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Magnifying glass

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With the age of Web 2.0 came the advancement of custom search engines and communication making it easier to solve any question anyone may have. The internet is flooded with tutorials showcasing how to make foods, do hairstyles, meet new people, paint and more; the possibilities are endless, but there are still many topics that have no tutorials published online. To cater to this predicament, producing Wikihow pages that have not been published on the website can possibly help someone in the future. Firstly, there are no Wikihow pages dedicated to designing accessories on Adobe Illustrator. There are many published Wikihow pages on how to design clothes and croquis but none dedicated on how to design accessories through computer aided design. Within the fashion industry today many design companies are moving from paper illustration to computer aided design (including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.), so it is important to grow with the industry. From the techniques I will prov...

A new world!

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My first use of the internet was geared towards learning, playing dress up games, and creating characters in virtual worlds. In elementary school we were introduced to the internet as an alternative learning source through games to make the process more engaging and fun. The games varied in activities from math, science, reading, writing, vocabulary as well as games just for fun. One of my favorite games from that time (on the school allowed websites) was a math game where you had to solve all the problems to advance through, and if you didn’t, you would lose parts of your life for each incorrect answer. Years ago, around this same time, I would wake up enthusiastic on weekends because that was when my parents allowed us to go online for recreational use. I played games on Nickelodeon and Disney websites, dress up on Myscene, Star Doll and created characters in animated virtual worlds such as Meez and Millsberry. As I grew older and the internet blossomed, I started to use social me...