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Tutorial 1: Book Artist!

To make this I downloaded a photo of the person I wanted from the Internet. I used Photoshop to block out just his silhouette. I used the eraser tool because the magic lasso tool could not pick up on the color differences, thought that tool is typically easiest to cut …

Motivational Herc

I decided to create my own assignment and make a motivational poster for Herc. Since Herc is always willing to do what is right, I think he is dedicated. Although Herc does break the rules when he thinks it is for the greater good. You can see my process here …

Pyramid Industries

Because George Glekas operates Pyramid Industries, I decided to use the design assignment Website Design to create a official web layout for the company. Since George in the show sold cameras, I featured the “Electronics” page on the layout.

To create the layout, I used GIMP to add a header, …

You gotta protect it.

Create Your Own Magic Cards | Come up with at least 4 cards based on characters or locations from your favorite show, movie, book, or other story. This assignment is done from D’Angelo’s part of view. // Design category, 4… Continue Reading →…

Motivational Herc Tutorial

For the assignment I created on creating a motivational poster for a character from The Wire, I decided to do a tutorial. Here are the steps I used:

Pick a character from The Wire.

I picked Herc

Find a picture you want to use.

Then I uploaded the picture to…

Herc’s ID

For this assignment on Herc, I thought it would be good to do an ID. Here is Herc’s business card, similar to what I’d think he’d handed out to Marlo in episode 8.

Process:

I searched for a business card of Baltimore Police and found a template, then I uploaded …

Epigraph Movtivational Poster

Hiya! So for a mashup I decided to make a motivational poster but I wanted to incorporate the Wire as well. So I thought back through some of the assignments that I completed and I found the alternative epigraphs assignment. I knew that this would be perfect! So I found …

Mario Kart…the game that ruins friendship.

As done by Fitz:

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New Day Logo

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/website-logo/

So, I took a bit of a spin on this assignment. Rather than make it a DS106 assignment, I decided to take it and make it about the New Day Co-Op. I used PowerPoint as my image editor and Gimp as well for the background behind the words.

I …

Fonzie’s ID Remix

For my remix assignment I ended up getting Let See Some ID: Happy Days. I was to create an id but also take the assignment back to the 1950’s which Happy Days was set in. In case you don’t know the Happy Days sitcom maybe this will jog your …

Wire 106

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