the WIRED Feature – What’s Inside You? assignment is actually quite simple despite the 4 star rating. The most difficult part was figuring out What’s Inside Me? Even this can be quite simple if you ask yourself the right questions.

I used this assignment to create character profiles for my final project.

Getting Started

1. First thing I suggest doing is open up your favorite word processor program and type “What’s in Me?” This is the fundamental question for this assignment
2. Now we need to come up with 5+ words which represent us, these will usually be nouns or adjectives. Think about extracurricular activities you are involved in (Music, Sports, Art), Courses you Enjoy (Math, Science, History), Anything you are passionate about (Games, Coffee, Hiking), and especially anything words which positively describe your personality (Think “I am…”).
3. Now you Should have a bulleted list of your words. Next we need to give each word a description. This can be something serious or something funny, or a mix of both.

For one of my characters I used “Noble Blood- from a family of noble baring he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and trained in most every skill he could think of however, he found this lifestyle to constricting so left home. He took the spoon with him.”  It explains something about the person in question but adds a bit of humor to the end.

Design

Now that we have the words it’s time to start the design portion of this assignment. The design should also reflect your personal sense of style and design, I like the clean minimalist look so the ones I completed are fairly simple

1. Open whatever photo editing/design program you want. You need something that can work with both Text and Photos which I’m sure most can.
2. [Optional] Start with a picture of yourself, or one that represents you. (I’m sure if Alan where to be doing this assignment he would use his trademarked dog photo over one of himself).
3. Create the Background. Depending on your picture (size, free space to put text over, and the style you want to convey) your background will differ accordingly just make sure you use a background which is easy to read text placed over it.
4. Once you have your picture and background figured out and oriented it’s time to add the text. Start with your name, be sure to choose a font and color which compliment your personality as well as the background. The key to every element of this assignment is to be an extension of yourself.
5. Now it’s time for your words. you can orient these in any way you want just be sure to use a font and color which is easily legible on your background as this will likely be smaller then your name it’s better to use simple fonts like Time’s New Roman or Ariel.
6. Now that we have everything on your picture you need to reorganize each element. Remember this should be an Extension of yourself so if you put that you are “organized” don’t have each word hazardously placed on your background.

Now you are done, it’s not that hard to do as long as you ask yourself the right questions. Be sure to be creative with this, as I reiterated throughout the guide is that the entire thing needs to reflect you so make sure that every element is coherent and emphasizes your personality. If you put that you were funny but every description was dry and cold, I’m not going to believe you. If you said you liked hiking use a picture of mountain trails as your background.