From Beginning to End

The semester came to an end faster than I thought and I will truly miss Creative Strategies so much.

This was by far possibly my favorite class throughout my whole time at UCO. I felt like I was able to do things I usually weren't able to do in other classes. It was freeing being able to let my creativity flow with each project we did.

With each project I was able to learn something new from not only Moose, but from myself which is something I'm happy to takeaway from this class.

Doodle Assignment

This assignment was probably the hardest for me. It was suppose to be a simple and easy task to do: doodle. It was hard for me to break out of that mindset that I had for other classes which dealt with more facts than it did creativity.

We also did our first blog over this assignment and I'm not going to lie, my blog was crappy. Look back now, I'm glad to see I've made improvement with each blog we did. Though not big improvements, they're improvements I'm proud of.

Letter Art

This was my least favorite assignment as I had trouble figuring out what I wanted to do and how I was going to get my pictures of letters. Overall, the end result of my letter art was quite nice.

Family. The word I chose for my inspiration for my letter art. They are always there for me and I know I can always count on them to help me through my hardest times.

Thank You Letter & Homemade Envelope

An assignment that I truly had fun with and possibly my favorite one overall. Making the envelope for Vy was relaxing and enjoyable because I was able to mix in the things I love such as stickers and washi tape. Her word she selected for her letter art was 'Home' and I felt inspired to do something related to her word by drawing and decorating windows on the envelope.

The letter writing was quite simple to do as I related to Vy's story behind her letter art. Sharing that connection made it easier for me to write a Thank You letter to her.

T-Shirt Design

I had never made t-shirt designs before so it was great experiencing and learning all the ups and downs during the process. I surprisingly had a lot of ideas for my shirt ideas and was able to execute my ideas almost perfectly to my shirt designs.

I used Canva as a tool to create my designs and was able to learn more features about the website I never knew before.

My favorite shirt design was my 'Sweet Lullaby' one which was based off a song from a boy group called GOT7. It was loosely based off of their album cover and I liked how the design basically resemble what I wanted from my sketch.

Sing a Song

The one project I try to erase from my mind as much as I can because I almost died from embarrassment. But in all honestly though, I actually liked how Moose tried to push us out of our comfort zone despite everyone's dismay.

I think everyone secretly enjoyed this one or at least for me I enjoyed listening to everyone's raps and songs. The raps were the best thing that came out of this assignment.

I wouldn't do this again because I can't sing for crap, but I'll treasure all the memories from this project, good and bad, forever.

Mixed CD

When Moose first mentioned this project at the beginning of the semester, I was eager to start it. Once we received the assignment, my mind was bustling with ideas. I was able settle with the idea of the sweet things in life.

I tried to do a food theme with the song titles and was almost successful. Despite three songs that didn't have food related titles, I was happy with my song list.

I was incredible happy about how my artwork for the album cover turned out. I felt like the it matched my song list well and reflected my personality also.

Making this mixed CD made me want to make more and I actually might end up doing that.

Video Production Game

The final assignment had me stressed out the most. Zoie and I had great ideas and we felt very ambitious when we started. We came to realize that we aren't able to do all the things we wanted so we had to take it down a notch and changed our script to make it much more doable.

Despite some mistakes here and there, the final product is something I'm proud of. We ended up with some great content that we'll be able to show our friends.

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All good things must come to an end and I'm sad to say goodbye to Creative Strategies.

I'm glad to have broken out of shell even more in this class and to take different approaches with each project.

I know I won't able to experience a class like this ever again so I'll cherish all the life lessons I've learned and memories I've gained.

Moose, I am forever grateful to be able to learn from you. I'm excited to see what your next adventure is and where your life takes you.

Until next time.