- I think mind mapping really helped me a lot throughout the semester.
- I have used it in brainstorming my projects and also deciding the process of making them.
- I think the strategies for doing a research are going to be very important to my future studies. In future classes, I will learn new knowledge, therefore I can use similar strategies in research to study the new knowledge.
- I think DAI to me is the “ah-ha” I had. Before learning about DAI, I had never thought that there should be a process of analyzing artworks.
- I think the two things that I am really proud of in my first year in Parsons are the space project about shadow and secrecy and the Bridge 3 project from this class. For the first one, I used the laser cutter to cut the transparent red acrylic board into the shape of mouth when people talk. I think secrets are very related to how people talk about them. When you try to tell someone a secret, how you speak decides how others view it. Also, there are always people trying to undercover other people’s secrets, therefore, if someone has a secret, he/she will be really sensitive to people’s words. Thus, in this project, I chose to use interlocking shapes of mouths to create the shadow. I used the transparent material so that its easier to see the overlapping effect. For my studio class, I created a box of curiosity in the shape of a Super Mario Bros cartridge and visual representations of my sources. I was really inspired by Cornell’s boxes. I was intrigued by the way he managed to create depth within a thin box and the fact that the boxes were 2D and 3D at the same time. Since in my topic, there is also a connection between 2D, the game, and 3D, people who create and those who play games, I decided to use similar ways with Cornell’s boxes to visually represent my thesis and sources.
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- I think I would tell them to take classes up to 18 credits and to be patient about making all of your projects.
- In the future, I would like to study more about the game mechanics and character designs. I am really interested in how games can keep attracting people for a long period of time and make them willing to spend their time and money into the games.
