This Assignment Is Suspect: 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, … Continue reading This Assignment Is Suspect: Who took Fluffy?

Hey guys and gals! This week is all about design, or Design as Vignelli puts it. THE ASSIGNMENT We were to read Vignelli’s Canon and express…

For my first Design Assignment of the week, I decided to complete the required option This Assignment is Suspect!. 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 […]

“I really wish he would just find someone else to answer his questions. How am I supposed to get any work done if he thinks I’m the only person in this building who knows how to train…” “…I can’t wait to start school. I’ll meet new people and finally have time for my friends; I … Continue reading A Night at the Movies

The sample photo for this assignment (4.5 Stars) made me think of outer space, so I made my own version! I used Pixlr, just like I did with the lyrical poster. I […]

Ah, October! The month of Halloween, and the season for spooks and nostalgia. And what better way to celebrate this month of skeletons and ghosts than by watching Over the Garden Wall every day until November? Over the Garden Wall is a 10-part miniseries that aired on Cartoon Network in November of 2014. The story follows […]

It’s October! For today’s daily, we had to take a picture of something that represents daylight savings time that is soon approaching! I am using a gorgeous photo of UMW fall that represents us (minus Arizona) getting ready to turn our clocks back. #tdc1362: Daylight Savings Time @ds106dc #dailycreate #tdc1362 Fall is approaching. #fallbackwards pic.twitter.com/yzcN5l0C3k … Continue reading Daily Create 10/1/15

The name is Melanie, and I’ve been doing work around this house for years now. 5 years to be exact. I’ve been solving crimes since the day I was born. I’ve solved a lot of them in my life. The case of the missing pacifier (it rolled under the coffee table), the case of the […]

My favorite song for the longest time now has been On The Wing by Owl City. So, naturally I chose it for my lyric typography poster (4 stars)! To make […]

*A daughter asking her dad about his painting* “what was the inspiration for this one?” “you see, my dear, it was a cloudy day in mid-May. I was sitting outside […]

Here is my picture upside down, I thought it looked cool!

“Create a children’s book cover using primarily cutting and pasting. Imagine you’re cutting shapes out of construction paper and gluing them onto another piece of paper. Except it doesn’t have to be paper. You can make a cover for a book that already exists, or make up your own. “ 3.0 Stars By the time … Continue reading Under Construction: Cat in The Hat

If you can’t figure this out, go back to the cave. The 4th highest grossing film (so far) in movie history.  I really, really wish it could have unseated Avatar.  Come to think of it, Guardians of the Galaxy was pretty much Avatar with funny, charismatic actors.  No, really, it was about of bunch of […]

Love at First Shot: 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 the story from each point of view. Just give it some detail and create a background to … Continue reading Love at First Shot: Ty the Knot

This is a cup of water upside down. It is a trick, that you will have to find out how it works on your own! Here it is on my twitter and flickr.

“Create a TV/movie poster that captures the essence of the story through the use of minimalist design/iconography.” 3.5 Stars Okay, I’m going to be really honest with you this time around. I have a folder full of slightly different versions of this poster on my desktop. This assignment was hard, and I had to finally … Continue reading MasterChef Junior

Massimo Vignelli’s Canon is, actually a quite informative work.  It does touch on very important elements of style and, as a non-designer, it helps you to appreciate what you see in everything from advertisements to product logos.  I’m actually not being sarcastic here, either.  This would be a good text for an art appreciation class.  […]

“Since 1985, the American Library Association (ALA) has tried to sell reading books as cool by showing celebrities reading their favorite books. You can read about the history of this promotional campaign here. Experiment with this tradition, introduce a celebrity with a book who hasn’t been recognized yet, but should be. Or use the poster … Continue reading Trump: Make Reading Great Again!

Today’s daily create required us to take a photo of something upside down, so I decided to take a a...

My daily create on September 30th. This is my first daily create of the week. Don't spill your beverage. #tdc1361 @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/WJg0giGWHz — Ben Brady (@BBrady92) September 30, 2015

Today’s daily create asked us to take a picture of something upside down. So I took a picture of a painting of Virginia! pic.twitter.com/mzzqE1FCBu — Rachel Stanford (@rach_stanford23) September 30, 2015  

Hey guys! First daily create of week 6 (9/30/15)! Times sure does fly! For todays DailyCreate, we needed to take a picture of something that…

For today’s daily create, we had to turn something upside down and take a photo of it. #tdc1361: Upside down day! @ds106dc #dailycreate #tdc1361 Upside down turtle…it could be a flower though! pic.twitter.com/qGJLVpHxo2 — miranda ds106 (@mirandabloggin) September 30, 2015 This is the original turtle figurine I have: —SALTY SKINN

Here is an item I bought as a drawing.  

I bought a t-shirt, football, and math textbook today. This is a hand-drawn illustration. Here is my twitter and flickr link of this daily create. 

In today’s daily create we were asked to combine two store’s logos. Since Eddie Bauer and Ulta are both equally amazing stores in their own ways I thought they would be a perfect combination of a store. @ds106dc #tdc1359 #dailycreate Ulta makeup store with Eddie Bauer. pic.twitter.com/1STYkTM37K — Rachel Stanford (@rach_stanford23) September 28, 2015

For today’s daily create we had to draw something we bought. I woke up feeling sick so I decided to get some ginger ale in hopes that it would make me feel better. #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 — […]

“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 connect … Continue reading Missing Chinese Food

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this booklet, The Vignelli Canon. It presented great insight and thoughtful information to consider as we enter into this week of Graphic Design. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed reading this book so much, and I feel as though I have a new-found passion for Graphic Design. It was […]

@ds106dc #tdc1360 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is some Grape Jelly! pic.twitter.com/ZaJF01V2G3 — Andrew Boswell (@Boscoe1213) September 29,...