Journey Flag
Introduction
Sharon Daniel’s work focuses on social, environmental and racial injustice in the US and uses interactive digital media. Currently, she is a professor for the MFA department of University of California, Santa Cruz. Her focus is to tell incarcerated peoples stories and share them with others. Her goal is to share the journeys of others through interactive work and digital media. Your task is to create a “flag” based on an experience you’ve had. It should represent something about yourself and your individual artistic style. After you complete the flag in multiple 2D mediums, you will finish editing and creating a digital copy in photoshop.
Your Task
To create a flag that represents your personality and an experience you’ve had. It should represent you. Create the flag in multiple 2D mediums, then upload and edit in photoshop.
Objectives
Express Individuality and personal style
Share your story through your work
Experiment with different 2D and 3D materials
Materials
- Acrylic
- Water Color
- Markers
- Color pencil
- Other 2D Mediums
- Photoshop/Pixlr
Steps
- Use various 2D mediums to create a flag
- Document your work with a camera or camera phone
- Upload to Photoshop/Pixlr
- Rotate Image
- Crop Image
- Apply filter if desired
- Export Media
Save as PNG and Journey Flag Final
- Share your Journey Flag Final
| Below Expectations | Meets Expectations | Exceeds Expectations | |
| Individuality/Creativity | Copies others, no expressive individuality | Shows an individual style | Very creative and shows individuality |
| 2-D Aspect | Does not use any 2-D mediums | Uses one 2-D medium | Uses multiple mediums |
| Digital Aspect | Does not use photoshop at all | Photoshop used minimally | Uses photoshop well |
Dannie Mercuro 