Please guess what story these pictures represent!

Design Assignment Count: 15! The Last One: This assignment is quite similar to others I’ve done, but I really enjoy the concept. In case you can’t see anything different with this picture I’ll come out and say it: Top right … Continue reading →

He’s certainly snazzy enough to carry a business card.    

This is a minimalist TV poster of the show Mad Men. The characters are always drinking in every episode, but in a kind of classy way, thus the martini.

This week is ds106 we had to do 4 daily creates!  Daily creates are always a challenge specially because I ended up doing like 5 this week because after completing my 4, a new one that I really liked came … Continue reading →

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Design Assignment Count: 12 Well for this one I don’t think I did that great of a shop job: In my opinion the head’s to big, and its a just an all around bad shop. But would you believe it, that it’s … Continue reading →

A poster depicting our proud beer mascot, the Vampire!  Featured on DS106 Radio’s unique interview with Real Monsters!

Design Assignments Count: 10 Okay music lovers, take your best shot. This design assignment was reeeeeaaaalallllly simple, but a cool concept. This might be a little obscure, but it was the song I was listening to while I was working on my assignments. … Continue reading →

Design Assignment Count: 8 Observe fools   While designing my poster for my group’s radio show I decided to go with the minimalist approach. This way I won’t give away to much info and spoil the show itself. I made sure … Continue reading →

My first picture is the first signs of Autumn. This is an example of the design element, Color. Out of all the green trees on the street this one stands out the most because of its contrast in color with its surroundings. My second picture is my street going downhill and demonstrates Proportion. From the perspective of the camera, the street is getting thinner as it goes down and the objects around it decrease in size, comparing the dimensions of close up and far away. My third picture is a bright red Ferrari in the middle of a high school parking lot. This can also apply to color, but I ...

For my ds106 Radio advertisement for my groups ds106 radio show I opted to create a graphic poster. I really just upped the contrast on a desert road and cropped it so it felt like the road was right in … Continue reading →

Here is my Design Safari post, it was a great exploration of the design elements. TDC267:”Today is World Vegetarian Day- make a photo that celebrates this holiday.” I happened to be preparing dinner and thought this was perfect. Broccoli is … Continue reading →

Because I can’t sing. Your Big Break assignment was to create an album cover where I could use any genre and theme that I chose. I wanted kind of an indie, folksy kind of feel because that’s the kind of … Continue reading →

Design Safari This week in DS106, we got into the principles of design, and even designed things ourselves. Our first assignment was to take pictures of things or scenarios demonstrating the basic principles (color, typography, metaphors/symbols, form/function/message, minimalism & use of space, balance, rhythm, proportion, dominance, unity). Instead of taking new photos, I went back ...

When reviewing the list of design elements I tried my best to conceptualize them through examples in my house, and that’s primarily what I ended up taking pictures of to serve as examples. The 4 representations of concepts I liked … Continue reading →

This assignment called for me to design a minimalist poster of a movie. I was watching Avengers at the time (well, had it playing in the background) and thought it would be perfect for a poster. I took the “A” symbol that you see at the end of the movie on Stark towers, which they had on ...

So, this didn’t turn out as funny or as good as I hoped it would, because I wasn’t really sure how to edit out, my dog, Butters’ face. So, it doesn’t look as good as it could. Anyways, as said, this is my dog Butters–his real name is Tucker, but I call him Butters because ...

Design Safari: This week we were are asked to go around and capture pictures of color, typography, proportion, balance, form/function/message, etc. This was a fun experience for me as I went to the National Zoo this past weekend so I … Continue reading →

Name that Single! For this assignment I had to represent the name of a song using an image.  Can you guess what it is? I used gimp to isolate my eye color and then de saturate the rest of the … Continue reading →

Design Safari: This week we were asked to go around and take pictures to illustrate a design principle. For this I chose to do color/dominance, balance, symbol, typography, and proportion. You can check out My designblitz here. I also put … Continue reading →

It’s time to look at design! What a week here are the highlights. I  learned so much about design from color and balance to proportion and rhythm. The best thing I learned is about the  5 lines of letters…because  in 3rd … Continue reading →

Wall Color Art and Dominance This design illustrates color well. This is at the National Zoo in D.C. They have put together pale colors to draw attention to their artwork on the wall. The background color is of various sky … Continue reading →