TikTok Pasta
I am not a huge fan of TikTok, mainly because of how easy it is to get sucked in, but I do appreciate the many tips and tricks that I have seen on the app. One of them being what I call “TikTok” pasta. This is a combination of feta …
I am not a huge fan of TikTok, mainly because of how easy it is to get sucked in, but I do appreciate the many tips and tricks that I have seen on the app. One of them being what I call “TikTok” pasta. This is a combination of feta …
I chose this weekly assignment because I am a soccer coach, and this coming week is the necessary training before the season starts. So, I made a flyer for that event. This weekend is the equipment pick up.
I used Canva to create this event poster. I found …
This week was definitely a busy one! I feel like everyday I was being tested to be more creative than the last, to come up with something better each time.
I started off my week by reflecting on my experience with design. I think I realized that I’ve always …
This week was all about design. I did 4 design assignment banks to start off. The first one I did was Event Poster. I created a poster for a made up event and I chose to do a UMW talent show. I used Canva to create my poster and …
I read The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli and Brain Pickings article about Kidd and his book by Chip Kidd and I got to learn a lot about design from these readings. With The Vignelli Canon, I learned about the guidelines for design. I also learned that there were intangibles …
For my design assignment number one, I was to turn an image into a barcode (Barcode Transformation). I decided to look up a silhouette of a dog on Google and then copy and paste into Paint. I then chose the color white and used the line tool to draw vertical …
Today I did my Design Blitz from the comfort of my room! It was pretty fun to see how different design principles play a role in my day to day life. Let’s see what I saw!
My room sign – The typography used makes the sign very pleasing to the…This week we focused on design. I really enjoyed learning more about how design goes into almost everything. While I had fun with the assignments this week, they weren’t my favorite nor am I super proud of any of them. I’m not sure if I was just having an off …
Although I haven’t ever really thought about becoming a graphic designer, and I don’t think that’s what’s in store for me in the future, thinking about visual design and reading and watching this week’s assigned material was quite fascinating for me.
The first couple things I checked out were the …
My sister always gets all these food magazines and right now she is on a travel nurse job and so I always have to pick up her mail for her and put her house. So I see lot of covers for very unique food categories I …
Ever since I was a kid I was indoctrinated to be a vikings fan. Many Sundays were spent cheering on The Vikings even though they never make it to playoffs but as fans we keep watching. My dad group Minnesota so as a young boy he had to …
This week I picked the body image but cover weekly assignment because I think it’s very important topic especially for young girls. I have a lot of younger cousins that are currently middle school dealing with unrealistic body expectations in having low self esteem so …
The lotion bar is heavy with symbolism. The bees are very important to nature in general and the fact that it’s on the lotion bar is trying to relay how natural a good for you the lotion bars is. The fact that the lotion bar text is in yellow is …
The most interesting thing about the kid chip article was The part where he talked about the practical aspect of design and that that throughout history real problems are solved by design. I always looked at design as a frou frou type of creative artistic thing. However, I never recognized …
Daily create #3! Used the Animal crossing art generator. I chose Van Gogh’s “Irises” because they are my mom’s favorite flower.
Vincent Van Gogh's "Irises"!
Irises are my mom's favorite flower #ds106 #tdc3340 pic.twitter.com/5w6O1nQZgI
— jclark22umw (@jclark22umw) March 5, 2021
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This movie is definitely in my top 5 movies of all time. So, I had to do the right thing and snag a quote from it.
I really wanted to keep this picture simple and I think I did a good job of achieving that. I used Pixlr again, because …
Here are my three daily creates for this week!!
#ds106 #tdc3338 pic.twitter.com/ebdcTOtNos
— Morgan B (@MoB4884) March 3, 2021
Tried to draw Pac-Man but it kinda just looks like a fortune cookie ?? Idk you be the judge #ds106 #tdc3336 pic.twitter.com/ZvjXdoNaXs
— Morgan B (@MoB4884) March 1, 2021
For one of my design Assignment Bank assignments I chose to do the Motivational Poster assignment. I thought this assignment was applicable because as UMW students without a spring break during COVID, we need motivation now more than ever.
Here is the poster I created for this assignment:
Although this …
One of the assignments from the assignment bank this week was to find a quote from our favorite movie and place it over an image from that movie. I chose the movie/musical Hairspray, because for as long as I can remember I have been OBSESSED with this movie. I love …
For another one of my Assignment Bank design assignments this week, I chose to do Design Your Own Cereal Box Cover.
For this assignment I chose to make a cereal box for the fictional cereal of my creation, Razzle-Dazzles:
In order to make this cereal box, I first took …
For one of my design assignments from the Assignment Bank this week, I chose to do Design A License Plate. I chose this assignment because I thought it would allow me to use several aspects of design and tell my story of where I’m from and where I grew …
This week I was able to create designs and explore more editing tools. I think so far this week has been my favorite because I really enjoy creating color pallets and designs. I have had experience with photoshop in highschool and we would complete similar assignments. This week I was …
@ds106dc #tdc3340 this beauty right here! pic.twitter.com/gifoHMPvJT
— Che. ; (@EffyuWawa) March 6, 2021
@ds106dc #tdc3338 literally all I see pic.twitter.com/nk8EloDWOk
— Che. ; (@EffyuWawa) March 3, 2021
@ds106dc #tdc3336 as recommended by mi hija.. pic.twitter.com/KHsNrvNUQo
— Che. ; (@EffyuWawa) March 2, 2021
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For graphic design week I made a poster using GIMP, design aspects from 60’s album covers ,as well as pictures of my own plants!
My Poster My 60’s and Nature Inspired Poster InspirationI was really excited to start working on my own poster for this class. I really wanted …
14 Stories is an alternative band located in Charlottesville, VA. I know the lead singer, not personally, but he played soccer for the same club team as me and I am pretty sure I played against him in high school. That’s pretty much my only “connection” to this band. Besides …
For my final assignment this week, I chose to go a more personal route.
In November 2018, I woke up unable to feel half of my face. I still had complete muscle control with no sinking, so we knew it wasn’t a stroke. I had been perfectly healthy all my …
Due to covid, I have to quarantine so I had to take photos of things around my house. There are great designs anywhere though!
First lets start with a design that is minimalistic.
Above are my skis. As you can see the design is pretty minimal, but the spacing and …
Daily create #2! How’s the saying go? Pride comes before a fall?
You know, this is rough.
What I think I am, vs what I am….
A queen, but actually a pawn#ds106 #tdc3339 pic.twitter.com/tWkr1bdsyX
— jclark22umw (@jclark22umw) March 5, 2021
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I am always down to go backpacking. I have always wanted to go into the Canadian Rockies and explore a bit. I have really only hiked in Colorado and all over the East Coast. I drove up to Mt Washington in NH which is considered a place with some gnarly …