For me, living in the Pacific Northwest means a lot of hiking. It also means facing my fears, namely: mountain lions. Unlike black bears, which I am used to encountering on the East Coast, mountain lions can be aggressive and are known to stalk hikers. I already know what it’s like to live in fear […]

I’m a huge U.S. history nerd, so this design assignment  (four stars), was immediately appealing to me. I read through the list of criminals that the assignment page linked to, and picked Belle Starr. First, she has an awesome name, and I loved that her nickname was “The Bandit Queen.” Second, I just can’t resist the […]

Links Reflection DesignBlitz Daily Creates (I only did two) Design Assignment #1 Design Assignment #2 Design Assignment #3 Design Assignment #4 Design Assignment #5 GIF Assignment #1 GIF Assignment #2 I enjoyed doing this weeks work more than the first week. I had a better feel for my blog and what is expected of me. … Continue reading More Fun and More to Learn →

Minimalism: I saw this sandwich board sign on the sidewalk and was instantly intrigued by its minimalist design. The monochromatic color scheme (black and white) and simple design really drew me in. All I that I could decipher was an interlocking G and C. In all fairness this design might be a little too minimalistic in that […]

@ds106dc #tdc1603 Do it wrong pic.twitter.com/GdWbQFMaDF — D.J. Wernitznig (@DJWernitznig) May 29, 2016 @ds106dc #tdc1602 Massive pic.twitter.com/IzKWcghS9a — D.J. Wernitznig (@DJWernitznig) May 29, 2016

Original assignment Klay Thompson and Steph Curry are running the fast break. Curry catches the ball, checks his form, and eyes the hoop. Thompson puts his hands up prematurely in celebration. As he throws his hands up Curry passes him the ball. Thompson, who is not ready for the pass, botches the open shot. I was … Continue reading It’s Good! Or Not →

I think that this weeks assignments went pretty well. I think that this week’s assignments required more planning and generally were more time consuming for me than last week. I experimented with a couple of photo editing sites this week (I have betrayed my loyal companion, PowerPoint). I played around in both Canva and PicMonkey,… Continue reading Weekly Summary 2

Balance This photo is of a pillow that features a design of radial symmetry. I think that if you look at each unit, the radial symmetry works. Also, I believe that the repetition of the unit contributed to the balance as well. There is not an overwhelming amount of either color on the pillow. I… Continue reading DesignBlitz

Original assignment My very first GIF file! I remember being in downtown Fredericksburg, VA at Jay’s Bar & Lounge. The shot went up and it was silent. It swishes through the hoop and Jay’s is in an uproar. There were many upset North Carolina fans. I just wanted a good game and got one of … Continue reading Kris Jenkins Buzzer Beater NCAA Tounament →

I thought that the Vignelli booklet brought to my attention and solidified for me several concepts. I thought that it was extremely helpful that he related the terms semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to the area of design, which is generally examined visually, when these terms are usually applied to writing. His relation of these terms to… Continue reading Vignelli Reflection

Well, week 2 is over just like that! I feel like this week went a lot smoother for me then last week just because I felt more comfortable with doing the assignments. I actually really enjoyed this weeks layout, especially the Design Assignments because it was something new compared to last week. I also got … Continue reading Weekly Summary Two

Original assignment(2 Stars) If I had a cover to my autobiography it would be this. This design is a picture of a cave entrance. Before college I was always an introvert and shy. I didn’t go out of my way to meet many people. If I was talking to someone it was probably through the … Continue reading Inside the Man Cave: The Autobiography →

Week 2 was very interesting to me because I got to do Design which I was pretty comfortable with, while I’m not fluent in programs like Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, I’ve been told I have a good eye for design. I started this week by jumping feet first into Design Assignments starting with the required […]

Original assignment (1.5 Stars) Fortune cookie and movie line mashup. I created this design using just Microsoft Word and Snipping Tool. I chose six of my favorite lines that I thought could pass as fortunes. Once I underlined the lines I used the Snipping Tool and saved the photo as a .jpg file. The first quote … Continue reading You Talkin’ To Me? →

My first thought after reading this is that Massimo Vignelli is a firm believer in Keep it Simple Stupid and I appreciate him for that.  He knows what works and is sticking to it. Vignelli shows his passion for design very quickly in this article when he sets the three most important parts of design […]

Original assignment (2 Stars) I’m not sure who Dr. Oblivion is. However, this assignment was simple. Create a poster for the lost doctor. I used the programs FotoFlexer, Microsoft Word, and SnippIt to create this poster. I obtained a photo of Dr. Oblivion and uploaded it to the website fotoflexer.com like I did with Hanging With … Continue reading Lost: Dr. Oblivion →

The task: Take a moment from a movie that you can relate to and make a gif out of it. My gif: Oh look! I’ve been impaled! You know that feeling you get when you suddenly remember something you have to do? that is super boring? that is super time consuming? that you don’t want… Continue reading Been there

Original assignment To see what I’ve doe you’ll need to click on the photo. I changed history! The assignment asks to create a website or modify one to your liking. The only change I made were were removing the actual score above the ‘Box Score’. I also removed the original numbers in the parentheses. I … Continue reading History rewritten on Reddit →

My first ever GIF! The task: create a gif of an animal doing something funny My gif: I choose to make a gif of an animal fail. I went with penguins because (in case you missed it the other 400 times I mentioned it) they are my favorite animal. I chose to make this segment… Continue reading GIF (but not the peanut butter kind)

It has been very interesting completing the Design Blitz over the last week and it has made me appreciate more the amount of thought an effort it takes to create eye-catching designs that fulfill their purpose with elegance and style. Through all my reading on design I know that there are many different types of […]

Original assignment (3 Stars) Saving Private Ryan? More like Hanging with Private Ryan. I took a picture of my self dressed up. I cropped it into WWII Europe. The image is actually from the movie Saving Private Ryan. It’s definitely weird as the setting is all war torn. I’m actually really happy with how it turned … Continue reading Hanging with Private Ryan →

2 weeks down, 3 more to go. This week was a little more tough only because I did not have a good photo editing software until later this week when I got photoshop. I do not think I have ever done any sort of design work with pictures so this was definitely a new experience […]

After reading Vignelli Canon, it put the process of design into a different perspective for me. One of the first things that caught my attention was when he spoke about syntactical design and showing the example of the NYC Subway map. It made me realize that there is actually a careful process that goes behind […]

One of my favorite shows when I was growing up was Hey Arnold! So, when I saw the Cartoon the Head assignment, I immediately chose to use Arnold as the cartoon head. But what should be the body that will support Arnold’s football head? I opted for a camel. I feel that the camel’s hump… Continue reading Hey Camel!

          Minimalism and use of space I wanted to keep this to pictures I would find throughout the week. A long rectangle that contains many grids. Each grid is space and shaped to use appropriate amount of space. Volume and the channel are likely to be changed so they are bigger … Continue reading Design Blitz: House Edition →

As I said in the post I made for the DesignBlitz, this weeks goal was to find different things around me, in my everyday life, that I think represent concepts of design. I thought I would do a good job with this because I have had experience with doing things like this in the past … Continue reading How Do I Feel About the DesignBlitz?

This weeks goal was to find things such as ads, signs, objects, etc. that display either good or bad principles of design. I thought I may have a little bit of an advantage because I have taken art classes in high school before and that was always a big portion of the class, finding things … Continue reading DesignBlitz

I completed the Make a Maze assignment. What’s more fun that successfully completing a maze? Definitely not making one. This was a lot more difficult for me than I expected. I think that the most challenging part for me was trying to maintain the same amount of space between all of the line (which, sadly, is… Continue reading I Made a Maze

What is your favorite children’s book? My favorite children’s book is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. I don’t really know why I like it so much – its about alphabet letters climbing a tree – but it’s definitely on the top of my list. But what if our favorite children’s books were revamped to accommodate modern… Continue reading Computer Books for Kids

The following is a reflection. Early on in his canon, Vignelli claims there are three aspects to design that are important to him: Semantic, Syntactic, Pragmatic. He spends a page or so explaining the three. Semantics is the why. Why are we making or creating this design. Syntactic is the way things are formed or … Continue reading Through Discipline there is Detail →