Touch the firehose of ds106, the most recent flow of content from all of the blogs syndicated into ds106. As of right now, there have been 92792 posts brought in here going back to December 2010. If you want to be part of the flow, first learn more about ds106. Then, if you are truly ready and up to the task of creating web art, sign up and start doing it.

  1. @joskamtav

    Send a special gif birthday card…

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    I’m sure you all have someone extra special and dear to your heart. Why not show that person just how special they are to you by making them a personalized gif birthday card! Heres how… Using giphy.com upload a video that is unique to your special person. Use a youtube link …
    Read more...
  2. @joskamtav

    Rockin’ Birthday GIF

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    I chose to take on the “It’s Your Birthday, Happy GIFfin’ To You!” gif assignment mainly because it will come in handy. These next couple of months are full of birthdays in my family, including my niece’s who’s my princess. I’m sure you guys can tell since she’s made several …
    Read more...
  3. @joskamtav

    Simple steps to making a GIF

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    Start out by finding which video you’ll be using for your gif. Once you’ve found the video you’d like to use, go ahead and upload it to your youtube account. Make sure the video is set to public view, it won’t work if it’s private. Next go to giphy.com and …
    Read more...
  4. @joskamtav

    My first GIF !

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    I have seen gif’s all over tumblr and always thought they were so cool. Never have I ever even attempted to make one up until now. For my first gif, I went with the home video design assignment. I am ALWAYS taking pictures or recording videos of event that I …
    Read more...
  6. @joskamtav

    Motivate Dracula

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    After donating his beloved blood, Dracula is in need of some motivation. Create a motivation poster that would lift his spirits by following these steps. Start off on canva.com, upload the photo you’ll be using onto one of the pre-designed templates under the layout option. Re-size the photo to your …
    Read more...
  7. @joskamtav

    What do you mean I shouldn’t always give 100% ?

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    Everyone needs a little motivation sometimes right? How about sarcastic motivation?… we can use a little of that also right? RIGHT! Everything is better when its funny. Creating a motivational poster for this design assignment was fun. I think it really brought some creativity out of me. I donated blood …
    Read more...
  9. @joskamtav

    If I were to make my own t-shirt…

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    A t-shirt I personally designed… HOW GREAT! The create a t-shirt design assignment allowed me to do just that. As soon as I saw this assignment I knew I would make a t-shirt with a quote on it. As cheesy as it may sound, I love quotes. I can almost …
    Read more...
  10. @joskamtav

    What will you advertise ?

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    Traditional invites are so old school! Add a personal touch to your event by making your own advertisement poster or flyer! If you’d like to add any personal photos to your flyer like I did, start off by going to fotoflexer.com to remove any background from the photo that you do …
    Read more...
  11. @joskamtav

    JOIN THE PARTY!

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    Invitations are so outdated. The new thing to promote events now are flyers and posters. Learning how to make one may come in handy for whatever future events come up. For this event advertisement assignment I decided to make a poster for a real event thats coming up. MY BIRTHDAY! …
    Read more...
  12. @joskamtav

    Make your own crime scene !

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    No crime scene is identical. Show us your crime scene by following these steps. Start off by heading over to FotoFlexer.com. Make sure you have an idea of what you’d like your crime scene to look like ahead of time. Save all of the pictures you’ll be using since we’re …
    Read more...
  13. @joskamtav

    Isn’t school suppose to be safe?

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 26, 2016
    School is suppose to be one of the most safe environments for students. As we all know, unfortunately that is DEFINITELY not always the case. For this create a crime scene design assignment I decided to pursue the unsafe aspect of school environments. Coming from a military police background and …
    Read more...
  14. @joskamtav

    Make your own violinist debut !

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 24, 2016
    Since you’re here I’m assuming you checked out and liked my “Are We There Yet?” design assignment. Well lucky you! I am now going to show you how to make your very own! Start out by first selecting the two pictures you are going to merge. Here are the initial …
    Read more...
  15. @joskamtav

    Taking the lead in a chorus…

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 24, 2016
    Changing locations without actually changing locations is quite a confusing concept. Well I managed to make that concept work through the “Are We There Yet?” design assignment. The assignment require that you change the concept of where the photo is and what actions are going on in the photo. Initially …
    Read more...
  17. @joskamtav

    Week one down, only a few more to go…

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 21, 2016
    Week one is finally over! That was way more difficult than I thought it would be. I’m not the most computer savvy person but I didn’t think a few image edits and blog post would be so challenging. For the most part the actual assignments weren’t too bad; it was …
    Read more...
  18. @joskamtav

    Tips are for taking.

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 21, 2016
    The Becoming a Better Photographer section of the class handbook has a great list of 10 tips for producing great photos. Those tips are there for a reason, why not use them ?! I sure did ! The tip I most heavily focused on was creating depth. Paying attention to the near …
    Read more...
  19. @joskamtav

    Can I capture it all in 15 minutes ?

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 21, 2016
    Scavenger hunts are always fun. Crossing things off your list as you find or complete them is so satisfying. 15 minutes in regular time may seem like a while, but 15 minutes in scavenger hunt time flies by. When I embarked on this photo safari, I really wanted to try …
    Read more...
  21. @joskamtav

    Revamp that photo…

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 21, 2016
    Ever wonder how you’d look like as a drawing? Wonder no more! Turn your basic pictures into drawings in 4 simple steps. Start by going to picmonkey.com and clicking “Edit a photo” Next upload a picture to revamp by selecting “open” and choosing one from your computer or which ever …
    Read more...
  22. @joskamtav

    Do you want to see aliens too ?

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 21, 2016
    Aliens are pretty cool. Wouldn’t it be cool if YOU could see them? Turn that possibility into reality! Start by going to picmonkey.com, select “Edit a Photo”. Select a photo of an eye that you’d like to use by clicking “Open”. Here is the original photo I selected. As you …
    Read more...
  23. @joskamtav

    Make your own CRAZY BUNCH !

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 20, 2016
    picmonkey.com has ALL of the answers… maybe not all, but a good portion. To start making a collage for your own crazy bunch, head on over to collage page of picmonkey.com Start off by selecting which style collage you’d like. I choose the “square deal” since it resembled the format …
    Read more...
  24. @joskamtav

    Not as hard as I thought…

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 20, 2016
    Creating a spubble was super simple. Way more simple that I’d thought it’d be. Once I decided which picture I was going to use, I opened it up using the Preview app on my mac book. Preview has an a few options on how to insert text into your photos. I …
    Read more...
  26. @joskamtav

    When Snapchat is replace by a pencil…

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 18, 2016
    This visual assignment required that I take a photo of something and transform it into a drawing. I tried this drawing filter with a couple of different pictures… I liked this one best. This here is a snapchat selfie from my time in Seattle this past October. Not sure how …
    Read more...
  27. @joskamtav

    Out Of This World

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 18, 2016
    The task for this visual assignment was to place a picture inside of a picture of an eye so that it looks like a reflection. I must say after about 20 mins of failure, I did a pretty good job ! This is a photo of my eye… inside of …
    Read more...
  28. @joskamtav

    I Have One Crazy Family !

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 18, 2016
    As soon as I saw the visual assignment on The Brady Bunch, I KNEW I had to share with you guys my CRAZY BUNCH! My family means the world to me. Like The Brady Bunch, I have a huge family. Each and everyone of them has a crazy/ funny personality. I …
    Read more...
  29. @joskamtav

    Social Media Is NOT My Thing…

    by
    | Syndicated
    May 18, 2016
    The idea behind this Visual Assignment was to play off of a picture in which your body language suggest one thing by using a speech bubble. As I mentioned in my “About Me”, the last time I used twitter was in 10th grade. With high school comes a lot of …
    Read more...
‹123›

Get Into ds106

ds106 Current Sections

ds106 in[SPIRE]