Final Project Declaration

I have come upon an idea that truly interests me and I plan on pursuing for the final project. I am going to be submitting a proposal to the iraqimemorial.org project. I would like to create a replica of a human heart that would bleed out a drop of oil for each innocent Iraqi civilian that has been killed since the "war in terror" began. The drops of oil would fall into a large bowl in the shape of two hands, which would be painted with an American flag on them. Eventually the oil would overflow into a large pool that is placed below the hands. I would also incorporate some sort of counter to keep track of the number of drops/deaths that have occurred. I am still in the beginning phases of this idea and have not decided how I will go about creating this piece, but it will most likely be a mix of Photoshop and Flash or in Second Life.

Second Life Avatar Self-Portrait

For this assignment we were to create a representational avatar/self-portrait in the virtual world Second Life. We were essentially supposed to create a mirror image of ourselves using a photo for reference. I am mostly satisfied with the way that my avatar has turned out thus far; however, I found most of the appearance editing tools to be less sufficient and less detailed than I was hoping for. All in all though, I am happy with how my avatar turned out for the limited amount of time I have spent on Second Life.

HUD Display

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For this assignment in ART 245 we were required to create a HUD (head-up display) self-portrait using Photoshop. I chose to create my self-portrait as a sackboy from the game LittleBigPlanet. I enjoyed creating this HUD and I found many ideas coming to mind of other HUDs that I could design. Criticism and critiques are welcome, thanks for viewing.