Artefact of the Future Process

It was quite frustrating to create the Wave Master. Creating the actual control panel was easy. All I had to do was to cut and past a few stuff. I really liked how it turned out. It was creating the robo-surfers that was hard. I followed the Boble-head tutorial. There where many steps that were hard to understand. Especially the one where you made the face of the guy look shiny like a doll. I didn't really like how it looks. I would probably do it more carefully if I did it again. The other tutorial about blurring things in the background was pretty simple. All-in-all I think it turned out pretty good.

I you click here you will see Julian's work. Even though it is not an actual artifact I think he did a very good job. It looks very professional in my opinion. You can tell he followed the tutorials by the letter. I would like to learn how to create rain in a picture with a sunny background. The cracks in the cats body look great as well. It almost looks real. I think his is my favorite one out of all the other ones.

I think that having the Wave Master would be amazing. You wouldn't have to wait for a swell. You could surf anywhere at any time. You don't have to travel to Hawaii if you are looking for monster waves. You can create your own signature wave. I doubt they will ever create something like this, though. But if it was in the market I would break my piggy-bank right away.
Imagine how cool having the Wave Master would be.

Wave Master

My Artefact of the Future

It has taken a long time to make up my mind. I decided on a wave creator. It is basically a pole with a control panel witch you stick into the sand and you can customize the waves. It will have the option to change the wave height, speed, barrel, and how close it forms to the shore. I chose it because I love surfing. I don't surf though (even though I have tried) but I love watching it. I will basically out a cool beach background and create the panel with shapes. I will try to make it look realistically as possible. I believe I can create something really cool as long as I really make an effort.

Frames

I choose three types of frames for this particular project.One for me, one for the guys, and one for the girls. The one i picked for me is a lighter han the rest so that it is more more noticeable. For the guys I chose a similar one but with a darker color. For the girls i chose a think, elegant frame that is pretty girly. These will look very good on my project.

Family Tree

The tree I chose was a willow tree. I chose this not only because it is amazing and it looks awesome. When I go to Chicago in the summer I always admire the willow trees around the small lakes. I also like that it looks as though they are drinking the water. I also really like lakes and willow trees always grow next to them. People say they look sad but my opinion is totally different. They look colorful and joyful to me. This tree will be perfect for this project.

Spring Map Testing

We have just finished Map Testings and I am actually really pleased with myself. My scores improved since October. I got higher or equal scores than last time with minimal effort. I was familiar with most of the questions. In all three of them I was one of the first to to finish. Of course, this doesn't mean I enjoyed them. I felt a lot of pressure while doing them and I had headaches. Nevertheless I survived Map Testings and I am really proud of myself.


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How to Survive Seventh Grade Presentations

I have seen many of these presentation and I noticed a lot of important things. For example, many of my classmates focus on more general terms like not being late to class and being organized. I actually made a slide about every teacher and how to pass their class. Most of the other presentation had no animations which I thought was kind of boring. I put enough animations to make it more fun but not so much that are too distracting. They were all actually very good. I wish I was given one of this presentations before entering high school to have been more prepared.