Alexia's Blog

Tutorial Video #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GzumUieDPY The first tool this tutorial talks about is the rectangle tool. You can use it pretty easily by dragging and deciding how large or small you want the size to be, and you can change the colors easily as well. There is also a tool called a star, where if you press up and down you can choose how it looks and it gives you many options. If you make a triangle from the star button, you can press A (direct tool) and change where the tips of the triangle go. This lets you create any shape you desire. Once you have this shape, you can select the pencil tool to select specific points and move them together. I think all these tools will be easy to use.  Tutorial Video #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vE-wDmw1wA In this video I learned what vectors are. These are images or creations that do not lose quality when resized. Also, if you double click a tool, you can choose the thickness of it and if you right click on top of it, you ...

 Final Project: Sketch:      My piece of art was done with HTML5 in Canvas. I decided to put a bunch of shapes together, using my favorite colors. I used rectangles, curves, circles, squares, triangles, bezier, and quadratic curves. These colors make me feel peaceful and calm. It was my first time using Dreamweaver, so it was a little challenging. I was able to manage it, and it took me around seven hours to complete. A lot of effort, understanding, research, and learning went into my piece. My sketch did not turn out to be my final project, but that is okay with me. After playing with my shapes for a while, I decided I wanted something different and it even gives vibes from the '80s.       My original idea for this project was to have all the shapes overlapping and have their colors blend, but it did not turn out exactly like that. Although some of the figures are indeed overlapping, some are just hanging out by themselves. I like the way it turn...

     The internet is a system where people can search for different web pages or networks. For computers, if someone is not connected to the internet, you may not be able to get service or connection. Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn invented the internet in 1980 so there could be communication between devices. Many years ago, the internet was used between two computers in different places where data was transferred by packet switching. This method separates data into smaller packets and then they get transferred. This is still used today, it is just a little different and faster due to all the advanced technological inventions.         The World Wide Web is where all the websites that people use are located. A man named Tim Berners-Lee created it in 1989 because he did not like the idea of having to log into specific computers to see the information they each had. He wanted to be able to access the information from any computer. When it was first created...

My name is Alexia Pez and I am very interested in this class. I'm excited to see what I am going to learn and I hope that I do not struggle in it, considering we have to do coding and I have never done that before! I am a very organized and motivated person who wants to learn new topics and skills to use throughout my life and career. Media is something I am attracted to because nowadays, everything revolves around media. The more I learn about it, the better I will feel because I will have a better understanding.  Here is my picture that I converted into ASCII Art:                 .