Today we did some bicultural activities. I was hoping to win because I wasn’t really looking forward to cleaning up but then our team sort of was having team work problem and miscommunication. Although we didn’t win I had fun.
Step-Up week 1 day 3
Today was entertaining
Step-Up week 7 day 4
Today we went spray painting, it was fun, I got to spray paint and I wasn’t that good because it was my first time. Also it wasn’t something that i’m really good with since I had stop using my artistic self.
Week 8 day 1
We had a debate about should teacher be able to punish the student for misbehaving. It got really heated.
Step-Up Week 8 Day 1
Today was a normal day except that we were restricted from the internet. William said that we had to get our images before 10:30. We had to work on our projects without the internet after 10:30.
Step up week 8 day 1
I started my project. It needs a lot of work.
Week 8 day 1
Today was kinda tough because we had to actually talk to people outside of our workforce. But it was a good experience.
Step-Up Week 8 Day 1
Today we started to go out and get interviews from people in the parks. For the group I was in I think went smoothly. The only complication was the temperature but even that wasn’t too bad. That’s about all we did today. It was a nice change in scenery, from the office building. I had a good day.
STEP-UP Week 8 Day 1 – Substance Abuse Prevention & Restricted Access to the Internet
STEP-UP Week 8 Day 1
Theme: Substance Abuse Prevention
While researching this weeks theme, I came across a bunch of rhyming anti-drug slogans and this one (shoot for the stars not your arms) immediately put an idea in my head about what I would design. The original image of the arm reaching out was showing some bruises on it, and I thought it would be a good fit for the slogan I found, so I cut it out and found the other imagery for the slogan (starry background, hypodermic needle, blood spatter, American flag, etc…). Most of the research I did was mentioning that abstaining from drug use is the most effective way to prevent addiction or abuse, so I included the hashtag ‘#abstinenceIsTheOnlyWay’ which could be used in a social media campaign (maybe it already has been?) to prevent substance abuse. When I finished composing my image, I exported a JPG which I pulled back into Photoshop, made it black and white, then applied a filter to “pixellate” it, and finally revealed portions of the original design to create the effect which I think suggests how out of focus life can get when people are using drugs. The hand is becoming more naturally colored and clearer as it gets closer to the stars and further away from the needle.
Office Internet has been restricted… Quite a few of our interns have trouble focusing while at work, so I have now restricted access to the internet during main work hours. 9 – 10AM & 2 – 3PM are times when the internet is available. Sorry everyone, but I saw too little work being done so you’ve lost some freedom, welcome to work!
Week 8 Day 1
Today we started working on the anti drug abuse postcard. I got information and pictures before time was up and I got to work. I don’t have the exported file so I have the psd instead 