Original assignment (3 Stars) Saving Private Ryan? More like Hanging with Private Ryan. I took a picture of my self dressed up. I cropped it into WWII Europe. The image is actually from the movie Saving Private Ryan. It’s definitely weird as the setting is all war torn. I’m actually really happy with how it turned … Continue reading Hanging with Private Ryan →

          Minimalism and use of space I wanted to keep this to pictures I would find throughout the week. A long rectangle that contains many grids. Each grid is space and shaped to use appropriate amount of space. Volume and the channel are likely to be changed so they are bigger … Continue reading Design Blitz: House Edition →

The following is a reflection. Early on in his canon, Vignelli claims there are three aspects to design that are important to him: Semantic, Syntactic, Pragmatic. He spends a page or so explaining the three. Semantics is the why. Why are we making or creating this design. Syntactic is the way things are formed or … Continue reading Through Discipline there is Detail →

  First thing I’ll say is do not procrastinate. I joined the class just before the Tuesday deadline at 5 p.m. Despite various warnings from the professor about participating daily, I procrastinated. I realize now after spending almost my whole Sunday in front of my computer that ds106 is not to be crammed. Picking my … Continue reading This Week ergh Day in Review →

Original assignment may be found here (2.5 Stars) I’ve made my way around the web long enough to know what a meme is. As an active Reddit user I have come across many meme’s in my life. Especially one’s involving cats. My love for superheros and comic book characters made me think of a popular … Continue reading The Super ds106 Life →

Original assignment found here (2.5 Stars) At the end of the regular season,  Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, Manning Award, and the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. I remember watching Manziel play at Texas A&M my freshman and sophomore years at UMW. Ryan Leaf, a former college football star turned NFL bust … Continue reading Johnny Football to Johnny Jobless →

Original assignment found here  (3 Stars) This was a fun assignment as I love my pets. I have a few Miniature Pinschers and a Himalayan Persian. Daisy is the youngest of all the dogs. This assignment made me realize that getting Adobe Photoshop will make the visual assignments much easier. I had to refer to … Continue reading Daisy visits D.J. at UMW →

Wow have four years really come and gone? I remember moving into Russel Hall back in 2012. Meeting my random roommate, whom I never spoke to. Our conversations usually consisted if it was okay to turn off the light or not. Besides my knowledge of accounting and erghh maybe some french, I feel I have … Continue reading My very own Grad Spubble →

Trick? Disguise @ds106dc #tdc1596 pic.twitter.com/MZsN9sL2Ir — D.J. Wernitznig (@DJWernitznig) May 22, 2016

I choose my bedroom as the location of my scavenger hunt. After reading most students were capable of doing the hunt in their dorm, I figured my bedroom would be suffice. Making a photo appear lifelike was difficult. I thought one of my bobble heads would be the closest to portraying something lifelike. I thought … Continue reading Scavenger Hunt →

It was a cloudy day as you can see from the in the background. However, there is light shining down on the face of the blonde male. This was my attempt at timing and lighting. I ot the idea from: http://ds106.us/open-course/unit-5-visual-storytelling/#becoming-better-photographers (section from the ds106 Handbook) It was a partly sunny day and the sun would … Continue reading Becoming a Better Photographer →

Procrastination is the key to success #no #ds106 — D.J. Wernitznig (@DJWernitznig) May 22, 2016

  After almost two years I'm back #ds106 — D.J. Wernitznig (@DJWernitznig) May 22, 2016

Here comes test #2

This is my first post. Just testing out WordPress.