I chose to create a tutorial on the assignment called The Best To Spread Cheer Is Making Cards For All To See worth three and a half stars. The assignment required you to make a card using a design program. I found a website called Jukebox that lets you create all sorts of greeting cards for free to help me create my

I chose to make a tutorial on the assignment called Emoji This worth three stars. The assignment required you to make a collage of different people making different emoji faces and to help me create my project I found a website called BeFunky that helps you create collages. 1.The first step to creating a collage is picking out a template you want

The first two things I did were my tutorials. I chose these two because they were photo editing, and I feel that is my strongest suit (if I am going to offer help to others). Another point I wanted to... Continue Reading →

Bring Your Pet To School: Do you miss your pet while you are in school? Do you ever wish that you could bring your pet to school with you? This tutorial assignment will allow your dream to come true. You can use GIMP or other photo edit software to place your pet anywhere on your campus. … Continue reading We Found Her!

Finally at the end of the road! I greatly enjoyed some of the things I learned to do in this class, and the constant stretch of my creative boundaries (as well as comfort zone). This final project was probably my favorite thing of all to do, since it involved compiling a lot of the skills […]

The gifs at the beginning of the story were inspired by the GIF Animate Your Day like Ben assignment. I figured it would be a cute and relatively challenging idea, that would help get into the character’s setting. This is how Sofie gets ready every day, so it’s really an incite into her life. I […]

Sofie woke up every morning to do the same thing. She would make a cup of coffee, eat breakfast, get dressed, and then sit down at her desk to draw. Sofie was a dress designer. She didn’t make the dresses, she just liked to make the designs. Brides would call her and leave their measurements, […]

For the GIF Animate Your Day Like Ben assignment, you need to create 5 animated gifs of your life. While it may seem daunting, this task is super simple! Here’s what a finished product might look like: And here are the steps to reach that! Steps: Step 1: Film what you want It can be whatever […]

ALARM CLOCK SOUND ON FLICKR God. Really? 6 am already? Man it sucks getting old. Whatever, let’s just get this over with. The line is going to be long at the airport. I’ll call the cab now. God I hate these business trips. MOM MOM MOM MOM M...

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Here is the original assignment. Step 1 – Acquiring Two Images To combine two images together, you first must have two images. Find two images that would overlay well together from an online source or from your personal media collection. Below are the two images I acquired. Step 2 – Acquiring / Opening GIMP Download … Continue reading Fast Food of Death

THIS IS THE LAST SCHOOL RELATED THING I WILL EVER DO!!!!! I’m graduating and could not be happier about it! Let’s take a look at what I did this week including my tutorials and my character creation story. First are my tutorials. The assignments that I made tutorials for were the One Shot Assignment and the Poetry Art … Continue reading Weekly Summary 15 and 16

Anyone who has ever read or seen anything related to the Guardians of the Galaxy has wondered who Peter Quills (Star Lords) father really is. In this scenario, we will find out how Peter will meet his father and what will happen when he does. First, Peter needs a way to get to his father! … Continue reading Alternate Star Lord Story

Here is the original assignment. I used a Demotivational Poster Generator to create my own demotivational poster. Step 1 – Visit The Site You will see the following interface. This is the default template for a demotivational poster. The tools on the right side of the screen allow for the toggling and customization of various settings. … Continue reading How To Be Demotivational

Edna, a black puppy, enjoys long walks and snuggling on beds. She’s just like any dog!! She also loves to be pet by her owner Miranda. Miranda is her best friend. However, recently, Miranda has been super busy studying for her finals, leaving Edna sad! This morning, Edna Rose woke up and did her everyday, … Continue reading Edna’s Not Missing

Design a License Plate: Design your own license plate! You can use an online site, alter a preexisting photo, or make your own from scratch. Make the license plate describe either your or a character. Your license plate design should have two part to it: designing the background for the plate and designing the font. … Continue reading Sunshine State

Missing Person: Create a missing posters flyer for a fictional movie/show character, made-up person, animal, or a real person. Be sure to include a picture, the name, characteristics, and last seen date and place. Let your imagination do the talking for this poster! (4 stars). I made this design assignment for my final narrative! I wanted … Continue reading If Found, Please Call..

Please Someone Call the Police! : You know how in crime movies and criminal investigation shows they usually include an audio of a victom talking to the police over the phone? Well in this assignment make an audio of you talking to the police over the phone. Your story of why you are calling the police is … Continue reading Puppy Police

This class has had its share of ups and downs. For the first few weeks I struggled, but I kept improving a little each week. I contemplated dropping this class or making it pass/fail, but Im glad I stuck it out. I have learned the most in this class than any other class this semester. … Continue reading Weekly Summary

What if I told you the Johnny Manziel we know, did not exist and instead a different Johnny Manziel existed. Instead of Johnny “Football”, he is Johnny “GoodGuy”. Johnny Manziel has been in the national spotlight of the sports world and American culture/society since he became the first freshman to win the Heisman. What makes … Continue reading Johnny “Good Guy” Manziel

Welcome to the tutorial for the One Shot Assignment! This assignment can be tricky so I’m making this tutorial to offer my advice and instruction on a simple way to complete it. What you will need: A photo with multiple subjects Microsoft Word A photo cropping tool Step 1: Choose your photo Either take a … Continue reading One Shot Tutorial

Welcome to the tutorial for the Poetry Art Assignment! This tutorial is titled Poetry Art Tutorial for Dummies because I will be using some very simple and easily accessible software to complete the assignment. What you will need: Microsoft Word (seriously) Photo Editing software with a cropping feature. I will be using Picasa (It’s free) Your … Continue reading Poetry Art Tutorial for Dummies

The Process, Narrated  I am providing a tutorial for the “Make Your Own Ringtone(s)” audio assignment. I have listed step by step instructions detailing the process of completing this assignment. Instead of using audacity, I used GarageBand and iTunes. Step 1: Find a piece of music on YouTube.         Step 2: Download … Continue reading “Make Your Own Ringtone(s) Tutorial”

The Process, Narrated  I will break this process down step by step. It is an easy process if you are familiar with iMovie, YouTube Video Editor, or both. Step 1: Choose an athlete         Step 2: Find video clips of highlights (YouTube) of this athlete.         Step 3: Download … Continue reading “Highlight Reels Tutorial”

I can hardly believe that I am almost done with DS106! This semester has been filled with many interesting, eye-opening and educational opportunities that I don’t think I would’ve had in any other class at Mary Washington. DS106 truly is a unique Digital Storytelling/Social Media class. I’ve learned about countless tools for visual/audio/video editing, as […]

Here is my tutorial on how to complete the assignment Google History Maps Story: Go to Google Maps. The page should look like this:  Go to Menu—My Maps–Create Map:  At this point, you can title your map what you please and give it a description. Add locations to your map, documenting the life of the person […]

Although there other tutorials exist for the assignment, I found another way for someone to complete this. Many people like to know what their tattoo will look like before even entering the tattoo parlor, so I googled around and found a Tattoo Font Generator online. It’s completely free and very user-friendly. Go to Tattoo Font […]

If you’ve found your way to this post, it’s probably because you’ve experienced my digital story about the Little Gingerbread Man! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then head to my blog post here which has the story. This post is meant to be an explanation of the separate media elements I […]

Once upon a time, there was a little old couple who lived in a cabin in the woods near a rocky, quick-flowing river. The little old woman asked her husband what he would like for dinner that night, and he was feeling exceptionally festive. They decided to celebrate Christmas early by making holiday treats and […]

We’ve made it to finals week, and given this is my last semester taking classes here at UMW, I could not be happier! I marathon sprinted through these last two weeks, and while working on the blog was fun, I’m glad to now have time doing the creative things I prefer to do (cooking!!!!). This … Continue reading Looking Back: The Final Weeks