Retro Red Panda
I made a retro poster!
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Monkey Shines
One site/feed/whatever I like following is Behind the Grooves. Occasionally it brings up things I didn’t know about, more often things I forgot about. So today is the birthday of Peter Gabriel’s Security album: https://behindthegrooves.tumblr.com/post/187582817474/on-this-day-in-music-history-september-8-1982 I don’t even know if … Continue reading → -
Creating my own character
Directions: “Create a character covering all aspects of them. Write about a paragraph of backstory, cover their appearance, personality, likes, dislikes, and what their place is in their world. “ Behind the Story: This character I had been working on prior to the assignment. This... -
Hairy Poems
One of my favorite hair bands! -
Daily Create: 80s Nerds
I once read an article, that I wish I could find, that explained that the rise of nerd culture in the 80s caused a sense of superiority in a once marginalized group of teenagers. A group that was once bullied, finally had a sense of purpose. The article went into how these 80s nerds transformed ... Read moreDaily Create: 80s Nerds -
“ds106 is pure joy”
Here we have another discussion with ds106 godfather Jim Groom. I should do some editing, but I think it’s better to just get it out there without the delay. We talked about public access TV in the 80s as a … Continue reading → -
Favorite Nerds
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Musicians Get Animated
by @megds106 September 6, 2019Good evening! This animated gif challenged me to make my favorite musician’s video into a little gif. My favorite singer is Taylor Swift. I’ve loved her since I was eight years old and I even saw her in concert when she had only one album out and she performed as an opening act for Keith … -
First Recorded Thoughts
Just some passing thoughts to wonder about. Not exactly sure where it goes from here. -How detailed can on-command imagination get through the use of mental drawing exercises and what effects would it have on the person’s ability to create things artistically? I’ve been thinking about the possible upsides of mental exercises and meditation like… -
Daily Create: Supporting Role Star of the 80s Tribute
So for my star, I chose Ed Lauter. I’m honestly not sure if he’s underrated/appreciated, but not many people my age know of him. One of my favorite movies to watch with my mom growing up was Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. It’s about a girl who desperately wants to take part in an MTV ... Read moreDaily Create: Supporting Role Star of the 80s Tribute -
A Week in Review
I learned a lot this past week. The Daily Creates were fun to go through and spend five minutes thinking about what applied to each of them. I had to spend a little time thinking about a phrase that I hear a lot in my hometown. The assignment bank has a lot of options, but… -
Blast From the Past
Today’s prompt was to share a not so popular song that was well... -
Supporting Role Star of the 80s Tribute
The goal of this daily create was to make a tribute to of star of the 1980s. -
Slime Eastwood
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Too much 80’s
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Obscure But Good Songs of the 80s
The object of this daily create was to draw attention to some music of the 1980s that was noteworthy in its day, but we don’t often hear anymore. -
Another Day With The Dogs
So, for those who don’t know, I have a plethora of dogs. Four in actuality, six to be technical. Four are mine and live with me, two more are my brothers, but he travels quite a bit so I watch them for him. Anyways, I always walk my dogs. Usually just around the neighborhood or ... Read moreAnother Day With The Dogs -
Daily Create: Obscure but Good Songs of the 80s
I am a huge fan of 80s music so when I saw the daily create topic for the day, my mind immediately started working. Now, being born in 1995, I’m at the disadvantage of not knowing how popular this song was, but I do know it’s not one I hear often anymore. 99 Red Balloons ... Read moreDaily Create: Obscure but Good Songs of the 80s -
Google, You’re Too Smart!
Good morning everyone! To anyone who might not know, Google is celebrating it’s 21st birthday this month on the 27th. I’m also turning 21 this month but Google is much smarter than I am. This week, I challenged Google to a good ‘ole fashioned game of Pictionary nicknamed “Google Quick, Draw!” The web assignment is … -
Discussing Copyright with changing technology
Today I was tasked with reading three different articles involved with copyright. Thankfully all of my chosen articles talked about a different aspect of copyright. I read an article that covered Betamax recordings being considered legal, a photograp... -
Lessons from Austin Kleon’s “Show Your Work”
I was assigned to read Austin Kleon’s article on “10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered.” Of these ten tips in sharing and being discovered one drew my attention the most, part 8 “Learn to take a punch.” I art class we were... -
Write Yourself into History
13 July 1985, Wembley Stadium This was the best night ever! We all went on a vacation to England. We are spending a few days in London and then we are going to go and see Stonehenge and Bath. Later on, this week we are going to go to Scotland to see Edinburgh. Last night… -
80s were all about crazy clothes, and bug eyes?
So this assignment seemed silly and fun and I’m all about that life. I chose two of my favorite 80s musicians and I bugified their eyes! Let’s start with the image that turned out the best: it’s Madonna! This image gave me a false sense of confidence. I photoshopped her eyes to be bigger and, ... Read more80s were all about crazy clothes, and bug eyes? -
What Would the World Look Like if…
For this design assignment I asked myself: What would the world look life if the Berlin Wall never fell? This is a difficult question because so many events happened before the fall of the Berlin Wall. To appropriately complete this assignment I had to set a few rules in my mind. Did technology still progress… -
Good Medicine
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The Hits Keep Coming…
by paul bond September 2, 2019One of our ds106 crew had the brilliant idea to put an 80s twist on the Name That Single assignment, so I thought I’d give it a shot. I wonder if we can make a trend out of this. I … Continue reading → -
80s Battle Angels?
Good evening everyone! Get ready for a weird visual assignment I completed today. My task was to edit some weird eyes on people akin to anime characters or Alita: Battle Angel…Although I got a little crazy with the photo editor. Assignment link located HERE I’m not very experienced with photo editing, so I wanted to … -
Success is Peace of Mind
Personal peace can be found in a variety of places, people, actions and things. My personal peace comes from such a variety of sources. I’m at peace when I’m with my family and my dog. They are the people who know me best and help me work out some of my inner struggles. They are… -
“…the Smurf, the Popeye, and the Jerry Lewis”
It is fascinating to read what everyone has to say about the 80s theme. (See why you were asked to tag your posts?) I see a lot of enthusiasm for it, which is something of a relief. It seems like … Continue reading → -
Introductions
Hey guys! My name is Griffin, I’m a senior Geography major here at Mary Wash and will be done with undergrad after this semester! This is the only class I am taking this fall and I will also be working two jobs. I plan on coming back here for the Post Baccalaureate Program and getting my Masters in Elementary Education,… Read more →
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