{"id":2827,"date":"2022-10-17T00:55:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T00:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2022-10-17T00:55:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T00:55:52","slug":"landfills-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/2022\/10\/17\/landfills-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Landfills Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">What did you learn?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I learned a lot doing this project. I haven&#8217;t done a lot of visual work (or any how-to style guides), so I had a fun time researching examples and trying to emulate them. I also learned a lot about the process of constructing landfills and the issues that can arise from a poorly made\/operated one. They are very complex systems with their own micro biomes and chemical compositions. I also tried using Photoshop which I am not very familiar with, so I learned a lot about that too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">What feedback did you receive? Any reflections on critique itself?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One piece of feedback that I received was that I didn&#8217;t get to the elements of satire quick enough or include enough satire. I totally agree. The main point of the guide were the pages towards the end that used the how-to format to illustrate real world issues (ex. pawning off trash and landfills on neighboring cities\/states\/countries). If I could continue the project or redo it I think I would condense the initial pages to give myself more time to complete the later ones.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">What might you do differently in terms of process or content?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Echoing the above, I would spend more time on the satire, point-of-view style pages and less on the technical ones.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">What was inspiring? What parts?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For me, it was really inspiring that I could even make the artwork for the project. I&#8217;m not a very confident artist, and I was really doubting my skills. To be able to put something together, artistically, that was cohesive and styled in a way I was proud of was great.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">Revisit the assignment prompts: how did your project relate to the original prompts, in terms of critical lens, audience, tone, etc\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think I did have a critical lens, and I hope my point of view came across in a way that was obvious. The tone felt very satirical to me and using illustrations with a child-like style helped emphasize that a bit given how serious the topic is. I also feel like the metaphor carried well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 300\"><span style=\"font-weight: 300\">How did you balance research and experimentation? Which is easier for you? How can you focus more on the areas that you shy away from<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The research was definitely easier for me. I found a lot of technical and opinion pieces online and had no shortage of information. If anything, I think I could have have spent less time researching (especially the technical aspects) and more time on the experimentation. That was definitely the harder part and something I shied away from. I think I just need to continue working on art pieces to build more confidence and get more comfortable crafting visuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What did you learn? I learned a lot doing this project. I haven&#8217;t done a lot of visual work (or any how-to style guides), so I had a fun time researching examples and trying to emulate them. I also learned a lot about the process of constructing landfills and the issues that can arise from&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/2022\/10\/17\/landfills-reflection\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Landfills Reflection<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2829,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2827\/revisions\/2829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}