Above is my bumper sticker/advertisement/promo for my group’s radio project, NOIRtalk. My goal was to incorporate noir-esque style into this poster while also capturing the aesthetic of a modern, interactive internet show. I focused on using the text to convey that modern feel by using bold, strong text and the popping color of red. These […]

I’m really excited about my groups progress so far. We started brainstorming ideas in a group Google Doc and over email, and we all proposed cool ideas that really seamlessly merged with one another.  I proposed the idea that we do our radio show as a conference or panel discussion between our three characters. I […]

    I noticed a lot of people completed this assignment a few weeks ago during audio week, and I thought it looked like a lot of fun. Luckily, this also meant that I had some helpful guides that showed me how to best complete the project (shoutout to Christine and Mariah for the super helpful and comprehensive […]

    This assignment was a very cool opportunity to use for my character. I enjoy trying to incorporate audio assignments into my character’s story that aren’t easy or simple connections. An assignment like this, I find, takes a good amount of thought to incorporate into my character’s story. Additionally, it takes time to find audio […]

Design week is finally over. Let me just say, the challenges were big this week and I wasn’t sure I would be able to complete it all, but I’m glad I did. And I must say, the results were pretty cool. 12 stars of assignments is definitely not easy, but I was glad to be […]

  Double Indemnity was so full of unique design elements that it’s hard to summarize all of them into a single blog post. However, I think the most powerful and effective design element was the use of space in the camera frames. As Vignelli discussed, design must be thought out, intellectual, and detailed. This shot […]

Copyright in the digital age is a very difficult topic. On one hand, the ability to share creations and inspire others via sharing of work online has led to some amazing collaborations and advancements in art on a number of platforms. However, you also run into the caveat of whether following inspiration is comparable to […]

I think I’m getting used to viewing everything through a ds106 perspective. Much like the similar assignment from visual week, I found myself walking around all week, eyes darting around, snapping pictures of anything and everything that stood out to me as unique design. In my walk to the train with my travel buddy Mariah the […]

I liked this assignment because it is fun to work with an incredibly different design aesthetic than I might be able to create on my own. I also liked that I could use this for my character because the whole point is to tell a story. I went with an origin type story, using the […]

This assignment was not too difficult at all, and, of course, I like any assignments that let me add new dimensions to my character. Additionally, since it wasn’t a terribly difficult assignment I got to play around with features on gimp that I hadn’t tried out yet, including color filling and text boxes.  I liked […]

    I thought this assignment was really funny, and I knew I wanted to do it, but it was hard for me to decide (1) what movie to do and (2) what the truthful title would be. I looked through some examples, but I couldn’t think of a movie where I could play with the […]

  When this week’s noir106 assignment list said for us to challenge ourselves with a four star assignment, I never expected the challenge to be this hard. I knew that this would be a daunting assignment, but all the great examples made me think, hey, I can do this. I’ve worked with gimp a lot lately. […]

      So I guess design week is where we really get our hands dirty with picture editing programs. This assignment took a lot of playing around on gimp, a lot of googling, a lot of youtube tutorials, and a lot of me getting mad at my computer for not working fast enough. I started […]

The Vignelli Canon was extremely interesting and inspiring to read through. The pictures featured throughout the book were very powerful and clearly echoed the results of the ideas posited in regards to design. I found that the pictures clearly displayed the success that accompanies attention to detail, intellectual design, and powerful meaning. The most important […]

  We are just plowing through the senses here in noir106. After straining my eyes last week, I was excited to lean back and enjoy the soothing sounds of noir106 audio week. Hahahaha, boy was I quickly reminded that noir isn’t supposed to be soothing or relaxing or quaint. No. Noir audio is all about […]

I’ve been thinking a lot this week about ideas for a potential radio show. Listening to the ds106radio was really helpful in understanding the idea of a radio show that could incorporate the elements of noir. At this point in the course, we have focused on both storytelling and audio features of noir (amongst other things), […]