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Tag Archives: VisualAssignments
Dog Man
All the Cat Breading and Dog Swapping shenanigans that has been going on around ds106 as of late reminded me of that crazy scene in the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers when the dog man comes running … Continue reading
ds106 come out and play!
It was only a matter of time before I did an animated GIF assignment from the 1979 classic The Warriors, a film that seems to be an integral part of the ds106 fabric. This one was actually pretty easy to … Continue reading
The Fat Fog Warning (1885)
As soon as I saw Annie’s visual assignment for ds106 postulating that “Fat Cats make Better Art” I wanted to do it. And when Nick Antonini actually did his own version, I knew I had to do it now. So … Continue reading
Colorized Snakeboy
I revisited an earlier image I had taken of Miles to experiment with Alan Levine’s “Splash the Color” visual assignment. I always wanted to learn how to experiment with color masking in Photoshop (I used PS for this one, not … Continue reading
Bill Gates Shilling for Subway
Bill Gates during a more modest career moment as sandwich board operator for Subway. Process: Using GIMP, I simply layered this image of Bill Gates on top of this city scape image. Finally, I scaled each layer to fit the … Continue reading
Patty Pioneers: No Turtle, Chicken!
I just couldn’t resist the Pioneer Patty assignment that the Tokyo ds106ers are rocking out to. How cool to make an assignment that turns a series of innovative computer mavericks into fast food fanatics in order show how much you … Continue reading
Just when you thought it was safe to eat yams
OK, with this I finally feel like I did a Yams Meme assignment, and I must say it was fun. Though to be fair, Giulia’s Silence of the Yams totally rules. I was thinking about options, and it occurred to me … Continue reading
I Yam what I Yam
I wanted to play with the Yam meme, but unfortunately spent all day playing with animated GIFs (my true love). That said, I still wanted to make a showing so I went for a quick pun and found an easy … Continue reading
Gambling is illegal at Bushwood sir, and I never slice…
Ted Knight ruled. P.S. There is something wrong with the installation of GIMP on this new Mac I am using for animated GIFs that’s making them crappy quality an much heavier, but I am working on it.
Potty Humor
Another take on this ds106 assignment. Dépaysement: The sensation of being in another country. Image credit: Think2Create’s “Squat Toilet”