When looking through the book all I could think was how impressive it was. The level of impressiveness is even greater when you realize this was all done because the computer age of graphic design. Now a days we can just upload an image and recreate it without ever leaving our houses. To think that … Continue reading "The Vignelli Canon"

The third assignment that I created for the week was a motivational poster worth 3 stars. My GIMP skills are improving! This was not too bad of an assignment after learning the other two. Definitely gaining speed with the program. I first searched for a quote that I liked. I chose a quote that spoke … Continue reading "Motivational Poster"

For my second assignment of the week I chose to do one of the recommended assignments. The simplistic Movie Poster was worth 3.5 stars and can be found at: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/most-wanted-outlaws-ds106-style/ I chose to do a House of Cards poster because I had a great idea to cut out a spade and then put it on … Continue reading "House of Cards Poster"

Think Process, Not Product “A lot of people are so used to just seeing the outcome of work. They never see the side of work you go through to produce the outcome.” – Michael Jackson This quote is the outline for what this chapter is mainly about. There is a lot that goes through the … Continue reading Show your work part 2

I liked that this assignment was essentially about determining which characteristics define you.  So I ultimately went with describing a major aspect of my identity: my digital identity.  I chose to use my avatar as my cover background (this has been my standard avatar for around 4-5 years now).  I chose the title because my […]

Bumper Sticker  For this  assignment we were to design/create a bumper sticker that would be placed on our cars. I instantly thought of a what my dad always says when I drive him around “Caution! Aggressive teen driver!” I used pixlr.com to create my bumper sticker. It was very confusing using this site but I … Continue reading Design Assignments

For my first assignment of the week I chose to create an old western most wanted poster worth three and a half stars. In the description of the assignment it provides a link to a list of the most wanted individuals of the old west. After selecting Butch Cassidy, I investigated how some other students … Continue reading "Most Wanted Outlaws"

This was a fun assignment. I used a photo editor to decorate a picture of my dog, Rixs. I chose a picture of her on her 9th birthday. She got a special treat of cheese on top of her food.

This week went really well! I had fun editing pictures and using different programs to edit them. Read and Reflect  Daily Creates @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1725 Circles inside circles #measuringspoons pic.twitter.com/Z4G41dJ9ra — Emily Atkins (@ekatkins19) September 28, 2016 @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1724 pic.twitter.com/6oET3VBOoF — Emily Atkins (@ekatkins19) September 27, 2016 @ds106dc #tdc1723 My response for Today's #ds106 … Continue reading Weekly Summary

For this assignment I had to overlay a movie quote over an image from a movie. I chose my favorite scene from Airplane!

For this assignment, I redesigned the Hunger Games logo to reflect the design of the Harry Potter logo. I chose these two books because they both have a very large fan base. Here’s what I made:

For this assignment I chose Hank Schrader, a character from theTV series Breaking Bad, as my missing person. I looked...

This assignment had me take a movie, reduce it down to its basic elements, and make it into four icons that tell the story. I chose a well-known movie, however I didn’t want to make it too obvious as to what it is, so I tried to choose icons that described the movie but didn’t […]

Time for another episode of Honest Cover, where we take a game cover and make it Honest! Link to Assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/honest-video-game-covers/ Stars: 4 Process: Step…

@ds106dc #tdc1726 #ds106 These new slippers aren't looking so new right now. pic.twitter.com/g71xr1OEEg — Kim Sealock (@Kim_Sealock) September 30, 2016

This assignment calls for choosing a company and reinterpreting it’s logo in a way such that it reflects its competitor. Link to Assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/ Stars: 4…

I found this assignment pretty challenging because I am terrible at mixing different colors together for one piece. I have...

Today’s Daily Create was to take a picture of something modern and use the Old Photo Generator to make it look old. Here’s what I came up with: @ds106dc Here's my "old TV" #tdc1726 pic.twitter.com/T8HOtt2cZz — Maureen (@gingerchic21) September 29, 2016

Minimalism. Link to Assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/minimalist-tvmovie-poster/ Stars: 3.5 Process: After deciding to use the TV show Chuck, I moved to Google Images. I gravitated towards icons,…

If dogs could talk……like Spock @ds106dc #tdc1724 #ds106 #spock pic.twitter.com/YczqoPIE5p — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 27, 2016 For the daily create on the 27th we had to create an image of a dog quoting Spock in a text bubble. I went through the list of quotes that TDC provided for us and I saw this … Continue reading TDC 9/27 Dogs channeling spock →

For this 3 1/2 star project (Minimalist TV/Movie Poster), I chose the movie Stardust, based on the book by Neil Gaiman. I love this movie a lot; the story and characters are so engaging and imaginative that it pulls you right in. (My favorite character has got to be Captain Shakespeare, no question.) I made this entire … Continue reading Stardust Minimalist Poster →

@ds106dc An old photo of some cool looking clouds on my phone. #tdc1726 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/I74AyobAOO — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 29, 2016 For today’s daily create we had to take a photo or find one on the internet and give it the effect of looking old. I had this photo on my phone from a … Continue reading TDC 9/29 old photo →

For this design assignment we had to design a pair of shoes which is something I like to do anyways  since I love shoes. The easiest way to do this was to use the NikeID shoe designer on their website. It lets you customize a lot of their popular shoes with all sorts of different … Continue reading Design a pair of shoes (3 star) →

Long ago, the four icons lived together in harmony….. Link to Assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/one-story-four-icons/ Stars: 3 Process: After coming up with which movie I wanted to…

Thoughts: I was not aware as to how much work, time, and thought have to go into title design for movies and TV shows. After reading the two articles and watching the short video on title design I have to give a lot more credit to the people who create them. There is a lot … Continue reading Title Design

For this assignment I was supposed to design a logo using the KISS (keep it simple, stupid) formula. I decided...

During this point in time, I’m sure everyone has some insight on the many tragedies America has faced with police brutality from the present time and past. Everyone in the world has their own opinions about the tragedies that have gone on in today’s world and the past experiences with America. This post isn’t to isolate … Continue reading “Design your own T-shirt”..

I think a radio show discussing everyone’s favorite social media site would be really cool. Everyone would be able to discuss why which site is their favorite and maybe which site is even their least favorite. Different aspects and features of each site can also be discussed. Hopefully some people would even be able to … Continue reading "Radio Show Ideas"

I find that sound is vital to telling stories especially online. Sound is the only way to impart meaning and convey emotions. With that being said sound is what brings a story to life in many ways. Interviews capture the voice of those being covered and creates a centerpiece for audio narratives. Atmospheric sounds also help … Continue reading "Audio Reflection"