_cpzh4: Use no more than 10 animated GIFs to tell the story of the movie of your choice., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/38060181, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 3, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments3</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 20

_cpzh4: In the spirit of http://thebigcaption.com/ take any photo featured on The Big Picture (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/) and add typographical text elements in a way that changes the message., _cre1l: Design, _d415a: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tumblr_l4rbusqEoL1qbs8kyo1_1280-562x580.png, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 6, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments6</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 35

_cpzh4: How many elements can you remove from a design and still have it be recognizable? Take a common theme and attempt to convey it using minimalist design. For more inspiration see Minimalist Star Wars Posters: http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinvg/tags/starwars/ and Travel Posters for Comic Book Locations: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Comic-Locations/851246, _cre1l: Design, _d415a: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/media_httpwwwthehighd_Culhh.jpg.scaled1000-467x580.jpg, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 7, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments7</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 40

_cpzh4: Tell a story by breaking it down into the common elements and themes and recreating it as a sketch. What would a laptop designed by Alexander Graham Bell look like?, _cre1l: Design, _d415a: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/x__pb_jutlDetail-580x435.png, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 8, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments8</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 45

_cpzh4: Excel is usually a place where people go to suffer. It is time to reclaim it. Animate a scene using colored Excel cells as your medium. , _cre1l: Design, _d415a: vimeo.com/16845078, _clrrx: 1, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments1</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 10

_cpzh4: Take any photo from The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ and overlay it with lyrics from a Top 100 song. Similar to The Big Caption project., _cre1l: Design, _d415a: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sickofbeingserious.jpg, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 12, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments12</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 65

_cpzh4: A common exercise in design school, take typographical elements (perhaps even the words of a story) and bring them to life., _cre1l: Design, _d415a: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5165550358_98f5c72b74_b-448x580.jpg, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 9, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments9</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 50

_cpzh4: Grab a marker and today's morning edition and start blacking out sections to create a new story. It could be a poem, a picture, or a novella, all drawn from the words of the latest news., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lefip77ymk1qafoq6o1_500.jpg, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 11, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments11</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 60

_cpzh4: Take a concept, one word, and plug it into Flickr and take the first 50 images and average them using Photoshop or similar program. Step by step instructions available at http://is.gd/ku3UF, _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/love-580x580.jpg, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 13, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments13</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 70

_cpzh4: We need to learn the value of stripping things down, removing the cruft, making more with less. Take a large body of text and reduce it continually until you’re left with something that still holds all its meaning but is much more succinct and approachable. Use this tool to make a visual representation of these edits: http://www.telescopictext.org/, _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Picture-1-580x322.png, _d5fpr: Tim Owens, _clrrx: 10, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments10</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 55

_cpzh4: Seriously. Make some fracking art. And make it awesome., _cre1l: Design, _d415a: http://bavatuesdays.com, _d5fpr: Bava, _clrrx: 5, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments5</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>DesignAssignments</a>, _d180g: 30

_cpzh4: Make an animated gif from your favorite/least favorite movie capturing the essence of a key scene. Make sure the movement is minimal but essential., _cre1l: Visual, _d415a: 28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2wd71vvuy1qaw14to1_400.gif, _clrrx: 2, _cyevm: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments2</a>, _cztg3: <a rel='tag'>VisualAssignments</a>, _d180g: 15