Final Project Reflection

I have a cat at home so I was inspired by her younger days when she would catch mice and eat beetles. She hated the beetles so I decided to make a game of it. When I came to a problem, I would take a step back and see what I did. I tested only parts that I new I wasn't too sure of it. In the end, I would make sure that the project did exactly what I wanted to do.

final project

Final Project

Help the cat catch the naughty mice! When the cat catches one gray mouse, you gain one point. You gain two points if the cat catches the red mouse.You loose three points when the cat catches the beetles.

The backdrop and the script

When you create a scratch project, you want it to be interesting and entertaining. You can a lot to make your project just that. Most people on scratch already know that the background should go along with the script. For example, if two people are going to the movies, and the script starts off with them outside theater deciding what to watch, you wouldn't have them watching the movie outside the theater in the next scene, instead, you would have to change the backdrop to inside the theater. A lot of people used the backdrops as background scenes such as in the park or on a stage. Some used it just as a solid colored background and got creative from there.

Penguin Jokes

I used the broadcast block for this project. It is a lot easier and quicker to use this than the waits. It also keeps the timing exact. When you make a script and you want the other sprite to respond, instead putting wait (12 sec) at the beginning of sprite 2, you can broadcast the last line sprite 1 said. In sprite 2, just put in the block "when I receive..."  to the corresponding name and it should automatically pick up from where sprite 1 left off.

Here's my project:
penguin joke project

Make a Block

This method saved me a lot of time and made things look neater. The make a block allows someone to create a block for that specific purpose. For example, on my project, I wanted the robot to dance, but I didn't want to have to input the same blocks over and over again.You can honestly use this tool whenever; it is specifically helpful (to me anyway) when you want to choreograph a routine for the sprites.

here's my project
make a block project

Debug It #2

debug it 1

debug it 2

debug it 3

debug it 4

debug it 5

Debugging things is easy when you think of an idea before you go ahead and try random things. After reading the instructions, think of some sort of way you can make the script work. If the script created isn't the same as yours, you could change it to your script since you know it would work. But that's too hard. You could also take a good look at the script, play it a couple of times, and then start adding or taking away things.

Link to my webpage

C:\Users\Emily\Documents\website.html

(you might have to copy and paste it)

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Art

What Art is to Me

Art is something that lets people express how they feel through designs or sketches. When a lot of people hear the word "art", they think of realistic drawings and paintings that they have no hope of achieving. But that's only one field of art; there are many kinds such as cubism, 3D, pointillism, etc. What people tend to forget is that art is not just making things that make other people go "Wow, that's really good!" To be honest, I hate those comments; yes it feels good to receive comments like it, but stop after "Wow, that's really good"; comments only gets irritating after that.
Art lets me escape into whole other universe. It lets me be myself. I can express myself in ways that other people never really understand. That's okay to me because art isn't made to please everybody, it's made to make everybody take a minute and think, look at the things in a different way. Art is full of creativity and imagination.

The Rebelious Form of Art

The type of art that I particularly enjoy working with is graffiti. To me, graffiti is a form of art that lets me express myself in a manner not many understand. I'm a person who loves working with patterns, shapes, colors, and well, just about anything. Graffiti makes me feel like I have an unlimited amount of ways to express myself. Graffiti, as one can call it, is a really misunderstood form of art. Most people know graffiti as an act of vandalism, which some may be, and a punishable crime. Most think, "how dare they destroy [insert whatever noun you like]!" Graffiti is basically writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or sprayed in a very hard to read way. It would most definately score you an F on penmanship in school. Graffiti is generally found on walls or other surfaces, mostly in public places. Graffiti is not just writing your name in a cool font or writing; graffiti can also express underlying social and political messages.

to learn more about graffiti, click on graffiti history

to find out a brief history on various graffiti/street artists, click on graffiti artists

Wood Working

Along side graffiti, I enjoy making 3D objects. I think it's fascinating that one can make a 3D object just by cutting, folding, or molding an object to a certain position and it stands. I really like working with wood. The natural color of wood really draws my attention. I really like looking at the different patterns within a piece of wood before it is painted. To be honest, I wouldn't paint the wood; just add a finish clear coat to protect it. Many people don't enjoy the beauty and naturalness of an unfinished wood piece. Just like the human finger print, no tree has the same pattern; there are similar patterns, but not the same.