Daily Creates: 1. Ode to Monday 2. TDC1234 3. TDC1236 4. TDC1237 Assignments: 1. DesignAssignments1317 2. DesignAssignments64 3. DesignAssignments358 4. DesignAssignments1657 5. DesignAssignments1695 Gifs: 1. AnimatedGIFAssignment1254 2. AnimatedGIFAssignment1436 Design Blitz The Vignelli Canon Reflection: This week, I think I improved on the “story behind the story” part of my assignments.  My favorite assignments this week … Continue reading Week Two – Completed

After reading The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli, I had a different perspective about design and my approach to creating my design assignments.  The purpose of Vignelli’s book was to share knowledge about design, to benefit others.  While reading The Vignelli Canon, some of what he said stood out to me.  For example, he said … Continue reading The Vignelli Canon

For this assignment, we were given the task to take our understanding of design and find pictures to illustrate at least four out ten of the following concepts; color, typography, metaphors/symbols, minimalism/use of space, form/function/message, balance, rhythm, proportion, dominance, and unity. 1.  This picture was taken this past semester before a severe thunderstorm.  The sunset shows … Continue reading Design Blitz

For this daily create, we were asked to create a map that describes nothing. I chose to do something that was completely obvious.  I thought about doing something with sports, like in the example, or something to do with the countries themselves.  I ended up choosing to highlight Australia because I’ve always thought it was … Continue reading Countries with the most Australians

For this assignment (worth 4 stars), we were asked to create either a 3D or 2D collage/sculpture that represents a common theme. I chose this assignment because I thought it would be fun to make collages like I did back in the day.  I use to collage all of the time as a child.  It … Continue reading 3D Magazine Collage

To start our investigation, we have made a suspect board with our evidence and suspects.  We have determined four suspects; Ross – Marcel’s owner, Rachel – Ross’ girlfriend, Chandler, Ross’ college roommate and lives across from the crime scene, and Joey – Ross’ friend who lives with Chandler.  At the crime scene, we discovered that … Continue reading Where Did Marcel Go?

For this assignment, we were asked to create a suspect board to show interactions between characters. I decided to create a suspect board for the show FRIENDS because it is one of my favorite TV shows and thought it would be interesting to incorporate a comedy into a mystery.  I based my suspect board on … Continue reading This Assignment is Suspect

Today’s Daily Create asked us to create a poem based off of a memory. I decided to scroll through my personal timeline on Twitter to jog my memory of events and thoughts I had.  I stumbled across this tweet; it’s simpe but very meaningful. Skating is fun — Victoria Le (@VICtoriousLE19) January 10, 2014 When I … Continue reading Throwback Thursday

For this assignment (worth 2.5 stars), we were asked to “reduce a movie, story, or event into its basic elements, then take those visuals and reduce them further to simple icons, four of them.” I thought this would be a cool assignment to do to challenge myself.  I’m normally not very good at summarizing stories so succeeding … Continue reading Can You Guess This Movie?

TITANIC!

For this assignment (worth two stars), we were asked to create a caption for any picture we wanted.  I wanted to do this assignment because it gave me a reason to share a picture of food.  I decided I wanted to create a caption for this meal (which was amazing) I had in Ottawa, Canada. The hardest … Continue reading The Key to My Heart

For this assignment (worth 2.5 stars), we were asked to create a bar code in the shape of an object. I chose a double scooped ice cream cone because it’s really hot outside and ice cream sounds amazing in this scorching summer heat (it’s really not THAT hot but who doesn’t like ice cream). To create … Continue reading Bar Code Ice Cream

Today’s daily create asked us to upload a picture that we thought showed the spirit of this picture: To me, this picture shows a child showing joy and excitement in exploring his surroundings. I chose this picture of my niece because I thought it showed her excitement in a Redskins game.  Although, I’m not sure … Continue reading Touchdown Redskins

Whenever I’m feeling down, I like to listen to Shut Up and Dance by WALK THE MOON because it’s upbeat and makes me want to dance! The assignment asked us to create a gif of a video by our favorite musician.  I don’t have a favorite musician but I do have favorite songs and this is … Continue reading Shut Up and Dance

This my favorite assignment by far! We were asked to create a gif of Beyonce.  To do this, I went on Youtube and searched Beyonce performance.  I chose her Super Bowl performance because it had the best quality and it was long enough so I could pick and choose which part of the performance I … Continue reading Queen B!

Monday, you have returned once again.  Don’t worry, I don’t hate you, I just dread your appearance.  I have been relaxing for the past couple of days and they have been wonderful.  Hearing you knock on my door in the early hours of the morning, makes me dread getting out of bed.  Why must you … Continue reading Ode to Monday

When I started setting up my blog, I ran into a little bit of trouble.  I hadn’t realized that I created a website last year and completely forgot about it!  I called the digital knowledge center for help and they got everything squared away for me.  I already had a twitter and google account which … Continue reading Week One – Completed

I’ve read and watched a lot of material about visuals of storytelling.  I found the article of the iconic picture of the Migrant Mother during the Depression-era was really interesting.  After I read it, I thought, “what if that sign wasn’t there?” I think people on the other side of the country wouldn’t know exactly … Continue reading Visuals of Storytelling Reflection

Happy Sunday! For today’s daily create, I uploaded a picture that makes me feel relaxed.  The soothing sound of waves crashing and seagulls chirping in the background, is what relaxation is to me.

I had fun playing around with all of the different types of themes.  What I like about creating my own blog is that I can customize it to fit my personality.  Overall, I find it easy to use and I learn new things about it everyday.

When I started setting up my blog, I ran into a little bit of trouble.  I hadn’t realized that I created a website last year and completely forgot about it!  I called the digital knowledge center for help and they got everything squared away for me.  I already had a twitter and google account which … Continue reading Blog Setup

Twitter: Hello there #ds106 — Victoria Le (@VICtoriousLE19) May 18, 2015 SoundCloud: Youtube: Flickr:

To do the Photo Safari, I decided to go to Target (I consider it my second home).  I thought Target would be a good place to do the Photo Safari because it has a wide variety of things there; from electronics to clothes to food, they have it all! When I started the safari, I … Continue reading Photo Safari Refelction

Mom and Daughter Face Swap! For this assignment (worth two stars), we were asked to swap the faces of a child and their parent. I chose my cousin and her family’s latest family picture.  I thought it would be funny to see what it would look like to see my cousin and her daughter’s faces … Continue reading Parent-Child Face Swap

I chose this assignment (worth two stars) because I thought it would be interesting how different fonts affect a brand’s logo.  I thought IKEA’s font would be good to change because it is very bold and stiff. To change the font, I google searched IKEA logo in images and chose the top picture.  I saved … Continue reading What a Crappy Font Will Do

For this Visual Assignment (worth two stars), we were asked to create a collage of our friends but with a twist, they don’t know we took the picture!  Some might say that this is creepy but it’s okay because that’s what friends are for! To do this assignment, I searched through my pictures on my computer … Continue reading Unsuspecting Friends Collage

For this assignment (worth two stars), we were asked to make a Spubble.  The purpose of this assignment is to create a speech bubble for a picture of myself and to make others laugh. I chose this picture for my Spubble because I thought I looked ridiculous while trying (and succeeding) at photobombing my friends at … Continue reading Spubble

    To do the Photo Safari, I decided to go to Target (I consider it my second home).  I thought Target would be a good place to do the Photo Safari because it has a wide variety of things there; from electronics to clothes to food, they have it all!   When I started … Continue reading Photo Safari

little raffee is determined to eat this massive strawberry!

Top left: sunset at Clearwater, FL Middle left: parliament building in Ottowa, Canada Bottom left: the Hollywood sign from downtown LA Top right: classic double-decker bus, Big Ben and the London Eye in the background Bottom right: sunset at the Outer...