Art 353A

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Today started like any ordinary day, fighting aliens and trying to uncover the infamous space diamond. Commander Chirp Skylar was determined to beat these foes and to continue exploring. He was in an intense fight with an alien spaceship, until he heard the mother ship calling him to retreat. He groaned and got off his soap box and went to his mom. Chirp is a one year old baby bird who dreams big of being the first bird into space. He can’t fly well so he trains himself every day to get better at it, and dreams up adventures to motivate himself. He calls them his daily “space explorations.” He even wears a little helmet his mom, the Mothership, gave him for his birthday. The Mothership, told him that she was going to go get food, and he can stay in the “base” or find fellow space cadets to explore with. Chirp wanted to take advantage of his mom being away so he can find a space diamond for her. He told the Mothership that he would explore. The Mothership told him to be careful and to have fun and flew away. Chirp went on his little pulley contraption so he can get down the tree, and begin exploring. He found little treasures, but nothing that would surprise the Mothership. He found a little cave and though he could find something interesting. He instead found Ignacio and his gang. Ignacio was a mean blue jay. All he would ever do was make fun of Chirp. Chirp started to leave and Ignacio say him and followed him out. Ignacio began taunting him and telling him he will never become a space bird. Chirp started to feel sad and just wanted to go to the base. He ignored Ignacio and made his way to the pulley. Ignacio grabbed Chirp’s wing and pushed him to the ground and took off his helmet. Chirp yelled to give it back and Ignacio threw it on the ground. Chirp started to cry, and Ignacio flew away in fear when the Mothership came down. She saw the broken helmet and a sad space cadet. She carried her little boy and put him in the pulley and helped him to the nest. He didn’t eat, and the next day didn’t doing any explorations. That night his mom went up to him and told him she had a surprise for him. She gave him another helmet, one that was made of plastic. He didn’t put it on or get excited. He told her he wouldn’t be a space bird. The Mothership wanted to do something to bring the stars back into his eyes. That night she told Chirp to put his helmet on just for her. He hesitated, but did it. Then he saw his mom get some string and flew up. The base lifted in the air. He was confused. The Mothership asked, “Where to Commander?” He was so happy that he was in a spaceship! He told her where to go. She said she knew a place he hasn’t explored and decided to take him there. He was confused. All he saw was a pond that he’s been to before. She tweeted loudly and the pond lit up with fireflies. They were flying close to the stars! They flew for a while and told his mom to go by a flower. He tweeted so happily that the Mothership felt they should return to the base. Chirp hugged her and told her thank you. He had something in his wing and she asked what it was. He gave it to her and said he finally found the space diamond he was looking for. She hugged and thanked him. They curled up together and slept the night away.

Character Development- Chirp Skylar

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Character Analysis

Name: Chirp Skylar

-3 Main Components-

1. Physical attributes:

a. 1 year old

b. Small

c. Chunky

d. Mint green colored feathers

e. Blue eyes

f. Greenish-yellow beak and legs

g. Small feet and wings

2. Personality:

a. Clumsy

b. Energetic

c. Enthusiastic

d. Dreamer/Imaginative

e. Curious

f. Determined

g. Creative

h. Talkative

i. Impatient

j. Outgoing

3. Backstory:

a. Chirp is a year old baby bird that is determined to be the first bird to fly into outer space. He came to love space when he was 6 months old and decided to stay up a little longer one night to see what was nice. (Since his mom made bedtime at sunset.) When he looked at the stars he was stunned at how beautiful the night sky was, and was fascinated ever sense. He asked his mom in the morning and she told him what she knew of space. Even how she used to live by a space shuttle before he was born, and how amazing it was to see a spaceship take off. After everything she told him, he was determined to go into space and explore. His mom became very supportive and is willing to do what she can to help him achieve his dream. She was even ok with him putting stars under her butt so he can always see the stars. She found an old glass that would be a perfect helmet for him and gave it to him on his 1^st birthday. He wears that helmet everyday, and wears it as proud spacebird. Every morning he practices how to fly and pretends he is maneuvering an asteroid field, or fighting aliens. He calls this his daily “space explorations,” and always dreams of different scenarios everyday. Even though he knows he has all the time in the world to go to space, he is eager to prove all the non-believers wrong, and to make his momma proud and bring her a space diamond.

-Short Narrative: Locked out of home-

One day, Chirp was doing his daily “space exploration,” but an asteroid collided with him, which made him fall into an alien jungle. He cried out to the mother ship but no response. He thought he should explore a little before the mother ship returns. This reminded him of another time he crash-landed into an alien jungle. He even thought he could find a way to get back home. He knew his ship was low on energy, so he ventured for fuel. He came across a huge alien fruit, which reminded him of a strawberry. He ate some of the new fruit and got the fuel he needed for his spacecraft. He soon saw a sparkling rock and thought he finally found the space diamond he was looking for. When he got close to it, he was disappointed it was a space pearl. Chirp held onto it, so maybe his mom will still love him. He went back to the wreckage and called out for the mother ship. He grew very tired and took a little nap. He soon heard his mother ship calling, and he immediately replied to her. Chirp soon saw the mother ship, so pink and beautiful as usual. She took him back home, and told him that she was so worried about him when she didn’t see him. She asked what happened, and he told her about his little adventure. He gave her the pearl and she smiled at him and thanked him. She told him that she came back with some new alien cuisine for dinner, and he should get ready to eat. He took off his helmet, and ate some “alien worms.” He grew very tired, and cuddled with his mom and drifted to dream land.