Thlog 8: Bob Ross Rocks

To begin, I'd just like to say that I love Bob Ross. Seriously. Watching the video of him painting in class made the lesson that much more interesting/entertaining. Anyways, enough about Ross and his sweet fro. The videos we watched with Bob Ross and the Disney artists couldn't have been more clear in helping me understand how one thing can be transformed many different ways. Each of the artists was viewing the exact same tree, but interpreted it completely differently. Some focused on just the trunk of the tree, painting with much detail and precision. Others painter the entirety of the tree, using lots of light and colors. Others simply used black and white paints. The artists also all used different types of paints and tools on their works. The video showed me how one thing, like the tree, can be interpreted and changed into so many different things using different techniques. It is exactly the same thing that I will be doing for my WP3. Instead of painting a tree, I will be analyzing the scholarly academic article, and transforming it in two different ways - aiming it towards a younger audience, and also an older one. I'm not completely sure how I'm going to do that yet, but I plan to look into many different genres, and choose one that I believe I can execute well. I don't say this too often about school work, but I am actually into this project. I think it will be a nice wrap up of everything we've learned thus far and I am really excited/curious/nervous to see how this plays out! Well, that's it for me folks. Piper's out.