big brother is watching you

big brother is watching you

by @lizlynnkondzel

| radioshowpromo, Syndicated
February 28, 2020

hey hey homies! so my group’s radio show is entitled “The Eighties Through Space-Time”, and the plan is to take & analyze different piece of pop culture created during a different decade but set in the eighties. My piece is the novel 1984 by George Orwell. For advertising purposes, we have decided to each theme […]
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the creates start comin & they don’t stop comin

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Daily Creates, dailycreate, dailycreates, Syndicated
February 27, 2020

thx for coming to my tedtalk! -liz
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week six? full of tricks!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
February 21, 2020

week 6 summary post! there are a lot more words that rhyme with six than i thought; like still not a ton, but more than i expected! Throughout the week, i was on the lookout for different elements of design, which i found and compiled here for your convenience! This was really cool because it […]
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[regular] design is THEIR passion

by @lizlynnkondzel

| designblitz, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

the design blitz bby! so the first design element i was able to find was color, which I found in one of the dorms on campus that was advertising and giving info about housing selection on campus. I really like the way the background is in black and white. I think it allows for there […]
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this glorious bath

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments365, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

so i’m a big fan of john green’s podcast the anthropocene reviewed. its a brilliant podcast, i HIGHLY recommend giving it a listen. In one of the episodes, he quotes a friend of his (Amy Krouss Rosenthal) “Death may be knocking at my door, but i’m not getting out of this glorious bath to answer […]
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girls just wanna have fun!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments332, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

this assignment was pretty straight-forward, and i didn’t have to edit any photos! giphy? much more user-friendly than gimp! the goal of this assignment was to make a gif out of something pop culture. I decided to do this one because what better way to incorporate our theme of 80s pop culture than with a […]
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15 minute masterpieces week 6

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Daily Creates, dailycreate, dailycreates, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

my daily creates for this week! i started out this week by doing the what color is your name dc! the colors are cute, but i felt as though their wasn’t enough yellow in the site’s decision, so I augmented their response with a photo of some beautiful yellow flowers i took a few months […]
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heathers again? shocker!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments43, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

In a completely unforeseen turn of events, I’ve decided to theme another assignment around the 1985 move Heathers! The goal of this assignment was to make a minimalist movie poster! I decided to go with the KILLER (in all senses of the word) movie Heathers because it both fits the 80s theme of our class […]
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imagine how is touch the sky

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments1668, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

i tried using gimp again! am i supposed to introduce gimp with an article? i hope not! regardless of the answer, my affinity for both no caps and random caps For Emphasis should alert my fair readers to a certain. nixing of traditional grammatical structure in favor of ~Aesthetics~. but back to gimp! the prompt […]
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graphic design is my passion

by @lizlynnkondzel

| designthoughts, Syndicated
February 18, 2020

so the general vibe that i got from the readings and articles & my minor rabbit-holing is that less tends to be more, and that good designs tends to be somewhat timeless. And I understand this and the appeals of this, especially for brands trying to build brand recognition, but it kind of goes against […]
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week freaking 5!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
February 14, 2020

it almost rhymes! would you call that a slant rhyme? unsure, i disgaree with and hate slant rhymes as a concept so i’m probably not the best judge. anywho ds106! this week was full of totally rocking daily creates that you can find right here! In order to orient myself to audio storytelling as a […]
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talkin to myself

by @lizlynnkondzel

| #AudioAssignments, Assignments, AudioAssignments1665, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

this was delightful! I had a lot of fun with this assignment, of which the goal was to record a phone conversation with myself, but to try and make it seem like its two completely different people! Here’s the final product! In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, but also in the spirit of you don’t […]
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marius pick up your phone

by @lizlynnkondzel

| #AudioAssignments, Assignments, AudioAssignments196, Syndicated
February 13, 2020

This assignment had me leaving a voicemail for a character from some sort of media. I decided, in keeping both with the 80s theme and with my personal interests, to leave a voicemail for Marius Pontmercy regarding his shirking of his revolutionary duties. Give it a listen! This was really, really fun to make, I […]
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a face made for radio

by @lizlynnkondzel

| #AudioAssignments, Assignments, AudioAssignments36, radiobumper, Syndicated
February 13, 2020

thats a really mean thing to say and i don’t mean it in regards to anyone including myself its just the most clever title i can currently think of for my ds106 RADIO BUMPER! This was really cute! a nice one take shot to get me into the groove of using audacity. Also helps that […]
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the disappearing lady!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| ds106radio, Syndicated
February 13, 2020

tonights radio drama was a part urban legend part Anthropocene-ic investigation of a popular urban legend about a lady whose mother disappears from a hotel after having seen a doctor for some unknown illness. Not only was this a really interesting story, but the live-tweeting aspect of the radio show was super cool! I made […]
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scooby do vibes

by @lizlynnkondzel

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, Assignments, Syndicated
February 13, 2020

so my original plan for the short story with only sound bytes was a titanic-esque drowning story, then i realized that was a little bit dark, and changed pace to a more lighthearted ooky spooky vibe, much like the popular cartoon scooby do! and here she is, in all her glory, fresh from my soundcloud […]
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schemin’

by @lizlynnkondzel

| #radioshowideas, Syndicated
February 13, 2020

a 20-30 minute radio show is in our ds106 futures! wahoo! 20-30 minutes isn’t too terribly long, but it certainly is an amount of time that needs a modicum of planning and idea generating before jumping in. so im currently reading 1984 by Geore Orwell, and my oh my is that a BOOK. I’m really […]
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underrated

by @lizlynnkondzel

| #audioreflection, Syndicated
February 13, 2020

okay so Moon Graffiti does a really really good job of setting up a sense of place and time; contextualizing the scenario and giving the audience a setting and a literal visual while literally not having a visual, which i think is just. so cool. this story was definitely more on the spooky and sad […]
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lets get (daily) creative!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Daily Creates, dailycreate, dailycreates, Syndicated
February 13, 2020

so this weeks daily creates started off with this really cool website that makes lines (/maybe a singular line I couldn’t really tell): “flow field art”. I was hoping for my final product to be more yellow heavy, but I think the final product is sort of reminiscent of bird feathers both in texture and […]
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whaddaweek (week 4 over & done!)

by @lizlynnkondzel

| ds106, Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
February 7, 2020

Jimminy CHRISTMAS this was a heck of a week. Just. A roller coaster. As always, my masterpost of daily creates is up! The three I did this week were the photo captioning one, the fairytale one, and the whale one. Check em out! I started off the week really strong, reflecting on my photography skills […]
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photo editing redemption!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| #VisualAssignments190, Assignments, Syndicated, visualassignments
February 7, 2020

my redemption post! the other editing project- linked here if you really wanna see it- I did I ended up being Super Unhappy with. So, I decided to go a little bit more structured for my redemption, go easy on myself to build up confidence. And although the perfectionist in me is still a little […]
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one of me just isn’t enough

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2502
February 7, 2020

So, like I said, it took me a HOT minute to figure out how to actually do this, so the first 7 or so photos I took look a little something like this: So how did I do it? WELL. First, you get inspired by some insta post about this very subject and try figure […]
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Another week of daily creates!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Daily Creates, dailycreate, dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
February 7, 2020

I started my daily creates with a relatively straightforward prompt, which was certainly a nice way to start off. We had to caption this photo: My mind immediately went to games of my youth and their rules and regulations, so I captioned it with a throwback to Hide ‘n Seek! The next Daily Create I […]
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to yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1039
February 7, 2020

I really like Rent– the musical, not the economic thing. It’s set in Christmas of 1989 (yes I know I’m pushing it but it counts!). My favorite song from Rent is “La Vie Bohème”, a group number with all the main characters singing about anything and everything and life as an artist in New York. […]
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ft the goodest girl

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1729
February 6, 2020

I love my dog. So much. She’s such a good girl and I love her with all my soul shes so photogenic and really really cute and thus I just HAD to do this visual assignment (make a collage of a pet/animal) in her honor! She’s a rescue, former VT research animal (lab dog) and […]
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and i would walk 500 miles

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1038
February 6, 2020

The goal of this (3 star, visual) assignment was to walk around taking a photo every 10 steps, and then make a collage out of the photos you got. I took a little ~creative license~ with the regulations (i.e. 10 steps is not very many so sometimes it was more like 12-13) but ds106 is […]
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fast photography!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| #photoblitz, Syndicated
February 5, 2020

Emphasize the sky by placing the horizon very low or very high. Features a repeating pattern. A photograph of something old or aged today. Make a photo that represents the end, termination… Make a creative photo of some sort of boundary Tell the story of a place in a single photo Make a photo dominated […]
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80s photography- a reflection

by @lizlynnkondzel

| ds106photography, Syndicated
February 2, 2020

so what ive learned is i need to look at more professional photography. the photos that ive looked at thus far are all so interesting and narratively signficant, that is, they all Say something AND are super interesting to look at. this photo, for example, found here. this photo stands out to me mostly because […]
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pics or it didnt happen- my experiences w photography

by @lizlynnkondzel

| photoreflection, Syndicated
February 2, 2020

photography week, lets do this! i’m big into taking photos, but its usually not for the purposes of an artsy, high quality shot. More often then not i take photos to capture the essence of a moment (in a “pics or it didn’t happen” type mindset), which i suppose sounds a little bit artsy, but […]
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oh no! week 3’s over already!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
January 31, 2020

fret not mes amis, we still have plenty of ds106 left! i had such a good time this week, mostly because i’ve been really into writing things lately, especially poetry. The daily creates this week were so much fun, def check out all my masterpieces on my daily create masterpost! i especially enjoyed the memoir […]
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