Header and image editing for blogs can set the success of a website. Image editing for me was more difficult than I had thought it would have been. I initially had planned to layer the two photos I had found to make an image more specific to my website; however, the layer application did not work for me. I found my sources through Flickr and Google Images. I knew I was allowed to reuse them because of their commons stating “copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. 

In “6 Interior Design Tips to Make Your Blog User-friendly”, the author relate the header to being the the “front door” of a house. Welcoming “prime real estate and it should reflect your brand” (Dunn). This shows your audience a tidbit of what will be within your website. It’s a picture that the readers will associate your website with, so it should be something that represents what your blog posts are about. This relates to meeting the information needs of my target audience because it will hook and real the readers in while showing them what my blog posts are about. 

From the article, Articles from “‘Inside Photoshop’ Computational Culture”, the author states, “It redefines both how images are created and what an “image” actually means.” (Manovich) when defining how layers work. I tried to use layers when creating my header to make my topic come together cohesively. Unfortunately due to a technical difficultly I was unable to layer the two images I had chosen. I decided to keep my image simple by just using one of the images.

I personally had little similarities to what Davison describes in his article, “Because of the Pixels: On the History, Form, and Influence of MS Paint.”. He explains how MS Paint was an huge market for content creators at that time and how it had many issues. Using the editing website to make my header, I had no issues with the content creating part because the editing tools were very straight forward. I had technological issues because my laptop was not able to save the file. Technology has changed so much sense then and has definitely worked out some kinks, but it is changing disruptively. I thought something interesting that the author stated in “Because of the Pixels: On the History, Form, and Influence of MS Paint.” was “These technical limitations had a specific impact on the visual character of images produced with the program for the next decade and beyond.” (Davision). This statement stuck out to because there were so many limitations during the time of MS Paint that even they have been able to expand on and make easier to use for MS Paint creators. Since the start MS Paint, there have been modifications of different paint brush size, paint colors, and many other tools allowing the application to be more realistic.

“Yoga” by Flickr user Jon Fife

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2019. “New Year, New Me”. I’m sure we have all heard this inspiring motto before. This website will be following my journey to commit to a healthy and positive lifestyle while being a student at Rutgers University. As college students, it is extremely hard to stay healthy during the school year. My name is Blythe Taylor and I am currently a junior at Rutgers University. During my third year as a student here, I had a falling out with a friend group and my mental health. Because this happened I could have let it get me down and depress me, however I decided to chose to prioritize my mental health. At Rutgers University they provide many resources, but as a full time student, we seem to look over the resource provided. In this blog I will be highlighting all the resources that Rutgers University provides to live a healthy life as a student, as well as practices you can do on your own. I will go into depth on how your mental health can influence your physical health and vice-versa. Mental health is a huge topic for college students in today’s day and age. We as students, put so much pressure on ourselves for final exams, GPA, and still maintaining a social life. I have struggled with all of these things myself. As a student who has a major, two minors, is a dedicated member in her sorority, and also commits time to do philanthropic work on the weekend I have found that it is, indeed, hard to commit to living a healthy lifestyle. In this blog I will write individual posts on activities, recipes, applications, and guidelines that a college student should know and follow to live a healthy positive life. After my three years of being at Rutgers, I still have not mastered every part to living a healthy lifestyle, but I have managed to create a outline for my life. I hope you will join me as I continue this journey throughout one of my last semesters at Rutgers University.