Creative Challenge 7

    This Week I chose a group activity that I found both fun and helpful with necessitating the creativity that once flowed abundantly but but seemingly died. It's called 1 X 5 strategy. You take 5 young students and provide them with an object.  The object can be anything from a writing utensil, to a piece of paper or even a random toy, etc. 

    Then you ask the first student to physically change one thing about the object  

    Next, you have the student pass the object to the next student in the circle and you ask the student to also change one thing about the object. This is repeated until all the students have had a turn 

Once all students have changed and modified the item one time, you ask the students to reflect on the object How was it transformed? How does it appear now, compared to how it looked before the changes were made to it?  Have the students think about all the possible uses for the object now vs. before. 

    This exercise encourages the students to think outside the box. It also helps teach students the importance of working together. When you work with 4 or 5 people who are contributing their perspective and their ideas they have to work together to come up with a single idea that incorporates all input provided. In turn, this teaches students to work together as team players and as a group to achieve something that all agree on while simultaneously sharpening their active listening and communication skills. These skills are incredibly important assets when working in almost any industry, especially in Graphic arts and design.  

I found this exercise as well as other helpful exercises on  https://artsintegration.com/creative-thinking-activities/

Creative Challenge 6

Good Morning! I am yet again in search of creativity exercises. I am beginning to feel like I have seen all that the internet offers in ways of interesting and useful creativity-boosting ideas or exercises. Then I noticed something, there is a lot of mention about these creativity tests that are science-based or professional tests that are administered to measure an individual's creativity level.  The exercises would end with such and such test this exercise proved successful.

So I thought, huh? what better way to challenge my creativity than with a test that does just that? And with the added bonus of seeing how my creativity level (at this point at least)measures up against others!

So I found a few creative tests online for free. I have taken both and found that they were both fairly similar in terms of results but different in questioning style. I tried to choose ones I felt were most likely legit tests that accurately measured creativity but check it out in the link below. I'm interested to see what anyone else gets. I've posted my results as well.

http://www.testmycreativity.com/

Learning About Design 1

I've always been drawn to the world of art. It's funny, I used to be skeptical about digital art, but I have come to realize how mistaken I was! Thanks to my professor and tools like C4D and After Effects, along with numerous YouTube tutorials, I have delved into creating digital art myself, uncovering endless possibilities. It's amazing how my initial doubts have transformed into a deep excitement to share my digital creations with the world. The more I immerse myself in these programs, the more I am convinced of my past misconceptions about digital art - the irony is not lost on me! I am truly grateful for the hands-on experience I have gained both inside and outside the classroom, as well as the knowledge and guidance generously shared by my wonderful professor and classmates. My perspective on digital art and not just art but everything we see daily and the things we tend to overlook, have all undergone a profound change, all thanks to the invaluable use of After Effects and C4D. I found myself paying attention a lot more to little things I never gave much thought to before.

I've had so much information and knowledge shared with me recently. I sometimes feel I may not be able to digest it all, but I'm always hungry for more! there's still so much more to learn and grow, especially in an ever-changing world. I've delved into the significance of keyframing in animation and the effective use of negative space. I've also learned how to optimize my workflow in C4D by utilizing all four views and toggling between them to ensure precise alignment. 

Additionally, I've learned how to use the spline and NURBS to construct diverse objects and apply various effects, opening up endless creative possibilities. The profound impact of lighting and camera placement on evoking emotions and how a scene may be a make or break if all elements are not added or timed correctly.

Now when I watch TV and a commercial or advertisement airs  or when I watch an animated movie, I can't help but think to myself, "Oh, I see how they created that." Wow, that must have taken a lot of work and time, it's so cool. 

Creative Challenge 5

 This is one of my favorite creative excerise.   This excerise is called alternate uses. I found this excerise and many other great ones online. The author of the article had pointed out that this excerise challenges participants to use divergent thinking and its fun.  You begin by giving the participant an everyday item or object then you explain thru have the minuits to come up with as many alternate uses as they can abs write them down.  

I chose a phone charger.

I came up with the following alternate uses. 

1. Tie something up

2. The prongs to be used as flathead to tighten a screw. 

3. The box to be paper weight.

4. The copper wire to create new electric connections fix other charger. 

It's hard ;)

I found this excerise on.

https://innovationlab.net/blog/9-best-exercises-to-spark-creativity-in-ideation/

Creative Challenge 4

 This week I found an interesting creative excerise.  Based on concepts from Betty Edward’s book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and suggested by Lori McNee of Fine Art Tips.

 https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/7-fun-exercises-to-quickly-improve-creative-thinking

This particular excerise is suggested to challenge your brain and has you flip your work upside down, litterally. You begin by finding a picture of a face , turn it upside then while focusing on shapes and light and dark  you are able to get a new perspective .

Creative Challenge 3

So while researching creative excercises that look to be both unique and a fun way to get the creative juices flowing, I came accross one that I like. I feel this excerise is good way to find a new perspectice or think outside the norm and really challenge the person attemting to complete it. 

The excersise is fairly simple.  The individual attempting this exercise is first asked to open up a dictiory and at random pick a word without looking. They are then to create a shory story or a drawing using only that word ,the one above it and the one below it.

The other excersise i liked as well was to pick a compound word like brainstorm or sunflower and replace one of the words with another word. Then use the compound word  to create a short story or draw a picture .

I chose the compound word toothbrush. I replaced brush with skin  and got toothskin. ewwwww

Creative Challenge 2

 So we've been asked to find creativity exercises that help boost creativity. I didn't think much about that at first in terms of how this could benefit me until now. I've come across quite a few videos on YouTube that have been very interesting and helped me to think outside the box a little bit better. I feel my creativity has been heavily muted. I find myself struggling more often than not in an area where I used to excel. I find doing the things that make me happiest now frustrates me incredibly. I saw a tube channel that opened my eyes and helped me to identify a few things for me personally that were hindering me artistically.  I wanted to share the creativity boost exercise but additionally, I'd like to share another video from the same channel that helped me in a way I didn't expect. The first video will discuss the creative exercise. The second video I'm going to share from the same channel is going to introduce and talk about a concept called the gap, something a lot of artists experience and I was unaware of until now. I hope you enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/Gy_2vcTza8c?si=5zXOFAtfW-o9nN1n

https://youtu.be/aq3WO7XT0ZA?si=nZ9UtxfqTOwe7Tdt