80s Dance Party
For this assignment, I did not know how to approach it at first as I was not familiar with creating posters or what site to […]
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Daily Creates
The first daily creates I showed my tabletop creation which was what my desk looks like in the morning. My coffee is an essential along with study/homework materials The second tweet was to create a claymation and I’m not creative or skilled enough to do that so I found one on youtube that deserves a … -
Already done with week 6!
I really enjoyed all the assignments this week and being able to creative in the design portion of this class. I start off my weeks by working on my daily creates. Next I decided to do my assignment bank assignments. I really enjoyed all the assignments this week, but I think my favorite one was … -
Signs
In this assignment, I was tasked to take photos of objects, ads, signs, etc. that illustrate 4 of the 10 concepts. I was excited to see this different concepts that I could find in the real world and connect them to these concepts. The first sign I saw that I thought connected to a concept … -
Week 6 Summary:
This week was really rally really fun for me. All of the assignments in the bank looked appealing and it was hard to choose only... -
Four Icons, One Movie
by @Maeve_ds106 February 21, 2020For my fourth Assignment Bank project I completed the Four Icons/ One Story assignment, as suggested to us. This was a little trickier than I thought. I picked a movie (it’s from the 80’s) and then began the search for Clip Art. It was a challenge to find which icons could be used to tell a […] -
DesignBlitz:
For the designblitz assignment this week we had to chose four concepts from the list about design that we saw around us. The one I... -
Just Blitzing Around
For this assignment, I had taken my camera (iPhone X) around with me for the week, which I normally have on me anyways as I […] -
A Beautiful Nightmare
I was a bit worried this week when I realized we were working with graphic designing, as I am not blessed within this talent or […] -
Week Six Daily Creates
I enjoyed this week’s daily creates, and although I wasn’t able to create physically what some of the assignments had asked me to, I was […] -
Minimal Movie Poster
by @Maeve_ds106 February 21, 2020For my third Design Assignment Bank Project of the week I decided to complete the Minimalist Movie/TV Poster project, as suggested to us. I wanted to keep to the 80’s theme, but try to chose a movie I haven’t featured yet. So, I selected E.T. which was released in 1982. Not going to lie I’ve […] -
Word Cloud
by @Maeve_ds106 February 21, 2020For my second Assignment Bank project, I chose DS106 Word Cloud. This assignment asks creators to create a word cloud design that encapsulates what we’ve learned in DS106. I used WordArt to complete the design. The assignment is ideally done during the conclusion of the course, but I figured now could be a good time […] -
Name that tune (80’s addition)
For my final assignment I decided to do Guess the Song. In this assignment, I had to create a poster that described a popular song while also using a picture of myself. I was really excited to use this assignment to be creative! While thinking about the song I would choose to use for this … -
My Last Meal
The first daily create that I did this week was Table Top Inventory. I was kind of excited to talk about this and why everything was on my table. I decided to take a picture of the table that I was working on that morning. The table contained my laptop, bags from Panera and my … -
Week 6 Down
This week we focused on Design and how certain elements may make or break a picture. I started off the week doing my daily creates which I found to be very exciting and I learned a lot of new techniques. After this I posted my reflection to the Brain Pickings Article. I found this assignment … -
Show and tell with Nyarlathotep
There is a storytelling principle of “show, don’t tell.” So one might say: On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air instead of “I was driving through the desert … Continue reading → -
6 weeks down!
Weekly Summary Design Reflection I had an interesting time reading more into design and the theories behind it. However, as mentioned in my blog post, I feel like sometimes thereContinue reading6 weeks down! -
Weekly Summary 6
Missing Person Contradiction Creation Motivational Poster Favorite Movie Quote Chip Kidd & Design Design Blitz #tdc2961 #ds106I think it would be cool if there was a claymation of the college's cafeterias ... -
Design Blitz
Color: The white helps bring out the red message. Red usually means something bad or important. Signs that are red and white mainly signify regulations that you must follow. For example, this sign indicates that the object is part of the Fire Department Connections. But the white background helps signify to anyone that this shouldn’t […] -
Chip Kidd & Design
Reading this article about Chip Kidd’s book, Go, really opened my eyes to design. Day to day I walk around and witness so many different designs but I never really questioned it. After reading this article I started looking around my room and asking myself ‘Why was this designed this way?’ The example of the […] -
Minimalist Poster
I read another classmates post who mentioned Canva as a good source to design a poster. There is options for posters, videos, cards etc. The obvious choice for this assignment was a poster. I only used three elements to complete this poster. I’m ... -
Favorite Movie Quote
Bad Boys for Life is my favorite movie for 2020 hands down. I didn’t come into the movie theaters with a lot of expectations because I didn’t watch the first two. But boy, was I impressed. The action, the plot, the climax, the suspense, the music, the acting, everything was on point. It kept me […] -
Motivational Poster
To all the single people out there, the kings and queens, I just want to let you know that you can make that shot. Basketball players don’t just shoot once and then give up. No, they keep shooting. They keep practicing until they can shoot and make the basket with no problem. And I want […] -
Contradiction Creation
This assignment was actually very creative. I enjoyed the idea to have a beautiful picture but a depressing or negative quote. I wanted this to be related to the 1980s so I had a picture from 1980s California. Just look at the scenery. The palm trees, the blue sky, the still ocean, the cars parked […] -
Missing Person
Charlie Brown is missing! Please call this number if you have seen him. We need him back on Peanuts now. I chose Charlie Brown so I could relate this assignment to the 1980s theme. Charlies Brown is a very important piece in the Peanuts comic strip. He’s always the one that suffers a lot, even […] -
Quote for the Week
For my first Assignment Bank project this week I chose Favorite Movie Quote. This assignment asks creators to insert their favorite movie quote onto a picture for its correlating movie. Since we are working with the 80’s pop culture theme this semester I went on the hunt to find a famous movie quote from popular […] -
Storytelling through pictures
I am a thrower on the UMW varsity Track and Field team and sports play a big role in my life. I was trying to find pictures of my progression through sports but it was hard to find them from the earlier years so I just focused on track. I didnt take many pictures or … -
this glorious bath
by @lizlynnkondzel February 20, 2020so i’m a big fan of john green’s podcast the anthropocene reviewed. its a brilliant podcast, i HIGHLY recommend giving it a listen. In one of the episodes, he quotes a friend of his (Amy Krouss Rosenthal) “Death may be knocking at my door, but i’m not getting out of this glorious bath to answer […] -
girls just wanna have fun!
by @lizlynnkondzel February 20, 2020this assignment was pretty straight-forward, and i didn’t have to edit any photos! giphy? much more user-friendly than gimp! the goal of this assignment was to make a gif out of something pop culture. I decided to do this one because what better way to incorporate our theme of 80s pop culture than with a […] -
Decorate the UMW rock
When I saw this assignment I thought it was perfect because last year my friend and I actually did this in the middle of the night so I didn’t have to photoshop anything since we spray painted it. The process involved going to walmart late a...
