A Story and A Tweet
This is the story of how the Washington Capitals won the Stanley cup finals. For years they were one of the best teams in the…
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Telling a Story With Five Picutes
It’s not easy to tell a story using only five photos, but I’m going to be using that prompt to tell you the story of… -
Alternate History Image
At the beginning of the week I had to answer a question about an alternate history, and what it would change for the past and… -
4 Stars and Seven Years Ago…
Featured Image What The Font? For this Design Assignment, I took inspiration from the What The Font? assignment and used a digital tool known as Word Art to create the following image: I originally was going to use the Wordcloud Generator but found that I either had too many words or not enough all at the same time … -
Weekly Check-in II
There were a variety of assignments arranged for the second week of the course. Managing the weekly checklist was a little bit more manageable than the week prior. I started off working at the end of the list completing the book cover assignment and […] -
Dean & Hepburn
by @ds106_aaliyah July 7, 2018What would have happened if James Dean hadn't passed away? -
Holding Out for a Hero
by @kspeonygarden July 7, 2018Hello, everyone! For the additional design assignment, I decided to design my own superhero. I made my hero one who can control water, and named her Eventide. To design her, I used HeroMachine 3. I honestly found the website to be rather difficult to figure out at first, and I found coloring (namely, copying the... Continue Reading → -
What if the South Won? Book Cover Design
This week, we looked at the aspects of design and were given several weekly questions to incorporate a historical event that could have been altered and what that...
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By the Book
by @kspeonygarden July 6, 2018Hello, everyone! Last week, I mentioned that one of my favorite book series is the Theatre Illuminata trilogy; while all three of those brooks are pretty flawed, in hindsight, they will always have a special place in my heart. So, for the alternate book cover assignment, I chose to create a new cover for the first book, Eyes... Continue Reading → -
Lars Moisture Farms Logo Needed!
This is an assignment from the DS106 Design Assignments bank – “Create A Logo That Is Simple But Detailed” challenge. Per the assignment bank, the challenge is to: As designers are shfiting towards the KISS – Keep it simple stupid formula and creating Logos that are super simple and easy to understand. I want a […] -
The Design Bank…? Will Smith Style
In one of this week’s assignments in the digital bank categories, the objective was to create a character that follows the theme of our apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic outfit...
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Alternative History Image
This is another assignment from the DS106 Visual Assignments bank – “Alternative History Image” challenge. Per the assignment bank, the challenge is to: Imagine if certain events in history never happened or happened differently – what would the world be like today. Create a new image that puts a historic figure in a different environment […] -
Alternative Book Cover
This is another assignment from the DS106 Visual Assignments bank – “Create Your Own Book Cover” challenge. Per the assignment bank, the challenge is to: Find you[r] favorite book you would like to create a new cover for or to edit the original one. Be creative! For this assignment I used photoshop. I put a […] -
GATSBY
by @ds106_aaliyah July 5, 2018My spin on a classic's book cover. -
Daily Create #tdc2369
Hang Your Art on the Daily Create Museum Wall From the person who brought us JellyCam (a now-defunct free stop-motion video package that was a snap to use) comes Artfly, and it seems designed for Daily Create. Artfly is simple (but is in beta, so be warned). You add an image and set up a […] -
The Weekly Half-Way Point
Hello, everyone! At the start of this week, I watched the two Ted Talk videos by designers Paula Scher and David Carson, and then I completed a series of tutorials on the Canva website, which I discussed in more detail in this post here. I found all three resources to be rather interesting, in terms... Continue Reading → -
Design and Dash
Hello, everyone! Earlier this week, in addition to watching the Ted Talks by Paula Scher and David Carson, and going over the tutorials on Canva.com, I reviewed the eight principles of design on the Adobe Spark website; afterwards, I completed this week’s designblitz, wherein I took twenty minutes and took pictures of various book, magazine,... Continue Reading → -
Designers Challenge: Midweek 2
Daily Creates @ds106dc #tdc2367 My response for Tuesday’s #ds106 Daily Create is pic.twitter.com/i6KsgsUtfR — Jas 🍉 (@jasmxlon) July 4, 2018 Video | Audio @ds106dc #tdc2368 My response for Today’s #ds106 Daily Create is The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert! I book I am currently reading based on a recommendation from a friend. I can’t … -
We Made it to Week 2
While last week was focused on photography and the stories they tell, this week seems to be focused much more on the design aspect of digital storytelling. The first thing I did was watch two Ted Talks, one by Paula Scher and one by David Carson. Next I made an account on Canva and did seven... -
Peace, Relaxation, & Lists
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DesignBlitz
I wasn’t sure if the DesignBlitz had a time limit or not, but I gave myself one anyway. In 15 minutes I tried to find as many examples of the 8 basic principles of debate as I could and managed to find 5. DesignBlitz #ds106 #designblitz A post shared by Andrew Barnett (@ducksarecool2) on Jul... -
Designers are Weird
I’ve got to be honest, I wasn’t a big fan of either of the designers in the Ted Talks we had to listen to. Both Paula Scher and David Carson had some interesting ideas, but nothing that really flew out at me. Paula Scher had a few design pieces that I really enjoyed, especially her... -
Midweek Interests!
When looking over the assignments, the first aspect of the assignments that stood out to me was Canva because I have a fair amount of background from...
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Weekly Question- What if the South Won?
If the South Won, the Civil War it would not preserve equal protection under the laws for everyone. The United States furthermore would not be a strong,...
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So Two TEDs & Canva walk into a bar…
TED Talks Paula Scher presenting at the Serious Play conference in 2008 Canva Tutorials Font Pairing Basics Color Relationships Creative Color Palettes Marrying Text & Images Designing with Shapes Fantastic Photo Filters Working with White Space I focused a lot on tutorials that would benefit me in event advertising in the future. Sometimes I work … -
DesignBlitz: Like Word Blitz but BETTER
#ds106 DesignBlitz: Hierarchy #fourthofjulyjoke A post shared by Jasmine Pineda (@jaspineda97_ds106) on Jul 4, 2018 at 2:45pm PDT #ds106 DesignBlitz: Contrast A post shared by Jasmine Pineda (@jaspineda97_ds106) on Jul 4, 2018 at 2:45pm PDT #ds106 DesignBlitz: Proximity A post shared by Jasmine Pineda (@jaspineda97_ds106) on Jul 4, 2018 at 2:45pm PDT #ds106 DesignBlitz: Repetition … -
The Three Assignments of Design
This week in Digital Story Telling, we were introduced to the concept of design. For the first task on the assignment list, I focused on the two...
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My New Apartment! A look into the design elements of my new home :)
This week, we are learning extensively about the elements of Design. Not only have we looked into the two Ted Talks by well-known artists in the design industry,...
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Legends of Tomorrow; Question of the Week
Featured Image To go back in time and change an event, or prevent something from happening in its entirety would be an amazing opportunity. I discussed this with some of my friends who are History majors and figured out something that would be interesting to see in a parallel universe. What if Pearl Harbor never …Continue reading "Legends of Tomorrow; Question of the Week"
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It’s All by Design
Design is everywhere and after these past few days I can’t stop seeing design elements all around. It’s like when you are shopping for a certain car and you start noticing that car on the streets all the time. I can’t un-see all of the designs around me! Although it is annoying, it’s also interesting! […]
