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It is important for any project to gain background knowledge and new knowledge on the subject as the project continues. Below is explaining some important terms recommended to know to further understand this topic.

Scientific Name: A name used by scientists, especially the taxonomic name of an organism that consists of the genus and species. Usually come from Latin or Greek

Species: The largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

Kingdom: The second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla.

Marine Life: The plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of the sea or ocean, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries.

Atomic Structure: The positively charged nucleus and the negatively charged electrons circling around it, within an atom. An example of atomic structure is what gives energy to atoms and then to molecules.

Crustacean: an arthropod of the large, mainly aquatic group Crustacean, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle.

Horseshoe Shrimp: The Cephalocarida are a class in the subphylum Crustacea comprising only 12 benthic species. They were discovered in 1955 by Howard L. Sanders, and are commonly referred to as horseshoe shrimps.

Lateral: one of the paired fins of a fish.

Cartilaginous: a structure made of cartilage or a vertebrate animal having a skeleton of cartilage.

Chordata: an animal of the phylum Chordata. During some period of their life cycle, chordates possess a notochord, a dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail: these four anatomical features define this phylum.

Great White Shark: also known as the great white, white shark or "white pointer", is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.

Dorsal Fins: an unpaired fin on the back of a fish or whale, e.g. the tall triangular fin of a shark or killer whale.

Reflection:

Overall, this project defiantly had a lot of good moments and a couple moments for improvement. Starting off with the good, I think I did a great job with the creativity aspect of this project. I personally love to draw, I believe it such a fun thing to do and have improved on it a lot over the years. I really loved my drawing of the shrimp and Great White Sharks. It is defiantly not a perfect sketch, but it gives a great visual of what they would look like in real life. It has the broad idea of the looks, portraying the colors and shapes using markers. I also, tried to make the poster very colorful. Having a fun looking poster makes it more entertaining to look at, but if done correctly can draw the readers attention in specific parts in a specific order. This makes it easier to catch an audiences attention and make my work more appealing to look at. This poster was numbered which made it easier to know where to look first. Something else I did well in the project was utilizing my character. Through art, I was able to put a lot of myself onto this poster. I was able to utilize my love for drawing in the many small images incorporated in this picture. I love the creativity aspect because you can incorporate yourself and your character in your work. It was super fun and I thought it came out very well.

Every project has room to improve on, this one the creativity was great, but the writing quality could have been better. There was a good amount required for this poster, but because the drawings stood out so well, it made the writing aspect seem to fall short compared to the drawing. In the future, I will go over what is required. This way the audience and myself, will gain way more knowledge on the subject and it will look better. It is always good to try and learn as much as possible and in the future that will be my goal to learn more, not for a good grade, but for just the joy of learning. Another aspect that needs work is time management. This week , I wish I split this project up into two days. This poster was not rushed and came out very well, I just had a lot of other work to do that same day. I need to do better at time meaning my work in other classes, to allow more time to focus on this class and its projects/works. Besides those two ideas to incorporate next time, the project was very fun and I loved being able to draw, adding my own personal touch to it.