STEP TWO: Make up a list of 3 inventions that would enrich our lives.

 1. The Pen: This invention would be for people who are not really artistic, or have trouble putting their idea’s to paper. This pen would be able to connect to your thoughts and you would be able to draw whatever you are thinking.

2. The Dome: The Dome is a dome that would be over your house and you could program it to make you have any season over your house or land at any time you want. So say it was winter out and you are a person who hates the snow and would rather be in Florida soaking up some rays, well all you have to do is set your dome to summer. The dome only covers your property so if you leave then you are out in mother natures hands now.

3. Food Tree: The food tree is a tree that you plant in your yard and within a week of planting you have food on it. The tree comes in many varieties which tells you what kinds of foods will grow on it. Or you can get the Food Tree 2.0 which lets you program it to grow any food you want. This tree is really good because it cuts down on grocery bills.

Grade 11 Media Arts Utopian Invention Design: Step One

1. Give reasons for why you think Da Vinci invented the inventions
I believe that Da Vinci invented the inventions such as the parachute and his military war crafts because he was thinking into the future. He wanted to be able to create useful things that society would have use for, even if they were not possible or useful to make during his life span.

2. Choose one of Da Vinci’s inventions, and explain why you think it has had the biggest impact on modern society.
I chose the parachute because it is the one invention on the sheet that looks the most like today’s modern parachute. This invention has had a huge impact on society because today we use parachutes for fun, like skydiving. We also use it in the military for sending supplies and for troops when they are jumping from air planes.

3D Deer

What I like about my 3D deer are the antlers, although I would have made them larger. I also like the eyes and the ears. In sculptris there is a texture that allowed you to use fur. The fur looks very realistic up close but it is hard to tell from the distance in the picture. I also made the deer have a tail. I thought it was very cute but it is not visible from this view. I do like the background but it kinda looks like he is floating on air in my opinion.

What I do not like about my deer is the body. I feel that it somewhat resembles more of a cow than a deer. By looking at the finished product I would have merged the neck more with the body and made the feet on the deer look more like hooves. I would have also used more varying colours rather than just a white, grey and two different shades of brown.

Painting.

Reflection:

When we had to find a blank picture to paint like a colouring book page, I wanted something that involved lots of colour. What I like most about this picture is the wave. The different shades of blue make it look realistic. The Pink Hibiscous flower is my favourite out of all of them because of the different shades of pink and white. I also like the hummingbird. Particularly, the tail feathers. By adding the white paint in with the black, it gave it more depth and texture. It left them looking more realistic. I also like the colours on the birds back and head. The blends of yellow, red, and green give it a boost of colour.
What I do not like about my paiting are all the flowers except the pink one. The orange, blue and purple flowers caused me alot of frustration because I could not get them to look like the pink flower which was the first one I did. Halfway through my painting i started using the blur tool instead of the smudging tool so i had to redo all of those flowers and they are still not looking the way i would have liked them too.
This paiting portrays a piece of art becaus it is a painting. To me it would seem no different if it was done on a canvas or on a computer. Technology has made it possible to do with programs such as photoshop. Photoshop lets you use use different brush strokes and textures to make your painting look almost like it was done on paper. Art can be expressed in many ways and doing it on a computer is just another way of expressing it.