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  1. adamlostonpatrol

    Radio Show Reflection

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    The radio show assignment was a very fun assignment to do. It made us work together to create something that was fun and interesting for people to listen to, and required a lot of creativity. For our groups radio show, we all met up to decide on our theme and organize ourselves. We decided that … Continue reading
  2. adamlostonpatrol

    Daily Creates week 7-8

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    For October 5th’s daily create, the assignment was to find an example of pareidolia. For my pareidolia, I search google for images of one and stumbled across this one. Its a picture of an elephant, monkey, horse, dog, cat and a mouse all in one. I thought it was pretty clever of how the outlines … Continue reading
  3. adamlostonpatrol

    Fright Through Sound

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    “Try to convey a certain emotion, such as fear, stress, sadness, etc. by combing sound effects. They can be human sounds, such as crying with laughter in the background, to maybe express someone’s fears or being embarrassed, or you can get really artsy and try to convey an emotion by sound effects– like loud noises … Continue reading
  4. adamlostonpatrol

    Weekly Summary Week 6

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    This week was all about design and making progress for our groups radio show. I learned a lot about different concepts of design from colors to the meaning of the design itself. The design process was a lot more time consuming than I thought it would because of all the little details that go into … Continue reading
  5. adamlostonpatrol

    Daily Creates Week 6!

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    @ds106dc #tdc1365 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create because I am dynamite! pic.twitter.com/A5WSqM6QHi — Adam Hoff (@swimmerdude79) October 4, 2015 For Sunday’s daily create, the assignment was “If you were in a toy store what would your packaging be? Show us in a photo.” After searching Google Images for ideas on what my packing … Continue reading
  6. adamlostonpatrol

    Vignelli Reflection

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    In the Vignelli Canon, by Massimo Vignelli, Vignelli states that there are three aspects in Design that are important to him: Semantic, Syntactic and Pragmatic. Semantics is uncovering the meaning of the design. Syntactic is the discipline that controls the proper use of grammar in the building of phrases. This can be seen within graphic … Continue reading
  7. adamlostonpatrol

    Forbidden Love

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    “Take/Find a picture of a couple who are obviously in love. Use the picture to tell a story. Give the story some background and maybe even create a dialogue between the two or tell the story from each point of view. Just give it some detail and create a background to your photo! It can … Continue reading
  8. adamlostonpatrol

    Swimming is Life

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    “For this assignment, you get to design your very own t-shirt! Find a blank t-shirt template, then add a picture or some text. It could be a joke, a pop culture reference, a movie quote, or anything else you want.” For the “Create A T-Shirt” Assignment I decided to make a swimming t-shirt. I’ve been … Continue reading
  9. adamlostonpatrol

    Happy Halloween!

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    “Make a card for someone through an online design program.” For the design assignment titled “The Best To Spread Cheer Is Making Cards For All To See” I decided to go with a Happy Halloween card since it is very close to that time of year and I am in the Halloween spirit. I decided … Continue reading
  10. adamlostonpatrol

    Green Arrow Banner

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    “Create a banner displaying your favorite superhero character.” For the Superhero Banner assignment I decided to go with Green Arrow because he is my favorite superhero. I like Green Arrow because of his look. I wear hoods every time I get the chance and I’m also a huge fan of bows and crossbows. So Green Arrow … Continue reading
  11. adamlostonpatrol

    I Font that Halloween Spirit!

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        “A common exercise in design school, take typographical elements (perhaps even the words of a story) and bring them to life.” For the “What The Font?” assignment I chose to make a pumpkin out of the phrase “HappyHalloween.” I decided to make a pumpkin for this assignment because Halloween is at the end … Continue reading
  12. adamlostonpatrol

    Warning: Baby at Large

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      “Have you ever seen those crime shows that organize a case using a suspect board? Like Scandal or Blacklist? Well, that’s exactly what this assignment is. You will create a suspect board (or a board that connects different characters) to show interaction between the people. Feel free to add text, objects, and locations that … Continue reading
  13. adamlostonpatrol

    Weekly Summary Week 5!

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    This week was all about photography and how to improve our photo taking skills. I learned that you can use the environment around you to an advantage when taking pictures, and that you can manipulate the environment to better your photos. I also learned that taking a good picture is not as easy as it … Continue reading
  14. adamlostonpatrol

    Pimp my Flick!

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    We were assigned to pimp up our Flickr pages and see if we could figure out how to embed a set into WordPress. To embed a set into my blog, I googled the html code for how to embed sets into WordPress. By doing this, I found a website called flickerslideshow.com that takes the link to your … Continue reading
  15. adamlostonpatrol

    Tips For Better Visuals

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    Throughout the week, I used some tips to help me better exhibit my photography skills: Change My Perspective By Changing Yours: Find different and unique points of view. Look down, up, lay down on the ground. Seek perspectives of lines. Look to the light. Probably the most key lesson- be aware of light that works and what … Continue reading
  16. adamlostonpatrol

    How do they not know..

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    In the visual assignment titles Your Very Own Spubble, the task was this: “Learn to love yourself, grab a picture of yourself in which your body language, actions, gestures, etc. suggest one thing and then play off that using a speech bubble. Ideally the result would make people laugh—but I must acknowledge there are other … Continue reading
  17. adamlostonpatrol

    Razor To Ice Resurfacer

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    This visual assignment was called  Apophenia and the task was to find something in my house. Take a picture. Let my imagination churn. Make as many different augmented versions as you can think of. Help others see what’s in your head. For the object in my house, I decided to go with a razor. I chose the … Continue reading
  18. adamlostonpatrol

    Week 4 Daily Create 4.0!

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    Five Card Story: Construction to Inventor a Five Card Flickr story created by Adam Hoff flickr photo by Serenae flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by capohanka This story starts out at a piano bar at the Fan Gallery where two construction workers were talking about ideas … Continue reading
  19. adamlostonpatrol

    Listening to Stories

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    For the Listening to Stories assignment, I chose to listen to Talking to Machines by Radio Lab. In it, they talk about the fine line between what is considered a machine, and what is considered to be alive. And about how some people are fooled into thinking that robots are actual human beings. Also, Radio … Continue reading

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