Blog 22: Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents ___ hours of work.”
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
(d) Explain what you completed.    
(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   
(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

(1) “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(2) "The 5 Different Logo Design Styles: Which Type Fits Your Brand? - Company Folders." Company Folders. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2016.

(3) I made a few logos based off of what I have learned from my research

(4) Logos take an incredible amount of time to make a logo. You have to come up with many different ideas. Draw for many hours at a time perfecting what you had envisioned.

(5) This help me to see how important logos can be. Simple and yet still effective.

Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

Blog 15: Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) Write: “I, Alek Redmon, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
  (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
• (d) Explain what you completed.    
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
  
• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 

• “I, Alek Redmon, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  
• http://www.seankenney.com/ helped inspire what the cultures show look like
• I have created multiple Lego Designs based off real world items

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal

Questions

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

1. I am planning to make graphic art with LEGO® most likely making video game consoles and handhelds, or the unique symbols of Marvel, DC and other non-associated  superheroes.
2. Building with LEGO does take a while to build. It all just depends on the dimensions of what your build and finding out what pieces you will need.
3. I originally had the mindset that graphic design was only for pictures or art on a canvas, but with LEGO i remembered how graphic design is in intuitive. I'm hoping that using LEGO will help see a new side to graphic design.