And so here we are! The last weekly summary I’ll ever have to do. This week was primarily focused on the workings of the final project. For my 8 stars of assignments, I worked on various things in character as Bunny Colvin. I created a fake newsweek cover involving my character’s creation of Hamsterdam. I […]

One thing I’ve always appreciated about Bunny Colvin’s character is his dedication to helping out these kids from Tilghman Middle School. He seemed legitimately distraught when the program was shut down. Still, I’d like to think that Colvin actually made a difference in some kid’s life while he was there. So I made this mock […]

Bunny Colvin’s spent most of his life working for the BPD. But after whole Hamsterdam fiasco and the ending of the Tilghman Middle School project, it’s time to go job hunting yet again. I used Bunny’s linkedin page that I created for him to make a sort of resume, based off this assignment. I made […]

As we enter this final stretch of assignments for the final project, I try to incorporate more ways to reflect on Bunny Colvin’s actions and character. The thing he’s probably most known for is his establishment of Hamsterdam. This assignment to create a fake Newsweek cover seemed perfect for the occasion. I cut the Newsweek […]

I have to admit, there are times that I forget to check on the daily create. But today is not this day! In the spirit of things, I created a custom error message as an example of something I’d use to notify me to keep on track. I went for the older, Windows 95 style […]

Do you remember the taste of strawberries Mr. Frodo? And here we are approaching the end even more. I’ve spent these past two weeks working on r-r-remixes and mashups. My personal favorite assignment ever was my mashup of Star Wars with Mystery Science Theatre 3000. I also did a remix of a timelapse assignment, with […]

Alternatively, a long time ago, somewhere in time and space. For this mashup assignment, I decided to mix the theme song of one of my favorite shows, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, with clips from Star Wars episode IV. Having had many problems with Windows Movie Maker, I decided to upgrade to Adobe Premiere. Using VLC […]

Today’s daily create was to summarize a movie into two panels. I decided to pick one of my favorite movies, The Room. But then I kind of realized that there’s no way to really summarize this movie. It’s such a mess that there’s no plot to even focus on. So I decided to take two […]

While watching season 4, episode 10 of The Wire, I was surprised to hear Bunny listening to Billie Holiday. For such an important character, we seem to know so little about his personal life, such as his likes and hobbies. So for my second Bunny relayed assignment for the final project, I took an animated […]

When I think of Bunny Colvin, I don’t really picture an artistic person. It’s challenging to think of assignments that relate to his role on The Wire. But a certain scene from Season 4 episode 11 inspired me. Word clouds seem to be a pretty big thing today. And so I was surprised to not […]

For today’s daily create, we had to take a picture of something we are not allowed to touch. In keeping with the holiday spirit, I took a photo of an early Christmas package I received. Nothing is worse than the wait for the end of December to roll around.  

For my remix assignment, I got the neat option to do the time of day assignment, but then throw in an unexpected character. I took a photo of a spot outside at different times of day, and layered them next to each other in GIMP. Then for the remix, I used the layer tool to […]

A nice minimalistic daily create, recreate my (rather uneventful) day using a recently released batch of icons. It was fun looking through the various files trying to find what I could use to illustrate moments that happened. With over 700 icons to sor...

Since this blog is all about art in form of another, I decided to use today’s daily create to illustrate another form, The Art of War. I used a quote by Sun Tzu that I think applies well not just in warcraft, but in any kind of mindset. I just carefully used the paintbrush tool […]

Two weeks in one! For the past two weeks we not only wrapped up video week, but we began preparations towards our final projects. My subject of choice was Howard “Bunny” Colvin from The Wire, and I’ll be creating a fictional narrative for him over various social media sites. At this point, I have plenty […]

To do my video essay on the Wire, I utilized the scenes from episode 11 of season 3, where Carcetti questions Bunny’s motives behind Hamsterdam. While the most memorable moment of this episode would no doubt be Stringer’s death, I still thought there were plenty of meaningful and artistic moments throughout the episode. I used […]

For today’s daily create, we had to somehow change our pet. Since I always look for ways to show off my cat, I used snapchat to take a quick photo, and used the in app editor to dress him up as an old western sheriff. You can see the final results below: Drawing with a […]

Just like how I had a previous assignment where you had to guess a song played backwards, this time you have to guess the title of a book! As for clues, I used a Vine clip that illustrates the main components. I’ll also give one last hint: it’s a popular fantasy series. Inspired by the […]

Oh boy, I actually got to cuss in a school assignment! For the Swede a scene video assignment, me and fellow ds106’er John recreated the iconic scene from season 1, episode 4. Of course, we decided to add our own spin to it using the resources we had available, as we lacked the items necessary […]

An Andy Warhol inspired project for today’s daily create: Creae an “antifilm”. I guess in this case, it means create a film depicting the mundane. I decided to film myself doing the practically everyday (in the first world at least) activity of typing away on the computer. What was I typing you may wonder? Why […]

Today’s daily create was to take a picture of our safe havens, or our place we like to go to get away from it all and relax. I decided to do something a little different and utilize a different sort of artform, video games. I took some photos of my farm on World of Warcraft. […]

For today’s daily create, I had to write a smart alec’s version of a haiku. I hadn’t done a haiku in years, and decided to make a joke about how outdated it feels. Of course, the joke is on me, as I had to write in cursive just a while ago for the GRE test. […]

Man this week. Entering the double digits, and what feels like double work. Unfortunately, I was not able to meet the criteria of 10 stars of video assignments. I did manage to make an animated music video though, which I put a lot of work into. I also did my best to think critically about […]

Ah animated music videos. Brings back memories of my early teenage years. When I saw this was a possible video assignment, I just had to go for it. I used scenes from The Legend of Korra along with the brilliant song “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning” by Smashing Pumpkins. This song just […]

After reading Ebert’s article on reading movies, I set out to analyze a selected short scene from The Wire, season 3, episode 8. Here, Stringer starts to build up financial connections through Senator Clay Davis. When it comes to the artform of cinematography, there are intentions behind both the design of visuals and audio. To […]

Since everyone seems to be showing off their sleepy pets for today’s daily create, I decided to join in with a picture of my girlfriend’s pug, Pugsley. This pic was pretty easy to get since he’s always sleeping anyways. We gave him a blanket to make him extra comfy though.  

Okay that title is way more dramatic than it actually is. For today’s daily create, we had to take a picture of something with the blinds closed. While the room got plenty dark, unfortunately I think my subject is pretty unrecognizable due to the location. I was in the lab while reading today’s daily create, […]

This week, rather than focus on an element of art or storytelling, we turned to the works of our fellow classmates. The biggest presentation of such was our radio show, which aired on Tuesday. Our group is very happy with the happy and satisfied comments we received concerning the broadcast. It means a lot to […]

Today’s daily create was to make art using the ever popular emojis. I found a bunch that were animal related, so I ecided to replicate an African watering hole in the savannah. Using GIMP, I found a nice picture to use as the backdrop, and used the textbox tool to paste in various animal emojis. […]

Today’s daily create: What would I change about my past? Hoo boy, one of these kinds of posts! Who doesn’t have moments where they look back and wish they could change how things happened? Still, in the grand scheme of things, my decision of what to change seems relatively minor compared to some of the […]