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I really appreciated that Ira Glass started off by saying great story telling is not how it is taught to us all in school. I am not the kind of person who tells a lot of stories I’m much more a listener so I think I very easily could have fallen in the trap of […]

@ds106dc #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1608 I don't know what you're talking about that's me not Taylor Swift pic.twitter.com/52GY3vF0nZ — Emily Stallings (@em_stallings95) June 3, 2016 Guitar Face? Me? Yes, I am the real Taylor Swift and I think this is one of her *ehem* my best guitar faces that show how into the instrument I truly […]

@ds106dc #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1607 So close but not quite. pic.twitter.com/20hPnsrc7P — Emily Stallings (@em_stallings95) June 2, 2016 The first thing I did when I saw this Daily Create was look around my apartment for the number 1,0, and 6.  Looking preferably for at least two of those numbers together.  I found the number 16 on […]

#ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1606 Are you my friend? @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/oWLac1QDFA — Emily Stallings (@em_stallings95) June 1, 2016 I completed the title with Are You My Friend?  I think it’s very interesting that people my age are so obsessed with being friends with each other on social media.  Sure you may be my friend on Facebook, but […]

Do You Hear What I Hear? Record glimpses of the different sounds you hear throughout the day, whether it be busy street noises, people talking, birds chirping, etc. and compile it into a single audio clip on Sound Cloud.  Use an audio software such as Audacity to put them all in one. (2.5 Stars) This […]

Favorite Song Take your favorite song. Remove the lyrics. Play only up to thirty seconds of the song. Listener must be able to guess. Audio in all honesty is kicking my ass.  I’m super interested in audio and find it fascinating, however as I have continued to work with it this week I have realized […]

This week deals with audio storytelling, and to be completely honest, I got a little nervous. I have never done anything where I have to record myself talking or doing something without my face being in the picture; I don’t like listening to myself on audio as I know a lot of people don’t. After … Continue reading The Art of Audio Storytelling

Today’s daily create was to find something that was almost the number of ds106, but not exactly. I tried to think of something interesting and was a little stumped. Then I started thinking of sports and jersey numbers, so I figured what better way to do that then use my favorite football team, the Steelers. … Continue reading DS106 or DS160?

Here is my Tweet for this Daily Create: @ds106dc Get it? The six? DS one-oh-SIX? Yeah i'm not big fan of Drake either. #tdc1607 pic.twitter.com/ZGMau7VEdm — Hasan Shami (@hshami17) June 3, 2016

@ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1607 Looks like we went past door 106… pic.twitter.com/zJLliVE6qa — Joskamery Tavarez (@joskamtav) June 2, 2016

Nowadays everyone seems to have a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and any other social media account out there. Anyone that does have one of these most definitely will relate to the cover of this book. Whenever I meet new people it always seems like the first thing they say is, “Do you want to be … Continue reading Are You My Friend on all my Social Media Accounts??

Ira Glass’s talk was actually very interesting to me. I watched part 1 and 2 and it made me realize certain things about audio storytelling that I did not really give much thought about. He talks about in part 1 about anecdotes and gave a great example of a random story about a man waking […]

@ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1606 Modern take on a classic cover… pic.twitter.com/SfG9X1OnRI — Joskamery Tavarez (@joskamtav) June 2, 2016

Morning Ease: Daily Vibe: Morning Ease – sound cloud Daily Vibe – sound cloud These are things I’ve done to complete my two audio assignments. I used audacity, freesound, and a basic mic for recording sounds.  If you need more information on working with audacity and or want to work with an existing sound file, this page is […]

Here is my Tweet for this Daily Create: @ds106dc That bird could use some extra meat on his bones. #tdc1606 pic.twitter.com/huZVfWjTqd — Hasan Shami (@hshami17) June 2, 2016

Here is my Tweet for this Daily Create: @ds106dc Fun fact. #tdc1605 pic.twitter.com/PefLV4fQGJ — Hasan Shami (@hshami17) June 1, 2016

I’ll be honest, this was a really hard week for me as I received some bad family news on Tuesday. Tragic things happen in life, and they don’t usually happen at convenient moments, and you just have to deal with it. I haven’t, however, taken a creative class like this in years and so was […]

After reading Vignelli’s Canon, I had a lot to reflect on. Before I read it, I was expecting the author to approach the topic of design as if it were an art. I was surprised to find that Vignelli treats design as more of a science. For Vignelli, there is little room for sentiment or […]

I’ve been known to be just a little sarcastic. When I saw this GIF assignment, I instantly had the urge to put my own sarcastic twist on the project. There are some scenes from movies that just stick out in your mind. The one I chose to make a GIF out of comes from the […]

So obviously I jumped at the chance to watch a lot of Beyonce music videos make a Beyonce GIF. She was my first favorite musical artist (I was an OG Destiny’s Child fan; even back then, we all knew Bey was queen), and she still ranks in my top five. Yes, I’m one of those crazy fangirls […]

This season, there has been an unusual amount of deaths of Mt. Everest climbers. Five people have already died climbing the world’s highest peak. Mt. Everest has never been on my bucket list, and it definitely isn’t going to be on it now. If faced with the choice between hot vs cold, I will always […]

I’m a total pop music junkie, so this design assignment (1.5 stars), to take an image from The Big Picture and overlay it with a Top 100 song, seemed like an obvious choice for me. I picked the number one song, which just happens to be my number one song of the moment: One Dance, by Drake. Like pretty […]

The Vignelli Canon has taught me that a design should be bold and solid.  It should be disciplined, not sloppy, pragmatic and useful rather than useless.  Discipline is what gives our designs quality.  Using ambiguity to your advantage results in enhancing and or enriching the design, but it can just as easily sink it as it […]

The Vignelli Canon has taught me that a design should be bold and solid.  It should be disciplined, not sloppy, pragmatic and useful rather than useless.  Discipline is what gives our designs quality.  Using ambiguity to your advantage results in enhancing and or enriching the design, but it can just as easily sink it as it […]

Do you ever find yourself listening to pop radio, and being amazed by the pure poetry of the lyrics? Yeah, me neither. I actually find it relatively mind-blowing that this song, Panda, is at #2 on Billboard’s Top 100. It’s not terrible- kind of catchy after the fourth or fifth time you’ve heard it, but the […]