This week I was able to get back on track after being away without internet to complete my assignments. The design assignments were fun to complete, I had a great time coming up with ideas for the assignments, and I was able to find good assignments rather quickly compared to other weeks. I created two GIFs in exchange for design assignments because those are the most fun to play with. The two GIFs are unrelated to the three episodes, so they are pretty random, one is a Beyonce GIF and the other an art graffiti GIF. I then completed three design assignments that are related to The Wire episodes, one is a photoshopped image of Lt. Daniels on a giraffe body, which looks creepy and funny at the same time. The second is a book cover I made for the Scarface book that I used Omar for, which fit perfectly because of his giant scar. The last was a movie poster I made using a screenshot of the opening scene of episode 11, where Nick is sleeping peacefully before the Baltimore PD begin to raid homes causes confusion and terror. Overall, fun week for creativity.

The Wire season 2 is about to end, with only one episode left, and I really enjoyed watching this season. In the beginning I didn’t think this season would be able to match the first because the show was just that good. But getting further into the season I began to connect with the new characters, and felt especially bad for Sabotka when he was killed by the Greek, when all he wanted to do was take care of Ziggy and Nick.  I particularly liked Omar’s confrontation with brother Mouzone because Omar was first introduced as a criminal praying on other criminals, but in episode 11 is able to take out the professional assassin. This shows how calculated and smart Omar truly is, and he is becoming my favorite character of the show.