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  1. mstough

    Response to Vignelli

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    Upon reading and looking at The Vignelli Canon, I see that a lot of his ideas and principles are still relevant today despite modern technology’s influence on the ease of design. He seems to put a lot of emphasis on thought and planning the creation. It’s not just about how it’s … Continue reading
  2. mstough

    The Legend of Pornstache

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    I did the What They Did After The Wire design assignment. After things went sour on the docks for Nick, he ran off to New York and assumed a new identity of George Mendez. He became a prison warden in a women’s prison and was able to unleash the fury … Continue reading
  3. mstough

    Team Tight Pants

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    I decided to do the Collage with Symbolism design assignment. This was a really easy assignment, as I just had to gather the pictures, put them into the collage using Frametastic, and upload to Flickr. While the assignment said to make a collage that reflects an important relationship in a … Continue reading
  4. mstough

    The Most Dangerous Thing

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    I decided to create a READ poster for one of my design assignments. I just recently watched The Wire season 2, episode 10 and wandered upon the perfect reading related quote said by Brother Mouzone: You know what the most dangerous thing in the nation is? A nigga with a library card. … Continue reading
  5. mstough

    Daily Create: Pirate Booty

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    Today’s Daily Create was a writing assignment about what unexpected thing the pirates took. You can read my response here. I drew my inspiration from Talk Like a Pirate Day at Krispy Kreme where you can get a dozen glazed donuts free if you show up dressed like a pirate. … Continue reading
  6. mstough

    Good Looks: Week 5 Recap

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    I really enjoyed the visual week. I’ve never felt that my photography skills were anything incredible, so it was fun to try and improve them and play around with visuals. I also really enjoyed analyzing things visually. The Wire Episodes Here are my blog posts for season 2 episodes six, seven, … Continue reading
  7. mstough

    Daily Create: Draw Jim Groom

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    Today’s Daily Create is to draw Jim Groom: This is my poorly illustrated interpretation of our beloved professor. Despite not giving him shoulders or a body that really looks anything close to human, I did give him a Chipotle burrito and a coke as well as his trusty fedora and … Continue reading
  8. mstough

    Daily Create: 106 FM Radio

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    I did today’s Daily Create, which was to post an audio clip of what’s playing on the 106 FM radio station. I only heard commercials when I tuned in, so I’m not sure what genre 106.7 FM plays.
  9. mstough

    Rainbow Showcase

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    For my third visual assignment, I decided to do Rainbow Showcase. I’ve acquired quite the collection of screen shots from episodes of The Wire, since I’ve been writing a blog post for each episode, so I thought it would be fun to sift through them all and assemble a rainbow of … Continue reading
  10. mstough

    Triple Troll Wire Epigraph

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    For my first visual assignment this week, I did the Triple Troll Wire Epigraph (2 stars). I took a screenshot from the episode, found the epigraph I wanted (here‘s a list of all of them), and then did the editing in GIMP. I used a screenshot of Bird at the end … Continue reading
  11. mstough

    Daily Create: Sorted Books Self-Portrait

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    I did today’s daily create, which was to create a sorted books self-portrait. I used some of my favorite books that I always bring with me to school. I was a little bummed that my photo collage options made it so some of the book titles were cut off.
  12. mstough

    Got Me Feeling: Daily Create

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    For today’s Daily Create, we had to illustrate a feeling. Today I’ve just a bit unimpressed by some of my peers’ work ethic in some of my classes, especially when it comes to group oriented stuff. I watched the latest episode of America’s Next Top Model  this morning and Tyra gave … Continue reading
  13. mstough

    Can You Guess These 6 Songs?

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    For my first audio assignment, I did The Contest Nobody Could Win, where you put together one-second-clips from six different songs. This was my first time using Audacity, and I have to admit that it was a bit frustrating. I was hoping the program would be on the same user-friendly … Continue reading

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