Designs Across Fredericksburg… or My Apartment

Designs Across Fredericksburg… or My Apartment

by @ari_squared

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated, weekly assignments
March 5, 2021

Assignment Week 6 of ds106 is all about design! To better appreciate and understand the concepts of design I was tasked with finding examples in real life. The design blitz assignment can be found under Complete a DesignBlitz on the week 6 assignments post. Summary: To reinforce your understanding of design principles, you need to […]
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Cartoon Me

by @ari_squared

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March 4, 2021

Assignment For my last Design Assignment I chose to complete Cartoon Me. I actually almost did this assignment during week 2, but decided to save it for another time! Summary: Remake you (or someone you know and love) into a cartoon character. Draw you on a piece of paper, on a tablet, take a photo […]
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My Story Poster

by @ari_squared

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March 2, 2021

Assignment My third assignment for week 6 is not in the #ds106 Design Assignments. Under Complete 4-5 design assignments on the week 6 assignments post there is an option to create a poster in place of one of the design assignments. I chose to complete this task and relate it to my theme. Summary: Something […]
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Now Showing: Arisquared

by @ari_squared

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March 2, 2021

Assignment I decided on the Website Logo assignment for my second Design Assignment of week 6. Summary: Use an image editing software to create a logo for your webpage. The logo should have some type of text involving the name of your website. Try to remember how things like rhythm, color, and texture, can be […]
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Kawaii or Die

by @ari_squared

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March 1, 2021

Assignment For my first Design Assignment of #ds106 week 6, I chose Contradiction Creation. Summary: Create some sort of graphic. Design the overall graphic to convey some sort of feeling or theme, but then have text saying something completely contradictory to the theme or feeling. Sort of like one of those old anti-motivational posters, but […]
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Weekly Summary : Week 5

by @ari_squared

| ds106, Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
February 26, 2021

Comments This week I only made 8 comments. I read and looked at most of the posts, but was unable to comment on all of them. I plan on getting ahead for week 6 and reading up on everything I’ve missed/haven’t read yet. Daily Creates I chose to complete #tdc3329, #tdc3330, and #tdc3333 for my […]
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Hydro-Homies

by @ari_squared

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February 26, 2021

Assignment For my last Audio Assignment of week 5, I decided on Make Noise from a Normal sample. Summary: Make Noise!! The title is pretty self explanitory. Take a recognizable song or sound, and then turn it into a completely unrecognizable sound. For example, take a dog barking and make it sound like tv static. […]
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Guess that Place

by @ari_squared

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February 26, 2021

Assignment For my second Audio Assignment of #ds106 week 5 I chose to complete the Create a Place Assignment. I liked this assignment because it seemed like a challenge to accomplish! Summary: For this assignment create a place by just using sound. For example, make the listener know where they are if outside use birds, […]
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Please Send Help

by @ari_squared

| #radioshowideas, ds106, Syndicated, weekly assignments
February 26, 2021

Okay so… I have no idea what to do for a radio show. Hence, the title. Below I included the entirety of my brainstorming ideas. I kept all ideas included because sometimes any idea is better than no idea. After brainstorming, I then googled videos to help me become a better speaker when recording myself […]
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Video Killed the Radio Star?

by @ari_squared

| #audioreflection, ds106, Syndicated, weekly assignments
February 26, 2021

Given Examples of Audio Storytelling: My Example of Audio Storytelling: Summertime Magic by Childish Gambino/Donald Glover is, to me, perfect audio storytelling. I looked into the lyrics of the song, to help me better understand the story as a whole. Here is what Genius tells me the song is about: Childish Gambino expresses love for […]
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Radio Bu-bum-bumpin

by @ari_squared

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February 26, 2021

Assignment The #ds106 radio bumper assignment is required for week 5. Summary: Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station. What is a bumper? It is a short recording that identifies the radio station with signature music or an expression that makes sure […]
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I’m Home!

by @ari_squared

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February 26, 2021

Assignment The Sound Effects Story is a required audio assignment for week 5 of #ds106. Summary: Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds. Behind the Work […]
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Hearing the Trees

by @ari_squared

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated, weekly assignments
February 26, 2021

I participated in the #ds106 “tweet-along” on Wednesday from 8:00 – 9:00 PM. The #ds106radio was playing From Tree to Shining Tree by Radiolab: A forest can feel like a place of great stillness and quiet. But if you dig a little deeper, there’s a hidden world beneath your feet as busy and complicated as […]
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Weekly Summary : Week 4

by @ari_squared

| ds106, Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
February 19, 2021

Recently I have found that people only reply to me if I comment on their tweets, rather than their blog posts. At first this really discouraged me as I’ve really been reading and enjoying other’s assignments, but then I decided to start incorporating questions into my comments so they will have to respond lol. This […]
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You’re Not as Good as You Think

by @ari_squared

| ds106, ds106photography, photoreflection, Syndicated, weekly assignments
February 19, 2021

Growing up I thought I knew everything there was to know about photography; I was basically convinced I WAS a photographer. My dad purchased a camera for me when I was in 7th or 8th grade. I would just kind of “point and shoot” and be like,” Yep, this is a great photo!” When in […]
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It’s Raining Words

by @ari_squared

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February 19, 2021

Assignment For my last visual assignment of week 4 I chose, Word Cloud. I decided on this assignment because I really liked the daily create where we used wordart.com. So I decided to use this opportunity to make a literal word cloud all about me. Behind the Work On February 7, 2021 I completed the […]
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Dear Mama Nara

by @ari_squared

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February 18, 2021

Assignment I’m not afraid to admit that my best friend is my cat, Narancia AKA Nara. I take way too many pictures of her, so what better way to put them to use than by doing the Your love for your pet assignment? Behind the Work I adopted my cat, Narancia, on June 5, 2020. […]
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Yellow Lights

by @ari_squared

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February 18, 2021

Assignment For my second visual assignment this week I chose Splash The Color: “Color splash is a technique to emphasize details- you remove all color from a photo, and then restore original color to a single object, e.g. a green apple on a table. Think of the Girl in the red dress from Schindler’s List.” […]
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Since ’99

by @ari_squared

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February 16, 2021

Assignment Growing up I was a S-T-U-N-N-E-R, period. Wherever I was, there was a camera and sass. So when I saw Then-Now-Together, I knew I had plenty of throwback pictures to choose from to complete the assignment. Behind the Work When I was really little my parents took a lot of pictures of me being […]
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It’ll Turn Into A Photo Blitz Photo Blitz, Photo Blitz

by @ari_squared

| #photoblitz, ds106, Syndicated, weekly assignments
February 16, 2021

Assignment This week in ds106 the main focus is on photography. Due to the pandemic, I have been taking little to no pictures, so to practice my photography skills I decided to complete the ds106 Photoblitz first. I was tasked to complete a 20-minute photoblitz: 7 randomly generated photography prompts designed to be completed in […]
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Weekly Summary : Week 3

by @ari_squared

| ds106, Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
February 12, 2021

Every day this week I checked the main ds106 class site and twitter to stay up to date on other’s work. After last week, I decided to stick with making at least 12 comments per week. I chose 12 because it was the number I accomplished last week and I think I should try to […]
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Next Time Won’t You Write With Me

by @ari_squared

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February 12, 2021

Assignment For my final week 3 assignment I chose a random page number and selected the first 3 star assignment I saw: “A Story In Alphabet“. Behind the Work Okay to start off, I am really proud of the title I came up with for this assignment. It’s a play on the end of the […]
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Cardinal Collision

by @ari_squared

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February 12, 2021

Assignment I wasn’t sure what Writing Assignment to attempt for my 3rd week 3 writing assignment as I completed my 2 favorites: “A Game of Reviews” and “Emotional Lyrics” in the beginning of the week. After some thought, I decided on “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words“. Behind the Work In May of 2019 […]
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Pepe Silvia! Pepe Silvia!

by @ari_squared

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February 12, 2021

Anyone who has seen It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia knows the infamous Charlie Mail Room Scene from the episode “Sweet Dee Has A Heart Attack.” If you haven’t seen the show… please watch it, it’ll make your life 10x better. Okay maybe not, but it’s great. The use of pictures, boards, and hand movements in […]
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Animal Crossing New Horizons : Video Game Review

by @ari_squared

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February 11, 2021

Assignment Choosing a Writing Assignment was easy when I saw “A Game of Reviews”. I am always playing my switch lite and have about 6 games (that’s a lot to me, lol)! I decided this would be a perfect opportunity to relate back to this semester’s theme: What’s (y)our story. Behind the Work
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Relaxation Station

by @ari_squared

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February 10, 2021

Assignment I chose “Emotional Lyrics“ from the Writing Assignments section for my first week 3 assignment. It really grabbed me because I’ve been listening to music a lot during the pandemic and already have my playlists sorted by emotion! Behind the Work I immediately went to my apple music playlists and chose “A-R-I-E-L“: a playlist […]
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Weekly Summary : Week 2

by @ari_squared

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 5, 2021

ds106thoughts2 So far, writing about the theme has been my least favorite part of each week. I don’t know why I struggle with it, but I find it so much easier to show the theme through my work rather than by talking about it.
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What’s (y)our Story: Thoughts x2

by @ari_squared

| ds106, ds106thoughts2, Syndicated
February 5, 2021

I decided to start of this week by diving headfirst into the theme. I found quotes, lyrics, pictures, etc. that relate to different aspects of my story. The purpose of this was to see the smaller parts of my life and how they relate to each other. I put some of the pictures I found […]
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I Will Possess Your Heart – A love song?

by @ari_squared

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February 5, 2021

Assignment For my last weekly assignment I selected the “How does a song make you feel?” assignment from the Writing Assignments section. I chose this assignment because I sometimes listen to music all day (I really cannot stand silence lol). During the Work
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The Wonderful Wizard of… Oz?

by @ari_squared

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February 4, 2021

Assignment For this ds106 weekly assignment I decided browse the last page of each category in the assignment bank. This gem was found on the last page of the visual assignments. Behind the Work Growing up, the Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie. I was obsessed to say the least; I had the box […]
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