Make My Day (3 stars) The following is the perfect day for Shadow and Caleb! I collaborated with Abigail Dunn for this assignment. We used sketched out a schedule of things they would do together and then found on the internet each picture. This was inspired by our radio show Dead Silence although the beach … Continue reading The Perfect Day with Caleb and Shadow!

The first inspire that I did was called theramincats by Cathy Finn-Derecki. This was one of the daily creates. What was asked was to make a poster of cats in space. I liked this one the most out of all of them and I had to go back and find it to put it in […]

Kathy Onarheim is an active tweeter, so I frequently view her pieces and get inspired by her detailed posts and creative work. To choose just one of her masterpieces is difficult, but I really enjoyed her “Sketchy Dr. Groom on Assignment” design project. It is definitely worthy of being submitted on the IN[SPIRE] website: Kathy’s creation inspires me because … Continue reading You Inspire Me, Kathy!

I always enjoy when my peers add comedy to their assignments, since the theme of noir can be so dark and serious! While searching for IN[SPIRE] works, I remembered one of Brian Christiansen’s that literally made me laugh out loud. It is the photo with Professor Groom as the Godfather. “THE GROOMFATHER” is definitely well done … Continue reading You Inspire Me, Brian!

The next assignment that I did was called Cheesy Radio Ad For Your school worth 3.5 stars. This assignment I also did with Chelsea where we used our characters to do the ad. I like how it turned out. It was not difficult to come up with what to say but the editing took longer […]

Lauren’s noir Valentine inspires me because it makes me smile every time I look at it because I watched Double Indemnity for ds106 and shortly afterwards I saw this and laughed because it makes a great Valentine’s Day card. The creative use of the quotes and the pink coloration of the text to match the … Continue reading Inspired by: Lauren Falkenstein

Kim’s cereal commercial for Kellogg’s Cocoa Kitties is one of my favorite assignments I’ve listened to this semester because of the thought that went into creating this commercial. The suspenseful sound effects, and dialogue along make it a very believable advertisement. The chocolate cat and raspberry cereal that can “bring out your noir side” also … Continue reading Inspired by: Kim Roehl

My final inspiration post is about Megan Rosengrant. While this post is about one picture in particular, I also want to touch on her enthusiasm and personality in her posts. […]

This is the can’t get it out of my head assignment worth 2 points. I was thinking about my character, Jack Neff, and what would be the sort of song he would get stuck in his head. Being an aspiring writer who finds little success, I though this song would work perfectly, but that’s all … Continue reading What Kind of Writer? →

Another assignment I did was called Professor Groom Poster worth 4.5 stars. This was a rather difficult assignment because we were supposed to swap faces and I also added faces of Chelsea and my characters. I like how it turned out in the end. It is the little mermaid. Caleb is a police officer and […]

I found July’s website using Twitter and began browsing through her work because of her interesting tweets. I felt confident that at least one of the completed assignments would fittingly belong on the IN[SPIRE] website. The catchy jazz track of her Radio Bumper promptly caught my attention. Not only is the music perfect for a noir-themed bumper, the message is conveyed in a … Continue reading You Inspire Me, July!

When searching for pieces to submit on the IN[SPIRE] website, I utilized Twitter to find people who have shared their work and have utterly amazed me with the quality. This is where I found Emily Bostaph’s “What is black and white and red all over?”. First, I want to start by saying that all of Emily’s … Continue reading You Inspire Me, Emily!

At first listen, the radio show, “Dead Silence”, captured my attention immediately with the prominence of the sound effects. They are clean and crisp, and the combination of the voice-overs flows nicely. As for my experience as a listener, I enjoyed the show mostly for the intricacies of the plot, as it evolves from a typical heist, … Continue reading Dead Silence: A Twisted Plot with Twisted Characters

My third inspired post is about Jonathan Polson. I love his interpretation of this assignment. Not only was it a different way of looking at it but it also did […]

This is the postcards from the past assignment worth 4 1/2 points. This is a letter from Jack Neff’s past that he carries around folded up and tear-stained in his back pocket. Years ago Jack’s fiance, Malinda Sparkle (Sahar’s character’s mother who I’m making up), wrote this letter before leaving the city and abandoning him … Continue reading Breaking up with Jack Neff →

Here is the inspiration post! I really loved this post because it made me think about the differences between digital and non-digital art. I’ve gotten very wrapped up in making everything digital and haven’t been paying attention to the things that I can physically touch and see around me. I love that this class has … Continue reading Another Inspiration

One of the assignments that I did with Chelsea was called DS106 Horror worth 1 star. We decided that we wanted to put the DS106 words in front of our radio show characters. I think it turned out pretty well and makes it look pretty creepy. Our characte...

The first Collaborative Character Media Assignments I completed this week was actually created by our very own Spencer. Mostly because we wanted to do our own version of an existing assignment, and didn’t want to bend the rules THAT greatly. … Continue reading →

I decided to complete the Short Story With Random Words and Animal(s) writing assignment because it seemed like an assignment that is well suited to this week’s requirement of using multiple characters in my assignments. I was able to create a story in a word document using the first ten words I was given. Based … Continue reading A Random Sleuth Story

The Daily Create prompts for this week were extremely interesting. I wished for  time to do more, but am very proud of the three assignments I chose. They drew from all categories, including photography, drawing, and videography. The first photography Daily Create that I chose prompted me to display several different sides of myself. When … Continue reading Several Sides, One Moment, Lots of Laughs

This is a piece that I’m playing off of from Spencer Scott called “Donnie’s Zen.” It’s for the theme music assignment worth 4 points. I really liked it when I heard it, and I thought it would be cool to do a jam-session approach with these character mash-ups.  At first I also wanted to play … Continue reading Jack Neff Jams with Donnie Rawlen →

Places I’ve been this week: 1. http://www.mariamk.com/daily-create/make-your-dot-make-your-mark-drawing/#comment-383 2. http://janellegelino.com/assignments/audio-assignment-soundboard-conversation-4pts-fifty-shades-of-hallmark/#comment-616 3. http://mayds106.com/assignment-bank-tasks/admitting-my-guilty-pleasure-in-slowmo/#comment-112 4. http://adventuresofm.org/daily-creates/the-grooms-man/#comment-201 5. http://konarheim.com/daily-create/racoon-attack-of-the-turkey/#comment-97 6. http://calabashnebula.com/assignments/watching-from-the-background/#comment-229 7. http://ds106blog.missmoonstarsun.com/daily-creates/my-different-sides/#comment-141 8. http://www.thejota.com/ds106/lena-meyers/#comment-15706 9. http://landonepp.com/assignments/lena-meyers/#comments 10. http://sgrubbs2.com/uncategorized/where-is-the-error/#comment-591

Comments: The comment assignment has been great. I’ve been seeing work that I would’ve never seen before the assignment and it’s cool to see everyone’s take on different work! I’ve included links to my comments below. http://brendalevoy.com/assignments/inspire-1-spencer-scott/#comment-277 http://www.stephenweidman.com/ds106/uncategorized/create-a-warning-poster/#comment-1119 http://www.storytelling.abigaildunn.org/noirblog/ds/maury-radio-show/#comment-66 http://rhilaluman.com/assignments/web/youre-a-pinteresting-character-spence/#comment-49 http://www.cheyannemckinney.com/blog/writing/nicolette-social-media-accounts/#comment-253 http://bavatuesdays.com/dark-night-selfie/comment-page-1/#comment-222826 http://ds106.christineloehr.org/assignments/ds106-wallpaper/#comment-267 http://calabashnebula.com/assignments/groom-dont-let-go/#comment-230 http://seeinggainz.com/assignments/cheech-and-groom/#comment-99 http://columnhugger.com/assignments/professor-groom-poster/#comment-312 http://www.stephaniebwhite.com/digital-storytelling/the-daily-create-cute-puppy-alert/#comment-316 Inspire: http://bchristiansen.com/blog/assignments/mash-up-time/ http://bchristiansen.com/blog/assignments/my-1200-mph-commute/ http://bchristiansen.com/blog/assignments/buckets-behind-bars/ http://bchristiansen.com/blog/assignments/sunset-in-melbourne-australia/ This was a … Continue reading Weekly Summary 3/9/15 – 3/15/15 →

Cheesy Radio Ad for Your School (3.5 stars) Looking for a University to attend after High School? Well look no further University of Mary Washington is the school for you! The following is a radio advertisement for the University of Mary Washington featuring Abigail Dunn as Caleb and myself as Shadow to promote students to … Continue reading Come to Mary Wash!

My next inspiration is Kimberly Roehl. I always love seeing how each person completes the daily create. Sometimes they are all over the place and sometimes they stay within the […]

I had already completed the bad guy business card assignment, so I was inspired to create a business card for the Steadfast Sleuths as well. I adapted the Create Your Own Business Card assignment to fit this week’s objective of having all of the assignments relate to multiple noir106 characters. I incorporated all of the Steadfast … Continue reading The Sleuths’ Business Card

This week was a challenge just to keep all the assignments straight. So, let’s see if I can get all this in here. I did two daily creates: the laugh out loud video and the create a lesson daily creates. I forgot to do a third day but I honestly feel the high quality work […]

When I saw this assignment for creating a business card for a bad guy, I knew that I had to create a business card for Shannon Mills, the villain of the Steadfast Sleuths and more specifically, Sasha Kellogg. The inspiration for this card came from our group’s radio show, because Sarah and Shelley are given a … Continue reading Mills’ Business Card

While Mia Boleis may be one of my closest friends, she is also the most dedicated and creative individual. She puts so much time into each of her assignments and […]