with an understanding of the conventions upon which good works of any kind are built. The entirety of the unit was structured around a concept chosen at its beginning, which was different for each person. Mine was “impatience because of the desire to rebel.” In English class we wrote poetry and a song. In Design, we created a piece that was a representation of our
interpretations of the concept. In Web/Audio, we created a website (as per usual) showcasing the fruits of the unit, as well as an animation of a poem, a piece of music, and stylized images of our poems. All of these can be seen in this site.
This unit was more relaxed in the choice of mediums than others. We were allowed to use Photoshop or Illustrator as we wished, and our use of Flash for animations was unregulated. As such, I created frames in Photoshop which I then imported to Flash for the animation. I was thrilled to be able to use traditional art forms in Design for the conceptual art piece, and while I would need more practice to be comfortable with them, I feel like I learned a lot about how they work.