Karim Rashid's Creative Manifesto

My favorite point made by Karim Rashid in his creative Manifesto is that “Normal is not good”. I have always said this, and im glad that someone agrees with me. I looked at his work and nothing is normal. It is all for him and it isn’t meant ot please other people. Normal is boring. Normal is unoriginal. Normal is not good. None of my art is normal, and that is why I am happy with it. I feel when people are unhappy with their work, it is because it is too normal.

My manifesto:

1.     Try new things

2.     Don’t do things that make you unhappy

3.     Find something beautiful or positive in everything you see

4.     It is okay to be reckless every once in a while

5.     Be Yourself…Never be fake or change yourself

6.     Everything is magic until it becomes routine

7.     Overanalyze and question everything. It makes you think

8.     Do something you would do if you knew you could live forever.

9.     Laugh as much as you possibly can. Cry as much as you possibly can.

10. Be as clever as possible.

Freak Factor

 Freak Factor

People in today’s society focus so much on perfection. They think that if they are not perfect they will not succeed. In David Rendall’s “Freak Factor”, we learn that it is good to not be perfect. It is good to be freak. He talks a lot about figuring out your weaknesses and embracing them because they lead to positive things. He tells us that our flaws or weaknesses, what makes us freaks and imperfect can actually be the things that make us most successful. These flaws we all so-called have aren’t really flaws at all but things that make us who we are.

One of my favorite things Rendall wrote about, was Build on your strengths. We enjoy doing things that we are good at for the sole purpose that we are god at them. We can feel accomplished or excel at them. It shouldn’t feel like work if we like doing it. No one likes doing things that don’t make him or her happy. If you like doing something you can get better easily and love what you are doing. Building on strengths is a great lesson to learn instead of trying to fix all of the things you think your bad at. When you do something you love, there can be no unhappiness.

One of the most interesting things I read from Rendall, was his third prompt about being flawless. He basically says that people can’t have a strength with out having a weakness. And people can’t have a weakness without having a strength. For example, if you are dedicated, you are also stubborn. If you are assertive you are also intimidating. If you are positive you are unrealistic. These are all very true, at least to me. Rendall made me realize that you cant be perfect. But your imperfections make you the person you are and exciting.

The only thing I understand that I wish he didn’t say was “You cant do both”. I understand it completely and it agree with this statement, but I am that girl that always has to fix everything and doesn’t like flaws. After reading this, it made me realize that I am holding myself back and if I keep doing that, I will end up like Kmart. I need to build on my strengths instead of fixing my weaknesses. If I try to fix my weaknesses my strengths will dwindle I will become normal without any strengths or weaknesses. I need to build on my strengths and focus on that in order to succeed. 

Strengths

Outgoing, Enthusiastic, Passionate, Creative, Smart, Helpful, Innovative, Determined, Good Leader, Detailed, Self sufficient, Social

Weaknesses

Indecisive, Procrastinator, Bad Writer, Unorganized, Impatient, Easily Bored, Doesn't take criticism well, Easily offended

Collapsus

Collapsus

My audio response to Collapsus

Reflection on Game Presentation

After my group’s video game presentation, I realized that we could have gone more in depth on the OBJECTIVES of the game. The object of the game was to ‘zombify’ Las Vegas and take over the city. We could have gone more in depth on how to actually accomplish this. We explained that one needs to take over a hotel to get to the next level and that is how you take over Las Vegas. We could have gone more in detail on how to actually ‘zombify’ people and take over the hotels. I also feel that the overall PRESENTATION could have been better. If we really were showing this to a company, it would have not gone well. The music links wouldn’t work properly and although the PowerPoint was pretty cool, it was distracting and a little hard to read. Honestly, I think the GOALS are the easiest to explain. They don’t have to be in depth, they don’t have to be long, they are normally simple and to the point. For out game, it was just to take over Las Vegas by ‘zombify-ing’ everyone. In Mario Kart, the goal of the game is to come in first when driving. All games have simple goals, so it is the easiest to explain.

Animation Critiques

My critique of Jake Loew's Light Man
My critique of Jennifer Applebaum's Clown Patrol
My critique of Jesse Bethea's Illuminator

Hero and Villain Animations