Initials Project

The Initials project was fun. I wish I would have planned it out just a little bit more. I had a couple ideas in my head but was not too sure. Improving a bit and just experimenting just to get used to Design. I have never used it before so it was really new to me. The gradient feather tool was my favorite to use in this project. Just the way the color flowed from one side to the other. I placed my initials at the corners to draw attention to them instead of placing them in the middle. I don't think they would have made sense in the middle anyway if I had done so. Next project I will take my time and try to do things neater and focus more on positioning and colors.

//TroLLing

Just the thought of internet trolling bothers me, barf. Why? What is the satisfaction behind it? I don't understand and would never want to get to that level to understand. They post hateful questions and answers just for the sake of pissing people off to making up lies about other people just to hurt their reputations. Trolls are fixated on the idea that people who disagree with them or use common sense that is incompatible with what they say about something in particular, are trying to force their ways on them. 

In the online article "Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web", by Adrian Chen goes into detail about the troll Michael Brustch (Violentacrez). Brutsch is a 49 year old military father and a lover of cats. He currently resides with his wife in Arlington, Texas.

Violentacrez is known for distributing images of scantily-clad underage girls, racism posts, porn, gore, misogyny, incest, and exotic abominations. In my opinion this is absolutely unacceptable. It is funny because further in the reading, Brustch is unapologetic about what he has done. He has received coverage about what he has done via CNN (Anderson Cooper). 

"My wife is disabled. I got a home and a mortgage, and if this hits the fan, I believe this will affect negatively on my employment," he said. "I do my job, go home watch TV, and go on the internet. I just like riling people up in my spare time." -Brustch

It is sick to even think people would do such a thing. The best thing we can do is just to ignore it, or as forum moderators, make sure to stay on your "toes" in case a situation pops up on a forum.