Four Strangers, One Thing

Four Strangers, One Thing

by @ConnorM35842492

| designassignments, DesignAssignments358, Syndicated
February 22, 2020

For the design assignment Four Icons/One Story, I chose to use Stranger Things, set in 1984. I chose this design assignment because it sounded fun and engaging while giving me the freedom to add a 1980s twist to... Read More
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Design Blitz: California Edition

by @ConnorM35842492

| designblitz, Syndicated
February 22, 2020

This week in DS106, I had to complete a Design Blitz with my camera. I am currently out in Southern California, visiting some family and handling a heavy recent tragedy. While this week has been filled with sadness... Read More
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A Kid’s Guide to the Vignelli Canon

by @ConnorM35842492

| designthoughts, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

To kick off the week, we started with a couple noteworthy reads: The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli and A Kid’s Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd. The Vignelli Canon The first article I read was The... Read More
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Radical Weekly Summary (2-14-20)

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 14, 2020

This week has been really fun learning the in-and-outs of Audacity, iMovie, and GarageBand as well as listening to Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad and his insights on what makes storytelling via radio so compelling. Moon Graffiti was a very... Read More
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Sick Beat, Dude!

by @ConnorM35842492

| #AudioAssignments, audioassignments2366, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

I have never made a beat before and it is quite hard, not gonna lie. After watching a couple YouTube tutorials on GarageBand beat-making, I decided to give it a shot. I played around with drums, trumpets, and... Read More
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Here kitty, kitty, kitty…

by @ConnorM35842492

| #AudioAssignments, #SoundEffectStory, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

Creating a story only using sound effects is very interesting. When starting off with ideas, I thought about doing a music concert or a spooky story. I decided to do a spooky story because I am more interested... Read More
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Radio Bumpin’

by @ConnorM35842492

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, radiobumper, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

Creating a short 10-30 second radio bumper was a lot of fun. Using BBC Sounds and Freesound, I was able to get two great sound effects. One being a laser sound to start off the bumper and an... Read More
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It’s 1981 and You’re Sad

by @ConnorM35842492

| #AudioAssignment2227, #AudioAssignments, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

It’s 1981. You took your high school crush to the Senior Prom. When you both got there, your date ran away to dance with another person for the rest of the night, forgetting you even exist. You run... Read More
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Moon Graffiti

by @ConnorM35842492

| #audioreflection, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

Listening to Moon Graffiti by The truth podcast was very interesting. As a fictional piece, based on the true story of landing U.S. astronauts landing on the moon, it was very well done from a storytelling standpoint. The... Read More
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Knees Weak, Summary Heavy (2-7-20)

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 7, 2020

Visuals of Storytelling To start off our work for the week, we had to read Becoming a Better photographer and offer our input on how it can help our own photography skills. This article and the included TED... Read More
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The Terminator in A Fairytale

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1752
February 7, 2020

When hunting Sarah Connor, the Terminator can sometimes make the wrong turn. For this visual assignment, we had to take a 1980s star and put them somewhere we would never see them. I used photoshop to place Arnold... Read More
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Combophoto

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2050
February 7, 2020

Splicing two pictures together really led me down a weird path on this assignment. I created a brand new instrument, the Acoustic Squashtar™. I pondered for a bit, wondering what two items I could splice together and I... Read More
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Who Said What

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2060
February 7, 2020

When asked to combine 3 different but similar spies together for one fantastic meme, you can’t not use James Bond. In accordance with our 1980s theme this semester I wanted to use a James Bond from the 1980s.... Read More
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Chimeratic Composition

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1257
February 7, 2020

This piece was a lot of fun to photoshop. Believe it or not, I did not actually take this photo. Wild, I know. I scoured the interweb to first find a really interesting background. I stumbled upon this... Read More
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Photoblitz

by @ConnorM35842492

| #photoblitz, Syndicated
February 6, 2020

Two Related Objects Big & Small I chose my Apple AirPods and a pair of old headphones I had laying around in my closet. The size and quality of the AirPods beats the old headphones in every way.... Read More
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Photography and Storytelling

by @ConnorM35842492

| ds106photography, Syndicated
February 6, 2020

In analyzing These Pictures Of American Malls In The 1980s Are Actually Incredible published by Buzzfeed, many aforementioned storytelling aspects can be found. When it comes to selection, the pictures show a wide variety of mall shoppers and... Read More
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Visuals of Storytelling

by @ConnorM35842492

| photoreflection, Syndicated
February 6, 2020

Over the years, I have taken thousands and thousands of photographs. My phone is always in my pocket on every adventure, lunch with friends, party, and even the occasional hike. I have never been a hobbyist of photography... Read More
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What is Write and What is Wrong

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary, writingassignments, writingassignments1738, WritingAssignments1924, WritingAssignments2235, WritingAssignments2392
January 31, 2020

Graphing A Story Every great story has a rise, a fall, and a conclusion. But not every story has them in that order. Some stories have characters starting off poor and end up wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.... Read More
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Three Times The Charm – Weekly Summary (1-24-20)

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments5694, WeeklySummary
January 24, 2020

Every new week brings new challenges. Navigating through the Assignment Bank was a new type of freedom I, as a student, have never felt before. this being my first ever online class has sure had its fair share... Read More
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A Wild Weekly Summary (1-17-20)

by @ConnorM35842492

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
January 17, 2020

This week has been a wild ride. Usually the first week of classes are mainly reviewing the syllabus and securing textbooks but not this time, no way. The start of this semester started with creating and using my... Read More
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My First Blog Post (1-16-20)

by @ConnorM35842492

| ds106, Syndicated
January 16, 2020

Hi everybody, my name is Connor McClain! I am a senior studying International business and i’ll be graduating in May, very exciting stuff. I was not alive during the 80s but I do know it was an era... Read More
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Example Post

by @ConnorM35842492

| media, Syndicated
October 29, 2018

A post is where you could make a portfolio item. Make sure to use a Featured Image so that way it looks nice on your site!
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