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Critiquing Wikihow Drawings: Man Holding Shiba Inus

Description

This picture was made by an unknown artist for wikihow at an unknown date. The picture appears to show a man holding two puppies which are shiba inus according to the article it came from. There is another man standing with his back to the viewer. The background is a monochrome light blue.

 

Analysis

There appears to be a simple overhead light source. The drawing appears to be rather two dimensional. The artist has chosen to leave little white space in the area between and around the two men. The artist uses a rather simplistic color palette of brown, tan, red, blue, and light blue. Brush strokes are similar in size besides the light digital airbrushing. There’s a contrast between the man’s red shirt and the rest of the piece. The shapes are very rotund. Movement is created in the way the man holds the puppies, creating a swish of motion to the left and right.

 

Interpretation

There’s a sense of confusion throughout this whole piece. The colors around the man and the mans red shirt seem to suggest that the man might be feeling anger or other negative emotions. We’re left with a sense of mystery from the man with his back facing the viewer.

 

Evaluation

I do not believe this image successfully uses the elements. The purpose of the image is to simply depict shiba inus, which to me look nothing like shiba inus. The anatomy is simply off, the left arm seems to be coming from nowhere.

Review of WikiHow’s Article: “How to Sneak Around at Night (for Kids)”

This is the first step, it’s ok but not really necessary.   7/10

 

Why is black such a bad idea? Sure, dark blue or purple might be better, but if you don’t want to be seen black is a lot better than most colors.  But you might not want to wear dark colors because that will make you more suspicious looking.  5/10

 

This is another reason why you shouldn’t wear dark clothes, just wear whatever you normally sleep in so that your parents don’t get suspicious of why you’re wearing all dark purple. This is a good thing to do, though. 9/10

 

You would be able to hear if there was a river. 7/10

 

This one isn’t necessary. Although it might be a good idea, it doesn’t really matter if you get too cold. 4/10

 

Smart! 10/10

 

I guess your might bark at you, but your other pets don’t have to be asleep. 9/10

 

“you can’t be arrested for having a stick” is my new favorite quote, so this is a 10/10.

 

Smart idea. 9/10

 

This is an ok idea, I guess, but I think it would be a lot eaier and would probably make the same amount of noise to just go out a door. Also, even windows on the bottom floor are up like 4 feet in the air, and while you don’t need a latter for that, I would suggest jumping out instead of stepping out. 6/10

 

All good ideas, but it telling you to bring a flashlight contradicts the thing it said earlier about it being dark and so you should be careful to not fall into ditches and rivers. 8/10

 

This is definatly the weirdest and worst step. Why are your family members randomly coming into your room in the middle of the night? Thats a little weird. And putting a note that says you’re under the blankets is incredably stupid, what you could do is leave a note on your door hat says do not disturb.  The doll hair is also not a very good idea, most people won’t fall for that. The snoring is another very bad idea. 2/10

 

Good. 10/10

 

Good. 9/10

 

Link to article

 

Review of Wikihow’s article: “How to Convince Your Parents to Let You Buy a Nice Diary”

Link to wikihow article

This is an article giving you advice about convincing your parents to let you use your own money to buy “a nice diary.”

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Think about the likely reasons your parents may say “No.” Before going into the conversation, think about the potential reasons you may get “no” as an answer. Think about how you could combat those reasons. Try to find a way to truly make your parents see the dairy is important to you.^[2]

• Your parents may worry about money. They may not want you to spend a lot of money on something they worry you won’t take care of or use. Try to think of what you could say to this. For example, “I know it’s a lot of money, but I earned it with my paper route and I promise I’ll take good care of the diary.”
• Your parents may have other concerns. They may, for example, worry about you writing negative things in the diary, or using it to keep secrets from them. You could say something like, “I want to be able to vent somewhere on occasion, but I promise I’ll share anything important in my life with you guys.”

First of all, you don’t need to tell your parents why dairy is important to you, they obviously know that without dairy there wouldn’t be cheese, and cheese is awesome.

For the money thing, it implies that you are using your own money to buy the diary and if your parents are ok with you having “a nice diary” they should let you spend your money on it and possibly regret it later.

This second part about not wanting you to have a diary makes no sense, because the article is titled “How to Convince Your Parents to Let You Buy a Nice Diary” which implies that they are fine with you having a diary, just not a nice one, and the only understandable reason for that would be money.

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Accept a “No” for now, if necessary. Even if you try your best to ask maturely, your parents may still stay “No.” If this is the case, accept the answer. Your parents are more likely to change their minds in the future if they see you’re able to maturely accept their rules. Say something like, “Thanks for listening anyway,” and then end the conversation.^[13]

• You can revisit the issue in a few months. Your parents may change their minds, especially if you show you can maturely handle them saying “No.”

YOU ARE RIGHT. IT’S YOUR MONEY THAT YOU HAVE EARNED. DON’T ACCEPT NO AS AN ANSWER. At this point, you’ve been asking your parents about getting a diary for a few days. You’ve apparently put a lot of thought into this and have multiple serious conversations with your parents. Do you really want to give up that easily? Tell them you are going to spend your own money to take a bus, or walk, or bike to the store and then buy the diary with your own money and come back home.

A problem I have with this article is that all the people in the pictures look like they’re at least 15, but by the time you’re 15 you probably don’t want a nice diary that badly and your parents probably won’t be so concerned about you spending $30. 

(Go look at the pictures in the article, I was going to put screenshots here but wordpress isn’t letting me)