My Personality Type

In taking the Myers-Briggs Personality Test, I got INTJ: Introvert, Intuitive, Thinking, and Judging. I understand all of these and upon looking into this more, got seriously creeped out about how spot on it is. I totally get why I got introversion; I usually prefer working alone. I wasn't sure whether I'd get "N" or "S", but seeing the results, I do tend to think ahead in problems. The final letter, J, for Judging, is about right. I really value order, so I understand this.

INTJ's are relaxed and quiet, which is totally me, and like strategy and how things work. On the other side of things, INTJ's point out peoples' problems and don't take well to opposing opinions. A lot of famous INTJ's are smart scientists or philosophers, like Stephen Hawking, Karl Marx, or Ayn Rand. My personality is also called "The Mastermind", so Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes is an INTJ, too.

My family sometimes says that I'm antisocial (I don't believe them), which could come from different personalities. My mom is definitely an Extrovert, so I think that she just thinks differently. As another note, my disagreeing with them is another INTJ trait.

I also took the "Lion, Otter, Golden Retriever, Beaver" test, and got Beaver. Beavers are perfectionistic, like me, and need order and peace in the world. I don't think I need to say much more.

Bouncing Ball Animation

This is the first animation that I've made in Photoshop. I used the Timeline tool to show the different layers over time. It also uses two principles of animation: "Squash and Stretch" and "Ease in and Ease Out" to show the illusion of speed. The project was fairly easy to do after I figured out what I was doing. The only trouble I really had was when I was trying to do other stuff after the finished product you see.

Social Media in College Applications

Summary:

The article "They loved your GPA, then they saw your Tweets" shows some bad things that can happen when students don't think about what they're posting on Twitter or another social media like that. It gives multiple stories of people who got rejected from colleges because they posted something bad on a social media. The article also shows where the world is going with using posts in college applications and how it will be in a few years.

Surprising Information:

Lots of things in the article surprised me, including some misconceptions and stuff I just didn't know. One thing that I was unaware of is that one in three colleges has turned someone down because of social media. That's actually a pretty large amount compared to other factors that may affect some one. Another thing that surprised me was that sometimes, counselors or even other students tell colleges about a student's posts. These facts were surprising because I didn't know how big of a deal social media is in college and job applications and what impact it has.

Confusing Information:

A few things in the article confused me as well. Besides some words I didn't know right away, one of the only things that I questioned was the idea that colleges may not inform a student that social media was affecting their application. This confused me because I would want to know the reason I was rejected, especially if I had a good GPA.

Conclusion:

The information I read did not impact my views of social media because I've heard most of the information multiple times to the point where it's become common sense to me.

Photoshop Projects

In my first project in Photoshop, I kind of learned how to use the basic tools of layering and opacity, and I figured out where everything was that was different than Illustrator. Some stuff was the same, though, and that made it easier to figure out what to do. The first big difference from Illustrator was that Photoshop is bitmap based, which I learned when zooming in to erase the white in the ONW compass.


The second project was easier at first, but eventually got harder. Figuring how to select the parts required a bit of asking around, but I figured it out and made it even more precise by using the tolerance. Then, I changed the colors, which was easy after I figured out the shortcut. The hardest part was getting the flapping effect because I didn't know where to center the clone stamp, but I found the source panel and figured out how to make it exactly where I wanted.

Project three was similar to the first project, but I learned some more tools. The Text Mask was the first new thing I learned, which was a bit confusing to figure out. After getting that, I created a gradient around the text. Figuring out how to make a custom gradient with Raven Blue was the hardest thing because the panel was sort of hidden because it was set to a default of pure black.


The last project was the most complex, and I learned what most people consider "Photoshopping", or removing stuff from pictures and adding things from other pictures. Editing out the car was especially cool. The magnetic lasso was probably the hardest thing in the class so far, because drawing around the raven's head was like one of those games where if you touch the edges of a maze, you get shocked. Eventually, I got it sort of good, so I continued on and finished the project.