Last week in CT101 apart from learning about the wondrous world of photoshop, we also learned about the  Flexibility in the kinds of Digital Storytelling projects you do Assignment as well. I was intrigued to find out that there are endless opportunities to creations amazing digital stories. I realized that just by choosing an exciting … Continue reading "Flexibility in the kinds of DS106 projects – millions of things to choose from!"

For my first DS106 Assignment, I picked creating my dream vacation on pinterest, one of my favorite past times is planning for my vacations. Planning  for my vacation creates an excitement because of the anticipation of traveling to a foreign country. I usually use a bunch of websites to research my vacation destination. Pinterest is … Continue reading "DS106 Assignment #1"

This week in CT101, we learned about Photoshop a bit. Last week, when I had used Photoshop to make my meme, I thought it was really easy. This week it felt like the hardest thing ever! Professor Seslow showed us an example of a visual design called “layering” and when I tried to recreate my … Continue reading "Places of Peace"

Millennials have done it again! This time it’s the Memes. Memes are a representation of communication. We use them when we answer a text message, start a conversation and or just sending them for fun. But are memes a form of art? Art can be expressed in many ways because art is all about being … Continue reading "Are Meme’s Art?"

I do believe that memes are a form of art. When creating a meme, people are able to express their creative side. Memes can be a way to express feelings through a simply image and context. With any image found on the internet, people can simply put words and create any types of stories. Depending … Continue reading "Memes are Art"

Everyone has a bucket list that they always want to complete but somehow they never get to finish it or it keeps accumulating of things to do. I’ve always had a bucket list of things i want to do but somehow it always turned out to be a majority of food. with this project i … Continue reading "Bucket list"

I remember when I took an art class in high school, what is art was the first question that we discussed as a class. The answer itself was subjective, that means everyone can have their own definition of art. Everything is art. A single scratch in the floor is art, and grassland is art as … Continue reading "Are Internet Meme Art?"

Can memes be art? I believe the answer to this question is subjective just as art is subjective. Art causes the individual to feel something that may be different from the next person. When you see a meme it is easy to understand what the message is because of familiarity. In this sense I think … Continue reading "CAN MEMES BE ART?"

I think art is always changing. New forms of art come into existence and there is always going to be a debate if this new kind of art is truly art. Memes are art and there here to stay for the better. It is an easily accessible form of art where you express your emotions … Continue reading "Memes are Art!"

You have a bucket list. I have a bucket list. We all probably have a bucket list, but the thing is.. is it really a physical list? Or just an imaginary list that we’ve made in our heads? We decide we want to do something, then we say “oh that’s on my bucket list”. So … Continue reading "Visual Bucket List!! DS106 Inspired!"

Learning more about Photoshop Thursday was impressive!  I was taught some additional tech skills, that I probably wouldn’t have challenged myself to! I want to transform myself, into a past-present transformation which I will begin practicing this week. I hope to master it better my next time around Creating digital photo memes in photoshop is … Continue reading "Digital Storytelling Assign//using Photoshop"

Because I had so much fun with the first project, I decided to try another one. This is a screenshot of the assignment I want to do. It seems like a lot of fun! I can only imagine the possibilities of this assignments. I can also imagine the reaction of the person I want to … Continue reading "Another DS106 Creation"

This is one of the DS106 assignments I decided to try out. You know how on Instagram or Facebook you see an up close picture of something and think it’s one thing, but it’s really another? Well that’s what I want to do. It seems entertaining enough to try and trick the minds of my … Continue reading "DS106 Creation- Assignment 3"

Any OITNB fans here? Well so am I! And seriously? I cannot be the only one excited for Season 7!!! Unfortunately, it may be the last one! But at least I can binge it on Netflix!!!!!

In today’s society, I believe memes have become a big part of how an individual express, how they feel. As our generation progresses, the more advance technology has become. Memes have become an impacting factor in the media world. Art is more fluid than most people would agree too. Art can help express how an … Continue reading "Are Memes Art?"

  The two ds106 assignments that stood out to me were a mashup assignment called “Animoji Karoke” and a visual assignment called “Bucket List”. I screenshot the pages and their descriptions can be found under this paragraph. I think I need to relearn how to use an iPhone considering that I’ve been an android user … Continue reading "Possible DS106 Assignments"

KEEP TRYING I HAVE USE PHOTOSHOP BEFORE. WHEN I WAS ON PHOTOSHOP FOR THE FIRST TIME I WANTED TO DO WAS TO MAKE CLONES. IT JUST LOOKED COOL TO ME AND I WAS LIKE I GOT THIS. WELL THAT WAS NOT THE CASE AT ALL. I WAS NEVER CONSISTENT WITH PHOTOSHOP. I JUST DID THE WORK … Continue reading "YOU GOT THIS"

WHY WOULDN’T YOU HAVE FUN IN THIS CLASS? TAKE CT-101 CLASS SERIOUSIT’S A VERY EASY CLASS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR TIME WITH. YOU HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE WORK. IF YOU NOT YOU LOSE TRACK. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COMPOSE YOURSELF AND TA...

I am the QUEEN of procrastination, and even the smallest accomplishments are a big accomplishments to me. This is me everyday of the week:   So like I said every small task that I managed to do from my list is already a great accomplishment. You know that saying:  A task is a task no … Continue reading "Things that I accomplished this week."

For my next DS106 assignment I remade a movie poster into a silly movie poster The movie poster I chose was American Made starring Tom Cruise I have not seen this movie so I made up an entirely new plot based off of the movie poster where Tom Cruise is late for his flight and … Continue reading "DS106 Assignment 2"

I recreated the averaged portrait using one of my favorite activist Malcolm X. This assignment was not as hard as I initially imaged it would be. The hardest part about this was picking the portraits that I wanted to use in the final piece. This is the original assignment that I recreated. Again looking at … Continue reading "My Averaged Portrait"

For my first project I chose to make a distracting billboard The billboard I made is very stupid and simple and thats what makes it so distracting but also family friendly.  

Can we have a special shoutout for BERNIE SANDERS???!!! He is officially running for 2020. It is truly exciting and I am ready for this election! I am interested to know all of your views on this upcoming election! Let me know in the comments on what ...

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/multiply-yourself/ I chose this assignment for this DS 106 project because it seems interesting and cough my attention at first sign. We may all seen this kind of picture some where on the Internet but may not know how to create that. This is actually easier than we thought it would be. I remember awhile … Continue reading "DS 160 – “Multipleself” challenge"

If you all have been following my posts, we all can conclude that I am in love with music. It should not be a surprise then that I picked my creative assignment to be one that is an audio assignment.  Since I already have some experience making mashups/remixes, I am excited to do this assignment! … Continue reading "Creative Assignment!"

This assignment Professor Ryan said that we should try this assignment from DS106 , there’s a screen shot of the assignment below. I think that the DS106 is a really good place when you just want to get your creative juices going because you just have to pick a topic, and write. There’s no need to generate … Continue reading "Am I morphing this correctly?"

In my opinion I think that memes are a form of art and is one of the most creative ways of forming art. In recent years the ways of creating art there haven’t been many ways of creating art online and gifs have opened that option for a few years now. Gifs are mostly a … Continue reading "Are memes consider art"

CT 101 has become my new favorite class! As a Social Work major, this class has become a stress reliever from all the work I have to do for my other classes. I never knew this class would be so much fun.  I’ve always been a fan of blogging and voicing my opinions but the … Continue reading "CT 101- Class or My New Hobby?"

As a freshman who is in his second semester at York College this is my first art class really. When I got Ct101 put on my schedule I was more curious then I was excited because I had never heard of anyone talking about a digital story telling class so I had no clue what … Continue reading "How this class makes me feel"