This is a work by an unknown student from the NZqA examples that I will be using to study the order and sequence of a folio board.

I noticed that the artwork at first was not arranged in a sequential way that tells a story so I arranged it. What I did first was to group all the artworks that matched together and showed development and enlarged what I thought the final piece was, and then I proceeded to arrange the groupings on what I thought should come first. What I mean is that the first series of artworks on the top is a promotional poster that has all the characters and just underneath them are the merchandise posters that would be sold after the movie premiered and have a fanbase. The last series of artworks on the bottom looks more like a pamphlet or comic book for more serious fans so I put that at the last part. For the final piece, I chose what is more concise and looks finalized

Another art Study

 

    I find it hard to create a faceless character with my current art style so I want to replicate another art style that would make the process easier for me. 

    The art style of these heavily relies on the form and silhouette of the subject. This will result in a more iconic and more memorable design which is great for TCG cards. 

    Rather than aiming for a heavy semi-realistic art, I should work on the form and design of a character to make them more memorable.

Character design 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUCx3WW8s3g

Reflection on the article that was written by Chris hipkins

    Growing up I am always interested in politics. It is my passion and I want to pursue it to make a change in the world but my family is always against it. Because of my interest in politics, I was drawn to read the article that was written by the current prime of New Zealand, Rt Hon Chris Hipkins. He talked about a lot of things that resonated with me such as taking opportunities, his interest in politics, and his advice for students like me.

    There is no wrong time for us to take an opportunity. I declined most of the opportunity that was presented to me in the past. Mainly because I felt like I didn't deserve it or I wasn't up for the job. But upon reading this article, It made me realize that I should just take every opportunity that was presented to me. Hon. Chris Hipkins said that we should take the opportunity to us whether we might think we are up for it or not as we will learn and get experience regardless. This reminded me of what I could've been and what I could've learned if I took all the opportunities that I declined because of self-doubt. Moving forward, I will keep reminding myself that all opportunity is presented to me at the right time with the right skills and I should just take them as they will teach me a lot of things regardless.

    Chris Hipkins's political achievements have inspired me to continue pursuing politics regardless of what my family says. As I said previously, my family discourage me to pursue politics but seeing how Chris Hipkins and his party changed New Zealand and raise student loans and allowance, inspired me to keep pursuing politics so I could change the world for the better. His passion to make sure that everyone has access to further education and training re-ignited the part in me that wants to fight for everyone and to fight for their rights and give them a better quality of life. Chris Hipkins stated that he found interest in politics when he was at University and that he joined student associations and various causes to feed his passion. This gives me insight into what to do in order for me to have an outlet for my passion as well. This has encouraged me to join multiple clubs, associations, and extracurriculars that have something to do with leadership in order to not only hone my interest but also to gain some skills and experience. In the end, Looking at how Chris Hipkins started his political journey and interests helped me find something I could relate to and helped me realize that just like me he was just once a normal student but he became extraordinary and became the prime minister of New Zealand

    In conclusion, Reading the article that was written by the New Zealand prime minister, Chris Hipkins has helped me in more ways than one. His advice and insights are useful for young students like me as it sparks courage to take an opportunity that is presented to us and not let self-doubt get the better of us. His journey to become the New Zealand prime minister has helped me realize that he was just once a normal student like me and has face struggles and hardships in order to get where he is right now. It inspired me to keep pursuing the things that I want despite the hardship, and despite the opinion of my parents

Creating a TCG for my art portfolio

 I am inspired to create my own TCG or trading card game. I want my TCG to be some sort of roleplay where there are no winning just an ending and the story/lore that the player decided to create. kind of like Dungeons and Dragons.

Research and inspiration:

My main inspiration is the current red tagging and abduction of protesters in the Philippines just because they call out the government. Some of the events and cards in this game are based on real historical events in the Philippines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3oAsda1tlc

Mechanics: 

There are three things that the player must keep watch of in order to "win" the game

    The Charisma

    The Power

    And The economy

Certain cards and events will influence these meters and some players depending on their playstyle would disregard one or more meters.

At the very start of the game each player get 4-6 draw cards. And only in the start they could void the cards they don't want or can't use and redraw it to get another set of cards

Players could trade or give cards with each other

Players could be chose to ally with each other and/or betray them in later rounds

  There are 16 rounds in the whole game and the winner will be the player who is in the "lead"

If all player lay down a card, then everyone will recieve 1 card at the end of the round.

A player could end their turn by either playing 1 card or drawing 1 card

Dice will be used for chance events

Type of cards

 certain cards have good and bad type that only certain types of players could use

    Player cards

• Each player card is unique and has different buffs and debuffs
• Lead is the player that is leading by 2 meters 
• if two or more player is on the lead then they will roll a die. Who ever got the lowest score will have -1 deducted to all their meters

    Event cards

• Some of these cards have special effects such as allowing twice the use of cards, doubling meter effects     
• Some events last for more than one turn

    Draw cards

•    These are the main playing cards that affect the meters and affect the players
•    Good cards add +1 to the reputation
•    Bad cards remove -1 to the reputation

   Reputation

        - reputation only adds to the story and is not as important to the gameplay like other meters

Type of player

    Everyone starts off as a neutral player. However, some cards either add a positive or a negative reputation to the player. Some events are also advantageous or disadvantageous to certain types. A player could redeem themself or go the opposite way

Player card

    Pink maiden

        - using this as your player card will double the economy scaling however you start with -5 power and -10 charisma. 

        - You could also only use good cards

        -  negative charisma affects you more(2x)

        - the revolution event doubles your power scaling

    Red tyrant

        - using this as your player card will double the power and charisma scaling. However, you start with -25 economy

       - you can only use bad cards

       - negative economic affect you more

       - Revolution has a chance to make your power and charisma -35 each turn(if a die roll a 6)

       - Martial law will increase your charisma and power 3x

   Yellow Lady 

       - your economy scaling is 0.5x

       - your power scaling is 1.5x

       - The death of the yellow man(draw) card will trigger the revolution event when someone is using

    Tyrant's first lady

       - Economy scaling is 1.5x

       - power scaling is 0.5x

       - Martial law will increase all meters by 3x

       - Revolution has a chance to make your power and charisma -35 each turn

    Propagandist President

       - Economy scaling is 0.5x

       - Power scaling is 2x

       - Charisma scaling is 3x

       - 4x more vulnerable to the journalist card 

       - Revolution has a chance to make your power and charisma -35 each turn

       - you can only use bad cards

    Revolutionary President

       -Charisma scaling is 2x

       -Power scaling is 2x

       -Can only use good cards

       -If charisma drops below 0 the charisma and power scaling will both drop to 0.5x 

       -Able to start a revolution once 75 charisma and 70 power but will deplete it back to 5

    Iron lady

       -Charisma scaling is 1.5x

       -Economy scaling is 1.5x

       -Immune to Online trolls

Draw cards 

    Journalist(good)
        - using this card will boost your own, or other's charisma and power by 5 

        - if used against a bad player(someone with -rep)  it will remove 5 power and charisma

    Propagandist(bad)

        - Using this card will boost your own or other's charisma and power by 5

        - could be used against anyone to remove 5 power and charisma 

    Online trolls(bad)

        -Using this card will damage other's charisma by 8 

    Public eye(good)

        -Using this card will damage other's charisma by 8 

    Celebrity campaign 

        -Using this card will boost your own charisma by 10

    Recession 

       -Using this card will damage other's economy by 10 

    Targeted propaganda

        -Using this card will damage other's power and charisma by 8

    Good governance(good)

        -Using this card will boost your own economy by 10

    Nepotism(bad)

        -Using this card will boost your own power and charisma by 10 but affect your economy by -10

    Drug trafficking(bad)

        -Using this card will boost your own economy by 10

    External allies

        -Using these cards will boost your own power and economy by 15

        -This card could also be used for countering targeted draw cards

     SONA 

        -Using this cards boost all 3 meters by 5

    Debt pardon

        -This can be used towards you or other players

        -Can only be use if the target's economy is in the negative

        -Using this card will reset the negative economy back to 0

    Fake news(bad)

        -add or damage your own or other's charisma by 5

    Embezzlement (bad)

        -Add 8 to your economy while removing 2 economies to other players

    Prisoners of war

        -Add 8 power to users 

    News media (good) 

        -add or damage your own or other's charisma by 5

    Accountability(good)

        - if us11d against a negative reputation player it will deduct -3 to all their power and charisma and add +2 towards the summoner's power and charisma

        - Can only be used towards negative rep player

    External allies

        -add 4 power to users

    Death of the yellow man (rare)

        -damage your charisma by 2 but add power by 5

 

Event cards (last 3 turns unless stated otherwise)(doesnt end turrn when summoned)(one event can only exists over time and an event overrides other events)

    Revolution

        - makes the summoner's power and charisma scaling 3x

        - the person in the lead is 2x more vulnerable to draw cards effects

    Eye of the public

        -this card will make your or someone's power, charisma, and economy scale 3x and also be more vulnerable by 3x

    Martial law(bad)

        -This will make your own or someone's power scaling by 3.5x

    People's power(good)

        -This will make your own or someone's power scaling by 3.5x

        -can only be used for postive rep player

    External intervention

        -If summon by a good player, the bad players scaling will be lowered to 0.5x vice versa.

    

    Documentation

I noticed that keeping scores is a bit hard especially with multiplayer and such so developing an application to keep scores could be useful. Or a white board for offline gameplay 

I noticed that iron lady has unbalanced buff

It is hard to keep which round is it is a bit hard and what event is on going 

Im gonna add a white board that keep tally of all the meters, round, and events

The score keeping is a bit confusing but the scores will be added independently.

 

Things I learned when preparing for an interview

    Sitting in an interview is an important part of our life. It is a helpful skill to answer an interview confidently. The main key points I had taken away from MyMahi preparing for an interview course are to be confident and organized and to know the subject thoroughly. It taught me the STAR method when Im answering an interview about the things that I had done before. S stands for the situation which describes the situation where I had to do something; T stands for Task where I describe what my task is: A is for action which refers to what I did; R is for the result which is the result of the situation. This technique is used to appear skillful, communicate better, and seem more confident. In conclusion, preparing for an interview course tells me to be more confident and believe in myself that I know what I'm doing.

Sequences and Series

 

                 

                The order I think that the sequence of the series is from the logo, the icon, and lastly the poster. The logo of the company is what the company stands for, it is what your company's visual representation is(Allen, 2022). And an icon is the symbol of the brand it is like the summary of the logo (Allen, 2022). I put the logo first before the Icon and the symbol as it helps people understand what their goal is and more people will understand the content of their poster.

In the logo, I put the drawing of the mountain first as it is their idea, and then the mountain with the A symbol as it is their idea with their identity on it. Then comes the symbol with the dates on it as it has more information about their product on it. And lastly, they refined their design with all of the elements in it.

The same thing happened with the Icon, first, they thought of an idea first and then implemented their own design, and then refined it. In their final product, we can still see their elements and their original idea. In the end, they just combined and refined their ideas and the elements of their company.

With the poster, they did it systematically. They first laid out the layout of what the poster will be. Then they tried the layout with only the name of their company, then with the information they want to include. And as a final product, they used the layout with both their brand name and the information they want to put in.

In conclusion, you could see the process of each artwork and how they incorporate both their ideas and the elements of their brands. You could see how both of them retain in each refinement and reiteration. 

References

Allen, N. (2022, October 28). Logo Vs. Icon: What Is the Difference? Namecheap. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.namecheap.com/guru-guides/logo-vs-icon-explained/

Athletics day

     Yesterday was the sports day; it was fun and exciting but also very tiring. A little bit about me is that I am not a big fan of sports, so I wasn't looking forward to the athletics day. However, the day was much more fun than I anticipated. I am thrilled that I attended as I got to experience cheering with the crowd, reconnecting with my culture, and I got to experience something new.

    During the last hour of the day, there was a relay game between the different houses. It was a lot of fun to watch and to join the cheering of my fellow housemates for our house. Being part of a cheering crowd is fun no matter what. Even though we did not win that many rounds, I am still happy that I got to be part of something.

    Around lunchtime when we had free time, my fellow Filipino friends and I played a bit. We played our local sports or a local outdoor game called "Bingo". I used to play that game when I was a kid and it was nostalgic to play the game again. I am grateful that I had the chance to reconnect with my culture again even though it's just for a little while.

    As I said above, I am not a big fan of sports so I don't normally play it on an everyday basis. Athletics day introduced me to sports and it was much more fun than I expected. I got to have physical activities in a fun way and in a way in which I don't feel tired at the moment. Though when I got home and got to rest, Immediately fell asleep and woke up the next day. I slept for 13 hours around 4pm-5am the next day.

    Overall, I was not looking forward to athletics day before, but when I got to experience it, it was a lot of fun and exciting. I got to have a break from academics and got to experience something new. I might look into some sports now such as basketball as the sports experience was a unique pleasure. I am thankful that I attended the athletics day. 

Art blog post 3

 

Colour - I used the same colour scheme as the original artwork and I've made it pink. Although the process of transferring the files from my phone to my device altered it a bit. But the message still pans across.

Space - Just like the design, there is a lot of empty space.

Line - The line of my painting are also thin and precise just like the original artwork

   Colour - I made the colour monochromatic with red contrast color just like the original artwork

Technique - In the original, the artist use photography but since I do not have photographic skills I have to find a workaround and draw instead. 

Contrast - The colour red contrast the monochromatic background just like the original artwork

Colour - I made the colour scheme filled with cool colours just like the artwork

Technique- I replicated the unity of the painting through repetitions of the arches, mountains, and wavy clouds.

Space - just like the artwork, there is not a lot of dead space, and each space is being used but is unified in a way that the artwork doesn't look too loud.

2.3 - panel one

Here are my logo practice and initial concepts to brain storm some ideas down

artist I studied

My logo design was too complicated and messy as there is so many elements. The teacher sent me this link to study this artist who also has a lot of ideas and elements in their work but they used different techniques to make it work and look good. One of the technique they did is they used multiple lines to create textures. I tried doing it on my logo and it looks good but far too complicated for my logo. The other technique they used is using opacity to lower and make them match together without looking too messy. I used this technique on my logo and it worked really well. 

Art blog 3.2

 My artist selections are:

    Traditional: Aunt Franzi

    Contemporary: Barbara Kruger

    Aotearoa: Katie Kerr

Google slide presentation

English

     English is one of the ways that I can express my views and opinion on different topics that are controversial, sensitive and etc. Writing is my way of saying things very clearly with little to no chance of misunderstanding. This year, I want to improve my public speaking and presentation skill, I want to write more precisely and straight to the point, and I want to write more essays.

    Public speaking or social interaction is one of my biggest weaknesses. However, this year I intend to work on that, the more I grew up the more I realize that public speaking is a very important skill in adulthood. So I intend to work on that in English class.

    My writing style is often very long and bore people out. I often ramble about different subtopics and beat around the bush. I want my listener or reader to retain their attention on my work more and intend to cut out more unnecessary details in my essays or story. I hope that this class helps me with my messy writing skills.

    Speaking of writing skills, I really enjoy writing and I would say I excel at it. However, there is still a lot more room for improvement. I want to write more essays and stories in this class so I further enhance my vocabulary and practice making the content of my literature more interesting to read or listen to.

    In conclusion, I want to work on my Public speaking, fix my messy writing, and further improve my writing skills, even though I am confident in my own writing. I would say that my skills are at 8 out of 10 and there is still room for improvement. I believe that literature is very important and fundamental in our current society, so I want to focus on it more and improve my skills in it.

    To make sure that my assessments are on time, I will use the time that the school gave me to finish my work, including the SDL. I would also try to minimize my distraction at school so I can finish my work faster. 

    I am willing to learn and be open to everything and even people's opinions even though they differ from mine to help me succeed. My personal perception of life is that everyone is human and makes mistakes so we must use our and others' past mistakes as learning material to try and minimize further mistakes to help us in our success.

    I follow the timetable that the school gave to me in order for me to manage my time. I will respect everyone's time and try my best to show up in time for every class and finish and submit my work on time as well. I will be utilizing my school time as effectively as possible so that I can manage my time properly and submit my assessments on time.

Art Blog

  

    The picture above is the mind map I made during art class. It contains my rambles and some notes on the side that will help me create the art and idea I am visualizing. This diagram, it contains my personal philosophy and the reason why I am currently doing art. My art mostly stems from politics and injustices, which is one of the reasons why I like Barbara Kruger works.

    These are some of my artwork before I picked DES as my class. I was really into drawing things that I like, especially the people who I admire or look up to. I was really into art when I was younger, and during my adolescence, my interest in politics and activism got mixed in.

My mood board

My annotated bibliography

    I picked Post-modernism for my construct. Post-modernism is a construct of art in that the meaning is relative and differs from person to person, thus the meaning can always be relevant at any time. Although the era of which Post-modernism began, it is still contemporary with the state of our planet that we live in. For me, I believe that the meaning of an art piece is relative, with our different experiences and culture the way we view an art piece may change from person to person. I also want to create a piece that is contemporary and informs those who are ignorant about the disinformation and misinformation that is going on around the world. And lastly, I wanted to not only limit myself to one construct but seek to experiment with multiple types of constructs to create my own art so that I could find an art style I am confident and comfortable in. 

    Art is relative, I believe that no art is "bad" or "ugly". Each piece of art has its own meaning and purpose, the scale of art is not only limited to how aesthetically pleasing it is to our eyes but also the meaning, composition, and personality of it. We can compare art to handwriting, each one of us has different handwriting and some have better handwriting than others, but in the end what matters is what we write and the contents of what we write, not the visuals of it.

    Going back to my mindmap, most of my philosophies and ideals root back to politics and injustices. There are a lot of corruption and injustices that are happening around the world and one of the reasons why that still exists to this date is that there are still people who are either silent or ignorant about the event. A quote from Edmund Burke "The only thing that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." We can eliminate most of the evil systems and entities in our world if the majority of us are informed on what's going on. Just like news and journalism, I intend to use my art to inform the crowd that might be a sheep that is blindly following an evil shepherd.

    You can see in my mood board that there are some concept art and some editorial art in there, that is because I want to keep an open mind and gather as much material as I can learn from and use to help me compose better art. I always strive to become the best version of myself, and keeping an open mind and looking at other materials in other art that might not fall in my construct or category is a great way to learn. I believe that when it comes to learning, there are no rules that we need to follow, we can learn from other stuff that might not seem related to what we are doing or learning. As long as we keep an open eye on things around us, we have much more stuff to learn and do. We can learn as long as we are curious and interested to seek further knowledge.

    In conclusion, I believe that art varies from person to person, that's why I chose post-modernism as my construct because it aligns with my philosophies. Like Barbara Kruger, she uses her art to spread a message and use it as a form of activism and I intend to do the same, I want to spread as much information as I can to the people to let them know the injustices and the privileged that they are having. And lastly, I believe that learning has no rules and we should explore as much as we can even though it is completely different or opposite from what we are learning. As long as we are curious, there is a lesson from everything, even from our own mistakes.