I hadn’t expected myself to become this invested in a made up group. But here we are. I suppose I’ve always been that way. I liked relating the story to my other chatacters and to real life people like Professors Groom and Whalen. I really liked this assignment.   The Night Driver The critically acclaimed, oscar winning story can be… Read more →

I thought it would be a good visual assignment to show what each member of The Association looks like. Since, unlike many of my ds106ers, I’ve created entirely new characters, I thought this would be perfect. I’ve been writing about them but I’ve never actually shown what they look like. So, I’m going to present them as celebrities who closely match… Read more →

A video made to bring the Night Driver’s cryptic message to reality.     P.s Audacity audio layering is lyfe Read more →

I created the agency, The Winter Association whose main purpose is to bring the world towards Utopia by removing all the people who hold darker intentions from existence. Harsh, I know. They’ve taken on the case of The Night Driver.   Primary Media: I’m using the Winter Association’s main website to illustrate their progress in The Night Driver case. It… Read more →

I was a little put off with the fact that the professors recommended working in a group. I’m kicking it solo so I became a little skeptical of my skills by myself. But, I got everything done in time even with a job and other homework going on as well. Though, I can’t help but feel like it’ll get a… Read more →

For this week’s daily creates, I made a birthday card and helped Noddy get out of a trash can. The card was very simple. The first thing I found when I researched “noir cat” on Google images was of a cat doing one of those strange inspirational poses where you add an encouraging quote to the space beside it. So,… Read more →

I did the You’re A Pinteresting Character assignment (two stars) for the leader of The Winter Association, Arnold Winter. It’s full of things that interest him and what he enjoys researching. I also added some personal things that explain why he is the way he is. They’ll be spoilers if I explain them right now. I plan on expanding upon… Read more →

I did the assignment, How it all began (3 stars). I thought it was a perfect assignment for expanding upon The Winter Association. It can be found here.   Yeah, they’re kind of a cult. Read more →

Ok. I actually created this assignment just so I could have a writing assignment that would be able to expand upon The Winter Association. :3 Marcus let out a tired sigh, hand moving to scratch the back of his head. He had to admire the Association for their atmospherics. The dim lighting and the candle lit lanterns along the hallway… Read more →

We Exist And Thrive Here. Join Us. For Utopia Cannot Be Formed While Those Of Darker Intentions Exist. Read more →

I made this banner from a wallpaper of a cat’s eyes. I them colored over them to make them even darker but not entirely gone. I chose this particular font for the Association because while thoroughly insane, they’re very classy.   It is rather simple but the group is not known for theatrics. They have eyes everywhere and know many… Read more →

My agency, The Autumn Works will be changed to The Winter Association. Read more →

I suppose I should be used to this by now given the fact that we’ve reached week 10. Oh and by the way, Video sucks.   Video Assignments A Letter To Layla A Love Story Fire and Ice I Am Me   The Interview: Layla’s Interview   The Agency The Autumn Works   Daily Creates Tree Art, Inspiration, and Batman … Read more →

Nah. I’m going solo. It’s not that I hate my fellow ds106ers. It’s just that I like to work alone. Though, group work is always welcome. My agency will be known as The Autumn Works Read more →

I said all I needed to say. Read more →

These daily creations have begun to get stranger and stranger. I really don’t understand the appeal of them but I must admit that they do have a sort of rustic charm to them. Regardless, I’ve done my due diligence and finished three of them. The first I did was a quick sketch of batman. I’m not proud of it but… Read more →

Just a quick note, I manually recorded each professor’s questions onto audacity and then cut them together after each response I would give. Then, I recorded myself “speaking” over Layla’s lines and overlapped that with the audio I created. So. Much. Work.   I have become…wary of interviews. The last didn’t really pan out but I decided to give it… Read more →

This assignment required us to tell a story through flashcards and I thought this would be a great opportunity to delve deeper into Layla’s thoughts on Marcus.     Marcus and I have a strange relationship. We will easily go from kissing each other to arguing about the “unfortunate” death of a politician. Our work lives are so very intertwined… Read more →

This assignment was fun. I had to create a video that explained who I am or, well, who Layla Arkwood is. It was very nice filming everything and cutting them together. This was a more relaxed assignment and I actually enjoyed it. I’m not completely dangerous. I mean, you should really keep your distance but I am like any other… Read more →

I chose to do the Narrative Ambiance and incorporate it with Layla. The poem Fire and Ice by Robert Frost goes very well with Layla (alarmingly so) and I thought that it would be perfect for her. I tried to speak in the way she would, you know like husky and low toned but I suck. Anyway, since we are… Read more →

Audio had been the bane of my existence before I was introduced to video. Sooooooo much work goes into it that I feel like a piece of my life span goes into my final project. A five minute video would take in actuality five hours to complete and I’m just wadnwapodnae;ejaea.   Radio Show Listen Along: In all honesty I… Read more →

The daily creates I did this week involved taking a blurry picture and making a poem about rain. I had taken this picture a long time ago at the bonfire during fall semester. My camera had been on a long shutter time that was more for fireworks than a static fire. That was when I had first gotten my camera… Read more →

For this assignment, I analyzed a scene from The Postman Always Rings Twice. It was the one in the beginning that involved Nick, Cora and Frank in the kitchen discussing the Twin Oaks sign. It was a little weird for me to speak to people I couldn’t see and hold a conversation practically with myself but I quickly got the hang of… Read more →

  I just wanted to crawl (or flip) into bed. Once again I chose to do a video for music but this assignment was different. It wanted an actual music video and I decided on incorporating my noir character and another. In all honesty I have no idea who else this is about because I just couldn’t find the right… Read more →

Oh my god this assignment took FOREVER. I wanted to just fall the hell over when I was done. It required us to create a lyric video for a song and my stupid self chose a 5 minute song. That 5 minute song turned into 3 hours of editing and frustration and I was just like pwnodnw. But, I got… Read more →

  I loved and hated doing my radio show. It was a great experience and so much work at the same time. Luckily, I ended up with amazing group mates who did a great job on the overall show.  I was nervous to listen to our show live and see everyone’s feedback immediately. I was doing the whole “What if… Read more →

We made it y’all. Anyway, this week was kind of hectic and kind of awesome. I still liked it regardless. Digital Storytelling is gonna be the death of me though.   Radio Listen In: I listened in on Dead Silence and my review can be found here.   Inspired: I was inspired by soooooo many awesome works but I narrowed… Read more →

I really enjoyed Christine’s Design Blitz because it was so well put together. I also have a bias towards it because I’m in love with photography. Each of the photos tells their own story and exemplifies so much. I can fangirl over these photos for a really long time and I’m trying so hard not to freak out. All in all,… Read more →

I really enjoyed Brian’s cover. It was put together really well and I’m kind of jealous of how amazing everything came out. Whenever I do design assignments they’re always a pain because I know I’m terrible at them. However, Brian is really good at it. He put many different elements together to create this cover and I really love how… Read more →

I really enjoyed Amy’s design art. The lyrics fit with the background and I enjoyed how she mirrored the lyrics’ meanings to how she put them on this poster. She really made this assignment her own and she inspired me to try to do just as well as her. She used everything at her disposal to create a beautiful image… Read more →