So Ryan taught me this week that ‘it is super important to have a contrast of between what you like and what you don’t like when selecting content’. Michael taught me that I need to learn to ‘form an opinion about how choices are made. This is you identifying your tastes.’ …
Creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by troutcolor: http://flickr.com/photos/troutcolor/15719237262
What stood out when I first saw it was the texture of the sky and the position of the sky, it is in the ‘wrong’ place. Also, the bright red in the middle and the sharp blue beyond the could – …
“There are no Commandments in art and no easy axioms for art appreciation. “Do I like this?”……
Practising Reflection:
Fearless Reflection by Sandy Brown Jensen I thought I’d have a wee go……
This is relevant to my #artonthecouch project. What did I think of this episode? It was [fill blank with overused superlative of choice] I will write more on this soon. I wanted to post it here so as not to lose it. Some kind soul on Twitter directed me to …
Time passes
Animated Gif by The DS106 Shrink for Gif it Up
Source image from the Museum of New Zealand …
“The wire” a poem by Melinda Albrycht
DS106 Art on the couch – critique
When I first heard the poem on sound cloud it was the voice, the depth of the voice that stood out for me the most. I wondered how to do an art critique with audio …
“Sketch a Screenshot” by Lauren Brumfield
DS106 Art on the couch – critique
The similarity between the screenshot and the sketch stands out once you put the two pieces together. Yet what drew my attention to the sketch initially were the colours and the emotion it expressed. It was not …
Art on the DS106 couch: Veggie Tales
By Bianca Brown Click here to go to it on Flickr.
My first critique
What caught my attention was the bright background blue. Also the contrast between the subject (the cartoon vegetables) and the background. The background seems to take up the largest …
Let’s get the ball rolling
Here is the script from Sarah’s Critique episode of The Art Assignment. I said in my previous post I would post here. Mainly as a quick guide for me to work from when I write my summaries.
“This week I want to talk to you …
I have been reflecting and feeling the need for a new project to keep my #4life badge in the DS106……
With this being TDC number 1000, our odometer is rolling over to a new row of numbers. Combine,……
“The Mind’s I ” by The DS106 Shrink
Cindy said in her post:
“Looking for an inspiration, I searched for ‘mind’s eye’ …”
She also said she was not a gif maker so I thought I would make a few gifs for her post.
Walking on Eggshells: Borrowing Culture in the Remix Age
You say ‘How original!’. I say ‘You don’t know the reference.’
One more step towards open sharing.…
So, I recently found out about the Comic Alliance and started following them on Twitter. On their site I found a comic by Andrew MacLean that seems interesting and I was drawn to the style of the illustrations. I wanted to remember the publication date for the future, so …
A Fortune Telling Noir Poster
So, Jim talked about the patent pending assignment on his blog. A post on #wire106 the run of #ds106 now at a terminal near you: http://bavatuesdays.com/the-pager-technology-surveillance-and-paranoia/ I went to Tom’s Blog: http://bionicteaching.com/patents-pending/ and he had pretty detailed details on how to do it! Loved it. …
Graffiti Wars 2011 – King Robbo vs Banksy by alxka
As ever in DS106 land, it started with a……
It has been a while since I have written a post here. I have been posting my art (See? calling it ‘art’ not ‘artefact’ anymore :) but not narrating the process. The truth is that narrating process is hard and as I get more into making art, I am less …
” Making the indiscernible and ephemeral into the eternal”
Ordinary Landscapes Transformed With Bursts of Flying Paint | Most of the images are shot when the water is still connected as a singular body, but some show it as it disintegrates in mid-air. Floto+Warner | WIRED.com…
DS106 on the couch turned 1 today!…
Well, who would not be inspired seeing little Merlin’s photos? Using the colour sampler tool in Photoshop still evades my grasp, but did you know that there is such a thing as a Star Wars Font Generator ? That pesky green font was a worthy adversary, but I got it!…
The week in doggies! All thanks to a conversation on Twitter. An emergent DS106 assignment ‘Remix (in a dog appropriate manner) a Bond movie title and create a poster’. I learnt more about Photoshop from trying to do a good job of these ‘silly posters’ than I have in …
What fun to delete my least favourite Bond from the poster!
More Photoshop practice – I can’t stop now! Thanks to @cogdog for the film title and @gifadog for posing so beautifully.
Yes, I will blog my process if anyone wants me to. Just ask. It was long and involved …
The joy of DS106 as therapy!
Find a CC0 poster anywhere you can, with CC0 there is no need to keep track of where or when. I found this poster somewhere on the Interwebz with the intention to use it weeks ago but I did not.
Use a lovely tutorial …
Original photos by Ivette Harvey edited in Photoshop by the DS106 Shrink using awesome tutorial by Jack Hylan Both just starting DS106 at University of Mary Washington for a grade and for fun!
This photo set is my way to say thanks to both for joining in with us open …
I should be getting ready to leave the house, but saw today DS106 daily create and could not resist….…
How? Why? What? “once upon a time I found a pair of shoes hanging from the telephone wires….” I love this! Go visit his archive please: http://hateplow.tumblr.com/archive…
