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Tag Archives: VisualAssignments
Make it Stop in Stereo
One of my favorite scenes in the Twilight Zone episode “The Invaders” is when Agnes Moorehead freaks out at the high pitched noise from the flying saucer. I played on this scene a bit in my with my comic effect assignment … Continue reading
Trolling TV SciFi: the truth is out there?
Above is an instance of one of my all-time favorite ds106 assignments, triple troll quotes. I grabbed this image of Serling with the trippy Twilight Zone background and then added the quote and the author text in GIMP. The one thing … Continue reading
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
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
Criss Cross: Sharpening Her Nails
I think the noir animated GIFs this semester are going to be fun! This GIF features Anna Dundee (played by Yvonne DeCarlo) sharpening her nails in Robert Siodomak’s 1948 noir Criss Cross, a film wherein Burt Lancaster reprises his role … Continue reading
The Killers Animated GIF: Headlights
This is the opening scene from Robert Siodomak’s 1946 noir classic The Killers, which is an extrapolation of Ernest Hemingway’s short story by the same name. That’s part of why Hemingway starts off the hardboiled course, and this film is … Continue reading
Metal Mushrooms in Stereo
I have been dying to do the Wiggly Stereoscopy assignment by Bill Genereux—it basically uses the animated GIF method to create a 3D effect with just two images. It sounds easier than it really is—nailing it is all in the … Continue reading