For this assignment I decided to customize my own shoes! I picked Nike Roshe’s just because I do really like the shoe and my little sister has a pair and they’re perfect. I created mine using NikeID.com on my phone. I then created what pattern and color scheme I wanted, screen shot the shoe before … Continue reading American Pride

For this week we are to do 10 stars worth of design assignments. My first one is designing my own tattoo! I’ve actually wanted a couple tattoo’s but I can’t get them just yet because of an ultimatum I was given from my Mom. But the one I designed below says “She is strong.” in … Continue reading Don’t tell my Mom

I chose to complete the Most Wanted Outlaws assignment for this week (which was created by me — woo!). I

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In high school, I was in a graphic design class from sophomore – senior year. I really enjoyed it, and

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I created a Most Wanted poster using a website called Glass Giant for this assignment.   I chose Belle Starr aka

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 This assignment was on of the most intricate pieces of work I have constructed thus far. It took a lot of

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I found The Vignelli Cannon very interesting. In the introduction the author discusses creativity, knowledge, and his formula for design. The quote I really like that the author states is “It’s up to the brain to use the proper formula to achieve the desired result.” I believe everyone’s brains are unique in some way and their … Continue reading The Vignelli Canon Design Reflection

I love minimalist movie poster designs. The simplicity in it makes it all the more enjoyable to view. For this assignment I chose to do a minimalist movie poster on the movie The Martian. The movie already had a basic poster. Simply the actor, Matt Damon, looking into the camera with a quote from the … Continue reading "Design Assignment – Minimalist TV/Movie Poster"

I chose to do this assignment again because I really enjoy learning about the oulaws of the past. Once again I used the website mobilefish.com to generate a poster after settling on an outlaw. “Jim Burrow (18??-1888) – Jim Burrow, originally from Alabama, grew up to rob trains with his brother Reuben “Rube” Burrow in … Continue reading "Design Assignment – Most Wanted Outlaws ds106 Style (2)"

Out of a list of three given assignments we were required to do one of them. I chose to do the Western Wanted poster. My poster was made using Canva.com and I found my western outlaw from the link provided within the assignment. This assignment was a lot of fun for me because I got … Continue reading Starr WANTED

As I dive deeper into this weeks assignments I never really noticed how little I know about design. From listening to the podcast and going through the design resources provided I do feel like I have learned a good amount. I learned how color really pulls the eye, like in old western movie posters. The … Continue reading Western Design

For my last assignment bank post of the week to round out my 10 total stars, I selected a 2 star assignment called iconic you. This assignment tells you to make a simple image that somehow represents you. For this image I knew I wanted to do something medical because that is what I plan to […]

To continue along with my design assignments this week, I selected to do another 4 star assignment called valentine. This makes for a total of 8 design stars out of 10. This assignment tells you to make a valentine card of your choice. It could be funny or sentimental. I wanted it to be funny. I […]

This week we had to do an extra 10 stars of design bank posts. One of these posts had to be worth 4 or more stars. I selected to do a 4 star assignment titled professor groom poster. This assignment tells you to find a picture of Jim Groom and then crop it into a movie […]

For this assignment, we were required to make a wanted poster for one of the most wanted outlaws. I chose to do Sam Bass, who was wanted for his robbery of property worth $60,000 for the Union Pacific gold train. Even tho Sam Bass was technically killed on his way to do another robbery, it … Continue reading Wanted!

I selected to do most wanted outlaws assignment from the design assignment bank. This assignment was one of the three that we had to select from on the DS assignment page. I had to create a wanted poster for a most wanted outlaw. We were given a list of most wanted outlaws and from there we had […]

The first assignment of the week was to read the Vignelli Cannon. This is a short booklet describing design principles. As as disclaimer- I know barely anything about design so I actually enjoyed reading this short book. It opened my eyes how certain designs are created and how designers think. One part that I really like […]

Today’s daily create challenge was to use a GIF to wish Mariana a Happy Birthday. You can see my daily create tweet below.

https://t.co/Lks778oN0t Josie the goldendoodle is singing happy birthday! #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1499 @mdvfunes pic.twitter.com/rqUif4q50V — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) February 15, 2016

For this assignment, it required me to create an advertisement for my favorite shoe brand. I chose to complete this assignment because, well, I really like shoes! But, my favorite brand is Nike. I have had 6 different pairs of Nike sneakers for the last 6 years. I feel that Nike brand sneakers are durable … Continue reading My favorite shoe brand!

While researching designs, I compiled a few examples of what seemed to be common themes in western art. The colors, compositions, and subjects of western-themed designs run along similar veins. They stick to warm colors and try to capture as much of its subject as possible, not necessarily focusing on any minute details within an … Continue reading Designing the West →

This assignment required me to create a logo for a business of my choice. I used this site to create my logo. The business I chose was AJ Skateworld. I chose this business because skating is a big part of my life and I spend a lot of time there (and well I guess at … Continue reading Business Logo design assignment

A tattoo is a big deal in life, and the choosing process is also hard. When I was younger I wanted to get a tattoo badly, and so when I turned 18 I went for it. While I loved it at the time sometimes I look back and wonder why I really did get it. … Continue reading "Tattoos 4 Life"

This reading by Vignelli had a lot of interesting information. It was useful in exploring the principles of design and space. I hadn’t considered much of what went into the design of visual elements such as logos and printed works. Even the font and spacial awareness of words were necessary in maintaining a well-designed page. The … Continue reading Economy of Design →

This is the maze I created, I swear there is a way out. I wanted to do something really confusing but once stared at for a while it would be easy. I like the way it came out, I decided to just go for it and draw it out as much as i can. This … Continue reading "Maze it up"

WOW I never would’ve thought my friend Anna I would be on the cover of XXI. I think they confused us for Baby and Lil Wayne. But man oh man do we look good. For this project I went to face-in-hole and picked a funny magazine photo. I wanted to turn the picture black and … Continue reading "On the cover"

WANTED CLICK ON THE LINK FOR PHOTO *For this assignment I looked up “killers of the old west” and came across a guy who seemed really interesting. I don’t really have much to work with because I don’t have fancy websites to create the real look of a wanted poster. So I created a plain … Continue reading "Most Wanted"