Reflection

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I honestly enjoyed taking this class a lot. Sometimes it’s hard to be creative on the spot when somebody asks you to be creative, but I liked it. It was overwhelming at times to get the blogposts and assignments done on time, but most of the time I ended up making things I was proud of. I like that the assignments are things that we can take with us later. 

My gif from early on in the semester, for example, was something I was really proud of. I had not worked in digital art for a while and it inspired me to keep practicing again. There was something about altering a photo to give it a completely different feeling that made me so happy. 

I was also very proud of the podcast I created with Savannah. It is so satisfying going from the feeling of “Oh god, what are we going to do” to an actual podcast that made sense and was pretty well put together. While I have not finished the video project completely yet, I feel like I’ll have the same feeling when that assignment is done too. 

I don’t consider myself a writer, but I do consider myself an artist. One of my favorite things in the world is having an idea in my head without any idea of how I will accomplish it, working it out along the way and then somehow finding myself at the end with a finished product in my hands and being proud of it. I find those moments in sculpting, music, and pretty much every other creative hobby I have ever picked up which is why I always stick with those hobbies. With writing, I know it’s the same thing, but I have never had the motivation in me to sit down and write. Taking this class meant I needed to sit down, come up with storylines, tap into my desire to write, and push past the lack of motivation In the end, I was able to produce, or help produce, pieces of work that I was proud of like the podcast and (hopefully) the video project.

I’ve learned a lot of things from taking this class. And it wasn’t just useless information like some of the things I’ve learned in my other classes. In this class, I learned how to make a gif and I will probably be using that in my future just because of my interest in digital art. I also learned how to make a podcast which is pretty useful information to me as I think I might be the kind of person who at some point in their life would make a podcast show of just talking with my friends about life. I mean I could genuinely see myself doing that for fun, so it’s nice that I know how to make a podcast now!

Speaking of podcasts, I wasn’t very exposed to many kinds of them before taking this class. I’ve listened to a few where people just talk about life and I’ve also listened to a few where people sit and give a review on an episode of a TV show, or a movie, or a book. I hadn’t realized how cool and interesting fictional podcasts could be. Now I’d like to listen to more podcasts that are set up like a screen-less TV show like Homecoming. 

I think I would still like to learn how to write better, or at least be more confident in my writing and the things that I create. I’m kind of interested in taking a traditional creative writing course as well just because it would focus more on writing in different genres and would give me a reason to write more. Writing is something that I struggle with a lot. I’m not necessarily bad at it, but I don’t do it very often and I lack confidence in my work when I do. I’ve been a musician for 9 years and I still barely write songs because I hate most of the lyrics that I come up with. If I do write songs, they’re just instrumentals. Maybe I need more practice or maybe I’m just not meant to write lyrics, but it’s something that I do want to explore more. 

I would also really like to explore digital art a lot more as well as audio production. I had some experience in both before I started taking this class, but I was reminded how much I loved it through some of the assignments we had in class. 

Overall, I enjoyed my time in this class because of the people I met and the portfolio of work I got out of it.