Spring break officially started today in school and eventhough I will be here studying most of the time, I decided to make a playlist that expresses my emotions, thoughts, and wishes. It was not the easiest task to come up with songs that fit into the theme of spring break since I rarely keep myself updated with popular music. In …

I borrowed help from good old Paint and Google Images again to create this poster. First, after some brainstorming, I thought of several icons that I can use for a radio show. Second,  I wanted to make it as simple as possible and radioshowpromo

As anticipated, group work is not the easiest thing in the world. There are so many factors that need to be taken into account, such as availability, individual input, and technology. Because communication is limited, one of the group members shared a Google Doc for us to converse online. I thought that was a great idea since none of us …

I thoroughly enjoyed this week’s assignments. I did not have too much difficulty, relative to those of last week’s, and it took less amount of time to complete them overall. For my daily creates, I completed 3 and they are posted on my twitter for view. I noticed that I use Paint extensively to edit images and add texts. I …

There were several things I noticed that one video shared commonalities with the other. They both embodied a sense of passion and exhilaration. Have passion for what one plans to achieve through design, and be exhilarated in the process were the key messages that I ultimately got. It seems like everyone wants to be great doing great things and they all …

For this assignment, I decided to head off to the library. There, I discovered posters, books with colorful covers, furniture, and even fish tanks that captured the elements of design principles very well. –Color: I thought these couches were super adorable because they embodied same form and design, but with different colors! The colors chosen here, red, blue and lime, were eye …

It was a great opportunity to delve into Massimo Vignelli’s works and understand his design philosophies. I am astonished by his revolutionary New York City Subway Diagram not only for its intricacies, but also for its pragmatics, which was one of Vignelli’s core values. As he points out, “if…no one understands the result or the meaning of all that effort, …

I love Annie’s song, Tomorrow. I have never actually seen the movie (which I should!) but everytime I hear the song, Tomorrow, I get goosebumps. Not only because the singer puts all of her emotions out there, but it’s also because the message and the way it is depicted radiate beauty. There is sincerity in the portrayal of someone who …

This image was so pretty I just had to use it for my assignment. I use Paint again for image adjustment and writing implementation. It was fun to search pictures of the country that I know and grew up in, and I was very surprised upon finding this image because I never thought that Korea can display such beautiful colors. …

This is my favorite movie ever and you can probably tell that I love music. I love the G clef for its simplicity yet compelling element. There’s something about G clef that says more than just a music note; instead, I feel like it brings all of them together. The color of the font also complements G clef’s simplicity well …

This is Agent Nice Guy’s favorite movie (hint hint) because it helps her release stress at the end of the day. The images also depict how her last Thursday had ended (from previous sound effect story–major hint!). This assignment was fairly easy to do–I found icons from Google Images that were relevant to the movie and used paint as a …

I love audio, but this week’s assignments drove me crazy. I started early as Dr. Bond had recommended, but to my dismay, Murphy in Murphy’s law visited me this week. First, I was unable to download Audacity on my computer, so I tried to use computers in different buildings; however, due to administrative reasons, I was unable to execute the …

All of the sounds are from http://freesounds.org; I do not own them. AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments70

Inside of me & Someone like you This mashup was definitely an unexpected one since Yiruma’s and Adele’s musics are very different from each other. A couple of instrumental musics that I knew came to mind initially, but concerning that classical music was way too “classic,” it did not fit with Adele’s contemporary style of music and I decided not …

Bonjour! You are now listening to DS106 Radio, –a station with the hottest music, stories, dramas…you name it all. We play back to back to cater your audio needs —so don’t go anywhere! We’ll be back after 15 seconds. AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36

I am not much of a rock-and-roll person but I really enjoyed listening to Let it go’s rock version. I found that the rock version captivated emotions of the song well and it also triggered similar yet different emotions from me. I cannot really say which one I like better; although I am an advocate for original versions of songs, …

This assignment took a really long time for me to complete, mostly because I could not find clips with singers singing the same versions of the song. I did not anticipate such time consumption because I started with a thought, “It’ll be easy; I will find two versions of the same song and combine them using a mashup program.” Little …

I always wondered how human beings can perceive the world without vision; I now realize that we can rely on other senses, such as auditory, to help us imagine beyond our scope of capabilities. It’s really fascinating to “imagine” something just by hearing, because you are essentially creating something that is intangible. In other words, your imagination may be different from everyone else’s …

After listening to the the story of “Moon Graffiti” on audio only, I now realize the importance of sound effects and their roles. It was as if each different sound effects were a scene itself, and everytime there was a change, I imagined a switch from one scene to another. The clear sounds provided the relevancy of being in a …

The thought of being part of a radio show where I’d be one of the co-hosts is very exciting. There are many ways to “create” a radio show; I find that an interesting way to amp up the excitement is to incorporate the audience in some way. For example, we can pose a question for the audience to answer before the …

This week’s assignments were all very creative and fun. I am not a photo taking person, but going out of my shell definitely helped me rethink and reshape my mind because I had to think of ways to show myself without revealing my full self. Difficulty arose when I started to run out of ideas and was unsure whether or not …

Your feet, show what kind of day you’re having: It was a cool day. Make an abstract, that would make someone ask, Is that a photograph? This is how I feel when it is snowing. =) Take a photo of (or something that represents) the moon: Moon, is that you? Find a grid pattern somewhere (brick sidewalk or ceiling tiles): This …

I am not very vigilant around my surroundings especially when I focus on something with great intensity. However, shadows shown here that the light casts on the computer screen have always caught my eye whenever I am working because it is always there, kind of like waiting for me to notice. It is unique in a way that it does …

Agent Nice Guy would love to hear that James Bond and Jason Bourne are both working with a purpose, good intentions and passion. Growing up, the only agent that I was mostly familiar with was James Bond; so I instantaneously looked up James Bond on Google. After selecting a good image, I decided to search Jason Bourne since he was …

I selected an image of strawberries not only for liking the fruit, but also for their vibrant colors. I uploaded the picture onto the typography generator and selected the type of font I wanted to use. After that, I scrupulously looked for any numbers or letters that I can easily identify for my encryption code.The typography came out very nicely, …

I found a clip of Spy Kids, and upon scrutinizing its still shots, I noticed a couple of photography techniques/utilizations. Perspective: This is an image of a boat running across a body of water, and it is definitely an interesting way to view such scene since water is portrayed as having multiple colors. It almost looks like the white line …

In response to the initial question, “Do you take a lot of photos now?” my answer is, “No.” I used to like taking photos when I was younger, but I no longer liked doing that after my puberty. Sometimes I like to take pictures of flowers because they are very beautiful and I literally want to capture their beauty in a …

This is one of the pictures I found when I typed, “cute couple” on Google. Besides the fact that they are cute indeed, they look like the people who are kind and understanding. Here is the story I made up: Guy: Hey Melissa, I really like you very much! Can you be my girlfriend? Girl: Of course, Ben. But on …

This week was the most stressful week ever in this school but things like doing Daily Creates, Writing Assignments, and composing a Dossier alleviated my stress tremendously because they were actually fun. I never thought that I would enjoy expressing myself as a spy; I initially decided to describe my spy in terms of me not only to relieve my …

Here is my agent “Nice Guy.” They could not find a picture of her so they drew someone who looks like a really nice person. She is known for being extremely nice and countries who have assigned her did not even speculate that she was actually building ties with their enemies. Almost everything is unknown about her, including the country …