Hybird Animal

For this assignment we were instructed to combine two different animals to make some sort of hybrid animal. I decided to go with a cat and a dog. I felt like each of these animals had qualities I liked so why not combine them and make the perfect pet! The name of this animal would be “Cog” (a combo of “dog” and “cat”). They would be super high energy and love being outside. They love being played with but also can cuddle up with you and sleep. They are independent when they need to be but also rely on you. And most importantly, they love you unconditionally. I do have to admit, the picture I photoshopped is a little terrifying…If they were real, I’m sure they would be much cuter!

PS: This was a 2.5 star assignment..3.5 stars to go for the week!

Assignment #2

My second assignment from the visual assignment bank is called Hybrid worth two and a half stars. For this assignment I had to find create a new species of animal by combining two already existing animals.
panda frog

 

Steps to creating the photo:

  1. Went to the Not Digital True Telling page , and clicked Week Five.
  2. I scrolled down to the section called Visual Assignments.
  3. I clicked on the Visual Assignment link which took me to all the different assignments, I found my assignment called Hybrid on page 3 and clicked on it.
  4. I found the two pictures I wanted to use and opened Photoshop.
  5. I dragged the pictures into Photoshop.
  6. I used the loop tool to outline the part of the panda I wanted to stay.
  7. After I finished outlining the part of the panda I wanted , I hit copy and paste, which created another layer.
  8. I put the panda head where I wanted it using the mouse, and then posted it to flickr.

I had a lot of fun making this assignment because I got to play around with making different hybrid animals. I originally wanted to use an alligator and a panda but the heads didn’t quite match up so I used a frog instead. I didn’t know what two animals to use since there were to many I wanted to put together so I asked my friend to tell me two animals , and thus panda frog was born!

The Rise of the Girolphin

Ever since the age of man we have found dolphins to be amazingly smart animals. However there is one thing holding them back from world domination…. their neck. However, in the future, due to genetic modification, dolphins will rise to a level where they rule the ocean with an iron fin. This change will come about due to their weakness being fixed by genetically combining them with giraffes.

The age of the Girolphins will come!

girolphin

This was a visual assignment done for Ds106 worth 3.5 stars.

Humi-Lion Hybrid

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Well, i decided to take one of my photo, and changed the face with a lion face. I acknowledged that assignment call for two different animals, and according to bio chemistry humans do fall in the animal kingdom. So, I present this new specie of hum-Lion hybrid.

Looking at the image, one can tell that his species is not wild or scavenger. The dress code this animal wearing depict, that it is a well civilized hybrid. Possibly it belongs to a high society of hybrids.

For this assignment, i used gimp.  I loaded both of the pictures to gimp, then i cropped the head of this lion, i was using the hand crop option, and it is very annoying, because every time i tried to crop the head, i missed by a slight angle. Eventually, that was best head cut i could cropped, so i decided to use this for my photo editing. Rest of the assignments was fairly easy. I just dragged the cropped photo on top of my face, and saved the results as jpg file.

THE LION-LAMB

THE LION-LAMB

THE LION-LAMB

 

(A song written by Graham Kendrick)

Chorus
O what a mystery meekness and majesty;
Bow down and worship for this is your God;
This is your God.

Meekness and majesty, manhood and deity;
In perfect harmony the Man who is God;
Lord of eternity dwells in humanity;
Kneels in humility and washes our feet.

Father’s pure radiance, perfect in innocence;
Yet learns obedience to death on a cross;
Suffering to give us life;
Conquering through sacrifice;
And as they crucify prays Father forgive.

Wisdom unsearchable, God the invisible;
Love indestructible in frailty appears;
Lord of infinity stooping so tenderly;
Lifts our humanity to the heights of His throne.

Here’s the pride/authority/strength/ fierceness/fearlessness/awesomeness… of a LION in PERFECT HARMONY with the meekness/gentleness/ submissiveness… of a LAMB! Dominion clothed with submission –God becoming man!
Oh! What a mystery;
MEEKNESS and MAJESTY!
BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP;
FOR THIS IS YOUR GOD!

THE LION-LAMB

THE LION-LAMB

THE LION-LAMB

Two in the pink, one in the stink

The second assignment I completed this week was called, “Hybrid.” The directions were to “Combine two or more animals or plants to create a new creature. Use GIMP or other photoshop program to combine the images of animal. When your done post it in to your blog with some description of your new animal. ”

[worth 3 stars]

shitshow

The original photographs were:

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I used a my trusty ol’ free online photoshop to merge these two photographs together. I used the layering tool, mask layer tool, and the clone stamp tool to create the magic that is my final product.

What the hell is a Rhinoroo?

Rhinoroo!

Saw this guy when I was on a hunting trip with my Mafia brothers in South Africa last summer.  The guide said it was called a Rhinoroo?  Don’t ask me, I have no idea what that is and I don’t want to know how it happened… I couldn’t eat for the rest of the trip after I saw this thing.. thought I was losing my freakin mind!

 

The image of a kangaroo was uploaded to photoshop and edited.  Then, an image of a rhino was uploaded where I cropped out the head and cut/pasted into the kangaroo photo.  More editing commenced.  Finally, I came up with the finished product after some editing that felt like it took forever. Meet… THE RHINOROO!

This is the Hybrid assignment.  Visual.  Worth 3 stars.

– Vinny D

 

 

Assignments 3/30-4/5

Assignment 1: 

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http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/character-resume/

Using either Microsoft Word, creating your own webpage, or using a website like LinkedIn, create a “fake” resume for a fictional person or character of your choice. Add detailed descriptions and make the resume relevant to the character. Resume must include a profile, work history, education, and skills. Locations, job positions, and companies can be made up! Use your creativity!

3 Stars!

This assignment can be found at my Characters webpage at, http://bchristi1361.wix.com/gambinodeluca#!portfolio/c1fj6. I chose to do this assignment as I saw it fit the building of our new site. Gambino is not fully in his role yet so this was a bit challenging. I only included elementary school in his education section as i found it funny that because he’s a mobster he only went to elementary school! I downloaded a template off of Microsoft to create the template and that was very straight forward. I used print screen to include he resume on my site as well as here. Enjoy!

Assignment 2: 

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/youre-a-pinteresting-character/

Build a Pinterest page of at least 20 pins for a character of your choice. Search for pins that relate to your character and things that he or she would want to pin for themselves. Use X-Ray Goggles from Hackasaurus to modify the board further to personalize it for your character. Bonus points if you build a page and have visitors to your blog guess which character you picked!

2 Stars!

https://www.pinterest.com/bchristi1361/gambinos-board/

For this assignment I made a pinterest account. This assignment caught my eye as I have always been intrigued about Pinterest. I found so many things that I wanted to “pin” for myself but kept remembering that this was for Gambino! I easily found 20 things to pin and the majority of Gambino’s pins were money, guns, and alcohol! Pretty much explains my character!

Assignment 3: 

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/hybrid/

Combine two or more animials or plants to create a new creature. Use GIMP or other photoshop program to combine the images of animal. When your done post it in to your blog with some description of your new animal.

3 Stars!

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This assignment was incredibly goofy and I loved it. This is “Bear dog”, Gambino’s best friend and number one pal. This creature is a dog(German Short hair) and a grizzly bear’s head. These are two of Gambino’s favorite animals and because he is such a bad ass he was able to combine the two into one animal. I created this through GIMP and was able to use the lasso tool to crop the bears head. I though the final product turned out pretty well and it was fairly easy to accomplish. Overall and funny and relaxing assignment.

Assignment 4:

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/youre-doing-it-wrong/

I like to say this phrase a lot “You’re doing it wrong.” Just as dry and monotone as I can manage. If it’s timed perfectly, I can’t amuse myself better any other way. Your assignment is to  find the best possible photo you can of someone or something “doing it wrong.” Sometimes people drive the wrong way on a one-way street or there are signs or stairs that point or lead nowhere. Find something wrong and riff on it. Two stars, cause it’s a photo that might take some hunting but no editing is required.

2 Stars!

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This was somewhat hard to figure out how to relate this theme to Gambino. I chose a picture of a gangster(Al Capone) getting arrested. If Gambino were to see this he would for sure have a nice chuckle. To Gambino this would certainly be “You’re doing it wrong”. Gambino has never been caught and with the way he rolls he most likely never will. No editing was necessary for this assignment and it was a breeze uploading into this post. Enjoy!

ElephantZebraDog

An assignment I decided to do this week was to create a hybrid animal. I decided to mix Scott’s favorite animal, a dog, my favorite animal, an elephant, and another animal that I think portrays the mixing of Scott and I’s very different personalities, a zebra. The zebra’s black and white pattern signifies just how different we are but it ties together Scott’s favorite thing and my favorite thing. Somehow, our agency just works.

I created this using a website called http://switchzoo.com/default.htm
Here’s the assignment guidelines. This assignment was a visual assignment and is worth 3 stars.

Here’s the final product:
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