Reflection 10

Looking on youtube, there are a tone, and I mean hundreds, maybe thousands of drawing a car tutorials videos, whole channels dedicated to them. I think ill try following a couple of these tutorial so I can get a feel for drawing irregular shapes in perspective,and then I'll move on to more complicated pieces, meaning custom creations. Maybe even a plane. Who knows?

Reflection 9

This week has been a slow one, so I spent some time watching videos and doing lazy doodles, nothing overly amazing. i saw some very interesting two point perspective videos on Mark Crilley's challenge, and i think I'll go that direction. I think I will do a sort of garage, with something in it. Maybe a train or a ship or a car.

Reflection 4

Well, I'm late. Really late. But I have done stuff. I haven't done any major drawings, but i did practice my human forms. And some other stuff. It's in my sketchbook. Which is at home.

Twenty Percent Time Proposal

For the second half of the semester, I have chosen to try to improve my drawing skills. Although i have drawing for a while know, my drawing skills are mediocre at best. I want to to improve my skills to above average throughout this semester. The benefits of this projects are it's versatility, and the plethora of support material that is available. After dong it for thousands of years, we humans have become pretty good at drawing. I plan on focusing on poses and proportions of humans, and maybe then work on humans interacting with stuff. And if I am able to get pretty good at that, faces and hands. These goals are level based, so I plan to master, or become pretty good at one, then move on to the next.

Reflection V + VI

This week I shall explore the glories of the mother board and hard drive. The Hard drive is a simple thing, compared to the rest of a computers components. It simply stores data in rapidly rotating disks, called platters, using a head placed on an actuator to write and read magnetic pulses. A marvel of engineering, hard drives retain their information, even without power, since the polarity of the disks will not change, unless interfered with. When buying a hard drive, there are a few factors to consider. A major one is the amount of space. Most hard drives are over twenty dollars, and the price increases in correlation to space. Most 1 Terabyte hard drives are between fifty and sixty dollars, depending on the read/write speed. The read/write speed determines how fast the computer can access data, and how fast it can store it.It is determined by who fast the platters spin, and is measured in rotations per minute. More expensive hard drives are around the 8000 rpm mark, while less expensive ones are around the 5500 rpm mark.
The motherboard is another core component of a computer. Basically, it is a PCB (printed circuit board), that ties all the core components of a computer together. It contains a small amount of ROM to hold the BIOS (Basic Input Output System), to setup, and tweak the most basic settings of a computer. It is important to choose a motherboard with a CPU socket that will house your CPU, else it will not work. Also, be sure to choose a motherboard with various forms of out put, to allow flexibility when setting up a computer.
Sorry for the wall of text.

Reflection I

After looking into Arduino, I went and spoke with the junior technology teacher in Magnet H.S, whom I knew had experience with Arduino. She pointed me towards various websites and shops the sell and deal with these kinds of projects, and I looked into them . However, I still hadn't purchased anything, since I still want to do a bit more research and get the kit with the best bang for my buck. I've also decided on a final project. I intend to build a racetrack, with programmed LEDS, a timers, and clocks, for small remote control cars. The whole project, kits and final racetrack, shouldn't cost over 100$.