week seven daily creates
WOW#tdc3553 #ds106 #dailycreate pic.twitter.com/3XxY5xWaGW— mgedney (@mgedney2) October 4, 2021
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Daily Create ā Week Six
by @thisist00hard# weeklyassignments, Assignments, Daily Create, dailycreate, Syndicated, WeekSix, weeksixassignmentsOctober 4, 2021For my daily creates this week I did ābad artā, my favorite drink and international smile day. For ābad artā I took a stock photo of a corporate worker and pasted a party hat and birthday gift on top of it. I donāt really have a favorite drink, but I picked a McDonalds Sprite to [ā¦] -
Simple Ad!
As I mentioned in my progress post, The Fab Five group decided to recreate an old radio drama called The Roy Rogers Show. I decided to keep it nice and simple, since this episode took place in 1953. I wanted to images to reflect that time as much as possible. To put his poster together,ā¦ Continue reading Simple Ad! -
Group Development-The Fab Five!
Discord was a great help getting our group together! I saw Lyndseyās text stating she needed partners for the project, so I reached out. We quickly formed our group of five. We all decided to use Lyndseyās theme idea to recrate an old radio drama called ROY ROGERS āMissing Atomic Scientistā. Weāll be incorporating Bobā¦ Continue reading Group Development-The Fab Five! -
Celebrating UK Black History Month: Learning Resources, a Read & Watch List, and Content Creation Tools
by @llilli5163community, diversity, Diversity & Inclusion, inclusion, representation, resources, Syndicated, United KingdomOctober 4, 2021October is Black History Month in the UK. We asked colleagues across WordPress.com for their recommendations for deeper learning and participation this month ā and the rest of the year. -
Design Blitz
by @thisist00hard October 4, 2021Ā This week we were assigned to do a design blitz. For the blitz we were supposed to take pictures of objects or ads, etc. that showed some element of design. For my photos I took pictures while I was at Marshalls and used some pictures that I already have in my camera roll. The most [ā¦] -
Aspects of Design
by @thisist00hard October 3, 2021After looking through some of the suggested readings, I have come to the conclusion that design takes more space in our life than I had thought. Of course, everything has to be designed by someone, but Iām not thinking about it all of the time. When Iām eating my Frosted Flakes for breakfast, Iām not [ā¦] -
Forest in the Rain
October 3, 2021. It was a steady drizzle but a nice day to walk in the forest. Everything looks different when it's wet. I got some reading done and worked on a literature review for my upcoming presentation to the Open Learning conference. Also watche... -
Purple Finch with Rain
October 2, 2021. Rain. This female purple finch greeted me first thing this morning. No bike ride because of the rain, but I was able to spend most of the day working on my online course, getting the website sorted out, setting up the Activity Centre, ... -
Sparrow
October 1, 2021. Sparrow all fluffed up in fall feathers on the gazebo out back. Worked a bit on the course, and of course on the newsletter, but was pretty tired all day. It's hard to recover from mid-week football games, as we're not back until midni... -
Youāre Invited!
Parks and Recreation is one of my favorite sitcoms and so when I was trying to think of a fictional couple to create a wedding invitation for, Leslie and Ben came to mind. This design assignment is worth 3 stars and asks you to create a wedding invitation as if you were going to beContinue reading "Youāre Invited!" -
Weekly Summary #6
This has really been a week. It has been a rough one for multiple reasons! I am not proud of the amount of work I did this week. I got so overwhelmed and finally came to the conclusion that my metal and emotional health is more important that one bad grade on an assignment. So ā¦ Read more "Weekly Summary #6" -
Homemade Tortilla Soup ā A recipe for cooler weather
Happy October 2nd! Cooler fall weather is upon us! I also realize itās been a minute since I last posted. Essentially, I took a summer vacation off as I moved to Utah and got situated in a new apartment and job. But what better way to return to the blog, then to write a post [ā¦] -
Bark This Way
I love correcting records, so this ds106 design assignment felt like it was right up my alley. For this 3 1/2 star assignment I needed to pick out some photos, personal or found photos, to use to create a āradā collage for fictional album art. After digging through the cobwebs of my phoneās camera gallery,Continue reading "Bark This Way" -
?SOMETHING NEW?
by nataliebooks, ebooks, fiction, Latest, lovestory, Reading, romance books, short stories, ShortStory, Syndicated, womanfictionOctober 2, 2021Chapter II from the bookĀ Blossom Hill A few weeks passed and the situation came up repeatedly. Mia wanted to work on her project or was ready for class but Bo had something else going on. Even when he suggested taking her to Uni by car, she couldnāt be sure she wouldnāt miss her class andā¦ Continue reading ?SOMETHING NEW? -
Weekly Summary 6: Signs of Designs
by Thomas Pulsifer Yet again, another week of DS106 has closed out. It seems like each one flies by faster than the last. Our focus this week was on design, the philosophy behind it, and its application. Intro to Design: Chip Kidd and More: In his book, Go: A Kiddās Guide to Graphic Design, graphicContinue reading "Weekly Summary 6: Signs ofĀ Designs" -
A Bizarre Book Cover
by Thomas Pulsifer Using Alanās 4-star prompt, Iāve designed my very own weird book cover. Whatās more bizarre than a rat in a helmet getting cheese in outer space? This is actually the cover of a real book Iāve written! Itās a childrenās book, so it isnāt anything to write home about, but itās somethingContinue reading "A Bizarre BookĀ Cover" -
Weekly Retrospection #6
Design is probably my favorite modality so far. I enjoyed reading and watching how designersā¦design! And the design blitz def made me feel like I have an eye for design. TDCs of the week: For my design assignments, I did a mixed bag using the random tool. I confused people with my combo, Bingoogle. Iā¦ Continue reading Weekly Retrospection #6 -
Design Blitz
Balance: The symmetry of the spoons on this cereal, juxtapose the different grains that are being held very well. The spoons are all facing the same way and the distance apart, but they have things in their spoons that are falling out and that all look different. Yet, they are all balanced, Dominance: This adā¦ Continue reading Design Blitz -
Weekly Summary: Week Six
This week was definitely eye opening in terms of being aware of how much thought goes into the process of designs. Everything plays off each other in terms of color, spacing, typography, and symmetry and thatās all thought of in relation to the message as well. Looking at different things it makes sense, producers want ā¦ -
Got to goā¦?
I did a random assignment again and this one was a throwback. These posters kind of remind me of that Adult Swim bumper trend on TikTok. Same vibes. I thought about what I should put, or get rather. I just kept saying got, got, got, until it hit me. āGot to go?ā It isnāt veryā¦ Continue reading Got to goā¦? -
Brian Pickings Read and Reflect
Reading this article makes me realize how much thought goes into each design, of course there are obvious aspects to the design like bright colors are meant to draw your eye to the colors but I didnāt realize that minimalism was essentially supposed to do the same thing. Everything has a thoughtful and meaningful design ā¦ -
DesignBlitz
This is a picture I took after I got off of work of a stand in the middle of the mall. I think itās a great example of dominance at the picture covers most of the black background and the image is angled giving it the perspective of looking into the distance or at a ā¦ -
Pop Culture Venn Diagram
There are so many cool design assignments and I couldnāt pick, so I did the random option and this assignment is what I landed on! The pop culture diagram calls for listing three traits and then putting a character who is all three in the middle and finding characters who have the other categories inā¦ Continue reading Pop Culture Venn Diagram -
Little Sounds
I mean, have you ever watched a movie without sound? It helps the tempo and pace of a film. For instance, think about thriller movies. I believe that they use sound to increase oneās anxiety. Listening to noises or sounds most definitely can change the mood. Say if one was listening to a sad and ā¦ -
Design Assignment: Create A Logo Thatās Simple But Detailed
by @jwcpsc October 1, 2021I just finished my other assignment about favorite movie quotes and I did it on Nightmare Before Christmas and I’m eating so I decided to combine the two ideas into a logo. Jack Skellington’s Diner, serving snake and spider stew. -
Design Assignment: Favorite Movie Quote
by @jwcpsc October 1, 2021The Nightmare Before Christmas has been on my mind since the end of August and my favorite character is Oogie Boogie so Iāll use his famous quote (and then go watch the movie for the millionth time). I also really love Jack so I just decided to do one for both of them. I also ā¦ -
Week 6 Down
This week has been pretty busy for me and I am sure others as well! However, I was able to complete everything on time this week! I actually enjoyed creating these design assignments this week. I learned that there was more to graphic design than just creating a bunch of business logos. I wrote down ā¦ -
DesignBlitz Challenge
One day this week, I went out to take photos of what I thought would fit four of the ten categories for our design challenge. The first photo I snapped is of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Madison County. This photo fits the Color category. The sun us setting in this photo which creates a ā¦ -
design blitz
I thought it would be a challenge to try to find these design elements in one area, so most of these pictures were taken in Curitiba! Minimalism/Use of Space The design here is very minimal, with very few objects crowding the space. I think it accomplishes what it needs to ā it is an open [ā¦]
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