Troy Davis

Who are the main players in Davis' story? Witnesses, police, homeless man, troy davis.


What happened when he was arrested, and what has happened since? he was convicted, witnesses were coerced into writing (or signing) false statements. He was supposed to be executed but they put it off.


Where are we? What scenery or backdrops are present in Davis' story? courtroom.


Why is he still incarcerated? What evidence exists that might prove his innocence? the witnesses came out and admitted to giving false statements and that they were
threatened by the police to do so.


Which argument against capital punishment does Davis' case exemplify? That innocent people may be executed.

Minotaur

More McCain Spoofs

Artist Statement

1) What were the style elements you took from the example campaign ads? How did you make yours different from the examples. All the examples used the colors red white and blue. I made mine different by adding a different color as well. They also made the candidates name big, I did that as well but added a twist to the name to make it stand out more. They were mostly rectangular so I made my banner that same shape but I put a border around it.
2) Which tools did you use to create your image? Talk about specific techniques you used (layer mask, quick selection tools, etc.) and how you used them to create a specific effect. I used layer masking to get rid of the background on 2 images, the mcdonald’s ‘M’ and McCain. I used shadowing on McCain’s name to make it stand out more. I used the shape tool to create the border.
3) Discuss the experimentation you did on your three different campaign ads. First I just had a McDonald’s M to spell ‘McCain’. I used the colors red, blue, white, and yellow. At the bottom was McDonald’s slogan, “I’m lovin; it”. What changes did you make? For the second image I decided to use an image of McCain and a microphone to make it look like he is saying “I’m lovin’ it”. After that, I painted McCain’s face to look like Ronald McDonald, the clown from McDonald’s (or mascot). After creating all three images, compare and contrast them. They kind of get more detailed as I made more. Discuss what you like about each and what you would change if you had a chance. I like the creativity in them. I like that McCain is painted to look like Ronald McDonald. I guess it’s the theme of the banners I like most. I don’t think I would change anything. Which would be your "final version"? I would use either the first one or the last one. That last one might be too scary though. McCain looks more like the monster from “It” than like Ronald McDonald; but I guess that’s the point.

McCain2 & 3

presidential campaign art

Webby

As you surf the Webby nominated blogs from 2007, ask yourself:
What makes this site successful? It's unique. Interesting. Entertaining and funny.

Why do you think it was nominated? The reasons above. Duh.

What about the writing and art is effective? It is sent from people all around on a postcard with their secret on it.

Do they make a good connection to their audience? How? Well, it's audience is also it's contributors.

How could you use what you’ve seen here to make your blog more compelling and powerful? I'm not interested in making my blog from compelling and powerful. It's just for school.

What is a blog?

1. What about this article stood out to you? What stood out to me is that someone actually wrote an entire article on blogging. What shocks me even more is that I have to write a blog about a blog about blog.

2. According to Jarrett, what is a blog? Personally published documents on the web with attribution and date, collected in a single place, generally published with a static structure to facilitate incoming links from other sources, and updated with some regularity and frequency from every few days to several times daily

3. What differentiates a blog from a regular web page? RSS.

4. What does blogging have to do with empowerment? According to Jarret, it "gives voices to the powerless". But I beg to differ.

5.Why is i significant that your work gets collected over time in a blog? Everything is in chronological order. People can find all the authors comments in a single place. "...implies a certain amount of accountability". Tracks changes in opinions over time.

6. What does blogging have to do with relationships? Creates a relationship between "the outsider and the institution".