This week we had to do 15 stars worth of design assignments. This is what I meant by the hardest part of my week. I always thought I knew how to use Photoshop but I guess I was very, very mistaken. I used Photoshop because it is and extremely common program so it’s easier to [...]
Culture is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners,scholarly pursuits, etc. Coming from a very cultural background…this assignment was more of a reflection/appreciation of what I have, because not everyone can say that they have a culture.
ETHIOPIA
These are pictures I took this summer when I went back to visit Ethiopia after 5 years. I took a road trip to the northern part of ethiopia and finally got to visit my tribe (the different tribes my parents were apart of). It was a great experience and helped me realize that I come from a very beautiful country with a lot of cultural backgrounds
How I created this picture: Took my pictures and edited them on bighugelabs.com
I thought the design assignment What is culture for you? was a pretty cool assignment. It was worth 2 stars. To create this image I used a collage of images from my past and used the website photovisi.com to create the collage. To me culture is something that shapes you as an individual. For the collage I encorparated things in my life that helped to shape me into who I am today. I used pictures of my friends, family, the american flag, and softball. These people and activities portrayed in the picture have had a large impact on who I am today and are what I consider to be apart of my culture. After creating the collage I saved it and uploaded it onto flickr where I applied the tags: DesignAssignments464, DesignAssignments, ds106, and culture.
This photo shows from what culture I came from. I downloaded the afghan girl photo from Google and I draw the Afghanistan map. Then I edited the girl’s photo to fit as the exact shape of the map. On the other hand, I wrote Afghan in Persian language to reflect more about the culture. for editting process I used GIMP and Paint.
From the “What is Culture?” assignment: Create image that you think this is culture for you. It is acceptable to use two more pictures if you want. (2 stars)
I found two pictures from 2008 when my Virginia cousins came to visit with my cousin’s then-girlfriend (now, since 2011, wife). It is a picture of my grandfather and cousin and his then-girlfriend at the Pali Lookout. The trees that overlap their heads are the palm tree and a more Christmas Tree-like one. I think this is an accurate representation of my cousin and his wife. His Asian family from Hawai’i and her White background from all over Virgina depicted in trees and where their roots (HA) are. Hawai’i is already so much of a melting pot that interracial marriages are really not a big deal. Their distance also symbolized their geographic distance. I think the main thing I was trying to get at here is that culture can be mashed together.
I used Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 6 to create this image cranking down the opacity of the overlaid trees that I used a magic wand tool of death for. The colors are a little askew and so are the proportions for the trees, but the trees are really dramatically different heights as well as the couple. Also, I used CS6 to adjust the lighting and contrast to give a more realistic view of the Pali.
2. Design Assignment “What is culture for you??”
I created the ds106 assignment what is culture for you?? And this is an example of the assignment. I put pictures which relates culture into one scratch paper by Aviary. 1, Samurai 2. Samurai(Kanji) These pictures come from Google pictures I mixed up with these two. The pictures each represent the Japanese culture I think. I hope people would make something trick art with the assignment.
Process: Draw what I want to draw
Story: I don’t belong to any culture. The picture presents that I am a person who adopts good parts from multiple cultures.
