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Above are my impersonations of if Steven Hawking had a social media habit. The assignment was to use “fake media” generators to create Facebook and Twitter accounts for a person.
For Christmas last year in 2020, my husband bought me a knitting machine. I was so excited to finally have one and the moment I saw it I was instantly thinking of all the fun things I could make with it! There were so many videos on YouTube that I had ...
Stories, food, music, sights. They all have the ability to dance in our heads and light up our imagination. As said in Kurt Vonnegut's presentation they all have shape and direction. Up down left to right and every direction in between. Understanding that the best stories optimize the use of every direction possible gives perspectiveContinue reading "Speaking in Sights"
On the basis of copy rite and the new online world. With so much creativity within the world and now an unfathomably large bank to deposit it on the online world many new complications arise. When is it okay to copy someone else? When do lines such as inspiration and copy rite get crossed? WhoContinue reading "Stealing From theĀ Thief"
Austin Kleon wrote 10 ways to share your creativity and steal like a thief to share his view on how to be a better website/ content creator as well as how to provide higher quality content. He gave 10 ways to get your voice out and each have their own individual benefits that you canContinue reading "Spread The Word"
I have been reading Thomassenās (2014) āLiminality and the modern: living through the in-betweenā. Liminality comes up in my work on a daily basis, whether I am thinking about the connections we make through models of hybrid learning, interdisciplinary learning, ā¦ Continue reading ?
from the bookĀ A double Irish and a Dutch The next morning Avoka is on fire. Early in the morning, she contacts Tim, the guy she had met one morning in the coffee shop, who wanted to establish a saving card. Avoka actually has the idea that they might be able to work together and createā¦ Continue reading Old colleagues, new deals and examenĀ day
by Thomas Pulsifer Itās that time of the week, boys and girls: Time for another weekly reflection! I had assumed that last week would be hard to top, but Iām very happy to say that I was wrong. Letās start the recap with this weekās three Daily Creates. Daily Creates: On September 13th, our taskContinue reading "Weekly Reflection: Halfway ThroughĀ September!"
I decided to do the assignment “Remake That Genre!” but with a little twist of my own. I will be focusing on one song in particular, but will be providing an overview of all the different versions that have been made to-date. Some songs ar...
Another hard week full of too many assignments to keep track of, but hey only 12 more weeks to go. I talked in one of my posts for this week about how life is just moving at 10000 miles an hour all the time with no breaks and sometimes I just want to take thingsā¦ Continue reading Week 4 Summary
For this particular assignment, because I had been doing a lot of photography for the week I wanted to challenge myself to complete all the prompts with a single image ( I know this is probably against the rules but I did it anyway). So these were my prompts And this is the image Iā¦ Continue reading PhotoBlitz
by Thomas Pulsifer For my final task from the assignment bank for this week, I chose the 2-star prompt of depicting a superhero in a dull, everyday situation. With Batman being my favorite superhero, the choice for which hero to have star in my picture was an obvious one. In the photo above, we seeContinue reading "Holy Quarter Pounder,Ā Batman!"
This week has been fun and a little hard. It was fun taking photos but trying to actively use proper technique and focus on making sure my pictures had enough lighting, depth, contrast, etc has been tough. It was also tough doing some of the visual assignments, like the splash of color, but the endā¦ Continue reading Week Four: Weekly Summary
This week I thought about my current experience with photography ā about what subjects I focus on and how I structure my photos, and reflected on some of the tips provided in the resources for improving my pictures. Then, I analyzed photos I found for the elements described in the resources, and identified storytelling aspects [ā¦]
by Thomas Pulsifer Tapping into my love and appreciation for the artform that is video games, I decided to tackle Jerome Muellerās 3.5-star prompt to draw an intricate object with only 16Ć16 pixels. Iāve done a lot of pixel art in the past, so I was excited to see this prompt come up. Though HalloweenContinue reading "16-Bit Bones"
Create 4-6 gifs from your favorite TV show https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/tv-show-gifs/ For this assignment, I chose Schittās Creek. I first looked through a few videos to find this YouTube video that I could pull clips from. Then, I went to the Giphy website, and spent time finding the right times and durations to make each gif. I [ā¦]
As an artist, Iām always struggling to find inspiration to create, and when I do find inspiration I always want to do these 40 day project that are entirely unthinkable given my time and resources. We live in a time and a space where we literally canāt slow down, life moves at a million milesā¦ Continue reading Visual Assignment: 4 Lines 5 Dots 1 Curve
Another great week! Iām a very visual person so I enjoyed this unit quite a bit. My plan for next week is to get a headstart on my work over the weekend to avoid my usual tendency to submit my work late into the week. A lot of products for this week! Here are my [ā¦]
This was the starting picture to mark the time of when I started, it also includes the tasks. This is a picture of the tree in my backyard. I tried to get a good picture to show my photography skills but the tree is awkwardly large so my pictures came with either weird angle ofā¦ Continue reading PhotoBlitz
This weekās work actually was quite intriguing to say the least. At the beginning of the week, I was able to complete my three daily create, which are posted below. While completing my Daily Creates, I also learned some more facts about photography that I had not really given a thought about before taking a ā¦
Hi, everyone! I hope have had a terrific week! Letās start off with the Daily Creates! I had a good time creating these this week and I enjoyed seeing everyone elseās tweets as well. Some really creative ideas! Next you can find my assignments for the week right here. We had some new types of assignments this week to go along with picking out posts that are worth a certain amount of stars. I think we are really in the ā¦ Continue reading "Fourth Weekly Summary"
Choose your favorite musician, and then head to Youtube and pick one of their videos to make an animated gif of. Try to use the best quality video possible, preferably HD. For this assignment, I was able to select my favorite musician, or in this case, musicians. If you know me, you would know that ā¦
For my final visual assignment, I Forrest Gumped myself into a historical scene. The comedian Norm MacDonald died recently, and one of his most famous comedic legacies was endlessly mocking OJ Simpson and his infamous murder trial while on SNL. As a result, the first historical scene that popped into my mind was OJ Simpsonās [ā¦]
I have selected to do the Been There assignment from animated gif bank. For this assignment, I have created a gif from the movie āPitch Perfect.ā I have chosen this specific scene from the movie due to an old and embarrassing moment I had back in Middle School. In Middle School, I remember I was ā¦
Ā ā contrast Bringing out what is there even more.ā perspective Thatās you!ā depth Where you decide to take it ā balance How youāre presenting itā moment That point in timeā lighting Surroundingsā foreground/background Where you are Photoblitz Take a photo that includes a manufactured product and at least one of its elements. Numbers are all around you.Find your favourite number .Can graffiti be beautiful? Let your photo make a statement.Pattern is built on repetition, like a rhythm. A regular or ā¦ Continue reading "Assignment Posts for Week Four"
I remember watching this during the College Softball Series back in June. In my opinion, this was one of the best plays I have seen. It is not easy to catch the ball, set your feet, and make a good throw to get the lead runner out. I can only imagine how much practice she ā¦
For this assignment, I had to create a gif of a person ācelebrating too early.ā Typically, when I think of someone celebrating too early, I tend to think of athletes. However, I feel that choosing an athlete for this gif assignment would be expected. So, I decided to research people celebrating way too early on ā¦
In keeping with theĀ your story/our storyĀ theme, use photos you have taken, or photos you have, as much as you can, but focus on how the images function as photographs rather than your personal connection to the subjects or events. How many of the points below can you find? How do they impact the storytelling aspect ā¦