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| + | I found your reflection interesting because of the source you used that discussed seeing yourself the way others see you. I think it is common for people to envision themselves looking a certain way to others, but in reality they appear different. The concept of “blind spots” was a great way to describe it. I had a similar problem when I asked those around me if my avatar resembled me. Like you, I personally thought my avatar resembled me as closely as possible, but others said it looked nothing like me. I wish I had thought of your approach, asking people instead whom it resembled to see if the avatars features reminded them of my own. I also thought your issue with gender was interesting, as I never even contemplated combining features of both men and women. I suppose if more of us had thought of this, maybe our avatars would be more accurate representations of ourselves. I also never thought of accessories as a component of identity, but your comment about your nose piercing immediately changed my mind. It is true that piercings and also tattoos are a way that people identify themselves and differentiate themselves from others. Overall your reflection was very interesting and well developed. '''-G Clements''' | ||
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Comment 1
First of all good job portraying all of the problems you faced with creating your avatars. From your reflection I can clearly see the issues of identity (both internal and external) and issues with the technology. You do a very good job of stating your method and how your avatars came to look like they do. I enjoy your points about the gender issues with the evolver software. The point you bring about evolver defaulting to only female options is often a hard aspect to struggle with and I can clearly see that through your comments. I like how your state that a lot of times male characteristics helped your avatars looked better for the tasks. While you do an excellent job stating all of the struggles and problems you faced I would have liked to see your external sources implemented more. While reading I felt that the sources you used helped strengthen the point you were making within the specific section but they did not help to show your overarching struggles or issues faced. I would have liked to see the sources implemented more generally then so specifically. Overall good work.
-T Arnold
Comment 2
I found your reflection interesting because of the source you used that discussed seeing yourself the way others see you. I think it is common for people to envision themselves looking a certain way to others, but in reality they appear different. The concept of “blind spots” was a great way to describe it. I had a similar problem when I asked those around me if my avatar resembled me. Like you, I personally thought my avatar resembled me as closely as possible, but others said it looked nothing like me. I wish I had thought of your approach, asking people instead whom it resembled to see if the avatars features reminded them of my own. I also thought your issue with gender was interesting, as I never even contemplated combining features of both men and women. I suppose if more of us had thought of this, maybe our avatars would be more accurate representations of ourselves. I also never thought of accessories as a component of identity, but your comment about your nose piercing immediately changed my mind. It is true that piercings and also tattoos are a way that people identify themselves and differentiate themselves from others. Overall your reflection was very interesting and well developed. -G Clements
