This was a very busy week. There was a great deal to learn and ample opportunity to push myself way out of my comfort zone. My posts this week consisted of: Reflection on the Vignelli Canon:   http://salukizim.com/weekly-summary/reflection-on-the-vignelli-canon/ DesignBlitz: http://salukizim.com/pictures/design-blitz-challenge/ Daily Creates: https://twitter.com/GeorgeWZimmerm2/status/869720013518798848 https://twitter.com/GeorgeWZimmerm2/status/870050371519086595 https://twitter.com/GeorgeWZimmerm2/status/870707736006115328 […]

This was an interesting Animated GIF to create. At first, I created my two contradicting thoughts using Power Point. I saved the two slides as JPG files. Then using the tutorial posted on the USMAN Ownz Blog, with a one major modification I was able […]

This was challenging! Thank goodness for the tutorials. I ended up purchasing Adobe Photoshop to make this first animated GIF. For my subject I recently received a video from a friend of a crazy cockatoo that loves to dance to Elvis tunes. I picked about […]

Wow! This was a challenge. Once I figured out how to use GIMP, I actually liked it. Not as difficult as I thought it would be. For this assignment I chose a photo taken of me with the folks  who worked with me in Afghanistan. […]

My saluki hounds are notorious for keeping a close eye on critters, people, and vehicles that come near our house. They are the original “Neighborhood Watch” DesignAssignments DesignAssignments64

Last year I took a business trip to Cairo, Egypt. The day I was leaving my host insisted on taking me to the Pyramids for one quick photo to help prove that I had been there. I particularly like this photo. It was actually a […]

I love contradictions. Having survived a number of heavy rolls at sea I always found it funny when my land lubber friends would wish me smooth sailing as I would depart for another 9 month deployment at sea. DesignAssignments DesignAssignments 2075

In honor of National Donut Day I decided to challenge myself with recreating the Sugar Shack Logo/Trade Mark. This was actually a great deal of fun. I decided that I would use my old friend Power Point because it has most of the functions required […]

Creating an emoji or avatar of myself was fun. I found an app for my iPad that allowed me to take a picture of myself and then using the facial information go thru a menu of matches to build a pretty decent “cartoon” likeness of […]

This week’s design blitz  was great fun. I decided to use the time before and after my morning class to walk thru the campus, from the parking garage to and around Mercer Hall to capture some of the design elements listed in the blitz assignment. […]

  As a neophyte I found the Vignelli Canon interesting on several levels. The book is extremely readable and the graphics and imagery is extraordinarily visually appealing. My initial reaction to the authors discussion on paper size, where he touts the advantages and symmetry of […]

CPSC 106 Multimodal Introduction from George Zimmerman on Vimeo.

As in everything in life, slowing down and taking the time to breathe the air and enjoy the moment cures more ills than hastily diving in and mucking things up. I found the advice in the, “How to Be a Better Photographer” section of the […]

My deployment to Afghanistan in 2007 was great fun…I made many lasting friendships and experienced the best and worst of humanity. I will always remember my terrific living accommodations in the Square House, a safe house right beside the American Embassy.         […]

In 1973 this song was the height of double entendre. It played day and night on the radio…I think we got it!         VisualAssignments  VisualAssignments190

Welcome to my week 1 weekly summary. This week proved to be very challenging. I got off to a bad start by jumping ahead of myself by creating a website and blog that I paid for. As soon as I published it on the World […]

Miss Nelly takes UMW by Storm!!!         Assignment: VisualAssignment, VisualAssignment 1884

My Three Amigos Dani, Willow, and Nelly       Assignment: VisualAssignment, VisualAssignment 1729

Can you guess what this is? Let me know 🙂           Assignment: Visual

27 May 2017 This afternoon I decided to take on photo Safari challenge. By carefully planning each of the shots I was able to complete the assignment in approximately 10 minutes.                     First photograph that to […]

The weather channel is reporting Severe Thunderstorm warnings. My plan to play with Land Rover electrical systems will need to wait for a better day. I definitely don’t want to burn the car down with an electric short or serve as a lightning rod in […]

http://Indianaoverland.com My friends at Indiana Overland, LLC, who sold me my vehicle did a great write up on these vehicles: LAND ROVER DEFENDER 110 TITHONUS “The Land Rover Defender 110 Tithonus. It is completely different from the usual worn-out ex Ministry of Defense (MOD) vehicles […]

This is my second attempt to create blog for Digital Storytelling. At least I’m learning a great deal. I have had fun stretching my comfort zone by using twitter, flicker and now a blog. Great stuff! Over the next 4 weeks I will attempt to […]