{"id":209,"date":"2019-02-05T04:58:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T04:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/?page_id=209"},"modified":"2019-02-15T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T16:34:10","slug":"narrative-2-digital-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/narrative-2-digital-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative 2: Digital Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Music Production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my favorite parts about digital media this year was that we learned how to use Reason, which is a music production program. While I don&#8217;t know any music theory and am not musically inclined, I overall hope to learn more about the production of music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this unit, we created and EDM song in order to practice our skills. While I did not know the notes or chords I was playing, I am still mesmerized by the fact that I was able to create something unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 SR EDM by Freestyle Academy\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F571271217&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=960\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>This a compilation of all of the first year digital media student&#8217;s EDM&#8217;s, but mine is in there somewhere. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mandalas:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of our Narrative unit in Digital Media, we took our Illustrator skills a step further and learned how to create beautiful and intricate mandalas. Using reflections and paths, while experimenting with different types of brushes, we learned how to combine different strokes, shapes, and patterns and create a unified and breathtaking mandala. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-Laser-Mandala.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-Laser-Mandala.png 864w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-Laser-Mandala-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-Laser-Mandala-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-Laser-Mandala-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-Laser-Mandala-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption>Blooming Mandala: Highly based off of natures patterns, I combined a few happy accidents here and there along with some experimental leaf brushes to create a flower like mandala that seems to bloom from the center. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colored-Mandala_10-slices-mandala-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colored-Mandala_10-slices-mandala-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colored-Mandala_10-slices-mandala-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colored-Mandala_10-slices-mandala-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colored-Mandala_10-slices-mandala-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colored-Mandala_10-slices-mandala-1140x1140.png 1140w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Colored-Mandala_10-slices-mandala-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A Piece of Me: In this mandala, I attempted to create a gradient by simply changing the color of my strokes. I tried to create more geometric shapes and patterns to contrast my first mandala. In this one, there is a little piece of me. Can you find it?<br><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-ZapCode_8-slices-mandala.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-ZapCode_8-slices-mandala.png 397w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~LorenC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/LorenC-ZapCode_8-slices-mandala-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><figcaption>Download the Zappar app and scan here to watch the process of making my Blooming Mandala and to hear my reflection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freedom Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The freedom project was given to us two weeks before exhibition. 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