The Work Itself  This assignment was a required design assignment. It is one of five design assignments for this week. Its difficulty is rated three stars. My project is a Microsoft Word document.             The Story Behind The Story  This past weekend while at home my mom baked chocolate chip … Continue reading Chocolate Sin

Having to design a movie trading card (4 stars) I decided to use inspiration from one of my favorite movies, Forrest Gump. I started by gathering my images from Google. First I got a template of a blank Pokemon card and found the picture from the movie that I wanted to use. I put all … Continue reading Let’s Duel →

While reading Vignelli I thoroughly enjoy the quote he uses in the second paragraph of his book which states Creativity needs the support of knowledge in order to perform I think this is a great quote for this course. Although most of the students enrolled are either creative or have some interest in the topics, doing […]

http://theprosperousdaisy.com/daily-create/tis-the-season-to-get-sick/ #tdc1360 My response for Today's @ds106dc #ds106 Daily Create is I wasn't feeling too great today so I bought this. pic.twitter.com/aSwAJ997Af — Rachel Stanford (@rach_stanford23) September 30, 2015 Monday’s Daily Create asked us to draw something that we bought that day. There were many people that drew pictures of their groceries. Unfortunately for me, […]

The chocolate milk at New Kent Middle School has gone missing and it’s up to the falculty and staff at the school to solve the crime and collect the clues. The principal Mrs. Frizzel and the teacher who is in charge of overseeing the milk deliveries, Mr. Feeny, are the lead investigators on the case. […]

“Make a card for someone through an online design program.” For the design assignment titled “The Best To Spread Cheer Is Making Cards For All To See” I decided to go with a Happy Halloween card since it is very close to that time of year and I am in the Halloween spirit. I decided … Continue reading →

Reading just the first few paragraphs of Massimo Vignelli’s “The Vignelli Canon” makes it clear just how much thought and effort goes into those small symbols and signs we tend to think nothing of.  It’s incredible how many intricacies there… Continue Reading →

“Create a banner displaying your favorite superhero character.” For the Superhero Banner assignment I decided to go with Green Arrow because he is my favorite superhero. I like Green Arrow because of his look. I wear hoods every time I get the chance and I’m also a huge fan of bows and crossbows. So Green Arrow … Continue reading →

    “A common exercise in design school, take typographical elements (perhaps even the words of a story) and bring them to life.” For the “What The Font?” assignment I chose to make a pumpkin out of the phrase “HappyHalloween.” I decided to make a pumpkin for this assignment because Halloween is at the end … Continue reading →

This week was way harder than I expected. I’m not sure if it is because of my lack of time or that the assignments were more difficult, but I found […]

#tdc1359 Combine your favourite logos: @ds106dc #tdc1359 RIVALS pic.twitter.com/sgRAleoRdp — Stephanie King (@Musicxlifenlove) September 28, 2015   2. #tdc1361 Upside down day! @ds106dc #tdc1361 pic.twitter.com/74KQLP1Os6 — Stephanie King (@Musicxlifenlove) September 30, […]

For this digital assignment, we had to make a suspect board(3.5 stars).  To create my suspect board I used Pixlr.com because it is very similar to photoshop. All of the images used were found on Google(except for the photo of my mom and I) and I added them each as their own layer in pixlr. … Continue reading Admit it, you did it →

Hey guys and gals! Third DailyCreate of the week. For this one, we had to write a handwritten poem. I absolutely hate my handwriting so…

  “Have you ever seen those crime shows that organize a case using a suspect board? Like Scandal or Blacklist? Well, that’s exactly what this assignment is. You will create a suspect board (or a board that connects different characters) to show interaction between the people. Feel free to add text, objects, and locations that … Continue reading →

Hey everybody! DesignDesignDesign! This week is heavy with design assignments. I feel that photoshop and I are becoming very good friends indeed. The Assignment Love…

Right out of the gate, I love the design of this little book. Ironic, but I do. The font looks good, and I love that there is text on one […]

I went on another photo taking spree! This time, I was recognizing a few of the many design elements that there are. I found some really cool designs around my house that I actually have not noticed before. This definitely changed my perspective of patterns and words that are large parts of design. Rhythm: Just taking … Continue reading Design Blitzin’

Hey guys and gals! This week we had to go out into the world with our camera ready and take pictures of designs that we…

This time, it’s a design blitz! Considering all I have done this week is school and work, I found this actually challenging. Waiting till today made it somewhat easier, since […]

“I can’t believe you would say such a cheesy line,” she said, folding her arms across her chest and turning away. The boy’s mouth hung open, and he grasped at her hand. “I thought you would like something like this,” he said. “I do,” she replied, turning back to him with a look of disdain. “But […]

It’s Halloween, yes, but that means Valentine’s Day is just around a couple of corners. I was actually thinking today about the Valentine Cards I create for my friends every year, wondering if I should do Halloween cards in a similar style. It could work, right? Anyway, while looking through random assignments, the Valentines Alternative […]

As the weeks continue, I find myself struggling more and more with some of these assignments. I spent more time this week working on learning GIMP because I feel like it is the best tool for creating more professional/neat work and I’m just not quite there yet. I was finally able to learn how to … Continue reading Looking Back: Week Six

Here is my short poem.

Ah, Harry Potter. The boy who became a movie classic. Harry Potter was the first thing that came to mind for the Movies From Another Time assignment, and I think it’s really ideal for something like this. I mean, if you compare the movie poster for the first movie to some movie posters from the […]

09/28/2015: @ds106dc#tdc1359 DreamWorks and Disney! pic.twitter.com/85OB92B4jI — Ashlyn Runk (@a_renee03) September 28, 2015 My first daily create this week involved merging two brand logos into one. I went with DreamWorks and Disney since they’re such huge competitors. I love movies from both companies and just thought it’d be funny to have them together. I grabbed … Continue reading Daily Creates Week Five

Color: While waiting for my lunch at Wawa today, I was browsing the chip aisle and came across this bag. I snapped a quick picture and when I came home and reviewed the criteria for the blitz, I figured it would be the perfect example  of using color in design to get a message across. … Continue reading The Blitz Round Two

Although I do not have any services to offer at the moment, I have created a business card (2 stars)  for the time when I do need one. The original assignment says to use Photoshop but I don’t have access to that so I used Pixlr.com which is essentially the same. I started with a plain white background … Continue reading Call When Needed →

For my second digital assignment, I designed my own license plate(2 stars). The license plate I created reads ‘Ready to Go’ but I wrote it in the style you’d usually see a phrase written on a license plate.   I went to Google to find a website that would allow me to design a license … Continue reading Always on the Move! →

As a lover and avid reader of PostSecret.com I was excited to see this as one of the design assignments. The assignment, worth 2 stars tells us to create a DS106 Post Secret card. Knowing the typical style of Post Secret cards, I started with two separate photos and I used Pixlr to merge the two photos into one. … Continue reading DS106 Post Secret →

September 29, 2015 Draw Something You Bought Today Having been battling a cold for the past few days the only thing I bought today was some medicine. The photo I drew was inspired by my box of DayQuil and  I used Microsoft Paint to create this image. @ds106dc #tdc1360 #ds106 Something I bought today was … Continue reading Daily Creates →