For my first DS106 assignment for The Wire this week, I chose to tell the story of who Stringer Bell became after The Wire using a GIF animation. The assignment can be found here.
Although we have just worked with creating GIF images, I was interested in this assignment …
In the Visual assignment category, I chose to do the Colorize It assignment. I took a photo I had previously taken, and adjusted the colors in the picture.
To change the colors of the pictures, I opened my original image into Pixlr and used the Magic Wand tool to select …
I loved this assignment! It ended up correlating really well with my summary of episode 13. The colors the characters wear are very strategically thought out. In the scene I picked from episode 13 was right after Avon and Stringer were looking for a new place to set up …
For my final Bank Assignment Assignment, I wanted to do a design. The one assignment to catch my attention was John’s. I really thought this was a great one. Everyone loves to google/look up their favorite child star actors, etc. I decided to come up with really intense backgrounds …
In the Design category, I chose to do the Lyric Typography Poster assignment. The song I picked was “Cheap Sunglasses” feat. Matthew Koma by RAC. You can listen to the song here.
The lyrics I chose are at the end of the chorus and are “You’re cheap sunglasses. And …
I decided to do the design assignment where I make a lyric typography poster.
Last week, I ran across the brilliant K. Flay and especially fell in love with “The Cops.”
My brain, now hardwired to relate things to The Wire, instantly thought of Omar and Brandon. I found their …
Yet again, it was time to choose an assignment from the Assignment Bank. Season 2, episode 1 of The Wire changed dramatically. Unlike the first season, the show takes place on the Harbor where McNulty has been reassigned. Since I haven’t watched the rest of the season, i’m not …
V = IR So simple. This is Ohm’s Law. The passing of an electrical current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference across the two points. So, voltage equals amperes multiplied by resistance. Today’s Daily Create assignment was to use “found” letters to depict …
For my third assignment of the week, I decided to take the Rock ‘n Roll ‘n GIF assignment and apply it to the season 2 episode 1 of The Wire. I decided that the bar scene was perfect for this assignment because not only is there a band playing (…
