So what are we supposed to do for today’s Daily Create? We let’s see, apparently we’re supposed to draw on a napkin and give it to a loved one. Seriously? […]

For this assignment, I was tasked with creating a trading card for my favorite movie. Naturally, I had to choose Pulp Fiction, the single greatest movie of all time. In […]

Totally enjoyed this assignment! Love eating cereal, still even as an adult. My favorite characters are peanuts, so I was inspired to use them for this assignment. Again, I created this in publisher, saved it as a jpeg, uploaded it to my flickr, and then embedded it into this blog posting. Enjoy!

I have always like the sun and the moon, so that inspired the picture part of this tattoo. The letting around the outside came from a picture that has been hanging in my Grandma’s house since ever since I can remember. I always found it inspirational and would like to get it tattooed on myself … Continue reading Week 2 – Assignment 2 – Tattoo →

For todays Dailycreate, the prompt was to draw a picture on a napkin, so in honor of today being the Fourth of July, I drew fireworks and an American flag on a napkin.

Everything is due July 12 by 11:59. Some of you have gotten a lot of things up and running and fixed by using the Digital Knowledge Center.  The University of Mary Washington’s Digital Knowledge Center provides peer tutoring to all University students on digital projects and assignments. Students can schedule 50 minute, one-one-one tutorials with a […]

Week 2 Daily Create #3 (7/04) Draw on a Napkin: The Daily Create 1273 (7/04) Twitter Tweet Walk in the Park This picture I drew for me girlfriend for her lunch. Me and her are taking a walk through the park holding hands.

Today’s daily create was to draw on a napkin. So I chose to draw this cute little picture! I love

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Today’s Daily Create was to create a napkin drawing for someone you love. The drawing was inspired by July 4th fireworks. To complete this task I drew a picture on a napkin, took a picture of it, and uploaded to my flicker account. From there I shared it to my blog. Happy 4th of July!!!!

For this weeks assignments I believe that I completed all of them very well. The thing I enjoyed most about

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The White Knight Killer This is the link to my suspect board, it has a set of victims and crime scenes. This assignment I really enjoyed, thinking about all the different suspects and scenarios that could be used t tell the story is what I enjoy most of storytelling. I have always been a fan … Continue reading The White Knight Suspect →

I didn’t think I could, but I did! (Or didn’t think I ever would)

Here’s the weekly assignment everyone was forced to do: the suspect board. In mine you can see the victim in the center: a poor, innocent glass of beer. Surrounding it […]

For this assignment I just googled places to visit that where located near where I live. I found a few I have never been to. I cut and pasted the images into a publisher file and added some captions to create this assignment. I then saved it as a jpeg to upload to Flickr, then … Continue reading Week 2 – Assignment 1 – What Are You Missing Nearby →

For this Daily Create, I was supposed to document something that I did even though I didn’t think I could. Naturally, I chose one of the proudest moments of my […]

Notes from an interview with Tim Owens – “We Are All Artists” – conducted by Jim Groom. Keywords: hungry, uncomfortable, mashups, minimalist, noise, children’s books, antique stores, iconography, creative family. The interview was a fun and insightful piece on design […]

The following gallery contains photos that I took while on an adventure that we are calling a “design blitz”. We were given concepts to capture and resources on how to understand these concepts. The concepts included: color, typography, metaphor, minimalism, […]

“… Grab a picture of yourself in which your body language, actions, gestures, etc. suggest one thing and then play off that using a speech bubble. Ideally the result would make people laugh…” I chose a picture of my engagement! (P.S.: I actually didn’t really even look at the ring until after I said yes […]

The first week of CPSC106 I made my first blog, Twitter, Flickr, and SoundCloud! I think I’m doing alright so far with all we have to do. There is a LOT of stuff to do in this class and I’m having trouble keeping up. I wish there was a clear outline/syllabus calendar on what we […]

My Photo Safari was a fun assignment. I took my photos in a Panera in Maryland. Since I don’t have Wifi in my new apartment this week, I decided to do it at Panera because they have free Wifi. The experience was fun but quick. The photos that worked for me best were the non-complicated […]

For CPSC106, we had to do a Photo Safari. I chose to do it in Panera (because I don’t have Wifi in my new apartment yet). It was fun (although I got a couple weird looks) and I believe I got most pictures! I forgot to take the starting time picture because I was so […]

The Ultimate Merger (4 and 1/2 Stars) Description of Assignment:“Businesses merger together all the time (at least that’s what Mad Men has taught me). For this assignment create a logo in which you combine to famous logos. Humor is encouraged.” The Story In 2017 McDonald’s and Wendy’s were both losing business to each other. So […]

Visual Storytelling Blog Post Currently I think I am a pretty good photographer. I use my phone the majority of the time, since I always have, to take pictures of all sorts of random things that interest me. I like to cook and experiment with food, so I take a lot of picture of the … Continue reading Visuals of Storytelling Assignment – Week 1 →

One Story / Four Icons (2 and 1/2 Stars) Description of Assignment:“This idea was first suggested by Tom Woodward and has been a long standing popular ds106 assignment. The assignment is to reduce a movie, story, or event into its basic elements, then take those visuals and reduce them further to simple icons, four of […]

This Assignment is Suspect! (3 Stars) Description of Assignments: “Have you ever seen those crime shows that organize a case using a suspect board? Like Scandal or Blacklist? Well, that’s exactly what this assignment is. You will create a suspect board (or a board that connects different characters) to show interaction between the people. Feel free […]