Blog 1: Who Am I? A Little About Myself.
Hey there! My name is Nicholas and I am a 22 year old 3D Designer. I work on designing products, video games and have worked on other projects for both the gaming and film industry. In this blog I will be diving a little more into who I am, what I do, the importance of what I do and how I will relate Digital Literacy within the duration of my work. As a 3D designer I usually start with a concept, 3D model and object in 3D and finally either post-process the object by either rendering it in 3D or 3D Printing it. This process is used in line with multiple industries which require 3D printed prototypes for product design for example. Other examples include 3D renders for marketing, animation, gamore or film with so many more applications. My work is extremely important to the industry as the industries which I work for help benefit the economy. Economies all over the world are benefited by a huge amount from these industries I work for. So it’s definitely important to invest in 3D designers within the educational system (Which Malta unfortunately does not cater too much for as it doesnt understand how much such industries can benefit its economy). I have chosen 2 topics to further develop my digital literacy blogs on. These are;
From “Media Is Changing”- Topic Social Media
From “Social World”- Topic Content Marketing
The reason behind why I have chosen these titles is very simple. With regards to the Social Media topic, I have had experience with multiple platforms but in particular with 1 platform by which I will delve into (Facebook). With regards to the “Social World” I have chosen the topic “Content Marketing” as I have a lot of experience with marketing products both locally and internationally using my favourite platform which is once again Facebook. Having dealt with both local and international markets has taught me a lot over the 7 years I have been leading a Facebook page known as The Sith Crafter on Facebook. I will be putting the page in context when discussing the mentioned above digital literacies.
These two topics interest and fascinate me a lot due to how much depth one could go into when discussing them. This isn’t the only reason why I have chosen these titles but because I have experienced hands on how much research, evaluation and feedback from people is required when tackling these literacies. These topics are also vital to starting or owning a company. Brand identity is everything and without it, customers won’t be able to build an emotional connection with the brand of a product/ service you are selling. Thus, these topics do have a place in my heart as I am using them every day of my life when uploading new posts on my facebook page, the sith crafter or promoting a product. So join me on my personal blogs on how I apply these principles by researching, evaluating and gaining feedback to better engage and communicate with my audience through efficient digital literacy.
