Shocking Imagery

Shocking Imagery

by @HumIsDum

| #VisualAssignments951, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments
September 17, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer For my second task from the assignment bank this week, I’ve chosen Chloe Smolarski’s 4-star prompt to combine at least two images and create a shocking message. All it took was a single glance at the face mask in front of me to know what I wanted my piece to be about:Continue reading "Shocking Imagery"
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What Am I?

by @Carrie F.

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2706
September 17, 2021

For this Visual Assignment, I was given the task to name this flower. After some deliberation, I have decided to call this flower Aurelia due to the flowers coloring. Aurelia means golden, which is why I think the name is fitting for this flower. ...
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what once was

by @skyler0455

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments1436, Syndicated, Week Four
September 17, 2021

I’ve been listening to Her’s a lot recently. I think I found them on Tiktok. I made a gif of them performing the song “What Once Was” through the Giphy website, which wasn’t too complicated: First, I search the YouTube video, then uploaded the link to Giphy, and created the Gif using their webiste. I […]
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Visual Assignment: Looking at Yourself

by @SushiSupport

| Digital Story Telling DS106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1000
September 17, 2021

My freshman year of UMW I was in design principals (Arts105) and we did a self portrait project where we took a black and white photo of ourselves and then turned it into a piece using two colors on the color wheel in different tones. I chose an image with high contrast and turned it… Continue reading Visual Assignment: Looking at Yourself
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two roles of timothee chalamet

by @skyler0455

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments1532, Syndicated, Week Four
September 17, 2021

We all know actors and actresses who have starred as many roles. Choose an actor or actress and at least two roles. Incorporate these two roles into a GIF. It’s challenging, but I know you can do it! https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/a-gif-in-time/ For this assignment, I used two roles from Timothee Chalamet. The first was him in Beautiful […]
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Visual Assignment: Camp Poster

by @SushiSupport

| Digital Story Telling DS106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1731
September 17, 2021

I never had the chance to go to a summer camp as a kid. My parents worked pretty hard to shelter us from the dangers of the outside world. Now that I’m an adult myself I can understand that they were concerned for my safety and well being, especially being a Black kid with all… Continue reading Visual Assignment: Camp Poster
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the due date is when??

by @skyler0455

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments1988, Syndicated, Week Four
September 17, 2021

For this assignment, I had wanted to tell a story using gifs. I chose the story of me realizing that a ds106 due date is coming up, and I haven’t finished the work! For this assignment, I used Giphy to search for gifs that I thought would be able to fit this story. I used […]
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Visual Assignment: Poetry Art

by @SushiSupport

| Digital Story Telling DS106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1550
September 17, 2021

For this assignment I Wanted to use the Poem Parody I wrote last week as inspiration for the art I made this week. Really I just took an image of some lemon ricotta pancakes I made, then blurred the image behind my poem, and this is the finished result: This assignment was really light and… Continue reading Visual Assignment: Poetry Art
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VINTAGE CLIP ART

by @PabloMccrimmon

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments953
September 17, 2021

For this visual assignment, I chose to give the world a Graphic Gift (three and a half stars). This prompt was about taking a vintage advertisement and extracting the product to create an old-school kind of clip art. I really enjoyed the concept and aesthetic of this assignment, so I decided I would give it […]
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photoblitz

by @skyler0455

| #photoblitz, Syndicated, Week Four
September 17, 2021

This was the photoblitz assignment. The goal was to complete this list of photo ideas under 20 minutes. This assignment had me running around to find the right pictures, which I was not expecting but I think it turned out okay! Rule of thirds shot. I googled the rule of thirds and it means to […]
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Pictures Speak Louder than Words!

by @Carrie F.

| photoreflection, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

Realistically, I do not have much experience taking photos. I mean, if you count screenshots as me taking photos, I take plenty of photos. I typically use the portrait mode setting if I attempt to take a decent/professional-looking photo with my phone. When looking at the limited photos that I have actually taken over the …
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(DE)SATURATION

by @PabloMccrimmon

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments340
September 17, 2021

For this visual assignment, I created a color splash (three and a half stars). Essentially, the prompt instructed to isolate a color in an otherwise black and white photo. After much scrolling through my phone’s camera roll, I finally found a picture I thought would work well, from a strange figure I saw in a […]
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Photography Reflection

by @SushiSupport

| Digital Story Telling DS106, photoreflection, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

Back in the day I was very into photography; I would usually take pictures of nature and the world around me, and whenever we went to special events like weddings, or graduations, I was always the designated photographer. However, as time went on, I began to associate photography with with negative experience and I kind… Continue reading Photography Reflection
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becoming a better photographer

by @skyler0455

| ds106photography, Syndicated, Week Four
September 17, 2021

Based on this resource, here the connections I found with the following photos. These are not my own photos, but ones that I looked for specifically that I think display some of the qualities and tips we are focusing on. In this picture above, I can see that the lighting of where the sun was […]
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Photoblitz

by @Carrie F.

| #photoblitz, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

The Photoblitz challenge was very interesting to say the least. I definitely think my creativity and my photography skills increased. To me, perspective and interpretation were key elements in completing these tasks. I definitely enjoyed being able to kind of step out of the box and just be creative while working on my photography skills. …
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GOOF-FELLAS

by @PabloMccrimmon

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, visualassignments1987
September 17, 2021

For this visual assignment, I chose to make a silly movie poster (three and a half stars). One of my favorite movies of all time is Goodfellas, and the silliest thing that popped into my mind was the classic Groucho Marx glasses, especially when inserted atop unsuspecting victims. Thus, the pairing was born. This was […]
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photo reflection

by @skyler0455

| photoreflection, Syndicated, Week Four
September 17, 2021

I like taking photos to document what is going on in my life and the things that I am doing. I like being able to look back on memories through pictures. I usually take pictures with other people, like friends or family when we go out or have events. It’s a good way to remember […]
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GLITCH ART

by @PabloMccrimmon

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1239
September 17, 2021

For this visual assignment, I did Glitch Art (three stars). I’ve had some minor previous experience with this genre of digital art, so I partially chose this assignment because I already knew what my method for glitching up my photos would be. I also decided I would take photos from my past that captured memories […]
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Weekly Summary #4

by @KHavertDs106

| #ds106 #weeklysummary, Syndicated, Weekly Summary
September 17, 2021

God this week was long! This week I started out with a post that was extremely difficult for me to write. The post hit a lot of topics for me I try to avoid. I was honest and publicly admitted how I feel about photographs and myself. In the same post I also opened up … Read more "Weekly Summary #4"
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PHOTOBLITZ!

by @PabloMccrimmon

| #photoblitz, ds106, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

My Photoblitz list was: “Music is what feelings sound like.” Make a photo of something musical. A photo that communicates an abandoned or discarded feeling. A photo that looks better in black and white that it did in color. Trees come in all shapes and sizes. Make a photo of an interesting tree. Take a […]
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Touch Grass

by @HumIsDum

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, visualassignments2560
September 17, 2021

by Thomas Pulsifer Based on Emma Cate Neves’ 5-star visual assignment prompt, “Earth,” here’s an image I’ve created using Adobe Photoshop. The number of letters in the words I chose ended up creating a lot more work, since it meant more blades of grass needed to be exposed through the mask, but I think that’sContinue reading "Touch Grass"
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The Tropical Sunset

by @baseball_noochy

| Syndicated
September 17, 2021

The Joys of Painting season 12 episode 9. This episode Bob Ross introduces us to a highly requested tropical sea scape. He paints a color filled sunset and a dark brown beach with chaotic waves crashing the shore and two "friendly" trees standing alone on the left side of the canvas. He starts by puttingContinue reading "The Tropical Sunset"
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Photos & Their Complexity

by @KHavertDs106

| DS106 ds106photography, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

This assignment felt like a pressured personal picture scavenger hunt. So basically this is another picture dump from my Europe trip! Overall though these points that I am about to show impact how a picture’s story is told. Not to sound like a broken record here but these points help draw out different memories and … Read more "Photos & Their Complexity"
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Picture Me This…

by @ungrac3ful

| CDS Work, ds106, photoreflection, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

Do I take a lot of photos now? HA. Ask my moms who are CONSTANTLY making fun of me for my over use of Snapchat. As someone who appreciates a good visual, or prefers to see the face of of the person I am talking to, I have a huge appreciation for the u...
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3rd Times a Charm? DGST 395 Module 1 Reflection

by @ungrac3ful

| CDS Work, DGST395, Reflection, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

As this is my third time taking this class (sorry mom) and my second time taking it with Professor Whalen, I am proud to announce I actually felt like I was able to accomplish much more this time around. Coding has never been an easy concept for me to...
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BETTER PHOTOS

by @PabloMccrimmon

| ds106, ds106photography, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

After reading the suggestions for improving my photography skills, I reflected on a variety of pictures on my camera roll from the previous year and tried to find some shots that I thought embodied (even if accidentally) the tenets of good photography that the article laid out. I did not find one for each of […]
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Another week completed: let the chaos begin!

by @1kid3pets1hub

| Syndicated
September 17, 2021

I know that last week I said it was a week of “Oh, Mylanta’s” and that I was busy as […]
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Week 4

by @MasonOberle

| ds106, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

This week in DS106 had an intense focus on visual assignments, with photography being a major focus. I started the week by reflecting on my previous experiences with photography. I then reviewed a few resources on the Becoming Better Photographers page and accompanying storify before evaluating a few of the photos in my phone using […]
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The look of judgment

by @1kid3pets1hub

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments1988, Syndicated
September 17, 2021

I just got home from taking one of the animals to the vet, and I was tired. My nerves were […]
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Space (clipping) Mask

by @ashstvnz

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, visualassignments2560
September 17, 2021

Today, I decided to attempt my first Photoshop clipping mask based on this ds106 assignment. Did I know what a clipping mask was when I read the assignment description? Heck no. This called for a Youtube tutorial, stat! I very quickly found just the right video from Photoshop themselves. What do ya know, it didn’tContinue reading "Space (clipping) Mask"
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