Hey all, In conclusion of the week 3 work on visual production, I am embedding my blog posts here in summary of the work I have done. Firstly, I completed an experience post about my previous experience in photography, and included a couple pictures I have taken in the past. I list some strengths and … Continue reading "Week 3 Summary"

Hey guys! Here is a 20 minute photoblitz! I was really excited to do this blitz in the rain because I thought it would be a good setting to get some reflections and interesting tones. This marks the beginning of the blitz!   And the blitz was completed 20 minutes later…     Hope you … Continue reading "PhotoBlitz"

Hey guys! I decided to design my own maze for the final project of week 5. I was able to do this maze using Adobe Photoshop by first drawing a ton of intertwined squares. Then I used the eraser function to create the paths in between the boxes.  I have added an answer key for the … Continue reading "a-MAZE-ingly Difficult"

Week 5 Summary FeelsBadMan Motivation hopefully this works!   Wild Wild West Comic ReALLY hoping this one works!!   Connor the Pokemon! I hope it worked!

First, I want to say that producing radio shows are so much fun. There are many ways one can be creativity while producing a radio show. Progress for Week 6 went smoothly. I connected with 3 group members over via twitter and we exchanged are contact information to one another and quickly got started. We first started out with … Continue reading Week 6 Radio Show Progress

Hey guys! For the first part of Week 4, I have created a story using about 25 different samples I found on line using freesound.org.  All audio was compiled to create this story using Audacity.  The most difficult thing about this project was adjusting the noise removal in order to make sure the audio flowed … Continue reading "Audio Story"

Hello! I completed the work for week 2! The work went relatively quickly, and it was pleasing to be able to choose assignments from any category of media to complete. Here is the introductory post in which I explain what I will be doing for Week 2’s work. Week 2: Working With Choice Media Next … Continue reading "Week 2 Summary"

Hey all! I created an image of a pop-star in an unordinary place.  I found a nice picture of Drake on google images, and used it in Adobe Photoshop along with a photograph of a boat in a tropical paradise.  Drake is doing dance moves next to the boat, and to create this image I … Continue reading "Drake in Paradise"

Hey guys! This is a visual assignment where you bring your dog to school! I decided to bring my mother’s Boxer puppy, because I left her house when she got the pup, so I didn’t get to spend much time with her… This was about a 2-star assignment done using Adobe Photoshop, and it was … Continue reading "Brought My Dog"

Hey guys! This is a visual project that is completed by taking a billboard and adding members of my family instead of the characters on the billboard.  I decided to use a frozen billboard I found online and add each member of my family:  My brother, sister, mom, a dog, and I. I used photoshop to … Continue reading "A Frozen Family"

Hey guys! Today’s post is on my past experience in photography.  I have taken many photographs over the course of my life, and most of the experience I have taking them was in my high school days, although I have taken a few pictures in college. During high school, I used my father’s Nikon camera … Continue reading "Photography Experience"

Okay I’m gonna be really honest here…I haven’t even started the project. I have been struggling a lot with school these past couple weeks and this is one of the classes I’ve been neglecting… I feel really bad about it though and I am determined to finish the project on time and produce quality work. […]

Hey guys! I completed this visual assignment for week 2 using Adobe Photoshop, I had the idea to use Donald Trump’s “china” face in the eyes of frightened youth.  I found the pictures on Google Image, cropped Trump into this poor girl’s eyes, and added a little opacity to him to give the reflection appearance. … Continue reading "Fear Trumps All"

Hey all! I just finished compiling a mashup in Adobe Photoshop of Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory, and Charlie Kelly from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  I chose these two characters because I thought they are in good contrast with each other, and these two pictures work very well together.  Charlie Kelly is a … Continue reading "A Big Bang in Philadelphia"

Hey guys! For my design assignment in week 2, I created a t-shirt using photoshop.  I decided to make up a Donald Trump meme, because Trump is a hot topic at the moment.  A friend of mine made up this quote and I thought it was really funny, so I stole it for the purpose … Continue reading "A Trump Meme"

Hey guys! I know it’s the last couple weeks of the semester, but what better time to do work from week 2, other than, you know, week 2… Anyways, I will be completing 8 stars of media today from any category of my choice, and my understanding is that it should be from three different … Continue reading "Week 2: Working With Choice Media"

Hey guys! I decided to do a sort of contradictory motivational poster using the feelsbadman meme, and a saying that I made up based on the word “content.”  I used adobe photoshop to create the poster and I just downloaded an image of the feelsbadman frog to use for the poster image.  The creation was … Continue reading "FeelsBadMan Motivation"

My project is coming along quite nicely. My idea still stands as piecing together my college experience through video, audio and more. During the past few weeks, I have been taking photos and videos of my experiences. Stay tuned for more updates throug...

Last week I got a lot of feedback from my fellow ds106 classmates about my final project idea. I have decided to stick with my 2 year college experience so far at UMW because that allows me more room to use the different media outlets. I have started adding photos and videos together from my … Continue reading Second Progress Report

I have started multiple parts of my project, and its coming together, slowly but surely. I’ve started working on this...

I thought the project report 2 was due last week. Final Project Progress 2 I have been super busy this week, 2 major projects due for other classes, so I haven’t been able to get as much done on this as i wanted to this week. though I have a lot planned to get done […]

I have my characters! Introducing Maeve Hunter, Farha Hammad, and Danielle Carter (in order):   I also have detailed character profiles… that I still need to actually type up, because they’re in my notebook. WHEN they are typed, they’ll go up on the Super! tumblr page, since that seemed the best way to keep track … Continue reading Progress Report 2 →

I’ve been working hard on the final project over the last few weeks. The biggest thing I’ve gotten (pretty much) done is the map for the world. I’ve also been working on some of the stuff for the conlang(s) I’ll be using in the world. Before I go more in-depth...

After what seems like a killer week with other classes and having the flu, I am making some progress on my project. I have finalized my plans and brain storming. I am going to stick with the idea of telling my life story but I have found ways to connect events at different points in … Continue reading "Final Project Update"

Last update I felt a little lost. I had a vague idea of what to do but no core concept. Now I have a core concept and my idea has changed. Music is very important to me. So I wanted to take my love of music and do something with that for the final project. … Continue reading "Final Project Update"

Hey guys! As part of the Design Assignment section, I decided to do a comic page with blurbs from the movie “Wild Wild West” with Will Smith.  While the movie isn’t a traditional western, it is designed to be a off chute of western movies, while adding some science-fiction aspects.  I thought, “what better movie … Continue reading "Wild Wild West Comic"

The countdown to the final project has continued this week. As other classes kept me extremely busy and unable to really sit down and develop…

I decided the best thing I could produce would be a combination of video, visual, design, and audio.  The premise of my project will be a therapy session for someone that is struggling with their college career.  The therapist and patient will be filmed separately, and both characters will be done by me.  It will … Continue reading "Final Project Progress Report"

I am almost done recording for my final video. It has been really hard to remember to record whenever I walk somewhere, but I think I will have enough to make a substantial video. I am going to a Christmas parade tomorrow night, so I should get some pretty cool footage then. I will be … Continue reading Final Project Update #3