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…

Each day my girlfriend and I plan on staying at each country for about 2 to 3 days each. First Guatemala, then El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The flight cost 381 dollars per person from BWI to La Aurora Airport in Guatemala City. 1 USD = 7.6 Guatemalan Quetzal Since we only … Continue reading Guatemala, Guatemala City July 6- Jul 8 2015 →

The last stop on our trip was Panama City, Panama. We stayed in the Hotel Riu Plaza Panama in Panama City at 112 a night. The currency used in Panama is the Panamanian Balboa but they also use the US dollar. The conversion rate for it is 1 to 1. The food eaten in Panama was … Continue reading Panama City, Panama July 17th – 19th →

I USD to  537.58 Costa Rican Colón is the current exchange rate, like most other places it was not needed to exchange currency since USD was used at most places. If I needed to exchange it I could go to the bank. Took about 7 hours by bus to get there from Nicaragua. Diana and … Continue reading Guanacaste, Costa Rica July 15th – 16th →

Took a plane to get here since it was a 12 hour drive from Honduras. It was 4 hours by plane and taxi. Plane cost 372 USD and the taxi was another 30. 1 USD – 27.35 Nicaraguan Córdoba, like other countries most places uses both and credit cards can be used at most urban … Continue reading Nicaragua, San Jual del Sur July 11th – 15th →

Currency used is Lempiras  the current conversion rate is 1 USD – 21.94 Honudran Lempira. Did not need to get to much Lempidas since mostly everywhere also accepted dollars. Bus cost about 50 USD to get there from San Salvador travel was rough at times but mostly a smooth ride. I stayed in the Real … Continue reading San Pedro, Hondura July 10th – 11th →

Stayed at the Real InterContinental San Salvador at Metrocentro Mall for about 138 a day. El Salvador started using the USD started in 2001 Took a bus. The trip was 40 USD to go there per person from Guatemala City and it was like sitting in first class on a plane. It took only 4 … Continue reading El Salvador, San Salvador – July 8 – 10th →

Dear E, I had a dream about you last night. I dreamed that we were roommates, which was weird because we are not even friends. We spent the whole dream avoiding each other and refusing to speak. Near the end of the dream, you asked me a question and it was like a barrier between us just shattered. We looked at each other, each shocked to discover the other wasn’t a monster, and.. Read More

This post isn’t really a tragedy, but that’s the mood of the video I created this week. The task (worth 3 stars) was to take a music video and replace the music with a classical piece. To start, I needed to pick a video, and finding one that was appropriate for a class assignment was not particularly easy. Finally, I settled on a relatively new video by The Weeknd for his song titled.. Read More

Stanley Kubrick’s collection of shots in one point perspective, and in a more general sense, his shots where the camera is centered on the action are abnormal. According to cinematic theory, you should place the person/thing you want view positively to the left, and negatively to the right, and never in the center. Placing the center of focus in the center of the screen works for Kubrick though. It gives an air of.. Read More

Do not let that title deceive you or maybe let it. Either way, bang is not a good thing in this case. Where do I start? No worries, I will skip the life drama and get straight to the ds106 drama. Technology has always disliked me, but this week it has come after me with … Continue reading Going Out With A Bang! →

The three types of media I chose to do were audio, video, and visual/design. The two posters, which were the horse for sale ad and horse show program, I used Pages to create. Once everything was typed up, I used one of my own pictures in the horse for sale ad and downloaded a horse … Continue reading The How To Part of the Final Project →

A young girl, named Riley, grew up in New York City. She was accustomed to the tall buildings, constant sound of horns and people’s voices. However, as a teenager her parents passed away in a car accident and Riley was left all alone. She was devastated and lost beyond comprehension just like any individual would … Continue reading Final Project →

The thing I like most about these assignments is that it gives you insight on another person even though you have never met them and probably have never seen them. With that being said, I wanted to create an assignment that would allow us to get to know the person on the other side of … Continue reading My Own Digital Assignment 2 →

Five super long weeks passed by.  This definitely was a fun class but very stressful as well. The one that gave me the most trouble is coming up with a creative new assignment because there are so many in the assignment bank and there wasn’t one idea that I didn’t think of and it was … Continue reading Weekly Summary #5 →

Our character, the wanderer,  wakes up to the sounds of the wind howling and lightning striking out side the dim-litted and musky lair.  He does not remember his name or identity.  As he gets up attempting to get a grasp and recall everything, he remembers one thing… he needs to escape because he is a … Continue reading Escape.. →

This assignment requires you to take a video of yourself or someone else and finger spell a word or a phrase using American Sign Language (ASL). First, you need to learn how to finger spell the word in sign language. Click on the picture if you want to learn more. Additionally, if you really are … Continue reading Created Assignment: Signing Words →

Where did the time go?! It’s hard to believe as I’m sitting here typing, that this is the last post I am making for this class! Though, I encountered a few setbacks along the way, I am glad about what I am able to take away from this whole experience. Technology and I while we … Continue reading Weekly Summary Numero Cinco

Phew! What a whirlwind. It’s hard to believe this class is already over, feels like it just started yesterday. The amount of things we’ve learned and types of media we’ve “mastered” (I use that word very lightly) is unbelievable. Although I struggled with the amount of work and keeping up, I really enjoyed learning how to make videos and sound files and use different software. For my final project, I wanted to do.. Read More

How could five whole weeks fly by so fast?! Well, here it is my final project! Where do I begin…? Inspiration perhaps? Okay.             Anyways, the inspiration for this big, final project stems from an animated movie- The Book Of Life and my own family! Without, spoiling too much of the movie … Continue reading Life of a Living Skeleton

To make both the GIFs in my final project I used Imgur’s VidGif creator. I am just going to use a random video to show how I did this. I first went to YouTube to find videos that fit the theme for my story. In this case, I will use a corgi to show how … Continue reading How it’s Made: Final Project and Final Part

In another “design” portion of my final assignment, I decided to make a postcard with Pixlr. 1.) I opened the Photo Editor, and I had a few select images I wanted to use for my postcard that represented both the character and the story.   2.) On the bar located at the top I then … Continue reading How it’s Made: Final Project Part Five

Stella’s parents would not have named her Stella if they’d know how much time she would spend staring at the sky as a child. They lived on a farm, and there was more than enough work to go around, but Stella was usually off somewhere with her head in the clouds. Often she snuck out after everyone went to sleep at night to watch the stars go by and try to count them.. Read More

For the video portion, I used two programs that never fail to pull through for me – Powerpoint and Windows Live Movie Maker. I made a slideshow full of information about the character, along with personalizing it with pictures, and background elements.   I saved the powerpoint file as a .JPG to be able to … Continue reading How it’s Made: Final Project Tutorial Four

Today’s tutorial will be about One Story/Four Icons, which is a really cool assignment because I have done it before. The assignment is to reduce a movie, story, or event into its basic elements, then take those visuals and reduce them further to simple four icons. Step 1 – Pick a movie, story, or event … Continue reading One Story/ Four Icons Tutorial →

This is the tutorial for how I made the audio story of when Catalina first arrives in Los Angelos. The tool I used to piece together all the tracks was Audacity. To get all the sound effects to tell my story, I went to Freesound.org. The download part does require sign up. Once all of the … Continue reading How it’s Made: Final Project Tutorial Three