Art

There are many different types of art styles and everyone learns a little differently. Some people may prefer to use canvas and paint or oil, others prefer pens or pencils, maybe they like to sketch in black and white, or even coloring in coloring books. Often what some artists love is to have a reference in front of them, live or a photo. A lot of artists can create images from their heads which turn out brilliantly while other who are inexperienced will often end up with a squashed face and the audience may wonder if it was on purpose or if the subject accidentally ran into a glass window. "Artist" may not even refer to someone who creates pictures which are tangible.

Authors are often considered artists of the written word. They create and paint images in your head which spiral out as you read, a working "movie" based off text. Movie Directors are Artists too, even the set designer and anyone else who works to make a script come to life. There are all sorts of art forms, some more popular than others. These are a few examples of work from a Senior Student at West Jordan High School. Samantha Foote is a writer and an artist, she put together a video to help show how she draws and has given access to a few of her drawings.

Snake and Sword

Voldemort and His Horcruxes

Wind

Loke/Leo from Fairy Tail a Japanese Anime

Happy from Fairy Tail a Japanese Anime

Jellal from Fairy Tail a Japanese Anime

Juvia from Fairy Tail a Japanese Anime

Fairy Tail Collage

Appa from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Momo from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Death

Elder Jeffery R. Holland- Portrait

Original Anime Character

***Watermarks have been added to all the original artwork to keep people from stealing the work. You may see some of these pictures drawn by May Reach/Waters on DeviantArt, this is the same person. May Reach/Waters is an online pseudonym. If you have any questions the artist has all works in her possession if problems of authenticity should arise.

Teenager Favorites

There are many games people play when they are young and still in school. A lot of them frequent the commons and libraries of high schools. West Jordan High School is the home of a few interesting games, but not many students appear to be involved overall.

"Apples to Apples", packs of regular playing cards, Magic the Gathering, and simple pencil and paper have frequented the library AIP time for months on end. Quiet laughter echoes through book shelves as a small group of students pass around paper and then reads each other crazy stories. This is a relatively new game to the group as they have spent the last several months playing "Old Maid," "Scum," "BS," and more non-time consuming games. The half an hour of reprieve from class study is much appreciated by the group of seniors. They are joined by new sophomores who are surely experiencing the same homework stress High School brings, just as the seniors did in their first year.

"Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How is a simple enough game to play and a new favorite of the group. The rules are included here.

Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
Each player is given a piece of paper and a pencil.
You first write a FEMALE "who" (i.e. actress, friend, movie character, book character, video game character, etc.) and fold down the top of the paper so what you wrote is hidden. That paper is then passed to the left and on the new piece you write a MALE "who" on the paper. Make sure it is not on top of the fold but underneath it on the blank stretch of paper. Do not lift up any folds. Fold the paper down over the male who and pass once more to the left. Write what they were doing, i.e. "were traveling to London on a plane," "were riding alpacas," "were dancing with llama's," or "were sleeping." Pass to the left and write a when (time), i.e. "in the medieval ages," "at 2:00 in the morning," "while (blank) was robbing a bank," "a thousand years ago." Pass to the left and write where it was happening, i.e. "in London," "on a pirate ship," "in Cerulean," "on the top of the Empire State Building." Pass to the left and write why they were doing it, i.e. "because they wanted to get married in Argentina," "because they were on a mission for the M16," "because their teachers had given them F's on their report cards." The final pass to the left and you write how they were accomplishing the task, i.e. "with their pinky fingers," "by riding llama's into Afghanistan," "by dancing on table tops with Katy Perry who was singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to the tune of Who Says by Selena Gomez."

Hopefully next year someone will carry on the tradition, it's a great reprieve from stress and the librarians are always friendly to students.

FanFiction: Good Practice for Future Authors

FanFiction is an art which can't be explained in words by any other than those who write and read it. Please welcome this Question and Answer with various FanFiction writers.

1. What inspired you to write FanFiciton?
Jane Hickman: "Actually finding the site and finding out I wasn't the only one that did it."
Nattie Rice: "Actually reading fanfiction is what inspired me to write it. I was reading all these stories, and were some pretty bad but most of of them were so awesome, that I just felt like I had to add in my own."
Franziska Lange: "Transformers originally, as that particular fandom helped me through a lot of hard times and forced me to learn English which was necessary back when I started with it."
Cross Astarte: "Originally it was the idea of 'What Ifs', if the situation were different, if the story had ended differently, if A had happened instead of B. Fanfiction is a way of appreciating a show/book/etc. for me, because it helps to appreciate the show from more angles, and looking deeper into characters, and even constructing a back story for them to appreciating and giving under appreciated and under developed plot points/characters a voice. It was the ease of playing with a pre-constructed toy box, and then taking it part and putting it back again to see the different ways it would fit together again without losing the original."

2. What got you interested in FanFiction?
Becca Marshalla: "I had always thought up alternative endings and characters and little scenes to include in my favorite books, movies, TV shows ect. I was thrilled when I discovered that others did that and wanted to see it! I also loved reading more parts if my favorite series that I had finished!"
Cross Astarte: "I think originally it was the displeasure of having a character in a book that I was reading being given inadequate treatment by an author. I was unhappy with how it had ended, and along the lines, a friend of mine had introduced me to fan fiction sites. Seeing that there is a dedicated space where people can write, and publish, and exchange ideas in relation to their own fandoms was a great motivation for me to try writing my own to contribute back in my own way to the show, and to join in on what fellow fans are also creating together, and share in our enthusiasm for it."
Julianne Frost: "I got interested in fanfiction when I googled a book series that I used to love. I came across a wonderfully written, multi-chaptered fic that I fell in love with. I had never heard of FF prior to this, and I was so excited to learn that people were writing stories about my favorite books, TV shows, and movies."
Sara Schneider: "Funny story. One day I just decided to google to see if people wrote original stories using a certain fandom's characters... imagine my surprise when I learned I was about 20 years late to the game."

3. Why do you write FanFiction to this day?
Elena Goldberg: "Because it's fun to express yourself in writing rather then telling people about problems you can put it in your writing per say you could kill of a character if your mad."
Clare Boyle: "I write FanFiction to this day because even though I was born in Great Britain and am a native speaker of English, my education was sorely lacking because I have a learning disability and since the condition I have is so incredibly rare my teachers barely taught me anything in secondary school. When I was twelve years old, I did not know that I am profoundly Dyspraxic even though my handwriting was so illegible that it was affecting my education. While on summer vacation from school that year, I took it upon myself to practise my handwriting and while doing so, I discovered that I was creative. When I went back to school my teachers were thrilled that I had finally done something about my lousy handwriting but they didn't care that I was interested in creative writing, they were more interested in the academia so I nurtured the ‘gift’ myself. I feel like I have a lot to learn about grammar and so by writing FanFiction and having people critique what I write I am improving the ‘skills’ I have."
Michael Linggoputro: "I write fanfiction to this day to release my creative urges as I get new ideas on a regular basis and I have to get it out somehow and so that is why I still write."
Franziska Lange: "In the beginning I wrote it to get rid of emotional build ups and to improve my writing skills. Nowadays I write it with friends to distract ourselves from the real world and problems we have were. And still in order to improve my skills."

4. What application do you think FanFiction has to everyday life?
Lacey Ownby: "Because the more someone continues to write stories, for some people, their writing sometimes gets better and people who write now, are kind of practicing for being book writers."
Elena Goldberg: "Creativity because it inspires people to be better writers."
Clare Boyle: "Writing fan fiction made me want to join writing groups in my local area. To begin with, I was afraid that might not be an option because of the learning disability and profound dyspraxia, one of the support workers I had at the time, suggested a group that met not far from where I lived back then and I joined the group. That group no longer exists; however, I am a member of three other groups and have not looked back since. Thanks to the writing groups (and by proxy, thanks to writing fan fiction) I have even participated in National Novel Writing Month."

5. What do you love about the art of FanFiction?
Rhapzody Kairu: "Everything."
Michael Linggoputro: "The art of fanfiction is a beauty because it allows budding writers to write what ever they wish to without having to decide as many things as an original writer would and also that we can do all this without charge helps too."
Cross Astarte: "What I love about fan fiction is that no matter of time, and age, it will still continue to be relevant. And that as the fans grow, the nature of the fandom will change, as will the topics, and the issues that fan fiction stories are written about. There are people as young as 15 (and younger) writing, and there are people, married with children still creating for their fandom. And that there is no restriction at all, there is great ease to just jump in and create, and the only one deterring anyone from it is simply yourself."
Becca Marshalla: "I think it's a good way to start writing and makes us think more deeply into the media we consume. We have to figure out what makes characters tick in order to keep the IC, which requires analysis and reflection on our favorite books or movies which is something not many people do anymore."

Special thanks to: Jane Hickman, Nattie Rice, Franziska Lange, Cross Astarte, Becca Marshalla, Julianne Frost, Sara Schneider, Clare Boyle, Elena Goldberg, Lacey Ownby, Michael Linggoputro, Rhapzody Kairu, and the FanFiction.net Writers Unite! Facebook group for hosing my question.

Check out the authors:
Sara Schneider
Julianne Frost
Elena Goldberg

Provided By:
FanFiction.net
FanFiction.net Writers Unite!

Rise of "Vlogging"

An online sensation of telling about life experiences is revolutionizing all across the world. Slowly becoming more wide spread to the point where anyone can watch others at any time.

"Vlogging" is a form of blogging. Many know about those who spend a few hours a day writing about their life and what went on with their family. They receive thousands of comments and affect people they don't even know in positive and negative ways; with reading, people often take things differently from how they were originally intended. "Vlogging" comes in by those who originally wrote blogs; turn to recording videos of themselves. Hours are spent just filming the footage and then editing the video to bring out their main point. This of course isn't done just all for fun, those who "vlog" are definitely making something from it.

YouTube has a partner program available to all. The partner program pays the owner of the account for their videos. YouTube isn't buying the videos, but helping those who "vlog" by sustaining them in a part-time, sometimes full-time, job. Each partner is paid based on video views, subscriptions, comments, likes, and dislikes.

It's a job, but it takes a while to build a fanbase. Channels with just normal people with lots of subscriptions usually have something likeable which attracts people to them. Every video they make has the potential to earn them a lot of money with their millions of subscribers and therefore, they tend to make weekly videos for enjoyment.

Dan Howell and Phil Lester, British YouTube sensations, have found great success in their videos. Dan began vlogging four years ago, compared to Phil's eight years on YouTube. Dan and Phil both opened a second account on YouTube for their bloopers and "less cool" things for people to watch: danisnotinteresting and lessamazingphil. They provide funny stories and inspiring messages with their videos. Dan tells the story of his hamster with an amazing life story attached: "And this was when I finally realized what it had been trying to teach me all along. The value of freedom."

Show how to make favorite recipes, talk about life experiences, or just mess around on camera. Anything can create fame, especially on YouTube.

Check out Dan Howell as danisnotonfire and Phil Lester as AmazingPhil:

The Story of My Hamster
typos have ruined my life
Existential Crisis
I GOT ATTACKED BY A SQUIRREL
Kissing a Plasma Ball!


Bibliography:
http://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/creator-benefits.html
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en

Introduction: Why Ethereal Allure?

Ethereal: 1. light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination. 2. extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty.
Allure: 1. to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable. 2. to fascinate; charm.

This blog will be discussing items which may be close to home- serious, silly, concerning, etc. It's meant to show the world in a new light, one which will attract the reader to the happiness life brings even when it seems as though there is no good.

I'll be providing news articles about a variety of topics, things I think need to change or that I am passionate about. Bringing a little bit of light to a darkened world.





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