's article does an excellent job at relating basketball to the concept of graphic design as a way of expressing yourself. Basketball of course is done so in a more aggressive matter while computer art is just a matter of preference in the way you go about it. Also, there is rules for basketball that are set in stone and you get penalized if they are broken, but for computer art, relating back to Kidd's article, there is hazy boundaries, but you are not penalized when they are broken, you are simply expressing your creativity.
I found it difficult to keep my interest in the article because I didn't know where he was going with it. It was hard to die it into the class and why the sport of basketball was chosen to proclaim his point. I still am not sure I completely understand his point, but I think I have a good guess.
The alien like creature in the beginning of the Wechler's article threw me off from the get go. The main point I retrieved was faces are hard to design without them being distorted looking because of all the muscles and the expressions you can end up with in the final product.

Blog 1: Introduce Yourself

My first two years of education were spent at the University of Cincinnati, and I recently transferred to OSU for a safer environment. I am a third year in the process of deciding what I want my major to be. Marketing has always been my go-to, but I feel I need more to it so I am debating on a minor in Communications. Also, graphic design has interested me since high school, but knowing the design programs are very select has discouraged me from going through with that option. For my future, I hope to work in the extreme sports industry. I am not positive what kind of position I would like to do, I just know I would be satisfied with any job in that field. From working at my job at Oakley for the past year and a half, I grow to love the company more each day and would like nothing more to have a career working for corporate Oakley in California in my future. While working at Oakley, I also work at Varsity Club as a server so my time is consumed by work and school. When I finally get some free time, I enjoy watching the recorded television shows I recorded from the past week, drinking with my friends, going to bars, traveling back home to Medina or to Cincinnati, and working out. And I am obsessed with my cat.