TDC1159 This made me laugh so hard when I saw this, I thought it was so creative. I think he used snapchat to do draw on his face, but I am not sure. This inspired to laugh at my self sometimes too because how else will you get through life if you don’t. You have … Continue reading LOL!!

Who knew my apartment was so ominous? by: Kelsey Roach- inspire page This work went about and beyond, I love the angles and lighting used in each photo. Each perfectly represents the effects attempted. This inspired me to take more photos of everyday things because you never know what you could miss if you don’t, … Continue reading Don’t Miss Out

The Original Teapot I thought this was very creative because there is already a poem about teapots and she just connected the pieces on this work. The point of the assignment was to create instructions for an everyday item and she already had hers made. This inspires me to look outside the box because the … Continue reading Inspired by a Teapot

This picture of the UMW Rugby Family Tree, it inspires me because it shows how joining a club or sport here in college can be like joining a new family which is important when you are far away from your family back home. I believe this is a representation of club sports here at Mary … Continue reading UMW Rugby Family

106 Horror! (1 star) This is our idea of “DS106″ in the genre of a horror movie featuring Caleb, Harvey, and Shadow which can be seen in the background of the poster. This was a collaboration piece with Abigail Dunn. We took a picture of shadows and Photoshopped “DS106″ into it. This was inspired by … Continue reading OMG DS106!

Professor Groom Poster (4.5 stars) Here is a poster of Jim Groom created by Abigail Dunn and myself. In this poster we have Groom day dreaming about my character Shadow because that bad boy is just that attractive, how don’t you dream about him? We decided to put Abigail’s character Caleb as Sebastian because Caleb … Continue reading The Little Groom

Make My Day (3 stars) The following is the perfect day for Shadow and Caleb! I collaborated with Abigail Dunn for this assignment. We used sketched out a schedule of things they would do together and then found on the internet each picture. This was inspired by our radio show Dead Silence although the beach … Continue reading The Perfect Day with Caleb and Shadow!

Cheesy Radio Ad for Your School (3.5 stars) Looking for a University to attend after High School? Well look no further University of Mary Washington is the school for you! The following is a radio advertisement for the University of Mary Washington featuring Abigail Dunn as Caleb and myself as Shadow to promote students to … Continue reading Come to Mary Wash!

This week I listened into Thursday to NOIR Not the Father. The sound effects of the audience was on point, the show got really intense and was great! This show sounded as if it was on Maury or Jerry Springer with the story and sound effects which was great! Although I got a little lost … Continue reading DS106radio listen in: NOIR Not the Father

This weeks daily creates: Wednesday-You’re Favorite Moment in the Past Week…make an abstract sketch to illustrate it I created this piece using water colors to illustrate my hike/walk down to the Rappahannock river with my friend. We went out on the rocks right on the edge of the river and looked across the water at … Continue reading Creating Creates on Week 8

This week my group NOIRington got a lot of progress in. We completed our radio show below called Dead Silence. I did the final editing on the radio show as well as the scripting with the help of Abigail and Justin. Both Abigail and Justin

This week on The Dark Times: NOIRington completed their radio show on the story Dead Silence. 3 Daily Creates were also completed. As well as 10 blog comments were done. Why Don’t You Get A Clue? Inside Talking Radio Show 7 Weeks Down Daily Create- Towel Heel What Really Scares You? NeoNoir: 2nd edition Radio … Continue reading Week 7 Completed

Week 7 Daily Creates: (Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday) Monday: What 5 Things in Life Give You Joy? While I was thinking what are my top 5 things bring me joy in life, I came up with my family, my friends, soccer, my turtle (Lilo), and doing art. These are my top things I love, though … Continue reading Getting Creative on Week 7

This week on The Dark Times: We create a radio group call NOIRington (Justin Lawrence, Abigail Dunn, and myself) and will presenting Small Town on our radio show Dead Silence (NOIRington progress).  We also have a poster promo for our show Dead Silence. This Wednesday I also participated in a tweet-along with ds106 radio. My … Continue reading Week6 Wrap It Up: Radio Show

Spooky Sounds (4pts): Using Audacity, FreeSound.org and sounds I already had, I created this audio of sound inspired by things that creep me out. It has a mix of a human scream with a cat yell, a cat hiss, an evil laugh, and floor creaking all in one t...

Character’s Bird Calls (2pts): This call is to specifically call my character, Shadow, from hiding when needed be. It was created entirely from FreeSounds.org and Audacity. It is short because Shadow doesn’t need a long call, he is always listening. This call is a mix of a whistle and sounds from playing water glass. I … Continue reading Shadow’s Calling

Your Theme Song (4pts): I downloaded The Pink Panther’s opening song from Youtube. I added some found effects from FreeSound.org. Throughout the song I added some symbol crashes and drumming, while also editing the sound of the original song.

The following is the poster of our station Dead Silence. We will be presenting our story Small Town. In the poster Shadow is seen holding a gun. Justin created the poster on photo-shop. Poster credit: Justin Lawrence

I already knew Abigail Dunn so I asked her if she wanted to create a group with me and then Justin Lawrence had contacted us to join the group. Justin created a google doc so that we could outline the show. Justin created a radio Poster for the group and had an idea where the … Continue reading NOIRington: Dead Silence- Small Town

This week on The Dark Times: daily creates, design assignments, a design blitz, some thought on copyrights and films, and a reflection on The Vignelli Canon. Throughout the week we were to finish at least 3 daily creates, doing so I did Monday- Wednesday: Draw a David…That David, Make Creative Hands, and What’s Your Super … Continue reading What’s Up with Week 5

Semantics (meaning), Syntactic (syntax), and Pragmatic (realistic considerations) are Vignelli top 3 most important aspects of design. Though there are other aspects such as discipline, appropriateness, ambiguity, and timelessness. His top three are obviously the most important to design because without semantics or a purpose to what you are doing then what is the point, … Continue reading The Vignelli Canon

After watching A Fair(y) Use Tale and Laws that Choke Creativity as well as reading Fair Use Frequently Asked Questions, 7 Things You Should Know about Creative Commons, and A Brief History of Copyright. I have realized that copyright laws really doesn’t make sense to modern day. With our technology today we can’t recreate and make new … Continue reading Mine, Yours, Ours?

Double Indemnity (1944) is a movie in which Neff an insurance salesman meets Phyllis during his run. They flirt and end up planning the death of Phyllis’s husband so that they could be together. This movie is very similar to The Postman Always Rings Twice in which there is a theme of a femme fatale. … Continue reading Noir Films: Double Indemnity

Exquisite Corpse (4pts): -The purpose of this assignment was to create a person out of different body parts. I create this person using a combination of 7 people’s body parts: including my sister (Karina’s face), friends (Corrie’s torso, Teagan’s arm, and Brittany’s leg), teammates (Purity’s arm and Jenna’s leg), and myself (half my face). I … Continue reading Creating Frankenstein

To collect these pictures my roommate and I took a walk around Melchers and the Library finding many design concepts. Although I did not find an example of metaphors/symbols, rhythm, dominance, and unity, I did find the following: Color- The use of the color pink on top of the black and gray catches the eye … Continue reading Design Blitz

Cartoon You (3.5 pts): The following is a a cartoon picture of Shadow created with Paint as well as the Clyde filter on flickr to make him look transparent. Using lunapic.com I added the comic book style effect to the final picture of shadow. In this picture he is in out for a stroll through … Continue reading Cartoon Shadow

Bumper Sticker (3.5 pts): Shadow’s motto is ” Everything is for the Taking” he definitely lives by what he preaches though he likes to be funny sometimes. The following is the bumper sticker on the back of his car, “Everything is for the Taking (except this car, this is mine).” When he designed it he … Continue reading Shadow’s Motto

Bad Guy Business Cards (2pts): -The following is Shadow’s business card for his side job. Only cause he is a big shot doesn’t mean he doesn’t like to make a little money on the side being an entrepreneur. Give Shadow a call if you need help getting something back. He deals with stealing on a … Continue reading Shadow Dealing with Business

Laptop Lingo (2pts): – I love this idea to create your own laptop skin, I created mine on My Custom Skin. I was inspired by my passion for soccer, I have played all my life and on my second love, computers, what could be better! I used a picture of a soccer ball painted with … Continue reading Cover Your Laptop!… It’s Naked

This week we were to produce at least 3 daily creates, they are as followed: Monday-Draw a David…That David. -Happy Birthday David… I create this piece on picassohead.com. In David’s photo he is had long hair, was playing the guitar, and wearing glasses therefore I had to include these elements to my portrait of him. … Continue reading Week 5 Creates