This week I reviewed all of the provided resources within our class’s design resource page. By doing so, I learned a great deal about design and different techniques that can be used and observed in images. One of this week’s assignments was to complete a design blitz. For this design blitz we were to take … Continue reading Design Blitz!

For this design reflection I observed different western themed images and have applied my newfound knowledge on designs that I learned from The Vignelli Canon  and the design resource page. First of all, I am amazed at how many different aspects are taken into account when creating or looking at a design. Ranging from typical … Continue reading Western Design Reflection

I found The Vignelli Cannon very interesting. In the introduction the author discusses creativity, knowledge, and his formula for design. The quote I really like that the author states is “It’s up to the brain to use the proper formula to achieve the desired result.” I believe everyone’s brains are unique in some way and their … Continue reading The Vignelli Canon Design Reflection

Today’s daily create challenge was to use a GIF to wish Mariana a Happy Birthday. You can see my daily create tweet below.

For this assignment, it required me to create an advertisement for my favorite shoe brand. I chose to complete this assignment because, well, I really like shoes! But, my favorite brand is Nike. I have had 6 different pairs of Nike sneakers for the last 6 years. I feel that Nike brand sneakers are durable … Continue reading My favorite shoe brand!

This assignment required me to create a logo for a business of my choice. I used this site to create my logo. The business I chose was AJ Skateworld. I chose this business because skating is a big part of my life and I spend a lot of time there (and well I guess at … Continue reading Business Logo design assignment

Today’s challenge was to create a western themed Valentine card. So, I chose a picture of a cowboy and cowgirl riding their horses during a sunset and added one of Franklin Jones’ quote: “Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” I bolded and capitalized the word ride to … Continue reading Feb.14, 2016 Daily Create

I chose to complete this design assignment because when I was smaller I really liked to eat cereal and the way the box appeared did have a big impact on me. For example, if the box was brightly colored or displayed cartoon type characters I had seemed to be drawn to them rather than the … Continue reading My Cereal Box Cover!

For one of this week’s tasks we were given the choice to complete one of three provided visual assignments. As such, I chose to complete this assignment because I have seen many WANTED posters within movies and they seem to be very prevalent in western themed movies and shows. The most wanted outlaw I chose … Continue reading Wanted!!

Sometimes old technology is better than a new kind! @ds106dc #tdc1497 #dailycreate Mr.Remington,Some advice Don't always use your phone for directions.Keep your compass pic.twitter.com/NYR138E4wr — Natalie Motley (@NatalieCPSC106) February 13, 2016

Week Five: check! I found this week to be one of the most difficult. However, I feel I learned a great deal. I think I found it hard because we had many audio assignments to complete and prior to this week I have not had much experience editing music and sounds. As such, trying to … Continue reading Week 5 Summary 2/5-12/2016

One of this week’s assignments was to create a bumper for the class radio station. This assignment challenged me in multiple ways but in the end, I feel it was a good exercise for me to complete. I listened to our class radio show for the first time last Monday. By doing so, it gave me … Continue reading What station is this?

Before I completed this assignment I wanted to listen to one of the radio shows on our class radio station (ds106radio). I thought it would be a good idea to do that so I had a better understanding of how the class radio worked and what types of shows aired on it. As such, I … Continue reading DS106 Radio show Ideas!

This evening I completed my first live “tweet-along” with the ds106 radio! It was actually really entertaining! I tuned in to the ds106 radio station unsure about what I was going to be listening to and what I was supposed to tweet. But, once the show/story started and others began tweeting their thoughts, it became … Continue reading ds106 Radio “Tweet-along”! Monday, Feb. 8th

To fulfill this week’s eight star requirement I completed this two star audio assignment. I chose to complete this assignment because I really like to read poems and I feel they can hold a significant meaning and create joy within the readers and listeners. For this assignment I had to pick a poem and create … Continue reading Poetry Reading- What’s the story?

What happened to Dr.Oblivion?? @ds106dc #tdc1492 #ds106 Dr.Oblivion was tired of his daily life.He faked his death and rode off into the wild west! pic.twitter.com/x2iVNy20eH — Natalie Motley (@NatalieCPSC106) February 8, 2016

This audio assignment was worth three and a half stars contributing to the total 8 stars worth of audio assignments we had to complete this week. I chose to complete this assignment because I thought it seemed like a pretty fun idea. When songs come on the radio I like to guess what their title could … Continue reading Name this song!

For one of this week’s tasks we were to choose one of four provided audio assignments. As such, I chose to complete the audio assignment titled “What a song might mean to you”. I decided to complete this assignment for this task rather than the other choices based on its details. I feel songs and … Continue reading What a song means to me audio assignment

An audio assignment we had to complete this week was titled “Sound effects story”.  For this audio assignment I had to create a story using only sound effects. But, to add to the difficulty of this assignment, the story had to be based on my western character, Talie. In order to create Talie’s story I … Continue reading Sound Effects story audio assignment

Today we had to create an additional saying to the code of cowpoke. I thought about what type of advice I would want to hear if I was a cowgirl out west. So, here is my daily create: @ds106dc #tdc1491 #ds106 Don't follow in the path of others' horses or boots, trail blaze your own … Continue reading Feb. 7, 2016 Daily Create

I found this audio segment, titled “Moon Graffiti” very interesting. I have previously never thought about speeches that would have been given if certain national events did not go according to plan. As such, this audio segment opened my mind to more thoughts than just the aspects regarding audio. However, with the provided storyline I … Continue reading “Moon Graffiti” Audioreflection

Audio in storytelling is extremely important. The way in which the story is spoken greatly impacts the listeners’ opinion and perspective on the story that is being told. For example, the tone which the speaker uses can alter what the listener interprets. Also, the sequence of events within the audio story affects the listener. For … Continue reading Audio Storytelling Reflection

Today’s daily create challenge was to greet another ds106 class member with a western name! See how I greeted another westerner below!

This week we delved into visual assignments and photography. I found this week’s work to be very interesting, informative, and at times challenging. The first task I completed for this week was to review the resources provided. I wrote about my findings in my blog post below. Photoreflection: Response to photography resources I also viewed … Continue reading Week 4 Summary 1/29-2/5/2016

I found this assignment to be fun but surprisingly a little challenging. I clicked on the Photoblitz button to see what it was like, but did not complete it at that moment. The next morning I came back to it and it was the same one and timer was still going. I tried to close … Continue reading Photoblitz!

I found this task very interesting. First off, prior to this assignment I did not really think about the idea of cinematography. I know there is photography (pictures) and cinema (movies) but, I never thought about the pictures within the movies. But, by watching Stagecoach it has opened my eyes to how important pictures are … Continue reading Cinematography

One of this week’s required tasks was to complete this visual assignment. But, since the theme of our course is western I will be describing to you what is in my western character’s bag. If you don’t recall from last week my western character was the one and only strong but sweet cowgirl named Talie. … Continue reading What’s in the cowgirl’s bag?

I was searching through the visual assignment bank trying to find an assignment with a value of three stars. I came across this assignment. I found this one interesting because it is a game within an assignment. These assignments have been stretching my creativity and this one continued to do so. I wanted to pick … Continue reading That’s not what I expected! Visual assignment

I chose to complete this visual assignment because the other week I had completed the “My Bucket List” writing assignment. Before I completed that writing assignment I had not thought much about my own bucket list. I set goals for myself but I never really had thought about things I want to accomplish in my … Continue reading My Bucket List! The visual this time!

One of the visual assignments we were required to complete this week was the “Love at first shot” assignment. I chose this picture because it seemed that these two people really loved each other and the photo also captures the beauty of nature surrounding the couple. It also seems like it could be a picture … Continue reading Love at First Shot