Tackling the Design Blitz was a no brainer and least that is what I try to tell myself. I think that finding the pictures where easy enough but writing about it is always going to be the tougher part of the job. I did’t take very many pictures so it dose not end up being […]

Are we there yet? I think I really just did to many stars this week I think that I am actually seeing stars right now. This post is the 4 star challenge something like the bucket challenge I guess. For the “Challenge me” I decided to create a camp poster for this Visual Assignment (4 […]

Another exciting adventure and another great fail, I don’t know I feel like I should have opened up with this famous quote from the newest Batman movie where the butler as Batman why do we fall. You know the seance where he goes  (Abert) Why do we fall master Bruce  (Batman) so we can pick […]

Gif’s…. now that is a situation …I am coming closer to the Idea that the Gif might be like the Home team , an easy win!! I ended up creating 3 total Gifs one for the Assignment  StrereoGif. ( 1 star), and one for today’s Assignment  “It is a Great Day For Sporting GIFs”  (1 star). As a […]

I don’t know where I would be without Gimp right know. Probably stressing out somewhere and having a few chicken sandwiches. Daily Create today was a guessing games man how I love games…. The answer is Here but don’t look before you guess …. Gimp is my savior right now. Can you guess the movie?@ds106dc #tdc1635 … Continue reading Can You Guess it…?

No one ever said that being born as a dragon is easy….Accept for Daenerys Targaryen. So my advice ? get fit as fast as you can: (this  is in response to Daily Create #tdc1634) “You are small men. None of you are fit to lead the Dothraki. But I am. So I will” ~Daenerys #tdc1634 @ds106dc … Continue reading Getting Fit with Dragons…

Recently my colleague had won tickets to go see the olympic’s. So I took the week off to have some down time and travel a bit. My time at the olympics was a short one but I  was able to see Gabby Douglas, A shining star going for Gold.This poster dose not do her justice, … Continue reading Going For Gold

Music to my heart comes from the Visual Assignment Playlist Poetry (3 Stars)  A romantic gesture to a lover. What can I say it says it all!! I posted this on facebook to woo a lover. Can you guess when do you think I will see  him again ? Here’s how I did it: I opened I-tunes … Continue reading Your Music To My Heart

Have you ever wondered what a life cycle of a butterfly is like ? I can show you a life cycle using 4 lines, 5 dots and one curve.Can you guess what shapes are in which life cycle? This comes from the Visual Assignment 4 lines, 5 Dots, 1 Curve this Assignment is worth (3 … Continue reading Butterfly Magic

Today’s Daily Create we had to create a story using a picture of a octopus and a Diver as seen below: Oh no you don’t where is the rest of my prawns ? Feeding time could’t be more complicated !! @ds106dc #tdc1633 pic.twitter.com/ep28xK2Egm — Adriel Brooks (@Chickfilalove87) June 28, 2016 Prawns are a type of … Continue reading Octopus Beat down!!

The Story Heading out on adventures for the summer are always fun. Here a short documentary on fun places to think about as your planning your summer get away. And remember no one can have too much adventure…….!! (This comes from the Visual Assignment Adventure In A Day, its worth 31/2 stars )   A … Continue reading Lights Camera Action ..Behind the Scenes

The Story For my first Gif I was trying to keep it simple hints why a did a StrereoGif. The process was simple. The Picture GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator A Tutorial: All I had to do was go to the website http://stereo.nypl.org/view/41623). There I followed a prompt first I got to choose my … Continue reading GIF Me

I read an article by Massimo Vignell was called  The Vignelli Canon . Let me just says that this article was really down my ally. The teach said to give no quotes but it is so hard say anything without quoting true words of a real artist. She also said that only some of information is not relevant but I … Continue reading Graphic Design Pre-Internet error

The Story Today I tried a Visual Assignment this is the first one of week 2 (4 stars trying to push my abilities). I think I am becoming a pro. This Visual Assignments focuses on fonts and how different fonts amplifying meaning to the logo.  For example, If a logo is crappy meaning is taken from the font. But, … Continue reading Visual Assignment #1..Week 2 Facebook By Another Font

This is really just plain blackmail material …Thankyou  Daily Create !! #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1632 This is pure black mail material pic.twitter.com/VRAHufmBoN — Adriel Brooks (@Chickfilalove87) June 27, 2016

There is a lot of information that has been handled during this week, most of it to me was overwhelming at first. But, I got the hang of it as the week progressed. I have learned so much about media and it’s uses. I can’t wait to learn more !! One of the first question … Continue reading Weekly Refection #1

Hello, My Name is Adriel Brooks I am a senior at UMW. I am currently enrolled in the BLS program as a Leadership and Management  major. I really love Chickfila so I guess that means you guys will be seeing a lot of Chickfila related things. I just would Like to say Hello This is @Chickfilalove87 … Continue reading Introduction

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I pretend it was at least …..(This is how I usually write on my blog part of the title becomes the introduction, usually something sassy I think it really shows my personality,my style  and it has become my personal trade mark) In the beginning was Chickfia or rather the “Chicken Hut” as we (me and my co-works) … Continue reading A Pirate Scavenger Hunt for Treasure ……

Finally made it to Daily Create #3 for week one. I spent a couple of hours on this trying to get it just right some times Photo Flexer can be a pain. #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1629 Success Yes or No? Detroit, MI summer @ds106dc #tdc1629 #ds106 pic.tw...

How to Become a Better Photographer, I have a basic training in taking pictures since I am an artist taking pictures really comes natural or rather comes with the trade. I grabbed my favorite tip from  TEN: Ten Ways to Improve Your Craft. None of Them Involve Buying Gear  by David duChemin. The tip was “Pay … Continue reading How to Be a Better Photographer

The Way I Walk Not as much as I wanted to do but I used two forms of media Youtube and my Iphone. I used my Iphone to take the movie and youtube to host it. Any other suggestions on how to upload this video and add music to  to the video? #tdc1628 These Feet Were … Continue reading Daily Create #2

This Visual Assignment Bring Your Pet To School was fun and rewarding. I used Photoflexer to manipulate the dog. Getting use to using Photo flexer is time consuming but in the end you learn a lot about the program in general. By: Adriel Brooks

Create Your Very Own Spubble (View Here) In this assignment I decided to go out on my own and look for the perfect “Bubble Maker” I did not find it but I did find a phone app that works. I used  Bubble – Speech Bubbles & Photo Editing  Comic Maker adds Text Captions to Pictures … Continue reading Visual Assignments #3 ………Your Very Own Spubble

Here Kitty Kitty http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/here-kitty-kitty This is the best one so far. I used Photo Flex to create manipulate the look of the wings. The insertion looks nearly perfect, I think that Photo Flex works perfect.

This was my first Visual  Assignment so it was more like an experiment I tried to read a  “Family Friendly Billboard” http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/family-friendly-billboards/ Even though I did not complete this Assignment I learned a lot from it. When I first saw the assignment I thought it was an super easy one. Turns out that I learn probably … Continue reading Visual Assignments #1

#ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1627 @ds106dc First daily create probably needs some work pic.twitter.com/45H4cNWg4o — Adriel Brooks (@Chickfilalove87) June 22, 2016

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