The second chapter spoke a lot about documenting the process, because it is just as important as the final product....

I decided to make a t-shirt for one of my favorite drag queens on Rupaul’s All Stars. Her name is Tatianna and here catchphrase is thank you. I feel like the shirt explains itself.  

For this assignment I decided to make a minimalist poster for one of my favorite TV shows, Avatar the Last Airbender. To make this poster I took the main title logo and used the main character’s signature tattoo and glowing eyes and layered them over a background. I used an orange background because that is … Continue reading "Minimalist TV/Movie Poster"

So when I was looking through the chapters of Show Your Work, I jotted down some notes so I would not take up time writing my reflection if someone else was trying to access the book. However I think I may just leave my notes in bullet format and just reflect a little on each … Continue reading "Show Your Work!"

I found the resources that were provided to us this week to be rather insightful. I started from the video imbedded on the blog, then read the Stranger Things Article, and finally the short booklet. Therefore I will give a quick run down in that order of what I thought. The video started the thought … Continue reading "Design Reflections"

All done week 5 crazy how time goes by so fast! This week has been a great week! I became an uncle this week to my nephew baby Jacob! This week has been one of the those make sure you … Continue reading →

The two chapters we read in Show Your Work were very interesting. Think Process, not Product talked about a lot of things that people practice in there work all the time, but don’t think about. I think it’s very true that people are more worried about the product of their work and not the work … Continue reading Show Your Work! →

I had tons of fun with this one, especially with the spelling. Not only are all u’s turned to v’s automatically, but I tried to spelle as olde-fashionede as possible. Mainly by adding e’s to the ends of words. This assignment is the 3 1/2 star “Tell a Tale on a Tapestry”. The tale I’ve … Continue reading Jabberwocky Tapestry →

For this assignment I chose to quote the wise Rob Swanson from the TV show Parks and Rec. Since his...

Dog It Out

YAY!!! Another fun week complete!!! This week we focused on the aspect of digital storytelling using design. Read and Reflect: First we read; The Vighelli canon, Stranger things article, and watched a video on title design. I was very impressed by reading these articles as well as watching the video. I did not know how … Continue reading Week 5!

For my last assignment, I made a Word Cloud explaining what ds106 is in a few words or phrases. To do this assignment I used http://www.wordclouds.com/, which was very user-friendly and easy to use. All I had to do was type the words I wanted to use in the text box, choose a shape, and it generated it … Continue reading What is ds106?

Analysis: Color– The bright and eye catching yellow pulls the viewer in to see what the message this sign is trying to convey. When we think of yellow we think of ‘cation’ or ‘warning’ able to get out attention to what the problem is. Typography/Dominance: The boldness of the text grabs the viewers eye, it is … Continue reading DesignBlitz

This Photo of my nephew Jacob! This photo stands for unity because this little guy brought two families together but not only united us but all felt like the whole hospital was united. This photo represent balance for the equableness … Continue reading →

#OldBooksIDareNotPartWith @ds106dc To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee #tdc1727 #classic pic.twitter.com/dQf4e4oLDy — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 30, 2016 For today’s daily create we had to find an old book that we can never let go of and post a picture of it to twitter. I immediately went to my bookshelf and grabbed To Kill … Continue reading TDC 9/30 →

My next assignment was to make an event advertisement, which was worth 4 stars. I chose to make a flyer for an event that my club actually puts on every spring, which is a spring formal dance. To make this, I went to http://www.postermywall.com/ and chose a template that looked fun and springy. Then I altered the text … Continue reading Spring Formal Flyer

For another assignment, I made a Missing Person Ad worth 4 stars. I chose to use a character from my favorite show, Cristina Yang from Grey’s Anatomy. She left the show and I really miss her. I want her to come back. To do this assignment, I first had to find a missing person ad template. It … Continue reading Missing: Cristina Yang

For my first assignment I chose to tell a story using 4 icons, which was worth 3 stars. I was inspired to use these icons based on a tattoo that my friend has. Can you guess what story it is?? I think the hardest part of this assignment was coming up with an idea. Once … Continue reading Four Icons, One Story

  WOW! Another super busy week for me.. I worked every single night from 3-10. Also I had two tests this week in Geography. Luckily I managed to get every thing up and posted for my favorite class, DS106!! My weeks worth of work is available below. vvvvvv vvvvv vvvvv   Please check out my … Continue reading "Week 5 Summary"

My favorite movie quote ever. :,) Its from the original Zoolander. The photo was edited on PicFont.com by yours truly! (2 stars) #DesignAssignments1974 My digitized self! I tried to pick a photo of me, and design my avatar to look exactly like me. This is what I came up with! Made with BitMoji on my … Continue reading "Design Assignments!"

1. You don’t have to be a Genius. It’s all about the ideas you share! You don’t have to be a Mozart or Picasso… I love this concept because every single different person in the world has different ideas to bring to the table. And once great thinkers come together, revolutionary things can be generated. … Continue reading "Austin Kleon for President"

This butterfly is representational of the principle of design known as Balance. The butterfly is symmetrical, meaning the weight of a composition is evenly distributed in the insects wings. I found him on the stairs of Marshall hall. 🙂   This Photo represents the concept of  dominance. Dominance is explained to be a series of … Continue reading "Principals of Design PICS!!"

This was a very good read. Massimo Vignelli is a brilliant man. my favorite quote from this whole short booklet was the very first sentence under pragmatics. “Whatever we do, if not understood, fails to communicate and is wasted effort.” I feel like this quote is central to the whole discipline of art and design. … Continue reading "Thoughts and Ideas on Design"

This week I tweeted more than required.. I’m trying to get more into the habit of using twitter every day! Kitty toys make the perfect face! #tdc1721 @ds106dc kitty toys face! 🐱 pic.twitter.com/FD2mJbWNJg — Amber (@amberrlynn0810) September 25, 2016 This week Miss Bailey quoted Spock! Her rain boots are just SO unbearable! @ds106dc #tdc1724 #ds106 ...

I chose to make an avatar of myself this week! I’ve made them before on the computer for a game (The Sims) and whenever playing xbox. But I’ve never made one just because. This was as good of a time as ever to try! I used this avatar creator site to make one. It was free and ...

★★★½ Second assignment time! This time it’s also about space (in fact, it’s in the same world). This time I’m creating a simple but detailed logo for a fictional company. I decided to make the logo of a major company in the sci-fi world I mentioned in my last post. The...

The first chapter we had to read was all about how people only look at the outcome and not the process. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately mostly when working on an art project. Most people only care about what the piece will look like when it is done but the final outcome … Continue reading "Show your work again"

So I had 10 stars worth of assignments completed and was looking for something that was not so time consuming to complete. I then found Dog it out where you upload your dog to an editor and then add your desired features. When looking through what other people had done, I found one where they … Continue reading "Doggy dog dog"