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Once again, I’m amazed. From photography to audio to now design, I knew there was a lot of thought put into a work of art, but I’m again amazed to see just how much is being done. When I started reading Canon I was baffled out the fact that design even has an outline.. Semantic, […]

This week we had to do a DesignBlitz. I was sick for the first half of the week and couldn’t really look around for things exhibiting good design concepts until the week was almost over. I’m visiting my dad this weekend, and have been trying to figure out some good...

Due to a high demand and very low supply I wasn’t able to access the book to read and reflect.

I know what you may be thinking, trees that are black and white? Did this girl even try? I’ll be the first to admit that this process was very simple. I found my tree and I made it black and white. However, this has a much deeper meaning to me. Without going into extensive I-expose-everything-about-me detail, […]

This week was a challenging one for me…. Learning GIMP was much harder than anticipated. I thought it was going to be like audacity where I could pick it up quick. Yup not the case. So here is what I have for the week: Daily Creates   Design Blitz Show Your Work! Design Reflections Assignments: … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

Well hot diggity dog… I don’t know about you but I’d buy these shoes in an instant. I definitely turned a whole lot of nothing into a whole lot of something. My inspiration to these custom shoes is a combination between the Disney movies I just watched, and Miley Cyrus. I went online to find […]

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One thing about me is that I LOVE mazes and puzzles. So this assignment was perfect! I didn’t want a plain old maze so I spiced it up be adding (and embarrassing) one of my close friends! So complete the maze to help Sydney get to the pizza! To make this maze I went online […]

This week was the first week That I was able to get mostly everything done. It’s been a busy week, I am starting to find this class fun and challenging at the same time. I was also able to gain some insight and understanding that I have never thought about before. After reading http://www.vignelli.com/canon.pdf, I have … Continue reading Weekly Summery →

This article’s supposed to be design thoughts, but it seems like about 3/4 of the material was about typography, so most of the response will be about that. The Vignelli Canon was interesting as a view into the thoughts and design practices of an important designer. One particularly interesting point...

For this assignment I had to make a missing person’s poster. I was going to keep the theme of Harambe going but seeing that he’s dead and not missing, that might’ve been a little too ridiculous. Thus my replacement was Kayne West. To make this glorious poster, I took a missing person poster off of […]

This was probably one of the more challenging assignments of the day. I still don’t believe I did it right or probably to the best of my ability. I was short on time and at work, so I slapped it together and I have a wanted sign. It probably could have helped having some software … Continue reading Wanted Dead or Alive! →

For this assignment I chose to take the Scream movie poster. I changed the appearance of by relating the theme to DS106. It’s sort of like the DS106 propaganda poster, but really a movie!    

@ds106dc I'm just kidding… or am I? #tdc1723 pic.twitter.com/soAsexXdSX — Katie Melhuish (@katie_melhuish) September 29, 2016

@ds106dc #td1726 other than the car in the picture clearly being new, this pic looks so old! Tbt to hailing a cab for the first time in NYC pic.twitter.com/nZeKmuSwCs — Katie Melhuish (@katie_melhuish) September 29, 2016   @ds106dc #td1726 I had to do another one because look how handsome he looks!! ( @phb256 how did […]

I had fun with this assignment as well today, and I am finding it a little easier each time to do these assignments. Plus who doesn’t like the old school Arnold movies right? I found the perfect GIF to use for this assignment, and it even has a little bit of humor to it.

Learning about design was a lot of fun this week. I never would have guessed how much time and effort goes into a graphic design. After learning about the process I think I can really appreciate what goes into the thousands of different designs that surround us in our every day lives. Thoughts/Ideas I thought … Continue reading Week 5 Summary →

@ds106dc #tdc1727 #OldBooksIDareNotPartWith I loved nancy drew as a kid.. especially the book my mom read (and signed) when she was young pic.twitter.com/1SJqBVwX3x — Katie Melhuish (@katie_melhuish) October 1, 2016

I had fun today creating my brand, and found some very useful websites in doing so. I picked this assignment because I thought it would be awesome to create one. It wasn’t that difficult, and had several options to choose from. It has been a learning experience every time I get on here.  

After working on my Designblitz today and having tie to reflect on this weeks assignment. I have come to the conclusion that art can come in many different forms. I never really thought about what goes into designing a product until i read about color, dominance, balance, and proportion. I found it pretty cool, and … Continue reading About My Assignments today →

This week was a hectic one. Having been sick for the majority of the week, DS106 work was not something I entirely wanted to do.…

Unfortunately, I have not been able to access Show Your Work! tonight. This will be a post I append to later, most likely tomorrow.

This was a fun week in the digital storytelling world!! I got off to a good start this week and really enjoyed each of the assignments that I did. I hit a little bit of a road block when I was trying to post some of my assignments to my blog. It wouldn’t let me […]

This reading from Austin Kleon’s book talked about looking at the outcome of a project. Artists tend to look at only the finished product but not the process. The final outcome isn’t what makes it art. but it’s the hours and hours of time that goes int making it into that finished product. I thought […]

This week was a fun foray into the intricacies and intent behind design.  We began by reflecting on various resources and examples that emphasized the importance of meaning, emotion, and memory when beginning the design process.  We then moved on to exploring design for ourselves.  Since I don’t have a great deal of experience with […]

#OldBooksIDareNotPartWith my bae Junie B! @ds106dc #tdc1727 pic.twitter.com/YORu7Nncwy — emily dzubak (@emillaaaaaaay) October 1, 2016 Junie B. Jones books were my favorite books all throughout elementary school!! I think I own every single one of her books. Definitely a great childhood memory.

After responding to the article about Show Your Work around a month ago, I now have to respond to chapters 2 and 3 of the actual book. I think I’ll talk a bit about each chapter separately, then discuss my thoughts about the book itself. 2) Think process, not product As I...

They symbolism of the Wonder Woman system is what makes it iconic.  The clear W shape naturally evokes her name, while the winged ends remind viewers of an eagle, thus closely tying her to American nationalism and her status as a diplomatic envoy to the US. The typography used to depict the name Xena is […]

This week was alright for me. It would have been more fun, but I have been dealing with my flooded basement so I put off a lot of work until today, which was stressful. Here is everything I did this week: Thinking about design Design Blitz Show Your Work 2.0 Daily Creates: @ds106dc #tdc1727 #ds106 … Continue reading Weekly Summary