For this assignment (4 stars) we had to use Photoshop or Pixlr to create a photo mashup of our 3 favorite holidays. For this I chose Christmas, Halloween, and The 4th of July. I chose to use Photoshop because I had already had the trial downloaded onto my computer. I had never used Photoshop to this extent before and it took a little bit to become aware of how to use the layers. There are some awesome tutorials online on how to use Photoshop layers that you can find here. I made sure all of my photos were transparent by using the Lunapic transparent tool found here. Then used the layers to add photos as needed in a separate layer until I was satisfied with my ending photo.

The second part of the assignment was to tell the story behind the masterpiece I created and why I created it. I love Halloween because it gives children, and even adults to be something that they life. I feel like it’s a time for everyone to be something they aspire to be, or just be plain silly. It allows you to step out of your comfort zone and not be yourself for one night. Then there Christmas. This is probably my favorite time of year. Not because of the gifts, but because of the family spirit and quality time that I get to spend with everyone. I feel like it puts everyone in a better mood and everyone is festive. Last but not least, The 4th of July. I love this day because my family usually gets together to cook out and spend more time together to celebrate America and commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 by the Continental Congress.

So below you will get to see my snowman decorated with all of my favorite holidays! I wanted to make sure I did enough work to constitute the star rating I got, so I made sure to add in enough and balance it out. More work for more stars. (:

I hope you enjoy my masterpiece!

In this assignment, Vocal Instrumental Mashup, we were meant to take the music from one song a pair it with another song’s vocals. I had a lot of fun with this one, but I think that one of the hardest parts was trying to find songs that have about the same tempo so they can go together. For my mashup I used The Jackson 5’s “ABC” and Jay Park’s “Mommae”. I also used iMovie because I wanted to have the video showing to have Michael Jackson (and brothers) dancing with the music. I had a fun time making this assignment, and wouldn’t mind doing it again in the future sometime.

For my first mashup assignment, I mashed up my own audio assignments for 4.5 stars. To do so, I imported three of my past audio assignments into Audacity, and cut and pasted pieces of the three to tell a (nonsensical) story in one piece.

Although it doesn’t make much sense, it sounds like someone telling a story on the phone.

McDonald’s, if you’re reading this, I just really like burritos. And I definitely want a mention if you use it.
This assignment was to take the logo of a place where you often spend money and to redesign it based on what you buy.

Link to Assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/consumer-mashup/

Stars: 3.5

Process: For this, I began with a copy of the McDonald’s logo and an image of breakfast burritos. I threw the logo into Photoshop and cut the ‘M’ into a new layer (to use as a guideline). I selected one of the burritos from the original image and ran an inverse selection to isolate it, then put it into the logo at the base of the M. The rest was basically copying the burrito into new layers and placing them over the M. Towards the end I decided to select and make a new layer of the red lettering to be able to overlap the burritos and closer emulate the style of the original logo. Overall, I’m pretty happy with the final result.

Im ready for my close up -4stars- #MashupAssignments1945

I made this graphic on Microsoft power point. I always enjoy utilizing Microsoft Powerpoint because the program has has a really cool feature with pictures AND videos assessable to anyone who has the program. Under “Format Picture” there is an option to “remove background”. This gives you the option to cut from any photo. I like using powerpoint because I don’t have to worry about things like margins or overlay.

pineapple on pizza is a sin. #ds106 #MashupAssignments1945 pic.twitter.com/vxZkpuZ0gk

— abby hunt (@abbissss) November 11, 2016

REMIX+2stars-Bootcamp it.

My mans over here calling in a drone strike on the pineapple pizza….

Woho!!!! Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up ya’ll! Its that time of year. This is my holiday mashup. My three favorite holidays are Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas! I created this graphic in a photo shop app on my iPad called Faceover. It was on one dollar too! Santa’s sleigh is being steered by the easter bunny, who has a trunk full of turkey dinner!!! yum!! lol. I hope you enjoy my creativity!