A Jim Groom Art Tutorial Jim Groom art is hilarious, and it’s one of my favorite assignments in the DS106 assignment bank. It’s an extremely open-ended visual assignment that lets you freely home your design skills, allowing you to familiarize...
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We know Jack’s game. He’s running it all: I spent a long time this week digging up dirt, connecting the dots, talking with my team at Stirrup Trouble. I think we got him dead to rights. We got this earlier...
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There’s much to be said about the passion of investigators. However, I am not one of those such people. We were tasked to pubic investigate the mysterious Jack persona. I was not eager. I haven’t found much, I’ll admit. I...
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Found a couple gals this week. The founder’s gone bananas. Wonder what her story is. Seems like an interesting gal. She started up a web site for us. Other dame, Del, seems she’ll fit right in. We both sent up...
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Pinterest. Now there’s a place I don’t want to go again. This internet is a little rough around the edges. For marketing’s sake, I put together a board for Stirrup Trouble. There’s too much mention of horoscopes over there. If...
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Designer Donnie’s starting to have a nice ring to it. Everyone’s a writer nowadays. Maybe I’ll pick up a new trade. One that’s a bit more lucrative. I never cared for writing novels. That’s where the big bucks are for...
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Stirrup Trouble needed a logo. I asked Spencer to help me out. I kept it simple since I didn’t really know what I was up to. Hidden benefit could be that it’s easily reproducible for marketing reasons. That’ll keep Bananas off...
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“Fill this out. I’m going to need it…I think.” Bananas at Stirrup Trouble said she wanted to peek at my resume. Said I’d get a little more credit from the public if I took the time to figure it out....
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Noddy, Noddy, Noddy. Meow, you’re lucky you’ve a crew to pull you out of a bad situation. The system isn’t always to be trusted, guy. Just look how technology reaches into modern lives. It can really discombobulate anyone. Eating a sandwich surrounded?...
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This gal Maggie was brought into this world on April Fool’s Day. A bright day for her while the dimwits get pranked. Spencer wrote a note for her, said he made it in GIMP. He’d heard plenty of my fellow...
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On to the next one, Noddy. Noddy. I found this guy wallowing in the dumps. Couldn’t get out, he said. Saw the bim behind him and put two and two together. Figured I’d shoot the works and trap him in a...
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Where, oh where, to begin. Perhaps “when to begin” would be a better phrase to use here. My family is still on my mind, so I created an announcement regarding train safety. They were still on my mind when I...
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I may as well get to know some of the other faces in this lot. Melody created some beautiful work this week. Her foliage photography skills are quite good, even capturing the heavens as a backdrop. Delia almost made me spit...
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Due to some peculiar circumstances, I’m unsure if I will be able to work in a group for the final project. I’d rather not lone wolf it, but that’s how it’s looking at the moment. Maybe I’ll find out more...
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Nothing like the Lone/Twin Pine(s) Mall. I don’t even know what kind of tree this is, but I wanted to send a signal to Doc and Marty, if they’re still alive. I discovered a computer program called GIMP and played...
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With all this newfangled technology around, I’m not about to give you my print unblemished. I used the idea of prints being unique to create a uniquely bearded noir face using charcoal pencil in my bristol board sketchbook. His nose...
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I’m a writer, not an artist. I’m glad it only lasted 15 seconds. I took out my charcoal pencil and bristol board sketchbook to make this.
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After a long week, I decided I would share with you my favorite Los Angeles-inspired breakfast dish. The breakfast burrito, prepared in a single pan. Mise en place: 1 6-8oz Sirloin steak 5 small corn or flour tortillas 1 green...
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I hope trains don’t derail you, too. Everyone’s worried about cars and planes nowadays. There’s not much being said about train fatalities. I lost my wife and son. I needed to let everyone know of the pain trains can cause....
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So they wanted to talk to me. Asking a few too many questions. Don’t know why they were so interested. I know Doc sent me here, but I didn’t think anyone would think much of it. Thought it best to...
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I was minding my own business doing some DS106 work on campus on Friday afternoon in the ITCC, when Janaye and Mariam caught my attention and asked if I would be willing to help their group, House of Noir. I happily obliged....
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So, this week was actually quite a bit of fun up until this Sunday night. I finished all of my work by 10:30 this evening. But that’s where trouble started. First, it was my 30 MB YouTube upload for my...
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…for the week to go to training at her new job. She left me here with our little one, who does not keep quiet or entertained for long periods of time. I resorted to dispensing Funyuns and drinks galore, as...
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It was odd listening to the “Noir We There Yet?” broadcast. There were a number of people listening in, but that’s where my memory starts to get foggy. I personally noticed something about it that I hadn’t previously: I included...
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Though this daily create was simple, I appreciated it very much. Hesitation regarding reading my own poetry aloud is yet another self-imposed barrier that DS106 has now helped me break down. Here I am reading my rainy day poem, “You...
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After spending a ridiculous amount of time on my LEGO stop motion short film, I peeked into the assignment bank hoping for something quick and easy. I’m terrible with video editing on the whole and was rather pressed for time,...
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This week, I spent a long time planning. I saw the “30 Second Documentary“, and decided to plan for a stop motion LEGO assignment. “The Last Bit Lost” is about the most tragic time in Donnie Rawlen’s life–when his family...
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Dear rainy days, You don’t have to go away. -Spencer For my first of two daily creates this week, I chose the “Rainy Day 1“. The requirements were simple enough: “Write a poem about a rainy day. What makes you...
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This week, I listened to Inside Job, I mean Inside Talking. It was in the format of a typical talk show, and seemed, overall, like: “I’m just gonna wing it” sounds like the theme of the show. Very effective, actually....
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