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Silent Hill: What I wrote for my assignment on horror video games

     This is what I wrote regarding horror video games, specifically related to the game Silent Hill (1999) and the book Silent Hill: The Terror Engine by Bernard Perron.      Throughout the entire game, we can see, hear, and infer many classic horror tropes. An overwhelming fog blankets the quiet town, our character walks through and sees someone, but only for a moment before they run away and disappear into the mist. The eerie music keeps us uncomfortable company as we explore an alleyway, seemingly in an attempt to follow the person we saw before. Immediately upon entering the alleyway, we are met with the completely eviscerated carcass of what looks to be a large animal. But with the human imagination, combined with the general atmosphere of the game, we could draw the conclusion that it was not just some wild animal. Then, we find an overturned wheelchair, wheels still spinning with no sign of stopping or even slowing down. Was someone just here? Was it the person we’re following?
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WORDPRESS: How to use this stupid site from hell

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There's no easy way to say this: WordPress will never work the way you want it to. Nor the way your instructors want it to. It crashes all the time, it's buggy, and for some reason it's still our main way to submit work in the Fine Arts program. So here's a super bare-bones way to succeed in WordPress without really trying. 1. Do all of your edits straight from the page itself. Doing things from the dashboard is stress-inducing and scary. Find your post, select "Edit Post" on the top menu bar. 2. Adding things to your post: You can add so many things, but WordPress has preferences. When you click on the little plus sign in your post, click "Browse All". Anytime you add something, the section is called a "block". You can change what kind of block you've added by clicking on the icon on the far left of the popup bar for that block. The popup bar for paragraph blocks. Paragraphs are the default block type, so any time you press enter you&
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Sources for your Art History assignments that aren't sketchy blog posts like this one

Honestly, I love researching things. Writing about them? That's iffy. But researching is something I can do, so I'm here to help you. What follows is an in-depth (but concise) list of links and sources that you can get information for your art history papers. Google Scholar Google Scholar is basically regular Google but it filters out all the bullshit. Everything that isn't a published article, journal, or peer-reviewed paper is stricken from the record and you are left with exclusively relatively reliable sources. Public Library This one is kind of a no-brainer. If you live near a public library, go there and check the arts section and history sections, or search their database and see if they have anything available that you can order in. They also usually have links to videos and physical copies of DVDs (you'd need a DVD player obviously) that might be useful. And, if you ask nicely, they might even have an archive section that might include some out-of-print books,
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How To: Critique

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 Critique is so much easier than people make it out to, at least on the level that were currently working. think of the shit sandwich format: - something nice - ur honest slightly watered down opinion - and finish it with something else nice that involves the phrase "you could consider adding/changing" or something along those lines.  some key words to avoid to make yourself sound smarter: cool good nice "it really pops" interesting consider using: "the ___ really makes the ___ push forward" comment on the basics: composition line value colour pallet negative space depth style theme technique tone "I appreciate" "I wonder" "I am interested in ___" example: "I really appreciate the use of simple line and value in this piece. I think the eye really adds a more grotesque theme to the work that I would love to know more about.  I think that this work could be maybe a little more diverse in its use of tone, maybe having some m
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Confusing Instructions and How to Fight Them Off with a Flaming Sword

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     Simple. To-the-point. Straight-forward. These are things that have never been said about art school.      In this essay, I will tell you exactly how to translate what the fuck was just said to you in your class, and how to remember it.     1. Bring a goddamn pen and paper. Bring a notebook that you can use for the same class over and over again and never lose. OR bring a laptop and make a specific document for each of your classes. NAME THEM THINGS YOU WON'T FORGET BECAUSE YOU WILL FORGET. If your computer can handle it, take notes in a Minecraft book. Because you can.     2. At first, your notes will look like chicken shit and you will feel like it's a waste of time. Ignore it and keep writing. Write down everything you think might be even remotely important, just in case it is.     3. Some people would tell you to write out your notes a second time and omit anything that you've deemed unimportant. Nuh-uh. Don't do that, just grab a highlighter and highlight the p
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What They Mean When the Words "Creative Process" Join the Convo

Absolutely nothing, genuinely the most largest biggest load of shite that was just the invention of new words for something you already do to really drive home that fact that you're the biggest dummy dumb dumb they have ever met. "So y/n, tell me about your creative process in this piece" Don't panic, heres what you can mention in this instance: How did you feel while you produced this piece? What were the steps to get you ready to actually start the work? Did you take pictures???? trick question, if you didn't take pictures ur done, ur over, u failed, ur gonna be lost, shamed, hated, and actually murdered in your sleep.  TAKE PICTURES!!!!!! OF EVERYTHING!!!!! ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS!!!!!  did you change anything about the work?  TAKE A PHOTO OR 6 Now... would i say you need to get a whole $75 external hard drive that you will definitely lose and never upload stuff to??? no. not at all.  but consider an album in your camera roll that can be filled with all photos for
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WELCOME TO HELL

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HEY YOU. YOU'RE A FUCKING ART STUDENT AREN'T YOU. yeah i thought so. 🧑🏻‍💻 Basically, this blog is a culmination of years of suffering needlessly at the hands of the art school gods and we want to spare you the same torture. Everything is sorted by course and you can search topics and subjects using the search bar at the top of the site. thoughts and prayers. <3
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