Lines

For this assignment, I picked my pocket watch I bought in New Mexico. I love pocket watches and doodling tiny little curly designs and flowers so drawing this pocket watch was perfectly my style. The watch spoke to me when I had to pick something to draw. It was a reminder of the fun summer I had visiting family and various other fun places on a roadtrip into the southwest. It may not be working anymore but it is still special to me and worthy of being drawn.

Self portrait

For this project, we had to choose something that symbolized us. For me, it would be all of my art supplies of which I use to create the artwork that I am quite proud of. Of course, when you see this mess of tools and supplies, there isn't anything that seems special enough to catch your eye and make you really think about it. But to me, these tools are quite beautiful things. When these things are used and put together, they create something that portrays the heart, soul, and imagination the artist contains. Much like a cake or a group of odd friends, when put together just right you can come up with something amazing.

In this class, my goals are to be able to put my ideas and artistic skills towards technology and creating something everyone would enjoy or find useful. I would like to learn how to take my ideas and learn how I can make them real and useful.

Product Improvement

 

Product Improvement

In this product, I worked with Meera and Sachi to improve the Styrofoam cup. To start off, we brainstormed the things that we didn't like about it, it's flimsiness, how it is non reusable, it's only one size, there's no insulation, and there is no lid. To fix these problems we made the following additions:

• the material to build it will be a reusable plastic that can insulate
• an accordion type design for the center to make the cup compact able
• and a lid that can be used as a coaster
• In addition we thought of a straw that wouldn't melt under hot liquids

Of course every design did have a few problems and improvements to be made. In the lid we had to add a hole for the straw in the lid. But what if we didn't want the straw in the lid? How would we keep the liquid from spilling out of the hole? To fix that, we added a tab thing to cover the hole. Next, problem was how we were going to keep the cup together when we compacted it. Between the two bases, we added the idea of having something in the bases that would allow them to hook onto each other when we twisted the bases. Finally, there was the holding the cup comfortably. We added a handle that would allow the person to hold their cup comfortably.

Grand Canyon Project

9-8-14
1.) Why do you think brainstorming was helpful when solving a problem?

Brainstorming was helpful because everyone could get their ideas out on the table to work off of and revisit as we design our structure. Not ever idea was useless as someone had a new idea because an old idea could be applied to the new idea.

2.)How did testing improve your design?

Testing improves your design in a way that helps you figure out what works and what doesn't. Testing it before presenting the final product helps make the structure stable and fit all the criteria it should fit.

3.)What are some important characteristics of a successful team?

To have a successful team, each individual must be willing to work hard and work well with others. One team member with negative attitude and no collaboration will make the team unstable as they try to work. Every idea and helping hand counts.

4.) What could you do differently?

If I could do something differently with the bridge, I would be more precise about the button design and the length of the slits we slipped the "buttons" through. I would have also cut the two pages in half so I could make a longer tunnel for the "people" blocks to travel through.