Sunday, May 27, 2007

the fifth drawing



The fifth work of the computer drawing class.
This was the learning about using photoshop.

I am so happy that I use this drawing tool well.

Ha ha . . . . I want to call myself, photoshop master.

But I think I still have a lot of things need to learn.

Go go . . . . keep learning.
This was the work what I drew.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

my jewel design



The sketch of my jewel design work.
The final work of the jewel design class is to make two silver decorations, silver ring and pendant.
This time I will use the more professional tools to make them.
I will use something, such as white alum, alcohol, fire, mallet, to make the silver become soft, so after I can make it shape to be what I want.
I really feel so interested on doing those works.
So, now, I have to hurry to finish my design picture.
Then, I can stare my project.

the plot of Everyday Use

The story concerns a rare visit Dee pays to her mother and sister, after a long absence. As she waits for her daughter, Mrs. Johnson reflects on how much Dee hated her home life when she was a child--so much that the author hints that she set fire to the house, nearly killing Maggie and scarring her for life. After the fire, Mrs. Johnson raised money through the local church to send Dee away to school. Maggie, however, remained at home and learned traditional skills from her family. At the time of the story, she is preparing to marry a local farmer.

Dee arrives wearing a gorgeous wrapper and accompanied by a young American Muslim man whose name Mrs. Johnson can't pronounce. Dee offers an African phrase of greeting, then, like a tourist, immediately starts snapping polaroids of her mother and sister and their house.

The main purpose of the visit, it turns out, is to appropriate some of the family's belongings, which Dee wants to turn into museum pieces. First, she claims the butter churn, still full of clabber, saying she's going to make the top of it into a centerpiece and do "something artistic" with the dasher. Maggie winces at this because she loves the churn and knows its whole history, but she barely protests.

Dee, however, is not finished yet; next, she asks for her grandmother's old patchwork quilts. Mrs. Johnson demurs, saying she has already promised the quilts to Maggie as a wedding gift. Dee angrily protests that Maggie will ruin the quilts by spreading them on beds--by putting them to "everyday use." Puzzled, the mother wonders what else you would do with quilts. "Hang them" replies Dee.

Mrs. Johnson looks at Maggie standing in the doorway, miserable but already resigned to her loss. In a sudden rush of almost religious feeling, she snatches the quilts from Dee and gives them to Maggie.

Dee snaps, absurdly; "Your problem is you don't understand...your heritage!" and leaves. Maggie and her mother, relieved, spend the rest of the day dipping snuff and enjoying each other's company.

(the yellow words were the new words, which I learned)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyday_Use)

Everyday Use

"Everyday Use", this theme, which I read, was in the English study group.

"Everyday Use" is a widely studied and much-anthologized short story by Alice Walker. It was first published in 1973 as part of Walker's short story collection, In Love and Trouble.

The story is told in the first person by the "Mama" (Mrs. Johnson), a Black woman living in the Deep South with one of her two daughters. The story humorously illustrates the differences between Mrs. Johnson and her shy younger daughter Maggie, who still live traditionally in the rural South, compared to her educated, successful daughter Dee (or "Wangero", as she prefers to be called), who scorns her immediate roots in favor of a pretentious native African identity.

bauhaus & umbrela




The new project, a Bauhaus umbrella
Design a Bauhaus brolly made from poly (colloquial terms for an umbrella)

『 Umbrella history』
Basic umbrella was invented over 4000 years ago.
Chinese waxed and lacquered their paper parasok.
The word ‘umbrella” = latin word for shade and shadow.
James Smith and Sons 1830, England.

The process for the Bauhaus umbrella
Before I design the Bauhaus umbrella, I need to learn the Bauhaus.
After that, I learn to use the poly and do some practices.
This is my practice.
There are four different kinds of shapes.
First layer, I only use the beans, such as red bean, green bean, corn, black bean, to combine with poly.
Second layer, I add two colors, white and yellow, into poly.Third layer, I put some dry flowers and a little white color to mix.





picture layers


These were eight different kinds of picture layers, which were the much useful tool in the illustrator.
This was my first time using this magical tool.
Although at first it was very difficult to use, I still learned it very well.
After I did that first work of picture layers, I tried to make another picture layers.
Down was the second time I made the forty picture layers.
Now, I didn’t feel difficult when making picture layer.Contrary, I felt it was so fun to using this tool.

Friday, May 25, 2007

learning softwares




Those picture were found by me on a blog of my friend.

She was drawing those by the software,the little drawer.
She was a master on using this software.

And now, I am her student, to learn drawing by the little drawer.

And she is also my student.
I am teaching her how to use the photoshop, another drawing software.

We are the best friends, and the best teacher and student.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Robert Doisneau




Robert Doisneau (April, 14, 1912-April, 1, 1994) was a French photographer noted for his frank and often humorous depictions of Parisian street life.

He liked strolling in the Paris suburb street, with photographs his picture when he goes.

His most famous photograph is “kisses by hotel de ville”.
Doisneau liked practicing the photography by the intuition, but is not by the science.

And the Robert Doisneau photograph is perhaps enchanting, is precisely because likes love movie moving.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Alice Walker


Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) isan African-American author and feminist who received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for The Color Purple.

Walker's writings include novels, stories, essays and poems.

Typically, they focus on the struggles of African Americans, particularly women, and they witness against societies that are racist, sexist, and violent. Her writings also focus on the role of women of color in culture and history. Walker is a respected figure in the liberal political community for her support of unconventional and unpopular views as a matter of principle. She is an open bisexual, and sympathetic of people of all sexualities, ethnicities, and races. Her first book of poetry was written while she was still a senior at Sarah Lawrence. She took a brief sabbatical from writing when she was in Mississippi and worked in the U.S. civil rights movement.




(information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walker)

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

My joyful traveling schedule

My joyful traveling schedule

On May 11, Friday

In the morning, I will take my big luggage to my class so that I can take them to get on the passenger stock immediately after I finish my class at 15 o'clock.
And then, I can come home early to have a dinner with my family.

On May 14, Monday

This day is a day which before my traveling day.
Dad and I have to prepare our luggage for the following trip.
And, we will take our luggage to take the passenger stock to Taipei to take grandmother to a hotel to live one day for the next day travel.

On May 15, Tuesday

A joyful travel will begin . . . . .
In the morning, Dad, grandmother, and I will take the plane to Japan for a 6 days' travel, which is hold by my dad's company.
So, there also have my uncle and aunt, who are the one of boss, and other staffs.
And then, our happy travel will keep on 6 days.

On May 20, Sunday

This day is the day, which we need to come back.
And, we will take a lot of luggage than the original.
Then, we will stare giving those gifts for our families, friends, and neighbors.
But, maybe my first thing will to do is not that.
I think maybe I will stare sleeping.
I am so expected . . . .

On May 23, Wednesday

This day morning, I will take the passenger stock to go back to school.
And I think I must be so busy in order to remedy those absences.

Monday, May 7, 2007

Death Note



Death Note

This article is about the manga and anime series. For the movies based on the series, see Death Note (film). For a message written prior to a suicide attempt, see suicide note.

Death Note is a Japanese manga series originally written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The series primarily centers around a high school student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernational notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it.


Light Yagami is a brilliant, but bored, high school student who resents the crime and corruption in the world. His life undergoes a drastic change when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note", lying on the ground in the year 2003. The Death Note's instructions claim that if a human's name is written within it that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the Death Note's authenticity, believing it is just a prank. However, after experimenting with it and killing two criminals, Light is forced to admit that the Death Note is real. After meeting with the previous owner of the Death Note, a shinigami named Ryuk, Light seeks to become "the God of the new world" by passing his judgment on criminals.

Soon, the number of inexplicable deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of the International Police Organization and a mysterious detective known only as "L". L quickly learns that the serial killer, dubbed by the public as "Kira" (derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "Killer"), is located in Japan. L also concludes that Kira can kill people without laying a finger on them. Light realizes that L will be his greatest nemesis, and a race to prove mental superiority between the two begins.



(information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note)