It’s a wrap. We have made it to the final blog post!!

The grade I believed I have earned in this class is an A. I deserve that grade because I have attended most of our class sessions, did all my assignments in a timely manner and commented on my classmates work.

The thing I enjoyed most about this class was the creative freedom we were allowed to have in these posts.I will apply the new skills I have learned into the Digital journalism field making the news industry a little more fun.

My website aniyawritespink.com is now up. I plan to maintain and keep up my website, I have so many ideas for it like talking about my favorite foods, ranking songs, ranking hair colors. I can use my website has an online diary and just post when I want. So far I have transferred some of my post from here onto the website but I plan to make new original works soon.

My website overall look 🎀

I’m really happy with the way it looks!! The aesthetic is so pretty the light baby pink, the bows and the pearls. I did like the simplicity of the font 🎀

I have written a Welcome post on my website  🎀

At the bottom of my welcome post it directs you to my next posts 🎀

Here is the photoੈ♡˳

The photo had the location in the caption of the photo ✿

Then I opened the app Picsart which I have been using since middle school, I love the simplicity of this software it is super easy to use ✿

Using the tools in the app ✿

So I used the free crop tool and did it as similar as I could to the assignment poster example ✿

Then I picked a free font, some fonts you have to subscribe and added into the photo the location of the image ✿

Using the stroke tool I added a green border around the text. I didn’t like the greens so I used the eyedropper tool to find a green I liked ✿

I wanted to add some more text so I looked up public reviews of the pond and decided between these two ✿

THE FINAL DESTINATION POSTER ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

START☆!!

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I think I am doing great in CT101. I have fun posting and creating these blog posts. This has been the most enjoyable class so far. ੈ✩‧₊˚

I have learned through CT101 how to create GIFs and tell stories creatively through images, GIFs, and hyperlinks. ੈ✩‧₊˚

The new skills I have developed are how to make GIFs from YouTube videos and how to make MEMEs. I hyperlink all materials I reference in my weekly posts. I have learned the history of MEMEs and GIFs which I did not know before taking this class. ੈ✩‧₊˚

I believe I am maintaining an A grade because I have completed most assignments so far, my attendance is good and I try to express myself creatively in all my posts while following the good blogger post criteria. ੈ✩₊˚

A GIF ( I did not make it)  from one of my favorite artists- Melanie Martinez the film and the album  K-12 are amazing.

The History of Digital Storytelling ੈ✩‧₊˚

The first world internet celebrity Mahir Çağrı in 2009. Established as the first person to achieve celebrity status solo through the internet. In modern society we now have so many internet celebrities from different platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat they are called social media influncers or internet celebrities.

The first YouTube video was by Jawed at the San Diego Zoo. His video would now be considered a vlog. YouTube has come a long way since then, even though many people now are saying there isn’t any fun content on YouTube anymore as people chase the algorithm. But I like my YouTube timeline it keeps me motivated and inspired when I watch a day in my life, morning routines, and hair care routines. When im in the mood to watch gaming content it’s avaible anytime in the search engine. 

˚ ༘♡ ·˚꒰MY LIST OF PASSIONS ꒱ ₊˚ˑ༄

1. RELATIONSHIPS ✩

Being passionate about relationships can illustrate your desire to maintain closeness with your loved ones and build stronger, more meaningful bonds with new people who enter your life.

I love spending quality time with my parents whether that be talking to them about my day, watching movies, or going out to eat together. I also enjoy spending time with my little sister, having a sister is one of the sweetest things in the world I love her so much. Family is important to me. 

2. RELAXATION ✩

Prioritizing relaxation in your professional and personal life can be beneficial.

I practice self-care in many ways for my mental health and to reward myself.  I practice stretching and listen to calming and positive music while I clean or do my homework. I try to keep up with face masks and hair masks because they make me feel better and look better. I am also looking into meditative techniques like breathing exercises.

3. PERSONAL GROWTH ✩

To be passionate about personal growth means to desire to make positive changes in your lifestyle. This passion focuses on you as a person, whether in your approach to your personal life or the workplace

I identify long-term and short-term goals I have for myself. Long-term would be a condo apartment, car, pets-2 bunnies, kids- 2-3, husband, journalist. short term would be getting approved for the internship, reading more, improving my sleep schedule, getting to school earlier, etc. Having a positive mindset, reading, repeating, and writing down positive affirmations. I practice forgiveness of self and others. I celebrate my progress and accomplishments by buying myself a cake or something on my wishlist.

4. CREATION – CREATIVE EXPRESSION ✩

A passion for creating new things is common among artistic individuals and employees. You might enjoy brainstorming ideas for a new piece and undergoing the development process to bring your ideas to fruition.  

I enjoy writing short stories,  publishing my opinions in these blog posts, and capturing images of the environment, food, and just things I find pretty. I like thinking and planning out my outfits the process of picking hairstyles and accessories is so fun for me. I think my interest in fashion came from my childhood BRATZ, Monster High, Ever After High, and of course, BARBIE  these shows were huge fashion inspo for me because they taught me how to dress and that being unique was okay. Personality comes out through your clothes and I have built a wardrobe wear I'm comfortable in and feel most confident in.

5. LESIURE- FREE TIME ✩

To do something with leisure means to practice an activity in your free time and at your own pace. Leisure activities can help you relax, and you might discover new passions while doing the things you love. 

On the same thing as self-care, it's important to not occupy your mind with just school and work. I enjoy my free time by watching my favorite movie The Great Showman or rewatching any comfortable childhood cartoon movie like Big Hero 6 or Finding Dory.  My favorite animated show has to be  Bob's Burgers or SpongeBob Squarepants. I love superheroes and villains because my parents do and they have passed it on to me. Reading romance books or Sci-Fi books, my love for science fiction came from my childhood again reading Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, and Warrior Cats.  I also try to explore something new like a new coffee flavor, or a new boba tea flavor, I like finding out things I like. 

“Are MEMEs Art?”ੈ✩‧₊˚

No, I don't consider MEMEs to be art. Art to me has to have a symbolic meaning behind what's being created or presented. All definitions of art point toward the use of human creativity, skill, and imagination in its creation. Some forms I do consider to be art are writing ( e.g. poems, plays, books), music, drawing, painting, digital,  and movies.  Despite MEMEs being visual forms of content they are not art, MEMEs can offer a cultural lens, and a sense of commentary, in the same way, art does, they divert from art in the respect that they offer no symbolism and are void of emotional impact or intention. 

“British historian R.G. Collingwood would say that internet memes are the performance of emotion and it’s not true expressions, making meme makers ranters and ravers and not actual artists.”

If MEMEs were to be considered art they would be the lowest forms of art similar to messaging we wouldn't say that sending a message to someone is art, would we? pop artists try to blur boundaries in an attempt to elevate “low” culture to “high” art. I agree with Kash Jordan's point when he mentions the easy accessibility of MEMEs and digital content is the main reason why MEMEs aren’t immediately considered art or being consumed as fine art.

I think MEMEs being considered art is bad for the art community MEMEs undeniably lack the substance, motivation, and humanity that characterizes art. MEMEs being used instead as a form of communication is good. I think MEMEs are simply forms of self-expression and nothing more because of the lack of creativity with MEMEs. MEMEs follow a certain format and art does not there's so much creative expression that comes with art.

MEMEs can be used for storytelling because the images and GIFs you use can portray what you're feeling and can tell a story much similar to how writing can, MEMEs when used correctly-in a way that flows, can be used to create a visual storytelling technique.

            SOME OF MY FAVORITE MEMEs ༊*·˚

Any meme of Drake is just so funny to me his facial expressions.

This Sad Ant meme that went trending on TikTok was so relatable.

This sad boba-eyed hamster joke will always make me laugh the music just ties it together.

CT101 MEMEs⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚

Thrillist top 100 memes of all time  This was a very intriguing read through the memes we can can see how society changes and how what we find funny changes with it in 10 years this list would be updated and I'm excited to see the new generation of internet memes. 

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚  Celebrating 30 years with GIFS.

GIFs have become a key part of our day-to-day digital communication and can be seen in every aspect of social media.  Today GIFs are synonymous with short, looping, animations but GIFs started as a way of displaying still images. In early 1986 Steve Wilhite worked on the Graphics Interchange File Format, and in 1995 created the animated GIF standard. GIFs became a new form of self-expression and that created iconic memes and GIFs that we all recognize and sometimes connect to a certain time in our lives (e.g Grumpy Cat 2012 & Nyan Cat 2011) So we celebrate 30 years of GIFs and we're excited to see more of it in the future.

What did you think on the first day of the CT101?

One of my favorite YouTubers: Sabrina lilianeੈ✩‧₊˚ 

I was excited about this class because it's about blogging and a few students told me how good this course was and through this course I am happy to express my creative side through my girly blog posts.

Did you like hearing about the course and its creative content? How did it make you feel?

Yes, I did like hearing about this course and its creative content. I am thrilled to learn how to make gifs and creatively tell stories through prompts. These blog post's honesty makes me feel like I'm writing in a diary.

How does CT101 compare to some of your other classes so far?

CT101 compared to my other courses has been fun and stress-free, I have so much fun creating these posts!!

What are the creative potentials of this class?

The creative potential of the class is limitless. 

How do you feel about learning new skills that use Internet tools?

 I am happy to learn about new skills and I hope to take the skills I use from this class to help with my career in journalism.

My Thoughts ✧.*

Giphy was easier to work with than Imgur. Imgur did not allow me to make any GIFs - it repeatedly failed to upload. Giphy was easier to make a GIF but it did take a long time for the GIF to be created and to be downloaded despite it being a short YouTube clip.