This week was pretty relaxed. Our objectives were to listen to a radio broadcast and complete 10 stars worth of assignments. Recipe for Beer Perspectives I tried to incorporate these first two with each other. They’re based on the same story but from different perspectives. I figured it’d be interesting as I was incorporating a […]

I completed three daily creates this past week. @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1529Let's Forget This Happened pic.twitter.com/JBu7prcWpA — Michael Anzelmo (@mezzmello) March 16, 2016 That tombstone was inspired by my forgetfulness. It’s one thing this world can do without. @ds106dc #tdc1530 #ds106 https://t.co/Gzze69WALk Don't step on the lava — Michael Anzelmo (@mezzmello) March 17, 2016 While creating […]

I listend to the Western News Broadcast. The whole production was well thought out. From the news like intro music that was interspersed to the interviews with western characters in their home towns, the show was entertaining. Sound effects, such as the pitter patter of rain during the two minute mark, were used thoughtfully as […]

I completed the three star assignment Tell Us About Your Future Life. It directed us to write out the history of our future life as if it were in a textbook. Instead of writing about myself, I chose to write about my character. Here it is: The closest instance to graduating college for Kyle was the […]

I completed the four star assignment Different Point of View- Same Place. It directs us to take a scene from a movie and rewrite it from the point of view of another character. A scene I wrote for a previous assignment was taken and rewritten from the perspective of the antagonist who was the “elegantly dressed […]

I completed the 3 star assignment Haiku Recipe. It directs us to create a recipe in haiku. Here’s mine: Create the wort for The brew kettle and boil hops Add yeast and wait weeks. This is the rough recipe for any beer. Water, yeast, malted barley, and hops are the main ingredients used to create beer. […]

We completed our radio shows this week. Weeks 7 & 8: Radio rodeo I summarized my progress. Radio Show Week 2 And I completed the actual show. You Might Be A Cowboy Radio Along with the show I completed two daily creates. Week Eight Daily Creates I learned that creating a radio show isn’t easy. […]

I completed two daily creates this week. #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1521 A Tweet For Your Thoughts, Cowboy https://t.co/kbqsfuGpJz pic.twitter.com/W8XKJdkSfe — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) March 8, 2016 This one asked us to create some thoughts for this cowboy. My tweet reflects what I’d be thinking if I was in his shoes. @ds106dc #tdc1521 #ds106 "Cowboying was […]

We finished our radio show production this week. Weeks 7 & 8: Radio rodeo After each of us finished our respective commercials and bumpers, we assimilated the needed material. Realizing the material wasn’t nearly long enough, I wrote up a script to act as a talk show type segment and recorded the dialogue with my […]

This week I finished a couple little segments for my groups radio show. I completed a little talk show type segment and finished my commercial. Both can be listened to within our finished radio show product.

The week before spring break is always busy and this week was busier than usual. Between work, school, and my internship I completed daily creates, radio show promos, and 10 stars worth of assignments. Let’s review this week: I completed assignments all of which used audacity. Using audacity’s many features such as pitch change and […]

I created a bumper sticker for our radio show. Our show is based off of the phrase “you might be a cowboy if…” which is a spin off of Jeff Foxworthy’s “you might be a redneck if..” I figured since our ds106 section is called tales of ds106, I would use that. I came up […]

Our radio show is a spin off of Jeff Foxoworthy’s stand up ‘you might be a redneck if..’ however ours is you might be a cowboy if. So far we’ve split up work into bumpers, promos, and commercials. We’re each contributing equally to this project. Each person has different promos. In the next coming weeks […]

I completed four daily creates this week: The first directed us to tweet a story using hashtag words. @ds106dc #how #many #hashtags #are #at #the #center #of #a #tootsie #pop? #ds106 #tdc1506 pic.twitter.com/7YGd3OjwAe — Michael Anzelmo (@mezzmello) February 22, 2016 The next one I completed asked us to take a photo of a timepiece at […]

I took back spam this week. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/taking-back-spam/ My work email is being bombarded by promotions and whatnot we’re doing. They’re things of which I don’t have to be aware. Here’s an example: I used audacity to record myself reading one of the emails I constantly receive. I added on some elevator music to liven up the […]

I completed the assignment ‘hobo speech.’ http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/hobo-speech/ Back in the 1800’s my character ran into a hobo who was intoxicated. This is an excerpt from that hobo’s ramblings. I used audacity to record the monologue. It was more difficult than anticipated as thinking of random gibberish a crazy person would say is hard. So I […]

I completed the ‘have a phone conversation with yourself’ assignment. I chose this assignment so my character could be shown in my work this week. The premise is that he goes into a bar and orders a drink. I wrote a short little interaction between the bartender and my character. Using audacity I recorded and […]

Week six is over. Design was pretty interesting. I personally had no idea there was a whole field of study devoted to it. I supposed I’m more familiar with traditional fields such as biology, chemistry, geology, physics, etc. and not the artsy ones. A lot of work went into this week. Here’s the rundown. This […]

I completed three daily creates this week. The first one asked us to interpret the meaning of life. The meaning of life: I think it’s to make friends and have fun. @ds106dc #tdc1501 #ds106The meaning of life: have fun, make true friends pic.twitter.com/3yvQDOOAIK — Michael Anzelmo (@mezzmello) February 17, 2016 In the next tdc we […]

To reinforce my understanding of design principles, I decided to embark on a design blitz. My first photo was of the cup that held my coffee. I believe it’s a fitting example of rhythm. It’s repeating coffee beans give it a sense of rhythm. There are just enough in various orientations to hold a viewers […]

Size, proportion, typeface, grids, white space, etc. Thought and care must go into design to impart purpose. I suppose I’ve never really thought about any of this because I’ve never had to. Everyday objects: signs, water bottles, posters, flyers, corporate letters, etc are designed for their purpose. When designing most posters or projects for class […]

Western themed designs most notably include strong backgrounds of western plains or canyons with combinations of cowboys, horses, or any other western character. The proportions and colors used to bring the 2 dimensional characters portrayed in the medium to life are usually strong in order to blend the characters with the title making them synonymous with […]

For this assignment I created a trading card for the movie Zoolander. I snagged a shot from the gasoline fight which I’ve always thought hilarious. For those who haven’t seen the movie, if you couldn’t guess, the gasoline fight ends with an explosion. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/movie-trading-cards/ I made the scene in the form of a magic card […]

I completed the “Create Your Own Magic Cards” assignment. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/create-your-own-magic-cards/ I’ve played magic before. I understand enough of it to know that I don’t like playing it. However, I thought it would be amusing to create some trading cards based on the movie Goodfellas. Using the website http://www.mtgcardmaker.com I created a set of four cards. Two […]

I just completed the one story, four icons assignment. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/one-story-four-icons/ I chose four icons that represent a movie. I used symbols found on the internet to create a simple design. After obtaining the images, I resized them all to try to balance out the overall image. Problems weren’t encountered during the completion of this assignment.

I completed the most wanted poster assignment. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/most-wanted-outlaws-ds106-style/ For this assignment I chose Henry Longabaugh, the Sundance Kid. I read up on his various robberies and figured someone should catch him. (According to one source, Henry Longabaugh was never caught by the United States authorities. He died in Bolivia. However, there are claims the Sundance […]

This week was a busy week. From the daily creates to the assignments utilizing audacity and soundcloud not to mention my more traditional schoolwork, this week kept me busy. The assignment to reflect on audio as a medium of communication gave me more insight into a little history of the genre as whole. I thought […]

I completed 3 daily creates this week, all of which were of different creative intensities. This first create asked us to impart some western wisdom on the world. I figured we should blaze trails and not hay. @ds106dc #tdc1491 #ds106Blaze trails not hay — Michael Anzelmo (@mezzmello) February 8, 2016 The next daily create directed […]

I completed celebrity speed dating. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/celebrity-speed-dating/   Back in 2008 I read a book by a physician, Dr. Esselstyn. The initial reason as to why I read that book is due to my father. He’s a physician who worked at the Cleveland Clinic with Esselstyn, and he told me to read it. So I did. […]

We could make a talk show like program with different ‘western’ guests. Maybe an incident happened the day before the program ‘airs.’ All of the guests could have a little input on what went on from their perspective. We could also have some of those guests just go on tangents. The guests can be anyone […]