Week 5B

Today in class, we discussed our ideas for a Person, Place, or Thing. These were separate stories for 10 panel comics. These are mine:

Person
The Life of a Fly at Sheetz

This will be a comic about when I spot a fly while working at Sheetz. They will fly around the food, me, and my coworkers. Every time they fly into my business, I swat at them and say "Get away you stupid fly!" They then, choosing the stupid route, decide not to listen. This is when I become angry and determined to kill them. I grab a box of food gloves, or whatever is around to kill them. If I miss, they will fly out onto the sales floor and stay there for a while. Then they will come back (a deadly mistake) and that is when they meet their fate. If there's more than one fly, and I kill one, I'll look around and say "Tell your friends!!" (Me talking to the other pests that are still lucky to have their lives...for now...)

Place
Sheetz

A lot of things happen at Sheetz. I've witnessed accidents, screaming customers, even a man coming at another man with a baseball bat. Even things have happened between me and my coworkers. The reason why I chose Sheetz as a "place" is because it seems like everything runs fast and smoothly for the customers... but for the employees, it's keeping a straight face while you are slowly losing your mind. :)
OR: A movie villain or hero working at Sheetz..

Thing
My Stomach

Everyone knows my love for food. My managers know when they need to send me on break, because I will slowly become hangry. "Hangry" is the combination of the two words "hungry" and "angry." When I get hungry, I will start to become angry. I believe that this is my stomach taking control of me because it will roar (growl) like a mountain lion, I will become sassy, and say things I don't mean. In my head, my conscious will try to calm me down, saying things like "It's okay, you're just hungry." "You'll be on break soon." "Grab a small snack to curb your hunger for a little bit." but my other thoughts will say "I'm never going to get to go on break." "What is taking my coworker so long?" "UGH." I've definitely gained some control over it, my manager and I will buy a series of small snacks to hold us both over. But my other manager (who is mean to me all the time and loves to make me angry) [He's still great though, because we've gotten to know each other's sense of humor, what makes us tick, and when not to screw around with each other] will go to another manager on duty and say "YOU need to send Natalie on break NOW." because he knows me well enough that when I get hangry, it's not good. :D


Everyone thought I should do The Life of a Fly at Sheetz.

After we discussed our ideas, we had in class work time to start sketching out our scenes and characters.

Also, at the beginning of class, we got our quiz results. My guess was right, and I am okay with that.

Week 5 Outside of Class

Person
The Life of a Fly at Sheetz

This will be a comic about when I spot a fly while working at Sheetz. They will fly around the food, me, and my coworkers. Every time they fly into my business, I swat at them and say "Get away you stupid fly!" They then, choosing the stupid route, decide not to listen. This is when I become angry and determined to kill them. I grab a box of food gloves, or whatever is around to kill them. If I miss, they will fly out onto the sales floor and stay there for a while. Then they will come back (a deadly mistake) and that is when they meet their fate. If there's more than one fly, and I kill one, I'll look around and say "Tell your friends!!" (Me talking to the other pests that are still lucky to have their lives...for now...)

Place
Sheetz

A lot of things happen at Sheetz. I've witnessed accidents, screaming customers, even a man coming at another man with a baseball bat. Even things have happened between me and my coworkers. The reason why I chose Sheetz as a "place" is because it seems like everything runs fast and smoothly for the customers... but for the employees, it's keeping a straight face while you are slowly losing your mind. :)
OR: A movie villain or hero working at Sheetz..

Thing
My Stomach

Everyone knows my love for food. My managers know when they need to send me on break, because I will slowly become hangry. "Hangry" is the combination of the two words "hungry" and "angry." When I get hungry, I will start to become angry. I believe that this is my stomach taking control of me because it will roar (growl) like a mountain lion, I will become sassy, and say things I don't mean. In my head, my conscious will try to calm me down, saying things like "It's okay, you're just hungry." "You'll be on break soon." "Grab a small snack to curb your hunger for a little bit." but my other thoughts will say "I'm never going to get to go on break." "What is taking my coworker so long?" "UGH." I've definitely gained some control over it, my manager and I will buy a series of small snacks to hold us both over. But my other manager (who is mean to me all the time and loves to make me angry) [He's still great though, because we've gotten to know each other's sense of humor, what makes us tick, and when not to screw around with each other] will go to another manager on duty and say "YOU need to send Natalie on break NOW." because he knows me well enough that when I get hangry, it's not good. :D

Week 5A

In Class

In class, we took a quiz on Chapters 1 and 2 of Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. I think I did okay, scoring 70% - 75%.

Also, we took notes on the six panel-to-panel transitions. Then, we split up into groups, and discussed possible ideas for Project 2 - The Life Of ____.

My possible ideas are:

1) The Life of a Fly at Sheetz (when I'm working)
2) The Life of a Hamster at a Pet Store.

Week 4 Outside of Class

Our homework for this weekend was to read Chapters 1 and 2 of Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. On Monday, there will be a quiz on both chapters.

Today, I am attending a Design Conference for class, starting at 9am and ending at 2pm.

Interdisciplinary Interactive Design Conference

First Speaker: Todd Miller
From: Williamsport, PA

• PBS
• There for the first launch of Telletubbies

• PETS.com
• Is this going to be around for a while?

• Insight (or Inside) Interactive 
• There for the first episode launch of South Park

3 Things He Learned

1) There is no clear path to what you want to do.
2) If you work really hard and are kind, amazing things will happen.
3) Nobody knows what's best for you. Only you know.

Wawa

• 200 years American business
• 87% of people now compare their experiences to the likes of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc.
• Competitors are making investments in digital technology because of future growth.

• Mobile first

• They got a football player from the Eagles to act as an employee at Wawa.
• Used their relationship with the Eagles to promote their coffee.

Fan Engagement

• Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, etc.
• Made Wawa emojis. 

(Idea: Sheetz emojis!)

Contact

• @TODDMILLER
• TODDMILLER@WAWA.COM
• WWW.WAWA.COM

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Second speakers: Christine and Phil

MODO

• Make and communicate meaning

(Life) Lessons In Design

1) Forget passion. Pursue curiosity.

2) Keep working at it. 

• Keep producing work, even if it's little.
• Keep connecting with people.

PROVE THEM WRONG!

3) Risk delight. 

• What does it mean?
• moved their office from major metropolitan cities to Lancaster.

4 Ways To Risk Delight

1) Figure out what's important to you. 

2) Try new things.

3) Be strategic and be in the moment.

4) Be giving.

Sometimes, you have to fall before you fly.

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Third speaker: Doug

The Business of Being Right

• Most of us prefer to be shown how to do things over being told.

How Do We Convince Them To Change Their Logo?

Marking Pilot:

1) Think.

2) Launch.

3) Refine.

3 Ways To Start Using Research Right Now

1) Design Thinking

• 1 BM Design Thinking Field Guide - download: bit.ly/designthinking

2) Industry Reports

• Cost hundreds to thousands of dollars...
• but they have a lot of information
• Google search can help you find some

3) Spy Tools

Moat

• www.moat.com
• shows ads they have

SpyFu

• www.spyfu.com
• They've been using this research for the last 15 years.

Contact

• doug@inovat.com

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Fourth speaker: Bri

Sharing Knowledge

1) Set expectations.

2) Create an intention.

3) Hold space.

4) It's more than what we study.

5) You get what you put in.

Advice

1) You can't be everything to everyone.

2) It's okay not to know.

3) It's a two way street.

4) Again, meet them where they're at.

Week 4B

In Class

In class, we finished up critiques on people's final comics for Project 1. Then, we played a game for an in class exercise. I ended up scoring the most points, so I will get an extra point towards my second project.

Week 4A

In Class Critique:

Today in class, we had a critique on our final comics. Here is mine:

Comments I received:

• good job establishing the scene
• consistent throughout
• zoom closer to face on the 4th panel
• make the Professor look more formal
• The font is too bold
• Professor is too close to the students

Week 3 Outside of Class

Our final comic is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Here is a picture of my final piece:

I called it the "Oblivious Professor" because I feel like the professor in scenarios like these are completely oblivious that mostly all college students hate doing this.

Week 3B

Today was an in class work day. I spent my time putting together more sketches.

Week 3A

Today in class, we had in class work time to work on our comics. I made some progress with mine, and got some insight from Professor Pannafino about visuals and the 5W's.

Here's what I had before:

Here's the progress I made:

Week 2 Outside of Class

During my time outside of class, I came up with some possible comic sketches for my final comic. I'm doing mine based more on myself and my internal thoughts about certain situations. Except the only problem is, I can't actually act out or say these internal thoughts as an actual response in real life, due to it being inappropriate, etc.

I first found some inspiration online before I got started:

College Situations: 

1) "Let's go around the room, say your name, major, and tell everyone a fun fact about yourself."

2) When the financial aid gets screwed up and they delete your class schedule four days before classes begin. 

Week 2B