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my own logo just for me (and anyone else with my initials)
Creating my own logo was actually a pretty good way of realizing how to simplify myself. I realized what I would like the basic message of myself to be. I thought about how I would use this logo to start off with. Instagram? My website? Twitter? Th... -
vignelli thoughts
Graphic design is something that we see so much of, we are pretty much immune to it. We see it, but we don’t look at it. Reading The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli is a breath of fresh air. I am a big fan of minimalism. I think it looks clean and nice, and just makes me feel refreshed when there isn’t a lot of clutter around. Even though minimalism is something that seems like it would be so easy to do, so mindless and simple, it actually takes so much thought and planning to make sure it comes out minimalistic, and not just lazy. Vignelli said in the very beginning of his book: “I have always said that there are three aspects in Design that are important to me: Semantic, Syntactic and Pragmatic.” Which is something I’m going to have to keep in mind when practicing graphic design myself. Funny enough, I am writing this in the airport while waiting for my flight to San Antonio for an internship, and I’m flying American Airlines. Lo and behold, one of Massimo Vignelli’s more well known works is the American Airline’s logo. So graphic design is always literally right in front of us at all times. You just need to look. -
Massimo
It’s very interesting that Massimo had designed the font HELVETICA font. I wouldn’t say that it’s my most favorite font, as I like… -
End of Week 1
Alright. It feels like it’s been a verrry long week! From setting up the domain, all my social media accounts, orgainzing and custimizing… -
My Biggest Fear?
by @shika_f May 26, 2019Me? What do I fear? I suppose it would have to be death; not fufilling any of my life goals, never finding love… -
Who Inspires You
by @shika_f May 26, 2019The one person who inspires me the most, to work hard and do my very best every single day is my girlfriend. We… -
Daily Create Week 1
#tdc2689 #ds106 I am packing up my room to finally move out of my parents house in August. I have tons of stuff that I want to keep but I need to throw away, like old letters from when my girlfriend went to Germany and pictures my little sister drew.... -
Weekly Summary: Week One
This week I learned countless new skills: how to register for a domain/subdomain, creating and editing a WordPress site, using different apps (Collageable, Juxatpose, Dropbox), and how to link all of these different mediums to create a single source to view them all (this post!). My week started with a reflection on my favorite part […] -
spubble me stupid
by Kelsey May 26, 2019So, FYI this project was a little more tricky at first because I found that both of the given links for Picnik.com and Aviary.com are now dead links. But, I found a solution. I took a snap on Snapchat, found a word bubble image, and inserted text with... -
a reflection on visuals/images: dorothea lange
I’d like to share with you an article I was assigned this week on Dorothea Lange. I was previously familiar with Lange’s work because my family is from the midwest (Missouri), and I went through a phase of becoming really interested in “grit lit”, or literature based on rural communities, the Ozarks, or immigration literature. […] -
not a drill: black panther sighting!!!
by Kelsey May 26, 2019Okay, so I know this may seem unrecognizable, but check out this picture I got on Snapchat on my way home: So, I’m on my way home when I see him and I KNOW it’s Black Panther – he’s strong, and sleek and he’s gone before I can get anything more than this image. I […] -
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” —Wayne W. Dyer
by Kelsey May 26, 2019On contemplating the places where I find peace, I wanted to find a way to collage my favorite pictures. I found an app for my iphone called Collageable. Here, I found a template I liked and selected 5 photos the speak to me. The app makes it really easy to upload and then save you […] -
The day I, a good boy, saved a life from a winged intruder.
by Kelsey May 26, 2019As a pit bull mix, I have a reputation on the streets, but I’m really the sweetest boy ever. When I was asked to tell a story, I knew the exact one. On a dark and stormy night, I rode home in my mom’s chariot with the wind blowing through my ears. We slept in […] -
Weekly Summary 1
I have always liked taking photos, but I never really thought about the different elements that went along with it. I enjoyed learning about the tips and tricks into making me a better photographer. I was having trouble trying to make a photo gallery on Flickr. I figured that to put my photos from the […] -
what’s in your head, in your head/zombie
I always knew my soundtrack for the apocalypse would be Zombie by The Cranberries. I was in my kitchen when the sirens went off and I enjoyed my last moment of normalcy before The End. The picture on the left is the last picture I took before….oh, you know how this story ends. It was […] -
Daily Create – May 26, 2019
Here you will find my daily create response for the 26th of May 2019. -
Weekly Summary- Week One
For our first week, we were tasked with many projects, like creating our own websites and various visual assignments. The main goal of the week was to get a hang of creating our own online presence, and the class in general. Overall, I feel as though I did a relatively decent job completing all of… -
Reflection on Visual Storytelling
Overall, learning about new and creative ways to tell a story via creating or capturing different photos has been an amazing and exciting experience! I have never had much of a hand when it comes to photography or editing photos on my computer, so being challenged with these different tasks helped put me outside of… -
Photo Safari at Childhood Home
My photo safari was an interesting experience because I was able to document small details about my childhood home. The house I lived in for about 25 years was just put on the market for sale. While this was homework, it was also a therapeutic approach to saying goodbye to a home that has housed […] -
Becoming a Better Photographer
First, I watched a YouTube video going in depth about Visual Literacy. I learned that every photo has a meaning behind it. I learned that a single photo can be interpreted differently depending on the person looking at it. Each photo also raises the question of why it was originally taken and the photographers intention […] -
King’s Rule – Spubble
This is the first photo I thought would be perfect for this assignment when I saw it. This was taken this past Thanksgiving,… -
Weekly Summary 1
This week focused on an introduction to photography, which I really enjoyed. I love taking and editing pictures, but am no expert photographer. This week I practiced some new photography skills in visual assignments and more. Here’s my summary fr... -
Daily Create Week 2
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That’s Not What I Expected
by @BreeNicholson14 May 26, 2019For this visual assignment we were asked to take a close up image of an object so it would be hard to guess what the image is really of! Can you take a guess at what you’re looking at? …it’s a close up of our banana leaf tree! I thought a close up of the… -
Summer End of Week 1
I won’t lie, trying to cram all this fun learning into one week is a bit of a challenge. That […] -
Photo Safari
For this assignment, after learning a few photography tips, we were to put those tips to the test and try out a fun scavenger hunt of photos. Within a 15 minute time span, we were to try to take as many suggested photos as possible, without going over the time limit. This is what I… -
Photo Reflection
I was walking around my moms deck looking for things to take pictures of when I came across this metal […] -
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May 22, 2010
@ds106dc Nikki Limo and Steve Greene. I came across the married duo in a JKN video on YT loved their personalities. They truly inspire, motivate and bring to the light the things in life that would have otherwise been kept in the dark and never spoke...
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