Summary Hi, everyone. My name is Annie Belle, and I recently graduated from the University of Mary Washington  Summa Cum Laude, with honors in sociology, and in the top 1% of my class. I have spent the past four years working extremely hard to achieve...

Summary Hi, everyone. My name is Annie Belle, and I recently graduated from the University of Mary Washington  Summa Cum Laude, with honors in sociology, and in the top 1% of my class. I have spent the past four years working extremely hard to achieve academic excellence, and while I have been successful in my ...

I am putting this video here for right now, because I just spent 10 minutes talking to my computer, only to find out that PhotoBooth had only recorded 7 seconds of my video, and I don’t have the time or patience to fix it right now. Here is a preview, and I’ll post again later. ...

I am putting this video here for right now, because I just spent 10 minutes talking to my computer, only to find out that PhotoBooth had only recorded 7 seconds of my video, and I don’t have the time or patience to fix it right now. Here is a pre...

For my final project, I created something called The Overheard Project. It has been an absolute joy to work on this project, and I am so excited to continue working on it. I decided that I would start recording things that I overheard throughout the da...

For my final project, I created something called The Overheard Project. It has been an absolute joy to work on this project, and I am so excited to continue working on it. I decided that I would start recording things that I overheard throughout the da...

DS106 is coming to a close, and yet I hardly think it will ever be over. I love this class and this community, and one of the most exciting things about #ds106 is that I will be able to participate even when I am no longer a student here. The past coup...

DS106 is coming to a close, and yet I hardly think it will ever be over. I love this class and this community, and one of the most exciting things about #ds106 is that I will be able to participate even when I am no longer a student here. The past coup...

Overheard, Day 12: Thank Heaven for the Gulf. Hurricane Katrina, Satellite View

Overheard, Day 12: Thank Heaven for the Gulf. Hurricane Katrina, Satellite View

Here is a video tutorial I made (per Feng‘s request) detailing how I make animated .gifs from videos using Photoshop CS4. I also make .gifs from still images, but that process is much more involved. Making .gifs is addictive, and the process is p...

Here is a video tutorial I made (per Feng‘s request) detailing how I make animated .gifs from videos using Photoshop CS4. I also make .gifs from still images, but that process is much more involved. Making .gifs is addictive, and the process is pretty simple. The hardest part is selecting quality material with which to ...

Overheard, Day 10: Suspended Visit The Overheard Project.

Overheard, Day 10: Suspended Visit The Overheard Project.

TDC92 Assignment: Sketch something that shows perspective. Although the color gradient for this work is not accurate in terms of communicating perspective, I wanted to focus on the direction of the shapes going into the picture, while intentionally mis...

Go to The Overheard Project to see installments for my final project and more!  

Overheard, Day 8: The waves of change.

Overheard, Day 7: When there are no words. Original clip from The Holiday. Poster image found here.

TDC86 Assignment: Draw Love. TDC87 Assignment: Take a video of something you do not understand. TDC88 Assignment: Take a photo that includes repeating geometric shapes. This photo is a photo I captured looking up at the domed ceiling of Ball Hall at th...

Overheard, Day 6: Fuck yes, there is a god. This is my favorite of the .gifs I’ve made so far. Who doesn’t love Rachel Maddow‘s quirkiness!?!

I’m in a .gif making kind of mood. Here are two .gifs I just made. The first is from Matilda (the scene where Matilda’s father comes out with his new blonde hair and the mother tosses the cheerios everywhere), and the second is from The Hol...

Overheard, Day 5: Lazy Sunday; Monday’s a beast. Featuring: my first-ever .gif made from a video, and my precious cat, Mellie.

Overheard, Day 4: Running from Monsters Detroit Airport, tunnel under runway

Overheard, Day 3: Internet TKO. Original photo found here. Used this awesome tutorial to refresh my .gif know-how.

I got a haircut, and I couldn’t be happier. After more than 11 years of never having my hair above my shoulders, I cut more than 18 inches off of my hair and I am EXCITED! Cheers! xx

Overheard, Day 2: putting in and getting out. I created this simple design using Photoshop CS4. It is mean to represent that, much like a circle does not function as a prism in reflecting light, the statement, “what you put into it is what you ge...

TDC79 Assignment: Geology is everywhere, parks, building materials, etc. Photograph a local geological feature. The primary geological feature here is the beautiful Lake Anna. Photo from Instagram (anniebelle1) TDC81 Assignment: Sometimes perfection is...