The third design assignment that I chose was One Story/Four Icons, where our task was to take a movie/story/or popular event and reduce it down to four simple icons. I thought plenty of different movies when deciding which to do. I... Continue Reading →

Reducing a movie into 4 icons is fun! I had a movie in mind as soon as I saw the assignment on the week 6 blog, so I knew I had to do it! I used my picsart app again to copy and paste the icons in somewhat of an order, although the order doesn’t […]

This assignment did not take me a long time to figure out. I have read numerous six word stories and have come up with quite a few on my own. The one that I put below in my poster is one of the more important ones about my life. There have been many different transitions […]

For this assignment, we were suppose to take a movie or story and explain it only using four icons! I absolutely love movies, so the hard part wasn’t thinking of a movie, it was trying to pick from all the movies that I wanted to use. Once I finally figured out what movie I wanted […]

“Always remember to never give up” are six words that encompass so many different things in my life. This is a painting that means so much because it is an original that my mother and I have worked on for about two months now. The painting has so much meaning behind it because my mom is a Breast Cancer survivor.… Read more →

This week I am doing a bit of a “Harry Potter” theme. I really liked this assignment because I am a huge supporter of reading and Libraries. I like the idea of having a campaign that uses celebrities and other famous people to promote reading. This is a smart thing to do because children always look up to celebrities. The… Read more →

  The one thing I learned in College is… TO LOVE BASEBALL!!! Just kidding, I have learned so many things in college, but it has taught me to have appreciation for sporting events. My favorite baseball team is the Washington Nationals. If you follow baseball like me then you know that the NATS are officially in the play-offs that are… Read more →

My favorite book series of all time is the “Harry Potter” series. They taught me at a young age to love reading. My generation grew up with the series. Some of my best childhood memories are going to the movie premieres or standing in long lines to get the newest book. That’s why I chose “Harry Potter” as my book… Read more →

 For the first assignment of the week I decided to create a new logo for my site. After this class I have thought about making this blog into something more than just a school assignment. If I were to have a blog in the future I would want to name it “Apartment 1A” or “Apt. 1A” for short. I had… Read more →

After seeing the instructions for this assignment, I knew that I wanted to do this. We had to take a World War II propaganda poster, and use editing software to recreate the poster to encourage or promote the DS106 class. The overall process to edit the poster was not very challenging, however finding the right […]

  For as long I can remember my mother has been wonder woman. She was the chef, party planner, and keeper of the house. Because she is a graphic designer things like invitations have always been done by her. She taught me a lot of the basics. Some of the basics she taught me were the ins and outs that… Read more →

For my second design assignment for the week I decided to do the Minimalist TV/Movie Poster assignment. Our task was to create a Minimalist style poster that captures the essence of the story for the selected Movie/TV show. For this assignment... Continue Reading →

This week we were assigned to a total of 5 design assignments, totaling up to 15 stars. As I was perusing through the design activities in the assignment bank, I came across The Best Bond Is A Dog assignment. Being a... Continue Reading →

Today’s daily create was to make a trace of yourself on paper from a photo of yourself. I chose to trace a picture of me and my family at the American History Museum this summer in Washington, D.C. The story behind the picture, which you might be able to tell, …

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Today’s (10/3) daily create, Trace Yourself, was exactly what it sounds like. We were to trace a picture of ourselves. I found this fun, because tracing can be pretty cool seeing that it is much easier to make a good drawing.... Continue Reading →

What the Font? Looking through all the design assignments, and came across this one and immediately clicked on it. This assignment has a ton of meaning to me because my dad has Multiple Sclerosis and has been in a battle with this since 2009. My first tattoo was one of a butterfly, and the body […]

The photo I chose to trace myself with was one from my Senior year pictures. It was me posing in my high school basketball uniform in the park. I really like the intensity the picture shows, it is not just a regular smiling picture.

For the Minimalist TV Poster assignment I decided to make a minimalist poster of one of my favorite tv shows, Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known by several other names if you know the show). To truly capture the show I needed to include the whole gang in one minimalist poster. They are what the […]

For the design assignment One Story/Four Icons I had a hard time deciding what movie to do. I was thinking of a classic like Star Wars but I have already done plenty of assignments based on that. Then I was trying to think of some comedies that would be good to do four icons with. […]

Assignment Link (2.5 Stars) Guess the movie based from the four above icons! When I saw this assignment, I got really excited to see what movie I could represent through four icons but as soon as I picked the movie I wanted, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I chose […]

Original Assignment (3 stars) I must say, It feels great to have Photoshop installed on my macbook once again. When I stumbled upon this assignment, I knew that I had to tackle it. Now, I’m going to keep it real and … Continue reading →

This assignment was very easy and worth 2 stars. This image is me.  Everyone that knows me knows I am a princess.

Original Assignment (2.5 Stars) There were so many movies running through my head when I started this assignment. For some reason, I wanted to pick a film that was gritty/ruthless. The four icons I displayed represent, greed, murder, money, and deception. … Continue reading →

How I am feeling. Mainly all about homework and how much I want to get it done before the weekend so that I am not stressed out come Sunday.

Greetings from Fishersville, Virginia. Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, we are a close nit community. Fall is here and the most beautiful season for us. No matter where you go in the valley you are promised a beautiful view of the colorful mountains. Come visit us, you won’t be disappointed by the scenery or […]

3 1/2 stars So basically, I am a giant nerd and obsessed with all things Harry Potter. I chose to complete the minimalist tv/movie poster assignment, where we were tasked with creating a poster for our favorite story using minimal… Continue Reading →

3 1/2 stars You never really notice how melodramatic your favorite songs are until you have to take the lyrics out of context. I had an obnoxiously hard time selecting a song for the lyric typography assignment, because everything I… Continue Reading →

2 1/2 stars There is just about nowhere on this earth I love as much as Scotland. When I saw that we had the option to make a postcard from somewhere we wish we were, it was a no brainer… Continue Reading →

2 1/2 stars For my first design assignment I did the four icon story assignment, which asked us to take a story we know well and parse it down to four visual icons in a minimalist manner. I feel like… Continue Reading →

This assignment was probably one of my favorite. I am very proud of my work. During this assignment I had to take words and make a shape. I wasn’t sure how to do this. I knew I could write a word into a shape but I wasn’t sure how to get this on to the […]