Last week after I color matched paint I began applying it to a sample of luan and styrofoam. After priming this piece Niffer asked if we could make the styrofoam look a little less styrofoamy. I went in the next day after the paint had dried and filed it down a little bit. It actually…

Due to technical difficulties, I am just getting around to posting my weekly summary from last week. Sunday night right when I began writing this my blog crashed. It’s finally up and running again though so here we go! I started off this week by listening to the broadcast of D&D. I really enjoyed their…

For my last collaborative character assignment I chose to do the “Promotional Flyer” assignment worth two points. For this assignment I decided to bring the worlds of Jack Spencer and Sebastian Crane together by having a charity event sponsored by Jack’s company, The Highland Corporation, for Sebastian’s disabled brother, Donovan. The Highland Corporation usually does their annual…

For my third collaborative character assignment I chose to do the “Create Your Own Business Card” assignment worth two points. I started this assignment by going to psprint.com and using one of their business card templates. This assignment was a little tricky to collaborate with Sebastian Crane. My inspiration might be a bit of a…

For my second collaborative character assignment I chose to do the “WANTED Poster” assignment worth two and a half points. For this assignment you were to use an online poster maker and create a wanted poster for a character of your choice. I chose to make the wanted poster of Janelle’s character, Sebastian Crane, and…

For my first collaborative assignment I am doing the “You’re a Pinteresting Character” assignment worth four points. For this assignment I used my character, Spence, with some inspiration from Janelle’s character, Sebastian Crane. I found that Sebastian and Spence are actually quite similar. I drew from the 1940’s era, in which Sebastian would have been about…

This week we were to submit four different people’s work who have inspired us. I haven’t really been inspired by any of these just yet, but I do think that the quality of work is exceptional and I will be inspired in the future. Janelle’s character dossier has inspired me to dig a little deeper…

March 10: http://tdc.ds106.us/tdc1157/ Today’s daily create was to make a photo collage of the many sides of you. I chose these five pictures because they show my silly, loving, and animal obsessed side. (Obviously the best ones) March 11: http://tdc.ds106.us/tdc1158/ Today’s daily create was to make a drawing of your favorite part of the last week. I used…

I listened to D&D on Tusedays show. I liked how each person introduced their characters at the beginning of the show. I also liked how the music went along with the overall theme of the show. I don’t really understand where their noir characters fit in with the show though. It was all a little…

Today I started making paint samples for Lady Widnermere. It was so nice getting back into scene painting. I started by color matching two different varieties of cream that Niffer was looking at. Bellow you can see the process I went through with some short narrative to accompany the pictures.  I began the process of color…

Upon the completion of this post, Spring Break can finally begin! I could not be more ready for it. This week my group finished up our radio show, House of Noir. This was the best group project experience out of my four years at Mary Wash. I had a lot of reservations about having a…

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This week we continued to work on and finish our radio show project. Our group met on Tuesday and Thursday this week to make this happen. On Tuesday (I had food poisoning) we came up with the organization of our show. Throughout the week we all contributed to the googledoc we made and put in…

February 26: http://tdc.ds106.us/tdc1145/ The daily create for today was to design a DS106 spaceship. I had so much fun with this. I did a google search for spaceships to get some inspiration. After doing this I got my sketchbook and pencils out and made this. I put a little charcoal on my thumb to make…

Last week in my meeting with Niffer we talked about where to find gold paint, finding marble examples, and finding out how to wallpaper fabric to a wall. Below are the example of marble I thought fit her idea: light grey with maybe a touch of gold. It was difficult finding lighter marbles with the…

This week we began working on our radio show project. I started the week by reaching out to a fellow classmate to start forming a group for our radio show. The next step our group took was to decide on a topic and name for our show. We ended up deciding on a talk show…

Our radio show group project got started by me reaching out to a fellow classmate to get a group together. After we got a group of four together we came up with a concept for the show. We decided to make it like an interview talk show with our noir characters. The next step we…

  The name of our radio show is “House of Noir”. I have been watching a lot of crime movies lately to get inspiration for the class. This poster was inspired by those. I decided to use the shadow figure with a fedora hat to evoke a classical noir feeling. I did a google search…

This week was a whirlwind. With midterms coming up and the start of my senior project, I barely knew where to begin with this weeks work. I started on with the three daily creates. I completed the creative hands, creative family tree, and food jewelry daily creates. I had a lot of fun doing all…

This week we were asked to think about copyright and the creative commons movement. We were given some resources to look over to help us reflect upon these things. As an artist, copyright has always been something of importance. My general knowledge of it prior to these readings and videos was that if you are…

This week I watched The Big Lebowski. This isn’t a movie I would have automatically watched on my own, but I really enjoyed it. The storyline and characters were all really entertaining. I found myself laughing through most of it. The Big Lebowski is about a man names Lebowski who goes by the name “The…

The Vignelli Canon was a very good read. There were a lot of good quotes that stuck out to me. I also liked how Vignelli discussed the origins of different design techniques. In the introduction to The Vignelli Canon I liked how he discussed the various elements of typography and design that he learned from different countries. It…

For the DesignBlitz assignment this week I chose to use the design elements color, typography, proportion and balance, and metaphor/symbols. I went around town and campus to complete the photo challenge. Below are the photos I took representing each of the four design elements and a description of each. Color Drunken City opened this week…

February 10: Creative Hands For this daily create I was inspired by the mess I leave behind when I’m painting, specifically the residual paint that inevitably ends up on my hands. I used a picture from back in the summer when I painted my galaxy painting and reworked it for this daily create. I cropped…

For my last design assignment this week I did the “One Story Four Icons” assignment and dedicated it to my character Spence. This assignment is worth two and a half points and fulfills the six required character assignment points for the week. My first step in this assignment was to decide what aspect of Spence’s…

For my third design assignment this week I decided to do the “You’re Invited” assignment and dedicate it to my character Jack Spencer. This assignment is worth three and a half points out of the six required character points. For the event I created I decided to draw from Jack’s history with cancer and use…

For my second design assignment this week I chose to do the “Ink” assignment worth three points. In this assignment we were to design a tattoo that displayed at least two design elements covered this week. I have been thinking about tattoos and designing one for a while now and this assignment gave me the…

For my first design assignment this week I chose to do the “Create Your Own DS106 Wallpaper!” assignment worth four points. I was immediately inspired by our theme, noir. The first design concept that came to me was “A Light in the Dark”. This concept seemed very noir to me because of the element of…

In my first meeting with Niffer to discuss my senior project she asked me what I wanted to take away from this project and what I want to do after graduation in May. Both of these questions have been heavily weighing on me for the last few weeks. I knew when I picked this project…

My first task on my journey in my senior project was to research wallpaper for one of the wall panels along with finding the best gold paint for our money. I began this task by contacting Rosco Paints about getting possible paint chips and samples of their gold paints. I am looking into getting samples…