Commenting and Such on Other Blogs. I feel like an alien. Okay, yeah, that’s a weird way to start out a blog post, especially with that title. I’m not an alien. Sadly. Anyway, this week I made my first comment on a peer’s blog. It deserves some celebration. It feels like, uh, the first day you […]

I was born and raised on sweet tea and think that if you asked anyone else what it is I drink, they’d say sweet tea.   A tall glass of ice cold sweet tea (add lemon to taste) #ds106 #tdc1972 pic.twitter.com/UUt1W5fcfK — Andrew (@Andrew21663620) June 4, 2017

Saturday’s Daily Create… what drink would define me? The one that puts people to sleep. Also it’s delicious. at this time of the evening i might as well just be this bear. time to snooze 💤 #tdc1972 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/iPSl0ntb4H — Rebecca S (@rivy3ds) June 4, 2017  

For my final design assignment this week, I’ve chosen to make a Computer Book for Kids. The one I ended up making would have really helped me out when I was younger, and now I’m kind of mad that it didn’t exist before. When I was a kid, I used to get in internet fights all the … Continue reading He’s hungry alright… for tears.

The first thing I noticed in the Vignelli Canon is how uniquely the book itself is designed. It’s not just a book about design, but the book itself is a design and it has been designed. The pages aren’t just leaves of paper that exist for words and pictures to be slapped onto like the 22nd edition … Continue reading Intent is everything: the Vignelli Canon

For the fourth design assignment, I chose to make a Minimalist Movie Poster – I really like the look of minimalist posters, ads, art, makeup, etc., so I thought I’d try my hand using a movie that I’m a big fan of. I actually didn’t see the movie until I was in high school, probably 5 … Continue reading That’s just offensive. Let’s watch it.

I chose the Minimalize Your Philosophy assignment, worth 2.5 stars, because I wanted to try my hand at designing something from scratch. I wanted to take into consideration Vignelli’s points as well. I focused mostly on choosing the right font and keeping the spacing of the design aesthetically pleasing. At first I wasn’t even sure …

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This week’s design blitz  was great fun. I decided to use the time before and after my morning class to walk thru the campus, from the parking garage to and around Mercer Hall to capture some of the design elements listed in the blitz assignment. […]

Design Blitz Week 2 This could not have come in a more strange week. Last week I had gone out so much in comparison to this week because I had to go shopping with my parents for my sister’s birthday, which took place on Monday. Yet this week, no, it was spent with my sister […]

  As a neophyte I found the Vignelli Canon interesting on several levels. The book is extremely readable and the graphics and imagery is extraordinarily visually appealing. My initial reaction to the authors discussion on paper size, where he touts the advantages and symmetry of […]

This picture is at the Nationals baseball game. As you can tell the crowd is very excited over something happening, but thought I’d change it up a bit and make the text saying otherwise. I’m a big Washington Nationals fan and found this picture of mascot Teddy jumping up and... Read more"Cheers mean their upset: Contradiction Creation"

In a case of photoshop, I took pictures of four different individuals and put them somewhere else. In this photoshop case, I placed myself, from a picture with my brother, Antonio in the sweater from a picture with a group of friends at the beach, Nancy in white tank top... Read more"Group trip to Tysons Corner: Change of Scenery"

Weekly Summary #2 This week was less overwhelming than last week, for sure. It was easier because I had all the social medias set up, so I just had to create the assignment. However, if I had to compare the visual assignments from last week to this week’s design assignments I would pick last week’s. Read More

Reading and Reflection Assignment Week 1 –  The Vignelli Canon This book starts out with Vignelli explaining the greatest aspects of digital designs, from semantics to equity. These types of phrases I have heard in a previous class at a prior school known as Art History, and it’s very neat to see the words transferred and […]

This is Slater from my favorite movie Dazed and Confused. This quote just makes me laugh every time. In this scene, they are outside of their favorite hangout spot and he’s telling a story that makes no sense, as he usually does. I did this on an app on my... Read more"A quote from Slater from Dazed and Confused"

This is my post card, its a picture of me at Great Falls in Northern Virginia. It is more of a sentimental card, maybe sent to a girlfriend or significant other, encouraging them to come join you. I did this on a photo collage app on my phone with a... Read more"Destination Post Card, join me here"

For this assignment, I looked through some of my photos and thought I’d try and have some fun with it. I looked through my pictures and I found this one of me as a long haired 6th grader as well as a picture of the Rappahannock River. I went through... Read more"“Are we there yet?” Trip down to the river"

Gif Assignment Week 2 – # 2 Best Sports Play   http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/best-sports-play/ I have been having trouble installing GIMP, so I have scoured most of the Internet finding different ways to make a gif. For this gif, I used Make a Gif, a website where you can upload a video and pick what you want […]

color – \/ minimalism & use of space – \/ form/function/message – \/ proportion – \/ dominance – \/ For Coca Cola, it is commonly known not just for their good tasting soda but their recognizable brand and its color of red. Color often has the power to attract customers... Read more"My week in a Design Blitz"

Daily Create #7 Cold Hibiscus tea with a hint of cinnamon or mint.Due to the amount of sugar I add, I would say stirred not shaken #30dayTDC #ds106 #tdc1972 pic.twitter.com/IVtzsTZiyi — Camila (@cgarcia2580) June 3, 2017

Daily Create Week 2 – # 3 What Drink Defines You? http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1972/ #ds106 #tdc1972 #ds106dc Probably an orange soda. I don’t know why, it’s just my favorite, and a favorite’s gotta define me, right? — De. Norman (@de_normal1) June 3, 2017   I don’t think a drink defines anyone, but, sure I’ll just put my […]

An Arnold Palmer, half sweet tea, half lemonade. Sweet and sour. @ds106dc #tdc1972

This 4.5 star design assignment piqued my interest by the interesting logo that was designed; it combined McDonald’s and Burger King. I immediately wanted to do this assignment because of the cultural relevance of the project, and because creative thinking is required. I love Starbucks and sometimes go to Dunkin’ Donuts, but I am biased towards …

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Design Blitz Reflection At the beginning of this week, when I first saw this assignment I was worried. It seemed like a lot of work because of the background information. But like Tim Gunn says, “designers make it work,” and that’s exactly what I did. For this assignment the four concepts I chose to expand Read More

Design Blitz Findings For this week’s workload I decided to do this assignment last to allow myself more time to ponder what concepts I wanted to use and where I wanted to take my pictures. The concepts I chose were color, typography, balance, and proportion. For the color concept I decided to use my living Read More

Ascii selfie #ds106 #tdc1971 #30dayTDC pic.twitter.com/1r5wjzCMAj — Camila (@cgarcia2580) June 2, 2017

This week’s mandatory assignment was very daunting to me. I am not proficient at extensively editing pictures, so I needed some guidance. I found a tutorial using GIMP, which is what I use, on another blog. This made me feel much less overwhelmed by the project by giving simple, step by step instructions. I did do some things …

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For the second gif assignment this week, I chose to do a sticky note animation. I have fun making little animations in the flipnote app on my 3DS, but it’s been a long time since I’ve actually made a real flipbook. I’m gonna go ahead and show you the finished product right away, because OH … Continue reading Cat: Portrait of a Troublemaker.

Today’s daily create was really simple despite the fact that it forced me to take a selfie! I’ve always thought that ASCII art was pretty cool but never thought about converting a picture of me to ASCII. Kinda cool. This is what to world looks like after a day of coding #ds106 #tdc1971 pic.twitter.com/om4oWqC4KU —...

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