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  1. mome

    On trolling superheroes

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    ds106 assignment on Triple Trolling.Image: Superman Returns movie poster.Quote: Spiderman.Signature: Iron Man.Wanted to go a little fancy this time and did a full movie poster troll. The idea came from realising the similarities between Iron Man, and S...
  2. mome

    On 1 quote a day

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    ds106 assignment on quotes (and the guessing thereof), adapted from the Project 1QAD on Twitter.Guess the source and/or complete this quote:"Where on Earth is Ca______________?"
  3. mome

    On recasting Vaders

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    ds106 assignment on recasting another ds106 assignment.Assignment: Triple Troll Attack, GO!Recast: Done in reverse! Triple trolling in search of the truth! The question is: Who is Darth Vader really???With a little help from Wikipedia:Image: James Earl...
  4. mome

    On the replay value of dead people

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    ds106 assignment on reappropriating game screenshots.Game: Pac-ManOriginal context: Eat dots, avoid ghosts. This is 1980! There is no context!Reappropriation:"Day 1000. I still don't know how I got into this maze, or if I'm ever going to get out. Frank...
  5. mome

    On Pokemon consumers

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    ds106 assignment on reinterpreting a logo with the inclusion of what one buys most at the place.And the original 7 & iHoldings logo:So here's the rundown: For those of you not in the know convenience stores in Japan are really living up to the name...
  6. mome

    On 1 quote a day

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    ds106 assignment on quotes (and the guessing thereof), adapted from the Project 1QAD on Twitter.Guess the source and/or complete this quote:"Where on Earth is Ca______________?"
  7. mome

    On 1 quote a day

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    ds106 assignment on quotes (and the guessing thereof), adapted from the Project 1QAD on Twitter.Guess the source and/or complete this quote:"Where on Earth is Ca______________?"
  8. mome

    On recasting Vaders

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    ds106 assignment on recasting another ds106 assignment.Assignment: Triple Troll Attack, GO!Recast: Done in reverse! Triple trolling in search of the truth! The question is: Who is Darth Vader really???With a little help from Wikipedia:Image: James Earl...
  9. mome

    On recasting Vaders

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    ds106 assignment on recasting another ds106 assignment.Assignment: Triple Troll Attack, GO!Recast: Done in reverse! Triple trolling in search of the truth! The question is: Who is Darth Vader really???With a little help from Wikipedia:Image: James Earl...
  10. mome

    On the replay value of dead people

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    ds106 assignment on reappropriating game screenshots.Game: Pac-ManOriginal context: Eat dots, avoid ghosts. This is 1980! There is no context!Reappropriation:"Day 1000. I still don't know how I got into this maze, or if I'm ever going to get out. Frank...
  11. mome

    On the replay value of dead people

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    ds106 assignment on reappropriating game screenshots.Game: Pac-ManOriginal context: Eat dots, avoid ghosts. This is 1980! There is no context!Reappropriation:"Day 1000. I still don't know how I got into this maze, or if I'm ever going to get out. Frank...
  12. mome

    On the replay value of Poke-stalkers…

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    ds106 assignment on reappropriating game screenshots.Game: Pokemon Yellow VersionOriginal context: Pikachu is the protagonist's main pokemon, and follows behind him obediently wherever he goes.Reappropriation:"I met it one day while out walking in the ...
  13. mome

    On the replay value of Poke-stalkers…

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    ds106 assignment on reappropriating game screenshots.Game: Pokemon Yellow VersionOriginal context: Pikachu is the protagonist's main pokemon, and follows behind him obediently wherever he goes.Reappropriation:"I met it one day while out walking in the ...
  14. mome

    On the replay value of Poke-stalkers…

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    ds106 assignment on reappropriating game screenshots.Game: Pokemon Yellow VersionOriginal context: Pikachu is the protagonist's main pokemon, and follows behind him obediently wherever he goes.Reappropriation:"I met it one day while out walking in the ...
  15. mome

    On Pokemon consumers

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    ds106 assignment on reinterpreting a logo with the inclusion of what one buys most at the place.And the original 7 & iHoldings logo:So here's the rundown: For those of you not in the know convenience stores in Japan are really living up to the name...
  16. mome

    On Pokemon consumers

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    ds106 assignment on reinterpreting a logo with the inclusion of what one buys most at the place.And the original 7 & iHoldings logo:So here's the rundown: For those of you not in the know convenience stores in Japan are really living up to the name...
  17. mome

    On the orange that wanted to be a lime

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    ds106 assignment on re-colouring an object.Re-coloured from this image here:Orange, by Jgoge through CC Licensing.My consideration here, as with the previous attempt was to start with an object that was already strongly associated with a colour, and th...
  18. mome

    On demotivational fantasies

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    ds106 assignment on demotivational posters.Thought a bit about what kind of demotivational poster I wanted to try and ended up with that. The main image is the official logo for Final Fantasy XIII-2 (pronounced "thirteen-two"), and the rest is just sim...
  19. mome

    On colorising worlds

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    ds106 assignment on re-colouring an object.Once again done on Photoshop, with the considerations this time on taking something that seems almost inseparable from its original colour, and then changing that colour. The idea of the interaction between Ma...
  20. mome

    On speed-reading movies

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    ds106 assignment on creating a film-based book cover. Inspired by a previous submission.Speed Racer, by the Wachowski Brothers is actually one of my favourite movies, although I don't think such sentiment is in line with the majority opinion. Neverthel...
  21. mome

    On little captions and head lice

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    ds106 assignment on captioning a photograph.Decided to look through my Flickr account for a photo to start with and ended up choosing this as a base. From the image, the impression I got was, as you can imagine, head lice and I decided to go off from t...
  22. mome

    On un-scene stories, far far away

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    ds106 assignment on Un-scene Stories; writing about a minor character in a movie or TV series before or after the scene in which they appeared.Going off the given example of Star Wars (and trying to stick to something everyone would have a clue about),...
  23. mome

    On practical activities (mid-term submission)

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    So I'm here today to talk to you about one of the categorical assignments provided on ds106, and for the sake of choosing a specific category let's say I choose...oh "Visual assignments". So let's talk.First of all there is the question of importance. ...
  24. mome

    On mid-terms

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    Hi guys. So we have mid-terms tomorrow and I thought I'd share my answers for the questions provided. Please have a look, and if you spot any errors lemme know (in particular some answers are marked "check" and I'm not quite sure of those). Bon appetit...
  25. mome

    I choose you

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    ds106 assignment on Messing with the MacGuffin.Pokemon. Serious business.UPDATE: Gonna talk a bit on my process here. So I was looking around ds106 for interesting assignments and I was attracted to this particular one because of a very interesting ear...
  26. mome

    On triple trolling

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    ds106's Triple Troll Attack assignment.Photo: Ronald McDonaldQuote: KFCSignature: Burger KingSo. Who's up for some pizza?UPDATE: A little bit on my thought processes for this work. So basically one of the key elements that makes for an interesting subm...
  27. mome

    On 4 icons

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    My 4 Icon Challenge submission for ds106.What movie???...Aaand the answer:Here's the How:Think of 4 images/concepts as per the assignment (in this case a visual "X", "Man", a Nazi swastika referencing WWII, and a mushroom cloud to reference the clash b...
  28. mome

    The planet

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    A second take on minimalist travel posters, this time based on The Planet of the Apes, because I occasionally check Apple Trailers and the new entry in the series keeps popping up.Here's the how-to:First, think of a location that would have sufficient ...
  29. mome

    Welcome

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    My take on ds106's Minimalist travel poster assignment. In response to this guy.The poster references 300, specifically this scene:But actually I kinda had the scene on the brain a little before that, having recently discovered the "This is Sparta!" me...

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