Google Translate can either be incredibly helpful or the exact opposite. My mission was to put something into Google Translate that would translate it into something funny. So I played around a bit and came up with this: I found that when I went from a foreign language to English, for the most part the […]

This assignment had me create a board on Pinterest for a character of my choice. I chose to create a board for my character Clover that I created for Dystopia Rising, a post-apocalyptic LARP game. Clover is a Natural One, which is a race that is like Native Americans in that they have tribes, they live […]

For today’s Daily Create, I had to make fake airplane sounds. @ds106dc Airplane sounds… #tdc1745 pic.twitter.com/IB8bYzAkrf — Maureen (@gingerchic21) October 18, 2016

This week was fun! Me and my group finished up our radio show which can be found on my radio show progress post below, and I did a couple Daily Creates. Here’s all the posts I made this week: Daily Create 10/13/16 Daily Create 10/14/16 Radio Show Progress

Me, Alyssa, and Kim worked a lot on our radio show this week. We each created a commercial and chose three 6-10 word stories and talked about them, then Alyssa edited them together into a complete radio show. We all communicated via a Facebook chat group which was very convenient. We all tied all of […]

Today’s Daily Create had me create a photograph with words. I happened to notice me cat on the windowsill at the time, so that’s what I chose to describe: @ds106dc A cat perched on the windowsill of an open window enjoying the morning breeze of a crisp fall day #photosWithoutPhotos #tdc1741 — Maureen (@gingerchic21) October […]

Today’s Daily Create had me take a beautiful picture of my town. Here is downtown Fredericksburg in fall. @ds106dc Fall in downtown Fredericksburg #tdc1740 pic.twitter.com/N2JVGwjrSL — Maureen (@gingerchic21) October 13, 2016

This week was rough for me. I really enjoyed the design assignments though. Here’s links to all the posts I did this week. Daily Create 9/28/16 Daily Create 9/29/16 Four Icons, One Movie Logo Mashup “Just Kidding” Decorate a Dog

This was a fun assignment. I used a photo editor to decorate a picture of my dog, Rixs. I chose a picture of her on her 9th birthday. She got a special treat of cheese on top of her food.

For this assignment I had to overlay a movie quote over an image from a movie. I chose my favorite scene from Airplane!

For this assignment, I redesigned the Hunger Games logo to reflect the design of the Harry Potter logo. I chose these two books because they both have a very large fan base. Here’s what I made:

This assignment had me take a movie, reduce it down to its basic elements, and make it into four icons that tell the story. I chose a well-known movie, however I didn’t want to make it too obvious as to what it is, so I tried to choose icons that described the movie but didn’t […]

Today’s Daily Create was to take a picture of something modern and use the Old Photo Generator to make it look old. Here’s what I came up with: @ds106dc Here's my "old TV" #tdc1726 pic.twitter.com/T8HOtt2cZz — Maureen (@gingerchic21) September 29, 2016

For today’s Daily Create, I had to find and take a picture of concentric circles. I was in the library and happened to notice this lamp: @ds106dc Concentric circles in a lamp at the library #tdc1725 pic.twitter.com/qtMQftYnrO — Maureen (@gingerchic21) September 29, 2016

Another tough week. I’ve been have lots of life events recently, so it’s been hard to keep up with my schoolwork, but I did it! I loved all the photography this week; it’s one of my favorite interests. I got better at commenting and responding to comments on my own blog this week, but I’m […]

I tried to find example of every talking point of Becoming Better Photographers, which was a challenge. Here’s what I found (click on each photo to go to the photo credit): Selection Contrast Perspective Depth Balance Moment Lighting Foreground/background

I love photography. I actually have been meaning to get more into it for a while now. I have been told I have a good eye for photography, meaning I can set up a shot well and take nice photos. I don’t take a lot of photos currently, but I am looking to do a […]

Today’s Daily Create had us create an imaginary musical manuscript. I know how to read music so this was pretty simple for me. I used the demo version of a software called Noteflight which let me create a simple two measure song. There is a hidden joke in it, I wonder if anyone can guess what […]

For my next assignment, I had to take a distorted picture of something and make it as unrecognizable as I could. Can you guess what this is?

For this assignment I had to take a close-up picture of something and have people guess what it is. Can you guess what this is?

Today I went on a 20-minute Photoblitz. I had to take pictures of everything on this list: I started at 2:04 PM and ended at 2:19PM. For my first photo, I had to take a picture of something circular that filled the frame. I chose the clock by Woodard. The next challenge was to take […]

Phew. This week was tough. I didn’t manage my time well and ended up waiting until the end of the week to try and get everything done. Not a smart idea…but it’s done! I’m getting the hang of things; still working on commenting and engaging with other people but I’m getting in the habit of […]

Today I read Bryan Alexander’s “Web 2.0 Storytelling“, an excerpt from a book that talks about how storytelling is different when it comes to being on the web. Digital storytelling can take many forms; you can tell stories on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc. Each of these platforms puts a new spin on whatever story you are […]

I read this article about a short story called “A Logic Named Joe” written in the 1940s about how computers would be in every home, but will eventually bring out the worst in humanity because they were too helpful. For example, the computers (called logics) would give people advice about how to cover up crimes. […]

I am the technician for the radio station on campus, WMWC Radio, and I love it. We are the oldest club on campus, although no one knows we exist. For this assignment, I decided to look at how the WMWC website has changed over time. I used Wayback Machine to go back and see previous […]

After looking for a while through different assignments to complete, I came across this one. I initially misread it as “go for a walk and create a timeline of pictures of different colors”, but when I read it again, I realized it said to pick one color. After looking at the other people’s posts who […]

I love dogs. Like, a LOT. So when I came across this assignment, I was thrilled. It just so happens that my mom just bought me Photoshop Elements, and, using my computer graphics experience, I photoshoped my dog onto campus! I took the background picture when I first came to UMW, and it just so […]

Today’s Daily Create had us find an interesting door knob @ds106dc This Lego door knob is by far my favorite #tdc1706 pic.twitter.com/pzSK7orXBS — Maureen (@gingerchic21) September 9, 2016

For today’s Daily Create, we had to create an acrostic poem. I chose to write mine about cats. Cute earsAlways adorableTend to be temperamental@ds106dc #tdc1705 — Maureen (@gingerchic21) September 8, 2016

Today’s Daily Create had us come up with a new domain name. @ds106dc I would make a .music domain for all bands and music artists #tdc1704 — Maureen (@gingerchic21) September 8, 2016