I filmed and edited a short movie for class

    I've always thought that filming things and editing videos was a cool pastime. I wanted to try it but never had the time, until now. Recently I've been learning how to use Adobe Premiere Pro to edit videos and music for my college class. My final assignment was to produce a video with effects to demonstrate my video editing skills and what I had learned. This was just the task I needed to push my creativity to the next level. I asked my friend Terry Martin if I could interview him. He agreed. Since Terry is blind I thought it would be good to ask questions that helped other people understand what it would be like to be him. Terry didn't have a lot to say but I managed to piece meaningful tidbits together to give people a sense of who he is. I really liked choosing different video transitions and moving clips to make the video flow together better. Choosing the opening and ending music was also so much fun. I ended up with a short film under 5 minutes.

I think I'd enjoy interviewing small businesses and people about their life and work but anything more serious and dangerous like how reporters deal with dialogue during war times would not be for me. Being in a dangerous environment would be too stressful for me. I tend to become connected with the people I open dialogues with. Filming and interviewing someone is sort of intimate. I know it's a great thing to care, but I have to remind myself not to dwell on things I can't control or change. I am doing the best I can with what God has given me. I am working with what I've got and hopefully, eventually, I'll help make the world a little bit better for people.

Brochure for the Every Child Matters movement.

    For my final Adobe InDesign project I was told to make a brochure. I chose the topics that make up the Every Child Matters movement. I read a lot of articles and blogs including " Click here for Orange Shirt Day information". I also watched a Netflix movie called "Indian Horse" that was very moving. Indian Residential schools were harsh and too strict on the children. Often times they would get hurt and traumatized there. Wikipedia has more information and also feel free to research Indian Residential Schools. 

    I made a brochure that explains why Christians are filled with shame and remorse. I wanted the Christian voice to apologize for the abuse and trauma that Indian Residential Schools caused. I am a Christian and I feel shame and remorse. I hope that Indigenous people can forgive the Christian religion. I want to bridge over division and hurt. I want hope of forgiveness to lay the groundwork for friendships and genuine reconciliations. I want Indigenous people and Christians to come together and make a new future, walking hand in hand as equals towards a world full of opportunities. 

    I read an interesting article called "Why some Indigenous Christians still have hope in the church." It filled my eyes with tears and my heart with optimism. In the article Jimmy Thunder, who teaches Indigenous Ministry at Horizon College and Seminary in Saskatoon, says this about how Jesus Christ was introduced to him: "The difference in my situation is, there was an invitation from someone, there was a relationship and there was an understanding that we are equal in the eyes of God. The motivation was love and just a desire to share Christ. "

    A lot of Christians, teachers, and churches are speaking for Orange Shirt Day. They are boldly vowing never again and we will move forward and protect the Indigenous people forever more. Click this sentence for what the Presbyterian church has to say about it. 

    Click here for Hearts Exchanged is a learning and action journey designed to equip Reformed Christians to engage with Indigenous people as neighbors and fellow image bearers. This co-learning setting models the sacred journey of reconciliation, preparing us as Christians to build relationships with Indigenous communities that are marked by mutual respect and reciprocity.  Participants are transformed in their minds and hearts as they are invited into honest dialogue about the harms of colonialism, and encounter ‘hearts broken’ stories and experiences. 

    Also I found this beautiful blog that highlights art and literature from Indigenous people from around the world with a Christian theme. Jesus Christ loves everyone. Regular humans make mistakes not God. Jesus protects and saves all of humankind. I hope that everyone will continue to grow with this in mind. I want to imitate Jesus and adore and appreciate everyone.

The Halloween Alien girl design was put on clothing!

    My Halloween alien girl design was chosen to be applied to clothing via Amazon's print on demand. A few products have already been sold. To view my items you have to be on the USA Amazon website, so please change the address to a USA zip code, you can use the popular 90210 zip code. To view most of the items with my design, click this sentence. All proceeds go to funding our class Halloween party.

    Below are also pictures of some of the products available with my design. The last picture showcases a model wearing a T-shirt with the brown shirt option so you can see what it looks like in the real world. 🍂😄

Class Project Halloween Design

    My teacher announced a class project for Halloween. Everyone has to create a T-shirt design with a Halloween theme. If our T-shirts sell on our teacher's custom design company website then the proceeds will go to fund the class Halloween party. Bonus marks and gaining experience on making a creative design for a fun concept made me hop on board. I absolutely love aliens. Someday I will have an entire outfit with alien symbols and logos. Someday when I can be less practical with my money. I also like Halloween, it's fun to dress up and to draw spooky cute things. A couple of years ago I dressed up as a deer girl with antlers.

    I decided that a Halloween alien would be cool to make. A cross between a cute Jack-o'-lantern and a gray alien face could be neat to see constructed. So I made one, and I added a candy bow to her head. This image design would look cute on a female child's T-shirt. Maybe my nieces will want one hehehe.

Learning the InDesign Adobe program. Made a fake resume.

    The Adobe program, InDesign is very useful for making magazine and book spreads. Anything to do with writing, and graphics like in flyers or digital zines this program excels at. For one of my class assignments I had to make a resume. I decided to make a fake one due to time constraints. I experimented with shapes and I used different fonts. I hope I can get cool jobs like what the resume indicates. I'd love to impact my city in a positive manner, helping out the businesses that make up society and influence the diverse communities. 

Vector boat on the lake edition

     I really love building vector objects. I love the Adobe Illustrator vector art style. I decided to build a boat on the lake scenery I made recently because I wanted to create something practical. I drew the main shape on paper and then traced it in Illustrator. I thought a gray and green boat color theme would suit the overall image well. I made the boat into a fishing vessel. It has an emergency canoe, and a lifebuoy, and at the front of the boat is the fishing net mechanism. I like the simplistic defined color shapes but I was encouraged to add shadow shapes of darker colors to the boat to add more depth and I also like how it looks with that technique too. 

Vector Scenery and a 3 headed Swan

     I really love the simplistic vector sceneries with bold colors and shapes. I created a mountain landscape with a forest and still lake water. Awhile ago I had a conversation about swans with a friend, and their graceful, beautiful, long necks made me want to draw one...But as I thought about it, I couldn't help but think how cool it would be if I made my swan unique...A 3 headed swan would be a cool art project to work on. So I created a 3 headed swan, each head with it's own personality and icon. I drew the swan on paper first and then I traced it and built its shape in Adobe Illustrator. I feel better now that it is completed. Like pieces of me, come to life for everyone to gaze at. 🦢