This episode seemed to do a lot with power relations and how those characters who’ve been consistently undermined, controlled, and laughed at fight back. There was a lot of sudden, unexpected violence. Bodie & the Streets While Bodie was not the one who acted, I did notice how the camera … Continue reading

  I am currently taking a Gothic Literature course and reading Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. When I saw the book cover assignment I was immediately thinking of this novel and how to come up with a cover for it. I have many different versions of the book that I have shared here, but I wanted […]

For my last design assignment of the week, I made a minimalist poster  (worth 3 stars) for the 442nd Quidditch World Cup. I used photoshop, and a Harry Potter font to make the poster, as well as editing a picture from a Harry Potter coloring page online, to make it all black, to create the […]

For the Lyric Typography Poster assignment (worth 3.5 stars), I made a lyric poster with lyrics from Fall Out Boy’s “Young Volcanoes.” I used different fonts from Fonts2u.com to portray the different lines, such as a roman font about Rome. I put this all together in photoshop with the different fonts and the volcano clip […]

This was a really funny assignment to do. I did the Tell a Tale on Tapestry assignment (worth 3 stars), and used the Bildwirkerey von Bayeuxbe website to put this tapestry together. This tapestry is supposed to portray the two groups of drug dealers in The Wire fighting over the high rises, and people dying […]

This is my If Movie Posters Told the Truth assignment (worth 3 stars). I decided to do it on The Wire, but not on a specific episode, more on a general theme of the series. I wanted to put something about the actual point of the show, but McNulty was front and center in the […]

This is my One Story, Four Icons assignment (worth 2.5 stars) for The Wire S2E9, “Stray Rounds.” I used a gun because of the opening sequence with the shoot out and the  boy being shot. I used a computer because of the continued monitoring of the docks. I used the phone and the prostitute because McNulty […]

For my first design assignment of the week, I did an otherworldly distortion assignment (worth 1 star). I used a picture I took of the alps when I was visiting Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, and distorted it so the mountains were red. I got the inspiration for this form Doctor Who’s Gallifrey. To make it […]

So this week was awesome! I really liked how it was a visual week. I really enjoy things like taking pictures and I was looking forward to the different assignments we could do! By far my favorite assignment was Favorite Lyrics! I really liked how I could use my own pictures to show the emotion…

For this assignment we had to take a picture of something then take another one where we change something around in the picture itself. I decided my cork board on my desk would be the perfect place for this! I Have a lot of pictures and memories on this board so I figured it would…

One thing that really rubs me the wrong way is when girls show up to class wearing crop tops. Crop tops are party going outfits, not classroom attire. Wearing a crop top to class makes you look unprofessional. Professors do not care to see your stomach and lower back. Other students should not care either. We […]

Sketch a Picture | Sketch a picture and place the drawing next to the picture. Who is the picture of and why did you draw it. Worth 2 stars. To stick with the Wire theme for my assignments, I chose to sketch… Continue Reading →

3 1/2 star finished! This assignment was a lot of fun! I was supposed to find my favorite lyric and add it to a photo. While scrolling through the assignment page, this caught my eye just like my story map did. As I started brainstorming what I wanted to do for this assignment, I realized that…

Lysander, Jimmy McNulty, Robert Mallory…Dominic West. They are all him! Though probably most well-known for his character in the Wire, Dominic West was first known to me as Lysander in the 1999 version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” that my grandmother used to watch all the time. Then, as I tweeted just the other day, I […]

I was struck by the “Create A READ poster” assignment because of the attention spent on D’Angelo’s education, both book learning and life knowledge. When I looked at this poster I thought about the moment when D is in jail and reading The Great Gatsby and I decided to use that scene to make a […]

  The “Collage with Symbolism” assignment was both fun and meaningful for me. The idea was to make a collage of photos of me and someone I care about. Of late I have been spending a lot of time with my sister Emily, back in town from NYC, and my cousin Alexandra, visiting from L.A. […]

The assignment for a classic painting blended with something in the Wire, or the “Creative Mashup” was really interesting to me, and after watching the opening of episode 9 I figured out exactly what I wanted to do. Many are familiar with Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream” and I found it was a perfect parallel […]

For today’s daily create, the pirates have landed! We all know what they do, they just love to steal.. The pirates have landed only to take our soap and cleaning supplies! Who would have guessed there would be such a...
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Assignments Total: 16 stars Total Wire related: 9.5 stars 1. Minimalist TV/Movie Poster, 3.5 stars: Minimalism Takes Detail 2. One Story / Four Icons, 2.5 stars: A Bag, A Duck, A Purse, and A Barrel… 3. Learning By Design, 3.5 stars: Upcycling v. Recycling v. Downcycling 4. Truthful Movie Poster, 3 stars: 2011: The Year of Friends With Benefits Movies 5. The Ultimate Merger, 3.5 stars: PJ […]

The “Barcode Transformation” design assignment took me a little longer than I expected but yet again that was because I am too stubborn to google how to do something. Instead I just click all the different buttons until I figure out a way to complete the assignment. Basically for this assignment you were to take […]

The “Paste Someone’s Head On An Animal” design assignment was quite fun. I am still trying to develop my Photoshop skills but I think this turned out halfway decent. While watching the recent Wire episode I came across this one. I actually saw it will Ziggy was walking his duck or sitting at the bar […]

I really enjoyed the discussion with Tim Owens for “We Are All Artists.” It’s really nice to someone take a major that has such a stereotype for failure in this era and not only make a career out of it, but also inspire others to do the same. I am terrible at actual art, as […]

Key Moments from the Episode This opening scene was a killer. For the first time, it wasn’t about the disputing crews as much as it was about the innocent people around them whose lives they affect. I thought this was a very important move to make. I really liked the … Continue reading

I took the opportunity of teaching ds106 again to finally take a stab at Tom Woodward‘s historical selfies assignment. If I hadn’t waited until the last minute, I would have done a string of The Wire selfies, which I still plan to … Continue reading →

Once I read today’s daily create my first thought was Pirates of the Caribbean and it was to a specific scene. During Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth get stranded on a deserted island. However Jack has been to this island before or knew of it and found a […]

Omar Little rules.  You pretty much realize that by the first season’s end, but by the second season he starts to take on legendary status because his knowledge of greek mythology, his brilliant courtroom apparel, and his ability to shutdown … Continue reading →

I’ve been admiring assignments like the Shakespearean LOLcat for a while now, and this time I decided to stop analyzing and start paralyzing with my awesome art! I knew the quote I wanted to do right away. It’s a line I’ve repeated regularly … Continue reading →

I had to pick up some groceries, so I decided to take care of my Designblitz while wandering the aisles. I actually had a man tell me to “buy everything” when he saw me starting endlessly at the coffee and tea choices. Little did he know that I was doing … Continue reading

The ultimate merger assignment worth 3.5 stars is where you have to merge two different business logos. I decided to go with two very competitive companies Coke and Pepsi. Using Paint, I took the circle logo from Pepsi, erased the word Pepsi, and then inserted the Coca-Cola logo. I then decided it was way to plain so […]