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This project surely was a tough but rewarding one. It helped me understand better the concept of most functions and allowed me to study in a way that was fun and interactive. The project was unique in the way that not only were you using math and gaining knowledge but also creating something awesome. Going through my project, I wanted to recreate what a simple Christmas would look like. So with my self-portrait, I included a room that resembled Christmas morning, with snow falling outside, a fireplace, Christmas tree and presents, etc. Though just looking at this snippet of the card, it doesn’t seem to be much, though you have to remember that each line, circle or whatever shape is an equation with its respective own restrictions and other affairs. For the self-portrait, I decided that it would be fitting if I try and use all 6 functions being that the face has so many shapes and curvatures to it. I managed to use 5 out of the 6 needed functions just on the face not because I crammed them in there, but because it was appropriate to use so many since the face is so contoured and curved in many aspects. The rest of the card is partially straight lines and linear functions with restrictions. Though it does sound easy, applying restrictions was quite tedious. Deciding what equations to use was sometimes difficult because in some occasions, two different functions can be very similar but with different characteristics so deciding which one to pick was sometimes a challenge. I got little to no help. I search only one thing up and it was how to make a circle and that was it. I spent a while looking through my textbook and couldn’t seem to find any clues so I had to resort to searching it up, otherwise, everything else on the screen was done by myself without any help. Some strategies were that if you had an idea that you wanted to create and you didn’t know whether it would be too hard or take too long, my strategy was to create a simple outline and see if it would be reasonable to then finish it and put detail into it. This strategy didn’t take up lots of time and it saved me time too. This project helped me not only study more but pick up the things I didn’t fully understand before. Like I have said it was a great way to create something you liked while improving your math knowledge and skills. I liked how the 6 functions were intended to be incorporated since you got to refresh your memory on basically everything we have done so far for graphing. All in all, it was a great project and was a good way to refresh my memory on the things I had forgotten about.