Rashaad Newsome is a video, collage, sculpture, music, computer programming and performance artist. He is best known for his collages placed in intricate/antique frames. He was won awards from 2004 through 2014 for his work. His work can be found in the…

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Matt Siber is a gallery artist who mainly focuses in photography, digital art, video, sculpture and installation. Previously, he use to be a freelance commercial photographer but changed his focus. His work is displayed in the Art Institute of Chicago and…

  Nam June Paik’s work has been admired since the early 70s and started in the 60s. He is known as the “father” or “inventor” of video art. He was given the name because he manipulated tvs and videos to create something…

Hi Everyone! My name is Victoria and I am a senior Business Administration major with a concentration in Management and a minor in Digital Studies. I’m excited to learn about Photoshop and what exactly digital art is over the course…

I can’t believe the semester is over already!  I’m so sad but I have learned so much from this class.  I went into it knowing it was going to be hard work and it was.  But the assignments we did were fun, which made all of the work worth it.  During the first week of … Continue reading Week Five – Completed

One day, Poppy didn’t feel well at school and came home early.  Her mom thought showing her a video of a friend’s daughter ice skating, would make her feel better. Poppy was amazed! She couldn’t believe someone her age could ice skate like that.  Her favorite part was when the girl fell and got right … Continue reading Poppy’s Road to Becoming an Olympian

For this picture, I created Poppy’s newest Olympic dream.  To do that, I Googled a picture of Michael Phelps; Poppy’s favorite swimmer. To create the picture of her dreaming, I decided to reuse the picture from the ice skating Olympic dream.  I thought, because I was going for the same idea, it would be better … Continue reading Poppy’s New Dream

For this GIF, I wanted to capture Peppa Pig falling for it go to with my character, Poppy’s, story line. To do that, I used Gyazo to create the GIF.  I watched the video, shown above, and highlighted where I wanted the GIF to start and it automatically finished on its own.  When Gyazo finished creating … Continue reading Poppy Falling GIF

For this recording, I made it a conversation between my character, Poppy, and her mom.  It thought the readers of my story would like to compare what they imagined Poppy’s voice would sound like to what she actually sounds like. To do this assignment, I googled inspirational quotes about sports.  I wanted to use a … Continue reading Mom and Poppy Convo

I decided to create this picture because I thought it would give the reader a deeper understanding of my character, Poppy the Pig.  This picture was inspired by the Spubble assignment we did earlier in the semester. For this picture, I used Paint to create it.  I started out by finding a picture of Peppa … Continue reading Dreaming Little Piggy

This is a home video of me at an ice skating competition back in 2007.  I wanted to add it to my final project because I thought it would fit the story line perfectly. Originally, the video was on a DVD which I imported into my computer.  I wanted to add it to Windows Movie … Continue reading Ice Skating Video

This Favorite Ice Skaters reel was inspired by this assignment.  Instead of making it about my favorite actor/actress, I made it about my favorite ice skaters.  I thought it would go perfectly with the story line of my final project. To make this montage, I found videos on YouTube and opened up the YouTube Converter.  For … Continue reading Favorite Ice Skaters Reel

Step 1: Think of an image you would like to use for this assignment. Step 2: Google said image as a silhouette Step 3: Click on the picture you want Step 4: Save it to your computer and pasted it into Paint Step 5: Create lines through the picture by clicking the Line button under … Continue reading Barcode Transformation Tutorial

This week, we focused on videos.  I really enjoyed this week’s assignments but I found them really time consuming.  I learned about the different aspects to making a good movie this week and I feel like there is still so much more to learn. I think I had the most fun doing this week’s assignments. … Continue reading Week Four – Completed

Step 1: Go to Gyazo.com and download it for free.  These two icons will appear, on the bar, at the bottom of your screen. Step 2: Go to YouTube and find a song you would like to use for this assignment.  Make sure it is high quality. Step 3: Find the part in the music … Continue reading Favorite Musician GIF Tutorial

For this assignment (worth three stars), we were asked to create a highlight reel for our favorite actor/actress. I decided to do this assignment on Jen Aniston because I thought highlighting one of my favorite actress’ many talents, is necessary – I call her Jen because I feel as if we are close enough, where … Continue reading Jen Aniston Highlight Reel

For this assignment (worth five stars), we were asked to create a montage for someone special in our lives. While scrolling through the video assignment bank, I came across this assignment and I knew I had to do it.  Originally, I was going to make a montage of my mom but I couldn’t find enough pictures … Continue reading Best Friend Montage

If I could choose anywhere in the world to go to, I would choose Australia.  I’m an avid traveler and Australia is one of the places I am dying to visit.  One of the best parts about Australia is you don’t have to learn a new language (a definite plus)!  I have some family friends … Continue reading My Dream Vacation

For this Look, Listen, Analyze write up, I chose to use the Dumb and Dumber (Pretty Woman) scene.  I’ve never seen the movie but I’ve heard a lot about it.  This one stood out to me above all because I love comedies and thought I would enjoy analyzing this one more than the other options … Continue reading Look, Listen, Analyze – Dumb and Dumber

Roger Ebert was a film critic who taught a film class in the University of Chicago Fine Arts Program.  From his article, How To Read A Movie, he explains the different meanings behind different angle shots camera men use in today’s movies and TV shows. I like watching movies and TV shows, but never got into … Continue reading How to Read a Movie

Week Two Reflection: This week we used audio as a form of storytelling and I didn’t I would, but I really enjoyed this week.  I played around with Audacity, which I’ve heard of but never used before, and really like it.  It can do so many things that I haven’t even begun to explore yet. … Continue reading Week Three – Completed

I found today’s daily create interesting, to say the least…  I have never heard of Brides Throwing Cats before and I do have to say, it’s very entertaining.  The reactions of the women catching the “cat” is amusing. To do this, I google searched “brides throwing bouquets” and scrolled through until I found at least … Continue reading Brides Throwing Cats

For today’s daily create, we were asked to make a video of how we get around everyday.  I live in the suburbs of DC so a car (mine is named Franny) is a must. To do this daily create, I took a video on my phone and uploaded it to Windows Movie Maker.  I then … Continue reading Meet Franny

Many people say that audio storytelling is outdated and I agreed until I listened to Ira Glass’s This American Life: How I got Into College.  Ira Glass has been in the radio industry since 1978 and has a lot of experience in that field.  According to him, the key to his success is knowing the … Continue reading Aspects of Audio Storytelling

For this daily create, we were asked to draw a circle and draw something expanding on it. To do that, I google searched modern art and looked for something resembling a circle, when I came across this. I saved it and opened up word.  I created a circle by selecting the oval button, in shapes, … Continue reading Circle in a Circle

For today’s Daily Create, we were asked to use ten specific words/phrases to make a semi-coherent piece of writing. Check out what I did in the tweet below. #dailycreate #ds106 #tdc1242 http://t.co/0UWkxCbnI9 — Victoria Le (@VICtoriousLE19) June 3, 2015

In this episode of This American Life, it talked about Emir Kamenica, a Bosnian immigrant, and how he got to where he is in his life today – a Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago, School of Business. The episode was broken up into four different parts; the Prologue, Act One, Act Two, … Continue reading This American Life: How I got Into College

For this assignment (worth 2 stars), we were asked to take a group message, with multiple people, and impersonate them to create an audio version of the conversation. I decided to choose this assignment because when I was scrolling through the assignment bank, I came across this assignment and smiled.  I knew immediately, I had … Continue reading Text Impersonations

For this assignment (worth 3 stars), we were asked to use a quote from a movie and remix it to create a completely new story line. When I was looking at assignments to do, I came across this one and it caught my eye immediately.  I saw the image of Buddy the Elf as the … Continue reading Princess Diaries Remixed