The Design Blitz assignment consists of taking photos of things you see as you walk around during the week and illustrating four of the ten concepts of design. I already knew of a few objects and signs I wanted to photograph for this assignment, so I took the photos relatively quickly. These are the photographs … Continue reading Blitz Pics

This is the scene poster assignment worth 3 1/2 points.   I decided to keep my Taxi Driver theme running strong, though I actually tried to challenge myself a little bit more this time. For a project from last semester, I had set my computer to take a screenshot of the film every other frame … Continue reading More Taxi Driver →

I chose to create a website banner (4 stars)  for one of my design assignments this week. This website banner is related to my character, Edie Waz. It is a combination of some snippets of her life. Her bar, where she grew up, some things from the stories I’ve posted about her already, etc. I chose this assignment … Continue reading Edie’s life banner →

I’ve always thought minimalist posters were an artistic and creative way to show the plot/main focus of a story through only a few shapes and colors. For this assignment, “Minimalist TV/Movie Poster” we were to create a poster that captures a story through minimalist design and iconography. I decided to use the movie Clue as … Continue reading A Minimalist Murder Mystery

This is the budding entrepreneur assignment worth 2 points. At first glance, this bottle of wine may not seem like anything out of the ordinary. Oh how wrong you are, petty peasant! This is the finest accent wine, fresh from the gardens of the Stephanus Rechtorus vineyard. What’s accent wine, you say? Accent wine is … Continue reading The New Thing in Wine: Accents →

For one of my design assignments this week, I chose Professor Groom Poster (4 1/2 stars). I am using this assignment as my “4 stars or higher” assignment in the 12 required stars. I chose this assignment because I thought it would be fun and because we had to pick an assignment with a high rating. In … Continue reading Jim Groom- Noir Detective →

Design an Invoice (3 stars) Create an invoice for a transaction that has happened in a film, TV series, etc. For example, Boba fett’s invoice to Jabba the Hutt for capturing […]

  This is the create your own DS106 wallpaper assignment worth 4 points. Here’s my wallpaper! With these sorts of things I always start off small, almost get finished, then spend way too much time trying to perfect some tiny aspect I don’t like. Then after I curse the name of GIMP for a few … Continue reading A New Paper for the Wall →