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    Radio Commercial

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    Hello!

    These two weeks have all been about radio making magic. One of our required assignments was to make a commercial for our radio show that our group will review and potentially pick to be in the Radio Show. Mine made it!

    The Assignment

    “Create a Commercial for your Radio …

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    Radio Bump Bump Bumper

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    Hey guys and gals!

    These past two weeks were dedicated to making our radio show. One of our requirements was to make a bumper for our show and then share it with the whole group. Mine ended up as one of the bumpers chosen!

    The Assignment

    “Create a 10-30 second …

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    The Mood is Not Good

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    Hey everybody!

    Todays DailyCreate required that we sketch out an image that describes our mood. My mood today is that I want to do nothing. Actually, that has been my mood since the beginning of the semester. I did get some stuff done though so i’m pretty proud of myself. …

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    Emotional Sounds

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    Hey everybody!

    For this week we had a bunch of sound editing fun! Including our radio show. This is my one of two audio assignments. The assignment can be found HERE, it is worth 3.5 stars and it requires us to “Try to convey a certain emotion, such as …

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    Change the World!

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    Hey everybody!

    DailyCreate of the day required an audio file that described how I would change the world today. Well, today, I am going to go jogging with my dog. It’s not only for my exercise, but for his as well! The weather is beautiful and there is no reason …

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    Summary of Week 6

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    Howdy-doodle

    Alrighty, not gonna lie. I’m ready for this class to be over. I feel like I probably have no creativity left in me at this point (kind of joking, but kind of not). I am very close to graduating and I kind of wish somebody took me by the …

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    Nesting Doll Maryna

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    Hey folks!

    The final DailyCreate of the week. I needed to describe in picture form what my packaging would look like if I were a toy. I decided that I would be packaged in a nesting doll because they are classic Russian symbols and i’m Russian. It’s a perfect combination.…

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    I Should Be in a Comic Book

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    Hey guys!

    This week is all about design and we had 5 design assignments to complete including one that was at least 4 stars or more! I found one that I thought would be really fun to play with.

    THE ASSIGNMENT

    Cartoon myself! We basically had to find a way …

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    Dog Got in a Barfight

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    Hey guys and gals!

    THE ASSIGNMENT

    This was a required assignment for everybody and because of something that happened to our dog, Reagan, I thought the timing was pretty good. I did This Assignment is Suspect which is worth 3.5 stars and the specific instructions are: “Have you ever seen …

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    Grand Logo

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    Hey everybody!

    This week we had to do a whopping five design assignments worth at least 12 stars. I was really interested in doing this one because I like playing around with colors and meaning. I chose to do the business logo one.

    THE ASSIGNMENT

    This assignment is called Branding

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    Is It Still Poetry if Your Handwriting Sucks?

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    Hey guys and gals!

    Third DailyCreate of the week. For this one, we had to write a handwritten poem. I absolutely hate my handwriting so I just wrote out a funny poem and never looked back. I’d have to get out a ruler and paintbrush if I ever wanted my …

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    Love Monster

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    Hey everybody!

    DesignDesignDesign! This week is heavy with design assignments. I feel that photoshop and I are becoming very good friends indeed.

    The Assignment

    Love at First Shot is a 3 star assignment in which we had to” Take/Find a picture of a couple who are obviously in love. Use …

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    DesignBlitz

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    Hey guys and gals!

    This week we had to go out into the world with our camera ready and take pictures of designs that we feel may apply to some design principles we learned about. Below is a gallery of all the pictures I managed to take.

    .flickr-img-responsive { width:100% …

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    MOM! I’M HUNGRY!

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    Hey folks!

    Another DailyCreate for you all to enjoy. Today’s create was to show the effects of daylight savings time. The actual clock shift happens in November I believe, but the effects of shorter days is beginning to take a toll. My dog Reagan will always let us know when …

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    The World Designed

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    Hey guys and gals!

    This week is all about design, or Design as Vignelli puts it.

    THE ASSIGNMENT

    We were to read Vignelli’s Canon and express our thoughts and reflections on the things Vignelli finds to be most important in design.

    MY THOUGHTS

    The first thing I must absolutely say …

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    Don’t Spill!

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    Hey guys!

    First daily create of week 6 (9/30/15)! Times sure does fly! For todays DailyCreate, we needed to take a picture of something that would look cool upside down. I was at school and I saw a bunch of beakers and flasks sitting on a cart. Spilling something or …

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    Summary of Week 5

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    Howdy-Doodle!

    This week was hectic and crazy, but it is now complete. Sigh of relief everybody. As always, it is time to go over the major lessons and frustrations of the week.

    How well do you feel you completed the requirements of the week’s assignments?
    What gave you trouble? What …

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    Weekly Comments

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    Hello!

    This week was comment heavy but i’m afraid I fell behind. We also met our new group members and had the chance to look at some of their work and get to know them better. We needed to post at least two comments on each group member’s blog. I …

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    Flickr Magic

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    Hey everybody!

    One of our assignments for this week was to play around with Flickr. Specifically, we needed to create a set and embed it into our blog post.  ASSIGNMENT: “That last one, making a Best of Set is required. Write a blog post and see if you can figure …

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    Photography in Practice

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    Hey photographers!

    This week we had to read up on/watch some handy tips and advice on becoming a better photographer and get to work with our cameras.

    THE ASSIGNMENT

    Write a blog post towards the end of the week that summarizes the tips you tried. Inlcude:

    Link and credit for …

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    Turn on the Moon and the Baseball

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    Hello everybody!

    This week’s assignments all focused on visual creativity and storytelling. I was glad to spend some more time in photoshop. I used to love creating things when I was younger and had significantly more time and now I am getting back into it with these assignments.

    THE ASSIGNMENT…

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    Ronald Reagan

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    Hey guys and gals!

    This week was visual week for us so we all had the pleasure of creating visual assignments with a story behind them. My main method was usually photoshop but this assignment was fairly simple and I did not need photoshop, just some creativity.

    THE ASSIGNMENT

    “Make …

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    Miles Away Miley

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    Hey everybody!

    This week we had the pleasure of completing various visual assignments. I am not very good at Photoshop but I enjoy working with it immensely because when I learn how to do something and it actually turns out looking somewhat okay, I become a very happy girl indeed!…

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    He May Be Lost

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    Hey!

    Important Note: I thought I posted this a few days ago but I accidentally saved it as a draft.

    Todays DailyCreate called for a juxtaposition of the old and the new. We had to choose an old Chinese piece of artwork from the British Library and add in something …

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    Blitzed Away

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    Hey guys and gals!

    One of our assignments was to try our hand at some photography under a time limit. This definitely required for one to be creative.

    Here is what to do on for the blitz!

    Your first photo is of something that shows the current time! Document when …

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    Summary of Week Four

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    WEEK FOUR COMPLETE!

    How well do you feel you completed the requirements of week 4 assignments? I feel very confident about my completion of week 4 assignments. In the beggining I tried to really think about what Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad were saying in my reflections on their presentations …

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    The Zoo is a Human Trap

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    Hey everybody!

    This is one of my audio assignments for this week. All of the audio assignments can be found here at the ds106 website. The point of this week was to familiarize ourselves with audio and how to create good stories with sound effects, music, speeches, and many other …

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    I Need More Shoes!

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    Hey everybody!

    This week is all about audio and we were required to make at least 3 audio assignments worth a total of 8 stars or more. All assignments can be found in the Audio Bank on the ds106 website. For this assignment, I chose to do a conversation between …

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