What have I learned

There's a lot I will take away from this class. Learning how to tell a story using images as well as words will help me be a better writer and a better journalist. Sometimes words are not enough and using images or fonts or animations can provide me a new voice to communicate with. Also, I think this form of expression will help me reach a wider audience with my work and give me a leg up when I'm looking for a job.

Most importantly, however, is that as an artist, flash gives me a new way in which to express myself and to pour out what is inside myself into these animations. By using this software and getting better at it, I feel like I can communicate better, can integrate different styles of my art--photos, paintings, collages--better and write better. The articles and different things in this class have shown me the importance of writing outside of convention and of writing for an audience. That translates outside of this class and even into research type papers...I'm not convinced that essays have to choke other people with boredom. I want to engage and entertain and provoke. This helps me do that.