Welcome to my site!

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Kristina Chin is a student at Howard Community College, working towards her Associates in Game and Simulation Design. She has four years of student experience in graphic design, and is proficient in GIMP, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop. She also has three years experience as a student in HTML, and a basic knowledge of CSS. Her works range from traditional drawing, digital photography, graphic deign, 3D modeling, and painting. Her work has been featured in the Walters Art Museum for the 2012 Doodle for Google exhibit in which she was a finalist for the state of Maryland.

"Here is a collection of what I deem my best works in the different categories of art that I have explored. You can find more of my work, and information about me on my DA Portfolio, linked through any images on this page. I hope you enjoy viewing my online gallery."
-Kristina Chin

Traditional Paintings
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Digital Art
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Traditional Drawings
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Digtial Photography
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Process

1. When designing the pieces in my portfolio, I took into consideration the style that I felt would be most dynamic and pleasing, and how to make sure the content looks most interesting for other viewers. I choose light on dark for writing since I thought it was easy to read, but still standing out of other pages.     I also used art pieces that I've done in the past and created a background to incorporate with the template for Blogger. For all of my posts I tried to incorporate pictures to help the reader focus on the topic or make them more interesting.
2. I think that the final product was worth the time I put in since I created something that I liked visually and served it's purpose of my portfolio.
3. What I would do differently next time is think more about how other people might have issues in certain choices that I made with art in mind, and instead make sure it's more functional for more people, and I did have some complaints about the font and colors, which I tried to edit while keeping to the feels I wanted.

Learning Outcomes

1. I have mastered basic HTML by learning the differences between the HTML I was used to working with before HTML 5, and being able to adapt to HTML 5. Creating the webpage was very helpful in mastering this skill as I learned which tags were decremented, such as the align tag, which is one I used frequently.
2. In communicating online, I learned how to better keep my tone professional, since I am more used to speaking with friends online. I learned to keep smile faces and terms such as LOL out of my commentary. I also learned more ways of communication, such as with a tool like canvas.
3. Digital ethics was an incredibly interesting topic that I feel I learned most about. I hadn't realized that there are some types of content that just anybody can use, such as content from a hundred years ago, and I also learned more about copyright laws and making sure that not infringing somebody's copyright. I also learned more about the legal issues that accrued with the SOPA and PIPA bills and how they were misrepresented to the public. 
4. Evaluating online content was a skill I had previously learned, although I did learn more about how to follow up by checking out the person who writes the article and what authority they have.
5. Information security is also something I learned more about as I learned that updating my passwords is a necessity  and well as being careful about sites that use my information. Making sure that the site is secured for example.
6. I think that Internet business was an interesting topic, but not one that I can see myself getting into as a serious business. The problems, for example that I learned about it is how to organize things that I'm selling, paying for storage space and the ways to ship it out to other people. And I think that I wouldn't be able to get into a certain market or specialize anywhere successfully.
7. Web 2.0 was something new that I learned deals with how the Web has developed from it's initial state of being individual pages that only the government, companies, and schools could access, but now is a huge     linkages of many pages connecting anybody with Internet access, and allows anyone to post content.
8. i learned about the different ways to search for information on the internet, besides just Google. I had not know before about networks provided by the school for example, or about meta searches  although I had used one before. Although I think that Google is the most reliable and easy to use, I still think I'll try using the school's search for class assignments int he future. 
9. I think the Internet as a technology has comepletely changed our way of working and communicating with each other daily. We can now speak with people globally, through email or even video chatting. We can share news, ideas, stories, any type of information. 

Your feedback

1. I enjoyed this project because I was able to customize it in a way that helped me value it as a work piece. I think that using more Internet tools was a fun and engaging way of learning more about the internet in this course.

TheGallery.Com

Troy Bennett

Mahjabeen Hussain

Kristina Chin

Sydney McCormick

Link To Our Presentation

A non-for-profit for the betterment of small communities through restoration projects, by promoting up-and-coming artists.

Start-up costs:
Website $25/Monthly
PayPal fee - 2.9% per transaction fee (for total sale amount) plus $0.30 for each transaction.   

Marketing:
TheGallery.com (Business website)
Social networking/E-Commerce (DeviantArt, Facebook, Twitter.)
Local Sites: (Warehouses, Gallery spaces. etc)
Advertising: (Posters, Ads, Social Media.)

Goals:
By selling artwork from various new artists on sites such as Ebay, we hope to raise money to restore run down buildings within the city. These restored buildings will serve as small “galleries,” which will help to promote these new artists. 

Business Plan : Selling donated or sold artwork. All proceeds go to the restoration projects, and other special interests groups. Payments and delivery:  Payments will be due online, through  pay-pal. Since this is a non-profit organization, we will make enough money for supplies and advertising, but we will not make any personal profit.

Many browsers us how to maximize security settings and keep yourself safe when connecting to the Internet.

 In order to maximize your security in different browsers, you should know where each browser keeps it's setting information. Google Chrome has it's setting information in a drop down at the top rightmost side of it's bar under the icon that looks like three bars. Firefox keeps it under it's options tab, under the orange drop-down bar at the leftmost side of it's bar. Internet explorer has it's setting information under options in the icon that looks like a washer.

There browsers are the most widely used, and the most reliable, so I will go over these in order of what I have found to be the best at speed and security.

#1: Google Chrome
In order to get to Google Chrome you go to the icon at the top right that looks like three bars.
Go to Settings.

 This opens up a new tab that shows the settings such as signing in, where Chrome will start up when it opens, the appearances for the Google website, what search engine will be automatically used, the users who are logged in the browser, and the default browser. Under this you will see a link that says advanced settings.
To get to setting that edit security in chrome hit this, and you will see
information for Privacy on Chrome, Passwords, Web content, your Proxy, or Network settings,  Where to save downloads, information on Https (secured websites), and background applications.

a) Privacy should be set to Enable phishing and malware protection, first, then go to "Content settings." For cookies, you should try to save as few cookies as possible, so you should only keep data for until you quit your browser.
b) Handlers, you should also sites to ask before they become defualt handlers of protocols. Here you can close your privacy mini-window.

c) Password and Forms: You shouldn't save your passwords on the web because if you leave them save in anybody can come behind you and get into your accounts, taking information from things like your email of social media.

d) Network: go to change proxy settings:
-> Security.
Enable protected mod should be checked, Your security level should be from medium to high, under internet, Local Internet, and Trusted sites, while Restricted sites should be at the most high level and have enable protected mode.
-> Privacy: Also have your security level from medium to high, Turn on pop-up blocker, disable toolbar extensions, and you can mange your sites under here as well by clicking sites, typing in the URL, and adding that to either the block or allow list.
 -> Content: Holds your Parental Controls, Content Advisory, Encryption, and AutoComplete settings that you can edit as administrator.
-> Also you can go to Advanced:
 This holds under Security, checks for what can get into your computer, like allowing software to run or install even if the signature is invalid, saving encrypted pages to disks, Enable Authentication for Windows Enable Memory protecting from online attacks, warn for secured and unsecured zone changes etc.

With these you can help to maximize your Internet security in Chrome.

#2 Firefox:
Go to the Orange Tab and click Options.

 a) Security: You can allow the computer to warn you when sebsites are installing add-ons, block reported attack sites, block web forgeries, and choose to not save your passowrds.

b) Privacy: You can choose not to be tracked by websites, or to save cookies.

c) Content: You can Block pop-up windows, or enable JavaScript, 

d) Advanced: Warn you when websites try to redirect you, and submit crash reports.



#3 Internet Explorer:
First to got the Icon that looks like a Washer.
Then  you can get to the settings for Explorer.

-> General: Here you can choose your default homepage, Chosoe tot delete browsing history constantly, and choose your search defaults.
->  Security: Choose the levels of Security from Medium to High for the Internet, Local internet, Trusted Sites, and Restricted sites.
-> Privacy: Turn on Pop-up Blocker, Never Allow sites to find your phyiscial location, Disable toolbar extentions, and select the security level under Sites, Imported files, or more.
-> Content: Parental Controls, Content Advisory Encryption Certificates, and AutoComplete.
-> Programs: Enable/Disable browser Add-ons.
->Advanced: This holds under Security, checks for what can get into your computer, like allowing software to run or install even if the signature is invalid, saving encrypted pages to disks, Enable Authentication for Windows Enable Memory protecting from online attacks, warn for secured and unsecured zone changes etc.


These were the Three browsers that I found can be very useful in selecting security measures for your computer.

Kristina Chin's DeviantArt Account:

I have created a Professional DeviantArt Account.
Deviantart is a site used for all types of Artist to display, share, and sell their artwork.
Many highly acclaimed artist are on DeviantArt, including some of my favorite artists like Leonid Afremov.
Having a Professional DeviantArt account could help me in my goals for the future and in my career path, which is why I choose DeviantArt for my Career-building Profile.

My Twitter Account!
I'm having a lot of fun with this tool.

https://twitter.com/KristinaChin

My Prezi on Search Engines
http://prezi.com/mkmi59vakl4n/search-engines/?auth_key=33e0a5e1fb665667e2e4b21a67d1a2bbd2b4cc14

 

          If I were to create a website, I would create a well functioning and independent art portfolio. As an artist a digital portfolio is a necessity for getting my work out there, and is ussually required by an employer to see your skill level in consideration for future assignments. If I were to create an online art portfolio I would put different variations of my best work, showing how I'm versatile in different types of work from photography to painting, as well as work that I feel best represents me. I think that having a digital portfolio would be a good investment if I could make one successfully that in a site itself would display my knowledge in design.

         Some examples of online portfolios are Marisapassos.com, Kenart.net, and Raingate.net. 

       Marisapassos.com shows the author, Marisa Passos has a masters in Graphic Design from the University of Porto, and has experience in all adobe programs, as well as Sony Vegas Pro, Cinema 4D studio, and Dreamweaver. The site is organized well through a sidebar that links to all parts of her site, from her actual gallery to her accolades and services. The design is also amazing as when you first link tom the site you get a awesome looking moving graphic of a purple could falling from the top, which shows both Marisa's ability as a web designer for how she was able to program this, and as an artist for how aesthetically it looks great.

     Kenart.net is a portfolio that shows that Ken Wong, the artist is an Australian digital artist and designer who is actually in the field, having been the art director for the game Alice:Madness Returns, which is a critically acclaimed game, and his being featured in different animation and computer gaming fests and conventions. The site itself is simple when you first get into it, but by clicking the different images and links shows more of his work in the different fields he's worked on. Organization wise, it could be better, and the design is less stellar than I would have hoped. But his work itself is what makes the site as he is a very good artist.

   Raingate.net is a portfolio that shows the work of Michelle Hoefener, who has a bachelors or Fine Arts in Game Art and Design from The Illinois Institute of Art, has worked as a concept artist for Midway Amusement Games, and as a graphic artist for Custom Screen Printing & Embroidery, aside from her freelance works for different clients. She is a very popular artist also on DeviantArt, where she's won two Daily Deviation Awards and has been features in "Invite Exotique 3 by Ballistic Publishing. The site itself is simple and easy to maneuver, and the design features her own work even int he background which is a plus.

    From seeing these other websites from these artists, some of the things that I really liked were some of the features in designs, such as moving graphics, and the backgrounds chosen; most of them are easy to get around, and the work featured in all of them art very nice. I also like how all of the artist make sure to tell how they are experienced in the art fields, and it was cool to learn that one of them was a part of a game that I really enjoyed. What I would do differently is make sure not to put too many things on one page like these artists have a habit of doing, but also keeping the deisgns engaging for the viewer. 

Digitial Ethics: Putting an End to Online Piracy

Based on the Articles: MegaVideo Shutdown: Beginning the End of Piracy?

Anonymous Retaliates After MegaVideo Take-Down

       Only just after the controversy surrounding the failed bill Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which put the internet community into a frenzy before crashing, copyright holders scored a win in the fight against online piracy. MEGAVIDEO, a file-sharing website that has been one of the largest of it's kind, and therefore also one of the worst, was taken down by the FBI when copyright holders claimed to have lost over $500 million in revenue for pirated material.

   MegaUpload, with it's many sub-sites, MegaVideo, MegaFile, etc. was infamous and widely used for it's easy-access materials; Tv Shows, Music, you name it was available for streaming on just about anywhere that linked to it.

    The loss of MegaVideo seems to have been in retaliation to the mass protests of the two bills SOPA and PIPA which crashed and burned due to the amount of users on the Internet petitioning and protesting against the two bills; many of the protestors, including such mega-sites as Google and Wikipedia felt that the bills would have cost us our privacy when the Internet should be uncensored.

   The take-down of MegaVideo shows how serious the government is about combating piracy, and was met also with retaliation of it's own. Anonymous, a group of hactivists who using DDoS, and other methods go after organizations that they feel threaten the freedom of the Internet through censorship. They were one of the big groups that led the protests against SOPA and PIPA. When MEGAVideo was taken down, Anonymous went after some of the big organizations, Motion Picture Association of America, a website belonging to the US Department of Justice, and the Recording Industry Association of America.

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     As an artist who has dealt with my work being stolen before, I get the place that copy-right holders are coming, from but I do not agree with the current actions being taken to rid the Internet of piracy, only because the availability of information is what makes the Internet. People use the Internet every day to find information and mat4erials that are unavailable anywhere else: it's why we have a Google; and it's why the Internet was first created: to open up the availability of Information. The Motion Picture Industry I think it being unreasonable and ignorant for trying to stop individuals from being able to get to content that they have no other means of getting. For example, tv shows from other countries. I would be unable to find new anime or tv shows if it weren't for online streaming sites.
It's being exposed to the content that in turn makes me interested which in turn makes me want to spend my money on it; so in that way the Motion Picture Industry is actually stopping me from wanting to spend money on their materials too. They also don't have certain things available after a certain amount of time: like old movies I saw in my childhood that I would be Interested in buying, but the industry gas long-since forgotten about.

MEGA Video's take down effected me directly because it was one of teh only ways I got some of the anime shows to watch.

I also love Anonymous for their work in showing big businesses and our government what the public can do. Although I don't condone their immoral activity, I love how they are able to show that we as a public are not to just be stepped all over just so big businesses can earn more money.

About Me!

    
My name is Kristina Chin, and I am a Gaming and Simulation design student with dreams of becoming a game artist. As a digital artist I enjoy both the technological and aesthetic aspects of computers and have experience in web-page design using HTML and CSS. I am therefore looking forward to learning more about HTML in this class, and learning how to use it in design. Being able to design functional and beautiful web-pages is important to me as an artist and computer frequenter. Being also a internet user who frequently interacts on forums, and art sites, and who is experienced in interacting with different communities,  I find that learning more about the tool that I use daily to connect with others and spend my time would be  beneficial. I am therefore glad to be here, and I look forward to seeing everything that this class has to offer.