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“Love at First Shot”

by mdavis101

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October 2, 2015

The Work Itself This is a required visual assignment. It is difficulty public rating is three stars. The instructions are to “take/find a picture of a couple who are obviously in love. Use the picture to tell a story. Give the story some background and maybe even create a dialogue between the two or tell … Continue reading “Love at First Shot”
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Vignelli

by Alexis Zirpmoulis

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October 2, 2015

Prior to this week I never paid close attention to the details that go into successful visuals for example, the design elements. The Vignelli Canon was an interesting reading and although, it was short I found the information to be very informative. The different pictures throughout the reading are what caught my eye. I […]
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Stylin’ pup;

by sking2

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October 2, 2015

The new iPhone has a fabulous camera! I snapped a picture of my old soul, Cami, the first night I had my new phone. She jumped up on my bed and just […]
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Daily Creates for Week 6

by flear

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October 2, 2015

4 more daily creates for week 6, finished today, hot off the presses. For tdc1359, mixing up some logos For tdc1361, an upside-down photo For tdc1362, a photo of the coming time change And, for tdc1363, an image of what is through my window
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Unit Three: What is Digital Storytelling to You

by jasperbaun

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October 2, 2015

What is storytelling to me? In some ways that’s quite easy to answer. It’s the ability to take someone on a journey as seen through my eyes (or my mind). Such a succinct definition is wide reaching and perhaps not specific enough, then again, maybe that’s exactly as it should be. Like the reach of […]
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Eat This!

by forumwonly

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October 2, 2015

This assignment was to detail a conspiracy. I thought this would be much more fun.
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Daylight Saving Time

by mdavis101

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October 2, 2015

This is a sunset on the Chesapeake Bay. Daylight Savings Time started on March 8th and ends November 1st. It is the practice of advancing clocks during summer by one hour so that in the evening hours day light is experienced later, while sacrificing normal sunrise times. Typically, users in regions with summer time adjust clocks … Continue reading Daylight Saving Time
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Grounding my Cat

by ayu7kaji

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October 2, 2015

Every cat owner has a million stories to tell every day. All those memes one sees online regarding these furry …
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Talk About Burning Love

by boscoe6393

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October 2, 2015

As you can see, this passionate couple is taking Elvis Presley’s, Burning Love, a bit too seriously. How did they even...
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Professor Groom Poster

by ewindley

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October 2, 2015

As my last design project this week I have made a Movie Poster of Professor Groom! I am proud of how this one turned out . . . It seemed so simple. I don’t use anything fancy like photoshop; this was done using Microsoft paint. I am getting pretty good with Microsoft paint even if … Continue reading Professor Groom Poster
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One good GIF deserves another!

by ewindley

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October 1, 2015

Okay so some of you are probably marking down the days until Halloween; but I used my design time to get a jump on Christmas! Since I was able to make a stickman post-it note GIF without too much trouble I found another GIF assignment to do. I made the Christmas Card Gif – I … Continue reading One good GIF deserves another!
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Movie Trading Cards: Pirate Stare

by mirandaskin

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October 1, 2015

Movie Trading Cards: Design trading cards for your favorite movie. Grab a screenshot from a film of your choice to create a trading card in the spirit of the classic Star Wars movie trading cards. Also see the imagined trading card for The Shining here for some inspiration. This assignment was inspired by Sean Hartter’s … Continue reading Movie Trading Cards: Pirate Stare
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Black Sabbath Trilogy

by ewindley

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October 1, 2015

This week we were asked to watch some films and comment on the use of design. I have Netflix at home which I pay for and barely use, so I decided to put it to good use this week and view the Black Sabbath trilogy. Actually I found watching these old films to be a relaxing … Continue reading Black Sabbath Trilogy
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A Movie in Four Icons

by adyke

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October 1, 2015

Today I give you four icon pictures that should hint at a specific movie. These icons were found here and were all chosen to represent one of my favorite movies. Guess in the comments if you think you have it! This was a 3.5 star design assignment for Ds 106
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Designblitz

by feliciads106

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October 1, 2015

Rhythm: Balance Minimalism & Use of Space Dominance Proportion DesignBlitz My professor told me to take a camera around with me wherever I go this week. I noticed that I paid more attention to my surroundings. I read some of the articles in the Design Resource Center to ensure that I […]
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Love @ First Sight

by Alexis Zirpmoulis

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October 1, 2015

This photo was taken of my boyfriend and I on our vacation to Florida this past summer. (Don’t be fooled the photos were totally staged by his mom and sister) LJ & I have been together since we were seniors in High School so.. I guess we are considered to be High School sweethearts <3 […]
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Planet of the Vampires

by gabatron15

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October 1, 2015

Planet of the Vampires directed by Mario Bava was peculiar in the way he designed the planet to be displayed. The way that the setting of the planet that they landed on had a unique layout. Bava would do close shots of the fog which in turn represented the parasites as they had taken over […]
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I made an animated GIF for you!

by ewindley

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October 1, 2015

How I did it: I wasn’t crazy about the design week since I am pre-internet era. However, I was able to combine the two for this old school/new age GIF. I drew a stickman flip book on post it notes (totally old school). Poor little stickman learns about gravity. Then I went new age on … Continue reading I made an animated GIF for you!
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Halloween Shopping

by adyke

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October 1, 2015

Halloween shopping can be expensive. To illustrate this I decided to make a witch made of a barcode. I decided to go about this in what I believe to be an interesting way. Instead of cutting the barcode into pieces I decided to find a silhouette of a witch and edit out the black piece essentially … Continue reading Halloween Shopping →
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Logo combo

by Alexis Zirpmoulis

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October 1, 2015

I found this assignment to be fairly easy. First, I went to Google and searched Nike and Adidas logos. I saved the Nike logo to my desktop and opened up the paint application. I copied the Adidas logo onto the same document and combined the two logos together by cropping. I believe that Nike and […]
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Don’t Miss Manassas, VA!

by awassenb

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October 1, 2015

I also decided to complete What Are You Missing Nearby. This was an interesting assignment to complete. I recently moved to Manassas, VA in July of 2015 from Woodbridge, VA so it really was only a matter or 10 miles or so. I’d spent plenty of time in Manassas before, but after this assignment I […]
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DesignBlitz explanation

by ASSILEMARIM

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October 1, 2015

One of the assignment this week was to take picture which can follow the following concepts: color,typography,metaphors/symbols,minimalism & use of space,form/function/message,balance,rhythm,proportion, and dominance, and we had to uploaded it to Flickr. We also had to write a post and said what we took the picture of; so I made a post and I called it DesignBlitz. Now in … Continue reading DesignBlitz explanation →
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Professional Ethics

by ewindley

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October 1, 2015

Every profession has a set of ethical standards, or cannons, which it strives to follow in order to be a worthy endeavor. Even the profession of creative design, where the ideal of design is to think outside of the box of ordinary thinking or standard expectations. In the Vignelli Cannon by Massimo Vignelli, it says “Design without discipline … Continue reading Professional Ethics
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Seeing and Speaking Tripple

by adyke

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October 1, 2015

The catchphrase I chose to illustrate is one that I heard when watching re-runs as a kid. It might not be hard to guess but the picture might throw you off of who said it. For this assignment it wasn’t hard to actually complete I just joined three images together to get the phrase. without … Continue reading Seeing and Speaking Tripple →
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Ds106 Wallpaper Creation

by adyke

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October 1, 2015

When it comes to computer wallpaper, I am quite the aficionado. On my desktop I run a two monitor display so I like to make it so there is one large continuous image going across my background instead of a copied image so I am no stranger to computer wallpapers. Today I made a Ds106 … Continue reading Ds106 Wallpaper Creation →
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DesignBlitz

by mmiranda

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October 1, 2015

Hydrangea, Washington Monuments, rainbow, road, different types of sign with different writing fonts,intersection before getting to UMW,bicycle space, coffee and pastries. http://
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Pugs Not Drugs!

by awassenb

| Syndicated
October 1, 2015

For another of the Design Assignments this week, I completed Create a T-Shirt. Naturally, I had to create a shirt with a pug on it, and my website’s tagline “pugs not drugs.” As much as I wish this was my own creation and imagination, this saying has been used many times before I took it […]
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Vintage-ify the Boardwalk (Ocean City, MD)

by awassenb

| Syndicated
October 1, 2015

For my second design assignment of the week, I completed Vintage-ify a Place. I really enjoyed this assignment! I feel like at this point I’m always starting my posts like this, but I really do like completing these assignments. They are so daunting to start with, but after finishing them and seeing the final product, […]
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Sweater Weather

by rachstanford77

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October 1, 2015

Today’s daily create asked us to take picture to show that the seasons are changing. But I took a few more c: Pumpkin spice bagels and leaves changing colors, I’m so excited for fall! pic.twitter.com/HsycfANGvw — Rachel Stanford (@rach_stanford23) October 1, 2015
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Watch Some Films

by jmcmahan46

| Syndicated
October 1, 2015

Last night I watched Alien for the movie review assignment. In preparing for the show, I made myself a Moscow Mule and popped a bag of popcorn. This was a 1979 movie so to begin with we need to step back to 1979 in order to take a look at the effects and analyze some […]
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