This week in our ds106 class we focused on design. We looked at all type of design such as poster design, web design, movie design, basically any and all type of design. We were assigned several readings and movies to … Continue reading →

UGH. UGH. UGH. The other day, my boss asked me to go to a networking event…

I think the copyright law is an important aspect in the world of writing, but the digital world makes it more and more difficult for copyrighting to stay safe. So many things are available on the internet against copyright, trademark, and other laws. I know if my work were used without my consent, I would … Continue reading Stop Copying Me →

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The Four star assignment that I chose for this week was to create a topographic lyric poster. I used a combination of word and paint software to create it. I chose lyrics from Sam Hunt’s “Break up in a small town”. The bolded YOU represents the importance that you are the one that has to … Continue reading Topographic Lyrics →

This week was very educational. While I knew vaguely what went into design before this week, I now realize the true extent of the art. After reading the Vignelli Canon and reflecting on it, I see how design is in literally every man-made thing in this world. The proliferation of...

Semantics. He explains to use that we have to find meaning in our work. Some times it’s hard to find meaning and inspiration. That’s only the case when I’m given something to work on. I feel that inspiration is something a person comes up with on their own, and not from a person ordering another. […]

I went to a winery in Fredericksburg, they were having Casino night, but we did not actually go to that. We did however spend five hours at the winery with my wife’s family. I walked around and took some good photo’s of some cool things in my opinion. I had fun doing it also. I … Continue reading Photo Blitz

This week was a bit hectic for me with other things going on, but I greatly enjoyed the design assignments this week. One thing I wish I could have changed was the amount of work I turned in later in the week, which I worked on earlier in the week. Unfortunately, I couldn’t work on … Continue reading Designing for Noir

After watching A Fair(y) Use Tale and Laws that Choke Creativity as well as reading Fair Use Frequently Asked Questions, 7 Things You Should Know about Creative Commons, and A Brief History of Copyright. I have realized that copyright laws really doesn’t make sense to modern day. With our technology today we can’t recreate and make new … Continue reading Mine, Yours, Ours?

      As I sat around this weekend trying to figure out how to do…

This week, I spent most of my time in the debate office (the creative writing mansion,…

This week was interests. I really like visual design so this being design was a good week :). I started out with doing my daily creates. This week we had to do 3 of them and they were interesting ones. I really enjoyed doing the ones that involved pictures because I like pictures haha. The […]

This week started strong, I read all about design and because of that I took a few photo’s that I really liked. I was going all around a winery that my wife took me to and taking pictures. I may have looked weird doing it but I was having fun doing it. I never looked … Continue reading Digital Journey week 5

The first thing I noticed about this booklet was how many times it said “fellows” in the introduction. I haven’t heard that word in a while and it is a good word with a positive connotation to it, so I think we need to bring that back. Intangibles I found the writing on semantics very interesting. … Continue reading Vignelli sounds like a pasta →

For observing the design elements of film noir, I watched the noir film Double Indemnity. The city of Los Angeles frames the noir design of this movie is subtle ways like the California Spanish style houses, the skyline shot of LA, and the casual mention of LA neighborhoods like Glendale and Hollywood. The urban night-scene … Continue reading Double Design

I am not going to lie, this is the first week where I don’t feel as confident in my grasp on the weekly topic. I thought I understood design, and […]

One of this weeks assignments was to create an album cover using a picture of yourself. This is my hot new album named “Party in the back”. It is a country rap album that turns dirt roads into clubs. The picture that I used was from last Halloween when I dressed up as Joe Dirt. … Continue reading Album Cover →

One/Story Four Pics – (3 Stars) I chose these four pictures to represent the main critical points in Marcus’s road to redemption. The first icon represents Marcus’s depression. Good portion of his struggle was getting over his self-esteem. The second picture represents his is trip to vegas. Gambling was his way to cope with his…

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An assignment this week was to spend time thinking about copyright and the initiative of Creative Commons. Here are my thoughts: Something really interesting that I read about from all of the articles was the fair use act. I really liked how they discussed what exactly is “fair” and the ethical meaning behind it in … Continue reading Copyright & Creative Commons

Week 5 is OVAAAAAA!! Every week I say I’m not gonna procrastinate next week, and every week I end up procrastinating…. Oh well. I got it all done though, so whatever works? 1. Read and Reflect on The Vignelli Canon: I read & reflected. I found this to be very interesting, and it really tested my […]

I looked up pictures of Jim Groom from UMW to find a face of Jim Groom. Then I looked up Star Wars characters that would best fit Jim Groom. The closest thing I could find was Obi Wan Kenobi. Once I had the pictures, I had to put them together, well I didn’t know how … Continue reading In a Far Far Galaxy

The assignment “Light switch art” (3.5 pts) was lots of fun! I remember one summer camp as a child they had blank light switch covers and all the kids decorated their own light switch cover. Mine is on the light switch in my room, but because I mainly used marker...

I have never thought about my work as private or just mine. I don’t know if that mentality comes from the level of collaboration in education courses or just the idea that […]

This week was tough. I had two major exams in two really hard classes (instrumental analysis and physical chemistry aka what happens when physics calculus and chemistry have a baby). I put off my work for ds106 because I knew it would not majorly impact my grade in this class as much as it would […]

Alright, so here’s my design blitz breakdown for you guys. I kind of made an effort to take pictures whenever I could wherever I was this week. When looking at this poster the thing that struck me most was the color. The pink creates a sense of unity that pops out from the black and […]

One of the assignments this week was to cartoonize an image of yourself or somebody else. I used this image of myself to imitate my character Conway practicing his shots for his job. I used the app called picsart to do this assignment. This image goes hand in hand with my character so i thought … Continue reading Cartoon You! →

The focus on design this week changed my perspective. Even on short car rides, rather than just looking at advertisements and signs, I analyzed their use of color, balance, typography, and proportion, just to name a few. Don’t worry, I focused on my driving, as well! To start off the week, I introduced myself to … Continue reading Ready to Resign from Design!

I actually have never found a reason where copyright has been a problem. When I write papers I have always been told to make sure I give credit and the same thing when editing songs and images. There is something that I did find really annoying with copyright and that was when it really started […]

For my last design assignment for the week, and my other assignment relating to my character, I chose ink (3 stars). I chose this assignment because I thought it would be a good assignment to relate to Edie and give another glimpse at who she is. She has this tattoo (about the size of a man’s palm) … Continue reading Edie Inked →