For this Audio Assignment (3 stars),  the goal was to create a Greatest Hits compilation for a favorite artist of ours. I chose to make a collection of Jake Owen’s songs. He has always been a favorite artist of mine as soon as I first heard his music. His songs are …

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This Audio Assignment (2.5 stars) had us take a song and put it in reverse for everyone to guess. I took one of my favorite songs. I really like the message and just believe its a beautiful song overall. The artist has enjoyed great success, but to me this will always …

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For this audio assignment, we added Foley sounds to a video featuring Charlie Chaplin. A Foley dub is when sound is added to a video to enhance the reception of a sound that wouldn’t otherwise been heard. The trick is the sounds are made with unrelated objects and means to …

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For today’s daily create, we had to create a picture of a real life example of cut and paste. I chose to make an example out of clouds because, they look like they’ve already been cut and pasted. The white of the clouds make me think of the clouds as …

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For my radio commercial I chose to market our radio station through how its different from standard mainstream radio. I tired to grab the audience’s attention by saying our station is not trying to influence their opinion, but to simply get the information out there. I believe that’s the way …

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In today’s dailycreate, we were to describe what happened to Carl in this poster. Carl could see it in Titus’ eyes that this wasn’t one of their usually friendly play fights. The glow in the beast’s eyes had an anger Carl had never seen. They had always been a favorite …

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For todays daily create, we had to upload a funny cat video in preparation for National Cat Day. There’s a festival of Internet Cat Videos that these are to be a part of. I don’t have a cat, and I actually don’t like cats. I might be a little bias, …

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For my radio bumper I decided to take a short and simple approach. That’s the name of the game, let them know what they’re listening to. I took the opportunity to brag on our radio show. Maybe its too much to say were the world wide leader in news, but …

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For today’s daily create, we were to make a sound bite of our last words. I went with an idea I got from a T.V. show. I said, “It was no accident, suspect everyone”. I think the idea of making these my last words would be funny and my take the …

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For my part of the DSMW radio I’m going to research and report on the current scores and news of the NFL. I will cover the major upsets and popular games, as well as the major plays of the week. I’ll also do a recap of an outstanding stories concerning …

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For todays daily create, we were to describe The Wire to someone who isn’t familiar with the show with the sole purpose of confusing them about the true nature of the show: The Wire is a reality show on the Discovery Channel. It documents the life of steel and iron …

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Original: My Picture: For Design Assignment 1053(2 stars), we had to pick a celebrity I idolize and make ourselves into them. I chose to edit myself onto Adam Levine’s face. I picked Adam because, I’m a big fan of Maroon 5 fan. They never stop putting out good music. It’d …

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Daily Creates Design Blitz Design Assignments This week was all about design. I learned to look deeper at objects and places to see what makes them effective pieces due to their design. Do they have proper balance, do they have emotion inflicting color, do they have a rhythm within the …

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For Design Assignment 1319 (3.5 stars), the goal was to create another poster to represent a popular song. I won’t tell you the song name, but I’ll hint its an alternative genre hit with a reference to marry as you can see from the poster. As far as the design elements …

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For Design Assignment 1413 (4 stars), we were to put Jim Groom into a movie or television poster. I chose to put him into one of my favorite television shows, NCIS. I haven’t kept up with it lately, but its such a well constructed show. I chose to make him into …

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For this Design Assignment I created a movie I have grown into to become one of my favorite movies. I won’t give away the title, but I will say it is considered a scary movie. I say I’ve grown to love the movie, because I really don’t like scary movies. …

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For this Design Assignment, we had to turn a old World War II propaganda poster and make it for ds106. I chose to take poster take warned about the wastefulness of driving alone, you can see the old poster here, and turn it into a poster about commenting on others pages. …

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[slicker-flickr tag="designblitz"] This week we were assigned to go on a design safari, we were to go around taking photos of objects and places to evaluate them in terms of design elements and quality. The McDonald’s sign used dominance and function/message. The yellow arch, which has become a staple in McDonalds …

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  Today is a milestone for the daily create, number 1000! To acknowledge the special occasion we had to put together a collage with three daily create pictures to match the power of three the creates had met. I made a collage out of the Lune, Jim Groom portrait, and the national dog …

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Today’s daily create was to make a trace of yourself on paper from a photo of yourself. I chose to trace a picture of me and my family at the American History Museum this summer in Washington, D.C. The story behind the picture, which you might be able to tell, …

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Todays daily create, we were assigned to create a video on YouTube showing movement of water and glass. To create the video I video taped water from my sink running over a glass cup. Because I taped from inside the glass, I recorded a unique viewpoint. It turned out to …

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Daily Creates Flickr, PhotoBlitz, and How to Be a Better Photographer Visual Assignments This week was the week for me I really enjoy photography. I took a number of classes in high school and it still holds a special spot as my favorite class. This week hit on a lot …

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From the tips you posted, I used mostly change in perspective, add depth, and better contrast in my photos this week. From this particular photo you can see I laid down on my stomach to get a better perspective. It also created depth as you can see every blade of …

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You can view the photos from my photo blitz here. I chose to take the photos back at my house. I didn’t want to take them in a too public place because I didn’t want to be interrupted when I was on a time limit. There’s also always a lot …

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/126531613@N03/sets/72157648143764201/ I couldn’t figure out how to embed the photo set into my blog I tried what a site had suggested about pasting the link given by slideshow page into the text editor of the blog, but it just made the link regular text. As to why I chose the …

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For this Visual Assignment we were to take an object we had photographed and think of some different versions of the object. I chose to photograph a pineapple shaped candle we have in our kitchen. In the first scene it makes a cartoon character that could promote suntan lotion. In …

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For this Visual Assignment we were tasking with taking random input and making an album cover. Accordingly my band’s name is House Grey Memorandum with our hit new album Do What You Can. Looking at my band name I decided they were going to be an alternative band. Judging by …

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For this assignment we were to take two pictures in slightly different positions to create a GIF that would yield a 3D effect. I chose to take two pictures of my car. At first I could decide what to make my subject, but I finally I thought what better muse …

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Today’s daily create is to record the sounds surrounding where you are. You can see the full assignment and other submissions here. You might have to turn the volume up to hear the sounds, because I recorded at my house and I live out in the country. It might seem quiet, …

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Today’s daily create was simple draw Jim Groom. You can see the assignment and other examples here. I drew the picture from a photo I found on the Internet, using pencil and paper. It has been awhile since I have done drawing for fun and this assignment reminded me why …

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