Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).
2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.   
3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?
4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

1. I do have a mentor, and I currently have not scheduled the interview.
2. Graphic design overall is a pretty broad topic on it's own, but when it comes to what you do in graphic design I would to go with designing logos and designing 3-D structures.
3. I have 3 book sources on graphic design about the history of graphic design, graphic icons, and american graphic.
4. How has graphic design impacted our daily lives.

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.

Blog 7: Second Interview Preparation

Questions

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?  If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert?

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?

Answers

1. My mentor is a graphic designer who works with the city of Hesperia. 
2.  Here are my five questions.

• How long have you being intro art/graphic design?
• What college do you go to?
• How long have you been in the graphic design?
• What was your favorite and least favorite design?
• What would you be doing if you didn't work in graphic design?

Blog 6 - Advisory Prep

Questions

1. What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year?  What has made it a positive experience for you?  

2. What are you finding difficult concerning senior project?  How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you?  How might the senior team help?

Answers

1. Nothing much has really worked for me. I have learned a lot about my topic, but I see no positive experiences that have come out of this project so far.
2. The mentorship and the interviews are the thing that bothers me the most about senior project. Mostly with the working bibliography and senior project hours log. Most of them just seem unnecessary, but with the mentorship it's just challenging. The fact that you have to find a mentor, which is incredibly difficult on its own, just isn't possible for most.

Blog 5 - Interview 1 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  Is there anything I would do differently for other interviews?

2. Did I get additional resources and contacts?  What is the most useful?  Why?

3. What makes my interviewee qualified to help me? 

1. The important thing i learned from this is that graphic design isn't just about drawing whether it be hand-draw or not, but involves so many other things like photography.
2. No, not yet any way my mentor is currently looking for known associates of his in graphic design.
3. He is my mentor who has not only his bachelors degree, but also has experience. 

Blog 4 - House Advisory Prep 1

What I are hope to accomplish through my senior project topic is to know all about graphic design. I want be learn from my mentor so that I can improve my drawing skills and even learn how to draw on the computer. I have the creativity I just don't have the skill. I want to learn and create my own drawings.

Blog 3 - First Interview Preparation

I plan to interview my mentor, plain and simple. Reason being is that I want to know even more about what my mentor thinks about graphic design. So the extra questions i plan to ask are; What kind of schooling does it take for this topic?, What made you interested in graphic design?, and How many different forms of graphic design are their?