Day 6 April 2

We met again and we started to focus more on what i mainly wanted to learn which was making cartoon looking drawings, and he says that this is much easier as it is not as realistic or complicated as realistic looking drawings, so he tells me to draw my best cartoon looking object, so i draw a cartoon cow which came out in his opinion very well, of course that cow came out looking good because that was a cow i drew all the time during my italian class and after countless drawings out of boredom i master drawing that cow during class, so he told me to draw a cartoon looking person kind of like that sticker with the boy peeing on multiple team logos, this one on the other hand cane out looking horrible as it seems like a dis figured human thing. So my mentor then showed me how he does his cartoon drawings, which are second nature for him as he worked a small amount of time with pixar, he does point out that i am really good at drawing things when i look at them, but when it comes down to thinking of them i am not that good

Time logged 4hrs   

Day 5 March 29th
Nothing like starting out spring break with your mentor and i don't mean that sarcastically, today's session was rather short as it was a kind of late meeting. We did our basic routine of me showing me the sketches that i have done through the week, and he says he is impressed by the improvements ive made. Today was different as today was purely dedicated to me watching him draw as he explained how the process goes he first imagines it in his head and then does a rough sketch of his idea it usually is a rough outline of the body figure or drawing then he slowly adds detail to it, after adding the detail he bolds the drawing towards the end when everything is looking perfect, he says that its key to make the drawing pop out and that this is the last step in his drawing process.
Time logged 2hrs

Day 4 March 23rd
We were unable to meet on friday due to my mentor being busy, but it didnt really affect our set schedule too much. We have now gotten more into drawing i have started to graduate from stick figures to sub par looking people, he says i have improved slightly since we last met' he still thinks that i am rushing through it all and being very sloppy with me drawings, and looking at them he does have a point. Today i got to watch him sketch out a woman for his work it is amazing seeing how much detail he can put into a drawing looking at this is kinda depressing because comparing to his realistic looking woman and compare it to my ugly looking drawing they are universes apart, but my mentor re assures me that i takes time and practice to get to where his drawing abilities are. So through the day i was drawing improved stick figures, and with his help i was able to make them decent looking.
Time logged 4hrs

3rd day March 16

We have agreed to meet every Saturday, after school on fridays, and on minimum days, and during spring break we will do the core of our workload. We continued from where we left off last time we met i continued with the basis of drawing, this time we also studied some of my mentors drawings, and he had me analyze them he also taught me how important it is to be neat in your drawings, he told me write lightly with the pencil so if you make a mistake it is easier to erase, because i tend to write very boldly with my pencil and since i mess up multiple times my "drawings" look messy. I also received a sketch pad from my mentor in which he told me to practice my drawing so i could practice when we were not meeting up.

Time logged 3hrs   

Day 2 March 9th
This time we met on a Saturday and got started on the basis of drawing, we started with the basic shapes like making a straight line and circles, this was rather frustrating due to the constant errors and corrections from my mentor which by no means are not helpful but when something irritates you  everything starts irritating you, my mentor showed me how he starts out his drawings he says most to get the most out of your drawings is that to have a clear head and only focus on what you are drawing, and it kinda worked for me, my mentor thinks that i am trying to rush things, and tells me to slow down a bit, and take things slow and to pay attention to detail. Time flew by during this session as i learned many things relating to the basis of drawing.
Hours logged 5hr

Day 1 March 1st 2013
Thus begins the work with my mentor. I met my mentor through my cousin who is a good friend of his, my mentors name is Manfredo Mendez and he runs an online graphic design business in which he draws and people purchase his work. We met in the afternoon at his home, and we discussed what we would be doing over the months to come i told him about the main focus of senior project and the role he would be playing in it. We got things started out by him showing me his various sketches many of them work related, he also told me that he once worked for pixar which i found amazing. Todays mentoring session was basically a breaking the ice meeting so we could get to know each other better and begin work on the mentor part of senior project.
Time logged: 1hr

Love

Out of the ten chapters honesty is the most important aspect of love, because to have love you have to have honesty, you cannot have a relationship that is established under lies and deception. Most people disregard honesty in my opinion because today's media is based around lies, so people think its ok to have a relationship that is based of lies. In my opinion even lies to protect people can damage love because although it may hurt the person at the moment it will hurt them more if you tell a lie to cover that up later on so in the end you have to be honest to have a successful relationship