Sueños ReAlizAdos 12

The research part takes the longest and can be the most fun at times. Doing my research, and doing it properly at that, allows me to put forth well-thought-out projects so that I can cover a lot of information with my projects. I do love to inform! So many references to pull from and look at, and it makes planning a project very fun.

Gathering refers to my gathering of assets for a project. This can mean really anything: from getting my needed materials in making a project or making small illustrations to going into an animation.

The doing is just me sitting down and getting to work. That’s really all it is. I can just sit there for hours with the goal of completing my project and then boom, it’s finished. Music really helps me stay on track and I’d sincerely advocate for using music during your working time. That and finding a a comfortable place and position to work in.

Q: What so far has been your hardest project and what made it challenging?

A: Just one? I think one of the hardest projects I’ve had to do was my coding project in Digital Prototyping. I had to make an interactive biographical poster and I chose to talk about one of my favorite Drag performers, Bob the Drag Queen. Despite me engaging with the software in class and for homework, I was clueless about P5.js. It was really frustrating trying to learn such an experimental program when you don’t have the time to mess around. I had to not only draw elements for the poster but I had to import those illustrations, add sound into the project, and add buttons, it was a nightmare. But I got it done and Bob herself even liked the art I did for it. I almost cried. My animation assignments have also not been the kindest to me. I want to five them the love and attention to detail I’d normally give every project but time isn’t always on my side.