For this assignment, I chose the topic of climate change and its impact on ocean inhabitants.
Using AI, I depicted a kraken stuck in a plastic bag. I wanted to show how ocean pollution affects climate change and threatens the extinction of many of its inhabitants.
My mom is the dearest person in the world to me and to create this mural I chose her favorite flowers – red roses.
“Paradise Village” Ukrainian Cuisine
The restaurant of Ukrainian cuisine “Paradise Village” became my choice for this assignment. My heart aches with nostalgia for the dishes I ate while living in Ukraine, and it turns out it’s not so easy to find similar tastes here in the United States. Although many restaurants specialize in Eastern European cuisine, I wanted to find a Ukrainian establishment specifically.
In my food truck, I used blue and yellow colors – the colors of the Ukrainian flag. I spent a lot of time searching for illustrations of yellow and blue flowers to use as the basis for the design. I also made many changes while selecting the best design. There were several versions of the truck, and I settled on this one.
These colors not only reflect the symbolism of my country but also create an atmosphere of coziness and warmth. I wanted everyone who visited my food truck to feel like a Ukrainian, even if only for a few minutes.
In my food truck, all the most popular Ukrainian dishes will be sold: borscht, lard, dumplings, with various fillings starting from potatoes and ending with various berry flavors.
I would like more and more people to learn about Ukrainian culture. Unfortunately, many people around the world call Ukrainian national dishes Russian. I also noticed that almost all Eastern European dishes are called Russian cuisine, which greatly offends people from those countries.
I believe that every culture should be respected, and food is precisely one of its main characteristics.
Half of the money will go to charity to support Ukraine. I believe that this way of raising funds for charity is extremely interesting, and I hope that this idea will help not only spread Ukrainian culture among Americans but also help Ukrainian volunteers raise money for the needs of Ukrainian refugees and soldiers.
The Blender project was one of the most interesting and fun projects I worked on at Seattle Central.
A big reason for that was my great team – Liz and Walker. I really enjoyed working with them. We didn’t know each other before this project, but we quickly became friends and started working on our film, “The Prize Poodle.” The horror story about an arrogant poodle cursed by a talking mirror.
We envisioned this story as a mystical horror tale. Liz and Walker acted in it. Liz played the arrogant poodle, while Walker was her hairdresser. They both did an incredible job in their roles!
The hardest part of the project was writing the story. We had a few different versions, but we combined them into one story.
On the day we started filming, I was nervous because I didn’t want to let my team down. Liz and Walker trusted me and believed in my work with the camera, sound, and editing.
We had a small problem with our microphones running out of battery, but we fixed it quickly and didn’t have any other issues. We finished filming fast and then spent a lot of time editing. The hardest part was editing a scene with a talking mirror, which took a long time to get right. I experimented with color correction as well. I wanted our video to have a cold, bluish tone. I also spent a lot of time selecting music for this film. I believe that this helped us create the creepy atmosphere of our video. Overall, it took me two days to edit the video.
In the end, I finished the video, and my team loved it! I’m so thankful to Liz and Walker for their support. I had a great time working with them and would love to do it again!