Picasso Yourself

Picasso Yourself

by Annie Grotophorst

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May 3, 2012

The last assignment I submitted was Picasso Yourself. The idea of the assignment is to take a normal portrait of a person’s face, and distort it the way that Pablo Picasso did in his Cubist works of art. This may … Continue reading →
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Rap Battle

by Annie Grotophorst

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May 3, 2012

The third assignment I created is called Rap Battle. Basically, to complete this assignment, you would need to take an existing rap song and use the instrumental version of the song to recreate your own lyrics, or make up some … Continue reading →
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Final Reflection Post

by Annie Grotophorst

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May 3, 2012

I’m still not positive what a personal cyber infrastructure is, but I think it’s basically our own personal space on the internet, to do with it what we please. I think that it’s really beneficial to have something like that, … Continue reading →
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Hall of Fame

by Annie Grotophorst

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May 2, 2012

These are my “Best Of” assignments: Visual Assignments: Warhol Something Video Assignments: Spiderman With the Stereo On Design Assignments: If Movie Posters Told The Truth Remix Assignments: Pink Al Gore Mashup Assignments: The Truman Shore Audio Assignments: Dramatic Reading Daily … Continue reading →
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That’s Pinteresting

by Annie Grotophorst

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May 2, 2012

For the second assignment I created, I went with something related to Pinterest. It’s called That’s Pinteresting. If you have a Pinterest account then you know how addicting it can be, and if you don’t, well, I feel bad for … Continue reading →
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Warhol Something

by Annie Grotophorst

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May 2, 2012

I just created an assignment for the Visual Assignments called Warhol Something. Basically the idea is that you would use a photo that you already have, or take a new one, and turn it into something that looks like Andy … Continue reading →
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in[SPIRE]

by Annie Grotophorst
May 2, 2012

I just posted 4 classmate’s works to in[SPIRE]. Christie’s “Sarah Bernhardt With a Cat” Hannah’s “An Hour of Work in Five Minutes” Rossanna’s “Using an Elevator” Tim’s “Piano Duel for the Ages” I really like this in[SPIRE] thing, it’s a … Continue reading →
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Final Project Post

by Annie Grotophorst

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May 2, 2012

For my final project I created a video depicting my morning routine (or what I wish it were if I’d wake up in time). The inspiration for this project initially came from a video we watched in class that was … Continue reading →
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Good Morning – Final Project

by Annie Grotophorst
April 30, 2012

I finally finished my final project! It’s a video of my morning routine, with little bits of data laid over top of the whole thing. It’s kind of hard to explain, so just watch it to see! I downloaded the … Continue reading →
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Final Project Discussion

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 16, 2012

I just spoke with Rachel about ideas for our final projects. I’m thinking I want to do some kind of infographic or something along those lines. I mentioned that in my other post about my Final Project and I referenced the … Continue reading →
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Final Project Discussion

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 16, 2012

I just spoke with Rachel about ideas for our final projects. I’m thinking I want to do some kind of infographic or something along those lines. I mentioned that in my other post about my Final Project and I referenced the … Continue reading →
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Pink Al Gore

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 16, 2012

The third remix I attempted was combining Patty Pioneers with the Pretty in Pink Remix card (???). This remix was really easy. All you had to do was use someone else’s work from the Patty Pioneer assignment, and make it … Continue reading →
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Head Swap/Add a Sidekick REMIX

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 12, 2012

For my second remix, I chose to combine the Parent-Child Headswap with the Add a Sidekick Remix (????). I had also previously done the Parent Child Headswap for a visual assignment, so I used my own creation again to complete this … Continue reading →
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Pollock/Fat Cat REMIX

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 10, 2012

So for my first attempt at the DS106 Remixes, I received this from the Remix Generator: Fat Cats Make Better Art [Remixed]: Pollock Style (?????) You had to take a submission from the assignment Fat Cats Make Art Better and “introduce … Continue reading →
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Final Ideas

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 10, 2012

We’re getting closer and closer to the end of the semester, which means we’re getting closer and closer to giving life to our final project ideas. I’m so stumped. I thought I had ideas that I liked, but when I … Continue reading →
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Ditzy Girls Archetype

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 9, 2012

For the 1 Archetype, 5 Movies, 5 Seconds assignment (???) I chose to do the archetype of a ditzy high school girl. It’s not very hard to find characters acting like that in movies. I picked clips from Mean Girls, … Continue reading →
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Spiderman With the Stereo On

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 9, 2012

For the video assignment Watching Movies With the Stereo On (???) I chose to take a scene from Spiderman. I just looked one up on YouTube and I found one where he is just waking up and realizing things are … Continue reading →
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Truman Show/Jersey Shore – Mashup Assignment

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 4, 2012

I finally finished making my Trailer Mashup (????) and I just now realized that I may not have done it the way everyone else did. I didn’t use an actual trailer, I just used clips from The Truman Show and made … Continue reading →
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Youtube Class Discussion

by Annie Grotophorst

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April 3, 2012

So obviously I should have written this right after I got back from our class discussion last Wednesday on YouTube… but better late than never I guess. In class we watched the part of the Anthropological Introduction to YouTube by … Continue reading →
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Mash Ups

by Annie Grotophorst

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March 26, 2012

In class we’ve been talking a lot about mash-ups and remixes, and we watched the “Everything is a Remix” part about movies. I watched the part about songs earlier today, as well as some other remixes and mash-ups on youtube. … Continue reading →
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Return to the Silent Era – Video Assignment

by Annie Grotophorst

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March 21, 2012

My first real attempt at video editing was with the “Return to the Silent Era” (?????) assignment. I chose to begin by finding a good trailer on YouTube that I could manipulate with iMovie and make into something that resembled a … Continue reading →
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The Truman Show – movie analysis

by Annie Grotophorst
March 21, 2012

So I’m a little late with my movie analysis, and I may be doing this wrong because I chose a movie that wasn’t on AFI’s Top 100 list…. but I’m going to analyze The Truman Show. I wanted to watch … Continue reading →
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Radio Show Review – The Live Outdoors

by Annie Grotophorst

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March 14, 2012

Today we listened to the last three radio shows, and I’m going to review The Live Outdoors. If I had an actual scale to go by, I would give this 4 stars. ????? I really liked this show. I think … Continue reading →
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Radio Show Progress

by Annie Grotophorst

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February 29, 2012

For our DS106 Radio Show assignment, my group (Tiffany, Christie, Justin, and I) chose to create one that is about stories of embarrassment, heartbreak, pet peeves, and for the “Special College Edition,” bad roommate stories. We titled it “You’re Not … Continue reading →
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Audio Assignments

by Annie Grotophorst

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February 28, 2012

I was hesitant to do my audio assignments because (this is so cliché) I hate the way my voice sounds. Not sure exactly if I hate the way it sounds in general, or just in recordings. Either way I get … Continue reading →
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This Week’s Daily Creates

by Annie Grotophorst

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February 28, 2012

This week for my Daily Creates I did: Say your name backwards Favorite smell Favorite type of weather Favorite color They weren’t difficult at all, doing favorite things was very easy since I didn’t have to think too hard to … Continue reading →
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Visual Daily Creates Recap

by Annie Grotophorst

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February 24, 2012

I completely forgot to post a recap of the two weeks we did Visual Daily Creates, so here they are: A place you lose things Happiest moment in your life What you aspire to be one day Confusion Detail of … Continue reading →
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Design Assignments Recap

by Annie Grotophorst

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February 20, 2012

These are all the design assignments I did last week for our focus on design: Postcards From Magical Places One Story/Four Icons If Movie Posters Told The Truth Alternative Book Covers Remixed Game Covers Bad Guy Business Cards I liked … Continue reading →
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Visual Assignments Recap

by Annie Grotophorst

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February 20, 2012

I forgot to do a recap of the week we did all visual assignments, so here it is: Album Cover Parent Child Headswap Color Splash Helvetica Fat Cats Make Art Better I really liked doing those assignments, they were relatively … Continue reading →
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Design Assignment 6 – Bad Guy Business Cards

by Annie Grotophorst

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February 20, 2012

To get my fifteenth star on design assignments, I did Bad Guy Business Cards. Rating: ?? I decided to do the two burglars from the movie Home Alone, Harry and Marv, otherwise known as the “Wet Bandits.” I just went … Continue reading →
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