1. cogdog

    Green Eggs and GIMP

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    I like how my students are learning how to create their ds106 design graphics in GIMP by no means the easist software to use. Sometimes they get frustrated and revert to ones they know or just drawing things on paper and taking a photo. The point of this class is for students to become creators, and sometimes this means making a choice between trying some quick and easy web generator graphic tool or doing it the hard(er) way in software. To become a more versatile person with media, in the long run you will be better off knowing how to make your own graphics, because they will do much much more than the one off easy apps. I saw this morning my student was up agains the GIMP wall @cogdog i’m trying to use GIMP to put text on an image for a design assignment but I can’t figure it ...
  2. matthewpoole

    Week 6!!!

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    This week was all about design! Week 6 started off by teaching us all the main concepts of design which include color typography metaphors/symbols minimalism & use of space form/function/message balance rhythm proportion dominance unity Our first assignment was to … Continue reading
  3. kpyrtle

    Control Freak Mother.

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    Our radio show will have a road-trip theme! We will be playing a family (Dad, mom, and 3 daughters) who breakdown in the middle of nowhere. I will be the control freak mother who plans out every aspect of the family’s trip. I will plan all the places we will go, everything we will eat, ...
  4. kpyrtle

    It’s her birthday, she’ll be a zombie if she wants to.

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    This assignment is worth one star. It is design assignment 677, it is called “make a normal photo of a friend imagery of Horror.” The summary/instructions for this assignment were:  “This assignment is easy and fun to do, there are many online programs that will help one to do this such as http://www.photofunia.com/. Make your ...
  5. kpyrtle

    Veggie’s fill the void in homes.

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    Welcome to my daily creates! Monday was World Vegetarian Day! The daily create was to create a photo celebrating this holiday. I drew a picture of a bunch of cucumbers! They are my favorite summertime snack, they are so refreshing.  We have a huge garden that loves to overproduce cucumbers. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kpyrtle/8045679904/ Tuesday’s daily create asked ...
  6. bparsons

    Summarization #6

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    I feel like this week flew by! Before I knew it, it was the weekend and I still had assignments to do. I really enjoyed design assignments. They were different in just visual. You really had to focus on the content and the technique. The Design Safari really took some planning for me. However, once ...
  7. aetherbunny

    Sketchy guy climbs wall; story at 11

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    Meet Jond. Bames Jond. He’s a dude who knows where he’s going—namely the top of that light switch. I feel like I could have stuck a little closer to the heart of the Light Switch Art assignment, worked with the constraints a little more to create something that really used the shape and space of ...
  8. bparsons

    Roadtrip Radio Week #2

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    As the deadline is getting closer, our group is getting more and more excited about the whole project! Things are really starting to come together. We had a general idea of what we wanted to do, but we are slowly starting to work out the details. This week our plan was to get a more ...
  9. shenika1987

    Zombified

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    I chose to do this assignment because of the recent news about Zombies.  It was extremely easy because I used the site http://makemezombie.com/  to morph myself into a Zombie.  If you want to see how you would look as a Zombie … Continue reading
  10. LyndseyLu Smith

    Lions! and Tigers! and Bears! OH MY! (My Design Safari)

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    After I read this assignment document, I immediately was excited to jump right in with this week’s DesignBlitz Assignment. I took many, MANY photos but decided on just eight to submit(: Below are the photos by category, stated ABOVE them (: COLOR I really liked how the ring around the speaker dial POPPED with a blue of color. (:   BALANCE I felt as if this wall was balanced by the positioning of the art in an orderly fashion(:   TYPOGRAPHY Oh to be in London for a day. I loved this font when I first saw it, and because most people recognize it, I decided to share it for this class … Continue reading
  11. aetherbunny

    Never trust a guy who only speaks in rhymes

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    (Considering my title is actually internal slant rhyme… well.) FINISHED! And it only took me… another hour and a half. Yeah, this week isn’t getting done on time. Great. For the Movie Trading Card Assignment, I knew I had to go for The Thief and the Cobbler, an epic animated film by Richard Williams, guy ...
  12. aetherbunny

    PROTIP: SAVE YOUR WORK

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    That way when GIMP decides to crap out (because it will. It will.) and you are faced with the Immovable Filters Menu and nothing works even though your Task Manager says the program is running, you will not end up whimpering pathetically in front of your laptop and staring at this: I’m going to re-do ...

UMW Spring 2024 (Bond & Groom)

Welcome to Paul Bond and Jim Groom’s Spring 2024 ds106

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