Assignments – Page 5

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 …

Misgivings and Good Conversation – Season 4 Episode 10

Tonight I had a really good chat with my first group members. My group members included Jessica Reingold, Nicky Memita, Nick Randall. We were all tasked with discussing the Season 4 Episode 10 entitled “Misgivings.”

Initially we opened the discussion with a couple of screen shots in …

Mashing up down to The Wire

Preston Broadus Picture ReflectionThis week, week 13 and 14 was chalk full of creative activities:

Daily Creates:

I really buckled down on the daily creates :

– I did an inspirational daily create with the creative commons which encouraged other to

–Break the Mold and to be different…

Compatibility Error Daily Create

Today’s daily create asked us to create a daily create where you had to create your own computer message. The medium in which I used to assist me in generating a real life computer message was through the website Atom Smasher. The method in which I created this was …

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, …

Stringer Saw It First

For my last mashup assignment of the week, i went bold and chose the “Lip Read!” assignment worth 4.5 stars. I’ll be honest here, i chose it because it was worth 4 stars and i didn’t want to have to complete 2 more assignments worth 2 stars. BUT! I did …

WANTED

This assignment was perfect for Herc. Marlo stole Herc’s video camera, which Herc is risking his job over.

Process:

I used this website to create this poster. I downloaded the image of an old fashioned camera and the just uploaded it.…

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.