Assignment may be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/switch-up-the-mood/ At times, Sterling’s life seems bright and filled with opportunity until a depressing moment appears and places new obstacles in the road ahead, feeling cold and bitter.

This is Ol Mick’s bag. As you know he is very much an alcoholic, so the tequila in his bag is a must. The blender and blending cup is just in case he gets sick of plain tequila and wants to make a mixed drink. He has  his  black folder which is a journal for … Continue reading What’s in Ol Mick’s Backpack- 3 points →

This week has been EXTREMELY busy! I am so glad that I was able to get all of my work done. It was a struggle, but #ds106 is #4life, right? After watching the weekly video, I decided to start organizing my blog website. I created categories for each of the assignments. I also created some […]

Drawing without lifting the pencil is harder than it looks or sounds, you really have to plan it out or it’s gonna look weird, but at the same time you have can end up with a really cool messy kind of look. Here’s my twisted attempt. Read more →

I have to admit, I could have put a lot more effort in this photo safari, but to be honest I didn’t even know where to start. I haven’t had an assigned subject for photography since high school, so I have lost a bit of my imagination spark. I was not ecstatic about the results […]

My noir character would not realistically carry a bag around so instead I am going to describe what one could expect to find in his desk on a normal day. Top of the desk can usually be expected to be covered in scattered newspapers. A typewriter sits next to a leather bound book in which … Continue reading What’s in your Bag?

This week I had some fun with the daily creates and visual assignments. The doodle daily create was fun. I actually had been working on that for several days. The other daily creates had me thinking. Even the one for instructions on a daily item. Never really think about how you use an item that you … Continue reading Week 3 →

This assignment link may be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/whats-in-your-bag/ As previously discussed in my blog, my character dossier is Sterling James and seen below is what you would find in his daily backpack. Sterling is a producer of digital media within various fields and among his strong suits is photography. Wherever you see him, you will most … Continue reading What’s In Your Bag? →

In this visual assignment, I had to take two pictures and blend them together. Both pictures are downtown Fredericksburg. I thought this was fun.

Photo of Grittiness (brick) Picture of Dramatic Shadows Picture of Urban Nightscape (taken on Eagle Landing bridge) Picture of Side Lighting (using lamp) Unusual angle  

Here is the what’s in your bag? assignment for three points. This assignment we were supposed to image what are characters would carry in their bags on a daily basis. In this, he carries eight items. The list includes a cellphone, an iPod with headphones, a Swiss army knife, a notebook with a pen attached,...

Because laser sharks are dangerous

  So for my poetry art I decided to dedicate my poster to the development of my noir character. I chose a poem that would fit him as a character as well as his timeline. The poem is “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening” by Robert Frost. The poem speaks of a farmhouse in … Continue reading Poetry Art

  My experience with photography has always been as an observer. A few of my friends growing up took up photography as a hobby and I was always intrigued but never truly divulged in it myself. My friends all used DSLR cameras made by Nikon or Cannon and I always thought the pictures that they … Continue reading Photo Reflection

WANTED poster visual assignment, 2.5 stars.   This mysterious online presence has recently opened a slew of social media accounts and has begun blogging about fictional characters and all kinds of random stuff, posting pictures and sometimes other media all over the internet. It has come to our attention that this individual, calling themselves the “Wildwood Blogger”, has been operating… Read more →

In this post I will detail my reaction to the films Killer’s Kiss  and Chinatown, particularly in regards to their noir style cinematography. Killer’s Kiss (1955) I was excited to find out that this was a Stanley Kubrick work before viewing the film. Kubrick is known for his perfectionist style of filmmaking, and I have great […]

Here is the digital storytelling collage assignment that is three points. I wanted to do a story assignment with pictures for my character Lukas Jones. I went through the character travel to the past and the characters he meets.

  It was  a very cold day of photography, so cold in fact that none of my friends enjoyed shaking my hands afterwards. Or were they friends? Just kidding, but nonetheless the weather did not stop me from a fun little adventure. I felt that this picture would satisfy the distinct shadow requirement as the … Continue reading Photo Safari →

“What’s in your bag?” – 3 STARS For the “What’s in your bag?” assignment, I did it to reflect the bag of my character Claudia Rose. In her bag, she has a pearl necklace from the Upper East Side party she went to the night before. She has the house key to the apartment she … Continue reading Visual Assignment

Post-It Notes and Grocery List -2 Stars http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/post-it-notes-and-grocery-lists/ For this assignment you had to make a to do list and grocery list that your character would make for themselves.

Visual Assignment – Common Everyday Object (2 STARS) For this assignment, I took a picture of a telephone and manipulated the colors in it.

I TAKE ALOT OF PHOTOS. Mostly of my face, and mostly on snapchat. So they disappear in less than 10 seconds. My approach is one of two things; its either how attractive can I make myself look or how unattractive can I make myself look. Sometimes I try to capture how upset I am over […]

Daily Create – Draw without lifting the pencil For Today’s (Sunday) Daily Create, I drew the lamp that was next to me on my desk without lifting my pen. Not lifting the pen also worked with the lamp drawing because I had to draw the power cord.

Car Lust – 1.5 This car makes me feel adventurous. This car makes me feel like I can eat granola while driving around a mountain and listening to mixed cds. This car makes me feel like I can be young forever.

I am very excited to display all of the noir esque photos I have taken for this weeks “Noir safari assignment. They were a joy to take. Here they are, in order of my most to least favorite: “Tableau of characters caught in an intense moment” “An overall sense of drama/ moodiness” “Lighting from one […]

I was finally able to use my tablet drawing pad for a class! Enjoy my drawing of a happy face!

Adventure in a day – 3.5 STAR In my “adventure in a day”, I was acting as my Noir Character, Claudia Rose. Where I left off in my description about Claudia, she had just recently killed her husband to be with another man. In this picture, Claudia has taken her husband’s private jet to paris … Continue reading

Shiny Like Silk visual assignment. 2.5 stars. Make a picture using this awesome site. This was so cool. I’m gonna be using this site a bunch! Read more →

I liked this movie. This capture, I got because it was one where they were having a conversation in the car. The driver seems to be concentrating on what he is doing with a little bit of paying attention to the converstation. The continual lighting changes from the street lights, gave it a realistic appeal. … Continue reading He Walked by Night →