1. tyowell

    Visual of where it all began

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    For another one of my visual assignments, I chose to Pick a Bad Photo and decided this would be part of the 5 points towards my character for the week.  This assignment is worth 2 stars and includes choosing a photo, making it look antique and writing words in Helvetica font on it.  It wasn’t too … Read More
  2. hungrymax

    Character Dossier: John Braddock

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    Name: John Braddock Nickname: Johnny Born: March 14, 1979 in Augusta County, VA Profession: auto mechanic, drifter Marital status: widowed Physical Description: Slim, 6’5”, straight, brown-blond hair, blue eyes, square jaw, open face, long nose, calm demeanor. Story: John Braddock grew up in the back woods and valleys of the Virginia Blue Ridge. He drinks hard, is handy with a… Read more →

  3. tyowell

    Cats can be evil too

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    The first visual assignment that I chose for this week is the Shakespearean LOLcat.  It’s worth 2.5 stars and I chose it because it looked like fun to do!  It was hard finding a picture that was cute and accurate for a quote at the same time so I googled Shakespearean quotes, found a couple … Read More
  4. gyeorelee

    4 Lines, 5 Dots, 1 Curve

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    The goal of this assignment was to creat a picture with 4 lines, 5 dots and 1 curve. It was hard for me to think of any object that can be drawn with provided information. So I made my mind to draw the first thing I saw when I look around. It was a mug […]
  5. briannarosem

    Longs Makes It Big In The Wii World.

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    http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/honest-game-cover/ (2 Stars) When trying to decide what I was going to do this week in relation to my character Detective Longs, I remembered this game that a child I had babysat had played and it was perfect. I changed the name of this game to “People vs Longs” because even though Longs is a detective … Continue reading Longs Makes It Big In The Wii World.
  6. gyeorelee

    Historical Selfies

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    The most of the pictures in my phone are the pictures those were taken from the trip in Florida. Among those pictures, it was taken when I was in the airplane on a way back to Virginia. As I looked through the pictures, I immediately thought of Wright Brothers because they were the first airplane […]
  7. briannarosem

    When I Grow Up I Want To Be Just Like You!

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    http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/comparing-the-past-to-the-present/ (2 Stars) “The love between a mother and daughter is forever..” I truly do not need a biological twin in the world because my mother is mine. As babies, we both are ages three months in the pictures above, we look very alike. My mom is pictured in the first picture and I am in … Continue reading When I Grow Up I Want To Be Just Like You!
  8. gyeorelee

    Thoughts about Visuals of Storytelling

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    These days, I take lots of photos (not selfie). The reason is that my siblings came from Korea about a month ago, so I try to go everywhere to show them. So, I want to leave many pictures I can then I can always look at it and remember what happened those days. I usually […]
  9. jcpds106

    Take a picture, it’ll last longer

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    “The essence of a good photograph is the mystery. That we don’t know what exactly the photographer wants to say, but we have a feeling about it.” -Jason Eskenazi, “Storytelling and Visual Literacy“ The video by Jason Eskenazi on visual literacy was incredibly interesting, and I felt like it explained so well what everyone does […]
  10. stephaniebwhite

    The Daily Create: Droodle at a meeting (or elsewhere)

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    The daily create assignment for today was to droodle at a meeting (or elsewhere). What is a droodle?   “Droodles was a syndicated cartoon feature created by Roger Price and collected in his 1953 bookDroodles. The trademarked name “Droodle” is a nonsense word suggesting “doodle”, “drawing” and “riddle.” Wikipedia.” That was the example given in […]
  11. jlaszako

    And photography week begins!

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    I am so excited to start this week. I’ve always considered myself as an amateur photographer. I love taking pictures and I’ve picked some stuff up from other people I’ve met but I’m definitely not my cousin (he’s a pro, you should check out his page because it’s amazing) and I’ve never really pursued any […]

UMW Spring 2024 (Bond & Groom)

Welcome to Paul Bond and Jim Groom’s Spring 2024 ds106

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