Visual Assignments

Street View Story

_cokwr: Dig through Google Maps Street View to find an interesting setting for your story. Let your imagination go wild and tell the story of what occurred in that space. Bonus points for using Google Earth to create a virtual tour with multiple settings for your story and narrating it yourself., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2hyi1pApL1qzun8oo1_500.jpg, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 18, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Averaging Concepts using Flickr

_cokwr: Take a concept, one word, and plug it into Flickr and take the first 50 images and average them using Photoshop or similar program. Step by step instructions available at http://is.gd/ku3UF, _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/love-580x580.jpg, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 13, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

One Shot

_cokwr: Take a single photograph. Chop it up comic book style to create tension and narrative. Checkout this image for an example*. *It may, or may not, be one image- the concept is still sound., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://ffffound.com/image/41773f67656c44cfc1064821e59acec5de7aeb29, _chk2m: Tom, _ciyn3: 42, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Imag[in]ing the Streets with Google Street View

_cokwr: Read artist Jon Rafman's essay about Google Street view image captures and view his collection of images found on Street View blogs and from his own searching. "The detached gaze of the automated camera can lead to a sense that we are observed simultaneously by everyone and by no one." Find a street view image, post it and the location your blog. Describe why this moment is interesting/important to you., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/08/12/img-mgmt-the-nine-eyes-of-google-street-view/, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 177, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Flickr-ized Playlist Poetry

_cokwr: Take your Playlist Poetry assignment (http://ds106.us/2011/02/03/stories-written-in-windows-media-player/) and find Creative Commons Flickr photos to illustrate your story. Try using a slideshow tool to interweave the song titles and images. , _cpzh4: Visual, _chk2m: Martha, _ciyn3: 62, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Adapt an artist’s work

_cokwr: Adapt a famous artist's work to change or reinforce its possible message., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/finishing-the-smoke, _chk2m: Lisa M Lane, _ciyn3: 17, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Common everyday object

_cokwr: Take a picture of a common ever day object and manipulate the colors., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/liztillo/5421696925/in/photostream/lightbox/, _chk2m: Elizabeth Castillo, _ciyn3: 107, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Cogdog’s Illustrate 106

_cokwr: Let's celebrate our 106ness- create a graphic, find a a photo, manipulate an exiting image to somehow represent the number 106. It could be literal (like a sign that has 106 on it, example below), to say, something using CVI (roman digits), maybe something with 106 items in it...., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/5270160097/, _chk2m: CogDog, _ciyn3: 35, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

stop frame photography

_cokwr: Take several pictures of one object movie. When the pictures are place together is will show the movement of the object., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://makelovereal.net/wp-content/photos/dog-lovers-journal/images/dog_lovers_journal_09.jpg, _chk2m: Elizabeth Castillo, _ciyn3: 108, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Evolution

_cokwr: Alot can happen from birth to death. Be creative, show how things; animals, objects, technology, evolve throughout time. This assignment doesn't have to be precise, your object evolving doesn't have to evolve the way is expected during the process of evolution. Be creative!, _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://Isaacthesatus.net, _chk2m: Isaac Thesatus, _ciyn3: 197, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: