I made a motivational poster to mock the Twilight Zone theme of the “Eye of the Beholder” episode. I think the poster speaks for itself. It demonstrates how straightforward main idea was in the episode. To make this project I took Andrew’s advice and used the motivational poster generator.
Here is a link to the assignment.
Difficulty: 3 stars
I made a motivational poster to mock the Twilight Zone theme of the “Eye of the Beholder” episode. I think the poster speaks for itself. It demonstrates how straightforward main idea was in the episode. To make this project I took Andrew’s advice and used the motivational poster generator.
Here is a link to the assignment.
Difficulty: 3 stars
Creating Commons media is something of a treat for me. I always enjoy the idea of creating something that someone else may have the fortune to use another day. Reason being, the internet is so diluted with the idea of making money, and that’s not what the internet was created for. Wikipedia has the same mantra when it comes to using the internet, they believe its a place meant for information that’s not only reliable and accurate, but free as well. That’s one of the aims I hope as a society we get away from, the idea that everything has to be monetized. Artists and graphic designers can, in their own way, contribute to this by using creative commons licenses.
For my GIFt assignment, I originally was looking for old cell phone ads, but then realized that old cell phones didn’t really have a huge screen, making a GIFt pretty much meaningless. So I decided to search old vintage magazine ads online and came across this one for nylon stockings. The original is the woman holding a stack of books, and all I did was take out the stack.
Here they are side by side:
Original Nylons Ad
Surprise GIFt
For the second design assignment, I created a collage of images that would come together to form a place that I’ve never been to, but have always wanted to go. For this I used an image of Macchu Picchu, a picture of a ceremonial devil statue, some clouds and some spanish tilings.
For the third design assignment, we were supposed to create a book cover and use only six words to title the memoir. Given my life as a drinker, a floozy and a storyteller, this cover seemed appropriate:
For the fourth and final design assignment, we were to create a motivational poster. I hate the cliche boring posters, so I decided to take a comedic spin on them:
I was inspired to complete an assignment called Motivational Poster! (worth two stars) from the ds106 Assignment Bank, because I love reading demotivational posters. This design assigment, however, called to create an original motivational poster; something to inspire, not degrade.
I found a photo on my computer of my old dog and barn cat snuggling together. Immediately, I knew I would use the caption “Friendship.” I opened the photo in Picasa and added a border to the photo with enough room on the bottom for text. Beneath “Friendship”, I put “Comes in all forms.” I uploaded my final product to Flickr, et voilà!
10/15 stars completed
Have you ever experienced a person, an ENTITY, a being that was so out of this world?? For instance, a legend.. Someone, or something, that many people could speak of but never truly understand? How about the man, the myth? I’m sure you know of him. He has even pervaded the DS106 culture… now, he must be unleashed, unveiled, to inspire, to amaze, to, well… do all of the above…
Now would you look at that smile. It seems he could brighten up any room, push away the rainy clouds, and leave just clear, blue sky.
However, even the Man, the Myth, the Paul has his flaws. For example, he has a tendency to go overtime on his work, and forget about deadlines. He has been meaning to work on this shortcoming, but justifies the ends with the means; the means of exalted work! maybe…. anybody?
Now, if you were to ask The Man, The Myth (yes that’s required when mentioning him) what exactly motivates him, you might hear any number of things… However, the single most important thing that The Man, The Myth would say, is that inspiring other people to do great work is what motivates him down to the core. He loves to see people inspired by his efforts and greatness. So, below is a fitting motivational poster, where The Man, The Myth, is motivation enough for anybody. All you need to do is take him in, and experience the newly-arrived motivation, success, and much, much more.
I know The Man, The Myth may seem like a very mythical creature, where extensive fables don’t even do him justice. In reality, however, he is quite a humble, and generous gentleman (no this is not a joke). Every morning when he wakes up, he sends a good morning text message to every single person in his contact list. Now if that doesn’t describe the likes of a selfless individual, I don’t know what does.
I want to take a moment here to really unveil The Man, The Myth. It is important that you gain a fuller knowledge of what goes on in the exalted life of The Man, The Myth. When he is not engaging is selfless activities such as creating extensive tutorials for friends, he can be seen in the Cave of his residence working tirelessly on Remixed Assignments and Audio mixes, one of which is found below…
He is also known to spend considerable time immersed in the psychological literature, mastering the sub-fields of Personality, Cognitive-Behavioristic, Humanistic and countless other offspring from the original field.
Here he can be seen deeply engaged in study, a steller intellectual indeed..
Before the day is all said and done, The Man, The Myth, The Paul would not feel complete and satisfied, without having given advice to future scholars and DS106-ers. Here are some key things that he wants you to think about:
1) Blog Early. Blog Often.
2) Stretch your limits to the max. He does this before breakfast is over.
3) Don’t leave your assignments until the last minute. However, the Man, the Myth, the Paul is guilty of this every ONCE in a while…
4) Remember to eat your wheaties.
And Lastly..
5) Even the Man, the Myth, the Paul gets inspired by others. In the words of Shaun T., “DIG DEEPER!”
In all seriousness, thanks to the wonderful professor Alan Levine, whose support and feedback throughout the semester have been very helpful. If it wasn’t for his watchful eye, and persistent check-ups, I don’t know if this would be possible. I’d like to say that I enjoyed this class, and I am very grateful for the opportunity to take it over. I’d also like to thank Jim Groom for his constant support, along with Martha Burtis. You guys are great!
Until next time: The Man, The Myth, The Paul, is officially signing out.
De-Motivational posters are very common on the internet these days, but people often forget about the thing they were based on–Motivational posters. Why not make one of those for a change of pace? Motivate yourself (or someone else).
