Saturday, November 30, 2019
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
I have looked at many Adobe CC Videos on all of the programs that we have been using and one person - Terri White - is the best by far. Below is a link to his InDesign tutorial for beginners.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzE6nZofaI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-lm_rP79C4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVW8AF2TMnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzE6nZofaI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-lm_rP79C4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVW8AF2TMnw
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
This is my photoshop Toy Project where I took a photo of myself and inserted the image into an existing image of plastic superheroes.
I was able to insert my image into the photo and use masking to blend into the scene.
I changed my skin tone to look like plastic using an adjustment layer and tools.
I added joints at my knees to look like action figure joints.
I added joints at my elbows.
I added my logo brush tag as a belt buckle on my body image.
I was able to insert my image into the photo and use masking to blend into the scene.
I changed my skin tone to look like plastic using an adjustment layer and tools.
I added joints at my knees to look like action figure joints.
I added joints at my elbows.
I added my logo brush tag as a belt buckle on my body image.
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
First project with Photoshop - Brush Tag.
Tried to find good videos on this, but didn't have much luck. Was a bit confused on the purpose of spraying and scratching on the outside of the logo, but looking forward to understanding it better in the coming weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=068PxT2Xt-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aWbTm-Smak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFyOznL9UvA
Best video by far below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKHo1Q7OMc
Tried to find good videos on this, but didn't have much luck. Was a bit confused on the purpose of spraying and scratching on the outside of the logo, but looking forward to understanding it better in the coming weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=068PxT2Xt-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aWbTm-Smak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFyOznL9UvA
Best video by far below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKHo1Q7OMc
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Looking forward to starting Photoshop this week.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-pty-pty_email&hsimp=yhs-pty_email&hspart=pty&p=beginning+photoshop+tutorials#id=3&vid=4a4851fb0de8078fdf3ef089fdf056ba&action=click
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-pty-pty_email&hsimp=yhs-pty_email&hspart=pty&p=beginning+photoshop+tutorials#id=3&vid=4a4851fb0de8078fdf3ef089fdf056ba&action=click
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Illustrator CC Video.
I found this video for beginners and it covers the top ten things that beginners need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw2qUdfvbEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ESlYH4MYI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbbQl2sU-ag
I found this video for beginners and it covers the top ten things that beginners need to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw2qUdfvbEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ESlYH4MYI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbbQl2sU-ag
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Canvas Project
Composition:
Full Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
////////////////////////////////////// start below this line ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ
//
// background
context.beginPath();
context.rect(0,0,800,600); // x,y,w,h
context.fillStyle = 'black';
context.fill();
context.closePath();
var gradient3 = context.createLinearGradient(0, 0, 800, 600);
gradient3.addColorStop(0, 'white');
gradient3.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(50, 50, 250, 0.5)');
context.fillStyle = gradient3;
context.fillRect(0, 0, 800, 600);
context.closePath();
// egg
context.beginPath();
context.arc(200,400,150,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(10,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(10,0,70)';
context.shadowColor = "rgba(255,255,255,1)";
context.shadowBlur = 20;
context.shadowOffsetX = 2;
context.shadowOffsetY = 2;
context.stroke();
context.fill();
/// sperm 1
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(200,147);
context.bezierCurveTo(150,10,400,10,350,50);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(200,150);
context.quadraticCurveTo(175,175,200,200);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(200,150);
context.quadraticCurveTo(225,175,200,200);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
/// sperm 2
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(100,47);
context.bezierCurveTo(50,50,50,10,20,20);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(100,100);
context.quadraticCurveTo(125,75,100,50);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(100,100);
context.quadraticCurveTo(75,75,100,50);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
//// sperm 3
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(320,300);
context.quadraticCurveTo(340,275,350,300);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(320,300);
context.quadraticCurveTo(340,325,350,300);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(350,305);
context.bezierCurveTo(400,200,400,450,550,300);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
/// sperm 4
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(600,200);
context.quadraticCurveTo(570,200,575,225);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(600,200);
context.quadraticCurveTo(610,220,575,225);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(600,203);
context.bezierCurveTo(650,100,700,350,750,200);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
/// sperm 5
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(650,450);
context.quadraticCurveTo(665,435,685,450);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(650,450);
context.quadraticCurveTo(665,465,685,450);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(650,450);
context.lineTo(575,450);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(575,450);
context.lineTo(575,425);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
//// texture
context.beginPath();
context.arc(150,400,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.shadowColor = "rgba(60,0,80,1)";
context.shadowBlur = 20;
context.shadowOffsetX = 2;
context.shadowOffsetY = 2;
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(100,450,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(100,450,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(110,330,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(110,330,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(110,330,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
// PURPLE TRIANGLE with transparency
context.beginPath(); // begin a shape
context.moveTo(200,250); // point A coordinates
context.lineTo(340, 450); // point B coords
context.lineTo(60,450); // point C coords
context.closePath(); // close the shape
context.lineWidth = 5; // you can use a variable that changes wherever you see a number
context.lineJoin = "round";
context.strokeStyle = "rgba(255,0,0,1)"; // Reb Green Blue Alpha
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = "rgba(89,50,140,1)";
context.fill();
/// title
var text = "The Creation of Life, FMX 210 2019";
context.font = 'bold 12px Helvetica';
context.fillStyle = "rgba(255,255,255,1)"; // change the color here
context.shadowColor = "rgba(255,255,255,1)"; // change shadow color here
context.shadowBlur = 12;
context.shadowOffsetX = 2;
context.shadowOffsetY = 2;
context.fillText(text, 500, 550);
/// rgba meaning A pixel with A=1.0 is "solid." A=0.0 is invisible. A=0.5 is translucent
// false is default, true is counterclockwise, doesnt mean much for you
//Heart
//Bezier Curve Variables
var Ax = 200;
var Ay = 350;
var Bx = 200;
var By = 450;
var control1x = 100;
var control1y = 300;
var control2x = 100;
var control2y = 300;
var control3x = 300;
var control3y = 300;
var control4x = 300;
var control4y = 300;
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(Ax, Ay);
context.bezierCurveTo(control1x, control1y, control2x, control2y, Bx, By);
context.bezierCurveTo(control3x, control3y, control4x, control4y, Ax, Ay);
context.lineWidth = 10;
// line color
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(255, 100, 100)';
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255, 0, 0)';
context.fill();
////////////////////////////////////// end above this line ˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆ
};
</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="800" height="600"></canvas>
</body>
</html>
Image for Inspiration: austinfertility.com
Hand Drawn Concept Art:
Project Background:
I am a creative writer and thinker but do not have an innate ability to draw or design. I drew inspiration from my first college degree in biology to find something in nature on a microscopic level. I found the image above and it had nice shapes and colors that could help me begin a Canvas project.
It took me about 10 hours total from drawing to Canvas image. I found HTML5 to be very challenging and not intuitive due to its many idiosyncratic syntax rules that are not easy to learn. Thankfully I was able to cut and paste existing language from class and other sources to help the process. I do have a newly acquired appreciation for web designers and was glad to learn to basics of HTML5 for Canvas to share with my Marketing students.
Concept Statement:
What could be more inspiring than creating art from the actual creation of life? I took the basic image and drew some concept art on graph paper - see above. I created a gradient rectangle with dark purple on the bottom right to symbolize infinity. The gradient gradually lightens to a bright white in the top left corner symbolizing divine light. The circle is the human ovum but is symbolic of everlasting life, as a circle has no beginning or end. I inserted a purple triangle inside the circle to symbolize the trinity, and within the triangle I placed a heart to symbolize Agape love, which is at the core of creation. I created four spermatozoon with one facing the apex of the triangle which approaches creation through faith, and a second approaching the right top of the heart to symbolize human emotional love as a path to spirituality. I created one spermatozoon with an L shaped tale to represent the ambivalence of free will as this shape would make the spermatozoon "swim" in circles, which can symbolize being lost before finding oneself in the divine light.
Full Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
////////////////////////////////////// start below this line ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ
//
// background
context.beginPath();
context.rect(0,0,800,600); // x,y,w,h
context.fillStyle = 'black';
context.fill();
context.closePath();
var gradient3 = context.createLinearGradient(0, 0, 800, 600);
gradient3.addColorStop(0, 'white');
gradient3.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(50, 50, 250, 0.5)');
context.fillStyle = gradient3;
context.fillRect(0, 0, 800, 600);
context.closePath();
// egg
context.beginPath();
context.arc(200,400,150,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(10,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(10,0,70)';
context.shadowColor = "rgba(255,255,255,1)";
context.shadowBlur = 20;
context.shadowOffsetX = 2;
context.shadowOffsetY = 2;
context.stroke();
context.fill();
/// sperm 1
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(200,147);
context.bezierCurveTo(150,10,400,10,350,50);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(200,150);
context.quadraticCurveTo(175,175,200,200);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(200,150);
context.quadraticCurveTo(225,175,200,200);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
/// sperm 2
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(100,47);
context.bezierCurveTo(50,50,50,10,20,20);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(100,100);
context.quadraticCurveTo(125,75,100,50);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(100,100);
context.quadraticCurveTo(75,75,100,50);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
//// sperm 3
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(320,300);
context.quadraticCurveTo(340,275,350,300);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(320,300);
context.quadraticCurveTo(340,325,350,300);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(350,305);
context.bezierCurveTo(400,200,400,450,550,300);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
/// sperm 4
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(600,200);
context.quadraticCurveTo(570,200,575,225);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(600,200);
context.quadraticCurveTo(610,220,575,225);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(600,203);
context.bezierCurveTo(650,100,700,350,750,200);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
/// sperm 5
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(650,450);
context.quadraticCurveTo(665,435,685,450);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(650,450);
context.quadraticCurveTo(665,465,685,450);
context.lineWidth = 10;
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(650,450);
context.lineTo(575,450);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(575,450);
context.lineTo(575,425);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'white';
context.stroke();
//// texture
context.beginPath();
context.arc(150,400,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.shadowColor = "rgba(60,0,80,1)";
context.shadowBlur = 20;
context.shadowOffsetX = 2;
context.shadowOffsetY = 2;
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(100,450,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(100,450,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(110,330,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(110,330,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(110,330,20,0*Math.PI,2*Math.PI,false);
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(30,0,70)';
context.stroke();
context.fill();
// PURPLE TRIANGLE with transparency
context.beginPath(); // begin a shape
context.moveTo(200,250); // point A coordinates
context.lineTo(340, 450); // point B coords
context.lineTo(60,450); // point C coords
context.closePath(); // close the shape
context.lineWidth = 5; // you can use a variable that changes wherever you see a number
context.lineJoin = "round";
context.strokeStyle = "rgba(255,0,0,1)"; // Reb Green Blue Alpha
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = "rgba(89,50,140,1)";
context.fill();
/// title
var text = "The Creation of Life, FMX 210 2019";
context.font = 'bold 12px Helvetica';
context.fillStyle = "rgba(255,255,255,1)"; // change the color here
context.shadowColor = "rgba(255,255,255,1)"; // change shadow color here
context.shadowBlur = 12;
context.shadowOffsetX = 2;
context.shadowOffsetY = 2;
context.fillText(text, 500, 550);
/// rgba meaning A pixel with A=1.0 is "solid." A=0.0 is invisible. A=0.5 is translucent
// false is default, true is counterclockwise, doesnt mean much for you
//Heart
//Bezier Curve Variables
var Ax = 200;
var Ay = 350;
var Bx = 200;
var By = 450;
var control1x = 100;
var control1y = 300;
var control2x = 100;
var control2y = 300;
var control3x = 300;
var control3y = 300;
var control4x = 300;
var control4y = 300;
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(Ax, Ay);
context.bezierCurveTo(control1x, control1y, control2x, control2y, Bx, By);
context.bezierCurveTo(control3x, control3y, control4x, control4y, Ax, Ay);
context.lineWidth = 10;
// line color
context.strokeStyle = 'rgb(255, 100, 100)';
context.lineCap = 'round';
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255, 0, 0)';
context.fill();
////////////////////////////////////// end above this line ˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆ
};
</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="800" height="600"></canvas>
</body>
</html>
Image for Inspiration: austinfertility.com
Hand Drawn Concept Art:
Project Background:
I am a creative writer and thinker but do not have an innate ability to draw or design. I drew inspiration from my first college degree in biology to find something in nature on a microscopic level. I found the image above and it had nice shapes and colors that could help me begin a Canvas project.
It took me about 10 hours total from drawing to Canvas image. I found HTML5 to be very challenging and not intuitive due to its many idiosyncratic syntax rules that are not easy to learn. Thankfully I was able to cut and paste existing language from class and other sources to help the process. I do have a newly acquired appreciation for web designers and was glad to learn to basics of HTML5 for Canvas to share with my Marketing students.
Concept Statement:
What could be more inspiring than creating art from the actual creation of life? I took the basic image and drew some concept art on graph paper - see above. I created a gradient rectangle with dark purple on the bottom right to symbolize infinity. The gradient gradually lightens to a bright white in the top left corner symbolizing divine light. The circle is the human ovum but is symbolic of everlasting life, as a circle has no beginning or end. I inserted a purple triangle inside the circle to symbolize the trinity, and within the triangle I placed a heart to symbolize Agape love, which is at the core of creation. I created four spermatozoon with one facing the apex of the triangle which approaches creation through faith, and a second approaching the right top of the heart to symbolize human emotional love as a path to spirituality. I created one spermatozoon with an L shaped tale to represent the ambivalence of free will as this shape would make the spermatozoon "swim" in circles, which can symbolize being lost before finding oneself in the divine light.
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
In completing the HTML5 for Canvas assignment I watched additional videos on HTML5 language to better understand hypertext markup language as I had never worked with it before. I watched the series beginning with the attached video. There are many rules and idiosyncrasies in this language which makes it very hard for a beginner not to make mistakes in syntax, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gTw2EDkaDQ
I tried to attach my assignments making a W, 3 lines, single color square and gradient rectangle but do not see an icon to do so, and found this statement on the web.
The Blogger service allows users to create and manage a blog for free. While it has options for embedding videos and images and including other multimedia content in blog posts, it lacks the ability to attach specific files to posts. If you want to supplement a blog post with a PDF file, you need to use a separate tool to upload the file, then link to the PDF from the Blogger page.
I have sent them via email to the instructor so they are in on time.
I found the lack of a set of numbers in the Y axes makes it harder to draw in Dreamweaver as you have to guess at a coordinate value instead of knowing exactly what value works. I used graph paper to sketch our my designs first and then went to dreamweaver to draw them. Also had some difficulty logging into dreamweaver on campus and had to do so several times before I was able to use the program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gTw2EDkaDQ
I tried to attach my assignments making a W, 3 lines, single color square and gradient rectangle but do not see an icon to do so, and found this statement on the web.
The Blogger service allows users to create and manage a blog for free. While it has options for embedding videos and images and including other multimedia content in blog posts, it lacks the ability to attach specific files to posts. If you want to supplement a blog post with a PDF file, you need to use a separate tool to upload the file, then link to the PDF from the Blogger page.
I have sent them via email to the instructor so they are in on time.
I found the lack of a set of numbers in the Y axes makes it harder to draw in Dreamweaver as you have to guess at a coordinate value instead of knowing exactly what value works. I used graph paper to sketch our my designs first and then went to dreamweaver to draw them. Also had some difficulty logging into dreamweaver on campus and had to do so several times before I was able to use the program.
Monday, September 2, 2019
Ok I took a look at tutorial videos for HTML5 Canvas. I understand the basics that we are creating a canvas - or white space on our web page - and can then draw, animate and interact with the elements. All good so far, but when they started talking about HTML and JavaScript they lost me. I've posted the videos that I watched, but way over my head at this point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQPKzf_G18Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO6OkltgudE&list=PLpPnRKq7eNW3We9VdCfx9fprhqXHwTPXL&index=2&t=0s
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Personal Statement
My name is Gary and I grew up in a small town in northwest New Jersey. My lineage includes dairy farmers, painters and bakers. My young life was similar to stories of Huck Finn because every day that I was not in school was an adventure waiting to happen. I lived near rivers, small mountains and railroad tracks that offered endless possibilities to create an imaginary life as an adventurer. I learned to love nature through these adventures and am an avid biker and hiker as a result.
In high school I wanted to teach and write, but my guidance counselor dissuaded me and suggested marketing. I started working at age 11 and had an entrepreneurial spirit so I heeded his advice, attended college, and started my own business in my early twenties. After selling it a decade later, I worked in Sales and Marketing Management for Mars Inc. but never lost my love of writing and teaching.
I continued my education while working, and five years ago after early retiring from Mars I began teaching marketing part-time at UT and then USF. Two years ago I was offered a full-time position as an instructor at UT and absolutely love it.
I take one course every semester so I can learn new things to share with my students that will help them in their careers. Most of my students will enter the marketing field as digital marketers, and I felt a deficit on the creative side and hope that FMX 210 will help me better understand the creative process and what my students need to know about it.
One of my hobbies is building modern farm style furniture and it gives me great satisfaction to take raw wood and turn it into something beautiful. Though I am a highly creative thinker and writer, I do not consider myself an artistic person; but am willing to open my mind to the idea of becoming one as a result of this class.
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