My name is April, and this is my portfolio for my Visual Rhetoric class. I took this class in fall of 2014, and I really enjoyed it. It actually made me think. Our first assignment was to create a logo that represents who we are, and I chose and image highlighting the Windows 7 OS, and also a creeper from Minecraft. I love technology, especially computers. I built my first computer at 19, and for four years did all the repairs and upgrades myself. it was only when I started primarily using my own laptops did I have to rely on the Geek Squad to fix any hardware-related issues. I have been an avid user since Windows 7 came out and it is my favorite Windows OS so far.
I chose the minecraft aspect of this logo because the community I am a part of is a very important part of my life; to me, it's not just about the game, it's about seeing my Minecraft family through their tough real-world issues. I have befriended several of them on Facebook and instagram and twitter, and I spend more time counseling them or just talking to them on Skype and a gamer chat program called Teamspeak than I do playing the actual game. I was afraid I wasn't going to find a large enough version of this image and have to make my own, but luckily I came across another copy in a much higher resolution.
I chose the minecraft aspect of this logo because the community I am a part of is a very important part of my life; to me, it's not just about the game, it's about seeing my Minecraft family through their tough real-world issues. I have befriended several of them on Facebook and instagram and twitter, and I spend more time counseling them or just talking to them on Skype and a gamer chat program called Teamspeak than I do playing the actual game. I was afraid I wasn't going to find a large enough version of this image and have to make my own, but luckily I came across another copy in a much higher resolution.
The Christian Crafters Gaming Community (CC) is a huge part of my life and I hope it will be for a long time. I’m already very good with working with images so this assignment was nothing new or challenging to me as far as technical skill goes. I am honestly not sure what if anything I learned from this assignment rhetorically as it was so simple. I am used to creating gifts and things for people that are very personalized and represent that person so this sort of thing is second nature to me. I learned more about the use of rhetoric from writing the paper than I did this particular assignment.