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Category Archives: digital storytelling
Make it stop!
Because I love Scottlo! We all know nothing could be further from the truth given the cool, mellifluous tones of the great Scottlo, but I want to poke fun. This is the Comic Book Effect assignment, which is pretty straightforward. … Continue reading
The Invaders Meme: Misunderstood Diskman
I love this assignment by Brian Short (which he blogged here) inspired by this assignment by UMW #ds106 internaut Charles . So I tried a few, and I am giving myself two more stars cause I can 😉 I wonder who … Continue reading
ds106 Zone Animated Trading Cards: The Invaders
Inspired by Andy Forgrave—as I so regularly have been recently—I tried my hand at an animated ds106zone trading card. I cooked up a quick 4 star example of the animated movie trading card assignment for the beginning of many ds106zone trading … Continue reading
The Invader with Warhol Effect
This is an easy on inspired by Katy Chase, who did an Invaders-inspired version of the Warhol Something assignment. I haven’t done it yet, so I figured what the hell! I simply cropped out an image of the “alien” from … Continue reading
Classic Twilight Zone Animated Vintage Clipart
Riffing on Brian Bennett’s awesome version on the “Graphic Gift” assignment, I downloaded his template and put in the reveal moment for of the classic “The Invaders” episode for a quick three stars (recommended): This was pretty simple (standing on … Continue reading
Real-life 8-bit Art
I’m just sitting down to catch up on the 20 stars of visual assignments and the 10 stars of design assignments I have to do by Sunday. The first week of #ds106 is always a tour-de-force, and I’m just getting … Continue reading
ds106 presentation for the College of Wooster
Earlier today I fired up ds106.tv to share my thoughts about ds106 with the 2013 Faculty Fellows program at the College of Wooster. The timing was right because I just started a Summer session of ds106 this Monday, and my … Continue reading
The ds106zone Broadcast: Overview of Photo Editing Tools
Link to video. In this broadcast of #ds106zone, Tim Owens and I sit down to talk about some basic concepts behind photo editing, such as layers and various other tools, as well as specific tools available, GIMP and Photoshop being … Continue reading
The ds106zone Broadcast: Introduction and Syllabus Review
Link to video At 2:00 PM (EDT) this afternoon, I sat down for a live broadcast at ds106.tv to give the class a rough overview of what to expect more generally from #ds106zone, as well as the specifics requirements for … Continue reading
Submitted for Your Approval: ds106zone Week 1
Introduction/Overview Welcome to the ds106zone! Please read the following email in its entirety. Please note that all the assignments/tasks listed below are due no later than Sunday (5/26) night at midnight, though I can’t tell you enough that if you … Continue reading