Mason the Kadusquidithon

“Create a brand new animal, using animal parts from no less than 4 animals. Be creative! When you animal is designed, create an environment for it!”

Have you ever thought about creating your own animal? Well, I have and it was back when I was in my sophomore year in high school. His name is Mason the Kadusquidithon and he is one of a kind! Mason is something I came up with while I was bored in my Drivers Education class. I could not tell you exactly how he came about, as I just drew this figure. I showed my friend at the time and we decided to turn it into something based on its various body parts. So, let me break Mason down for you.

Mason is a Kadusquidithon, made up of four different animals.

  • Kangaroo – his pouch and ears
  • Duck – his feet
  • Squirrel – his bushy tail
  • “Dithon” – I’d like to think this is the ending of a type of dinosaur, so naturally, his fourth part is his arms which represent the dino in him.

Mason has stuck with me ever since that day in high school. His name is Mason simply because I liked the name and he is the only kind of his species. Mason is very friendly and lives in the grasslands of Pennsylvania, where I am from. He roams the farms and mountains as he pleases and is welcome by everyone. Because he is the only one of his kind, he will live forever to ensure his species does not go extinct.

For this assignment, “Design Your Dream Animal,” I drew out Mason and uploaded him to my computer. Then, I used Unsplash to find a picture of mountainous grasslands that may represent a more rural area of Pennsylvania, like the town I am from. After I found a photo, I used Photo Editor PixelStyle on my computer to place Mason in his habitat. Though I had already found a third assignment from the bank I had planned on doing, I came across this one and the opportunity was just too perfect to pass up. I have been drawing Mason for six years and it was finally his time to shine. Thoughts? Questions? Leave them below!

A Whatchamacallit**

Although this design assignment, found in the ds106 assignment bank, called to  Design Your Dream Animal, I wouldn’t necessarily say this animal is my dream one!  To create a new animal using at least four species, I used Picasa and Paint to create this whatchamacallit.

I began with a tiger’s body (which is my favourite animal!) and added a dolphin’s dorsal fin and a tiger shark’s tail.  For the head, I used a penguin to complete whatever animal this is!  I found the photos of the tiger, dolphin’s dorsal fin, shark’s tail, and penguin’s head all via Google.

To blend each body part together some, I used the retouch effect in Picasa.

New Species

17/15 stars completed

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My dream animal

The photo shows my dream animal; the photos were downloaded from Google. I used this website http://www.pizap.com for editing the photo, because it is easy to crap the photo.

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My Own Creation

This is my second DS106 assignment for this third section :)

I was looking the cartegory of dessign  assignments and I found an assignment that fascinated me and definetely wanted to try it.

It is called “Design Your Dream Animal” submitted by Danielle.

Create a brand new animal, using animal parts from no less than 4 animals. Be creative! When you animal is designed, create an environment for it! Have fun!

 

Process:

Look for a photo from Flickr and Google Image

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Using FotoFlexer I cut a certain body part of each animal

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Then I put it together

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Using the image editor from my computer I added the backgroud color

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DONE :)

Story:

Well, I wanted to try this because it sounded really fun mixing 4 animals creating one animal from it. So, I started using an elephant but didnt go well and I kind of didnt like how it was going on. Therefore, I used an image that I saw on my PC that I used it before which I thought will be perfect as it shows clearly the face. I used my favorite animals, lion, eagle, elephant and a frog. Althogh the frog is the only animal that I dont like. Actually I kind of dislike them.Also I wanted to add a environmental image as a background. But I am going to show the face of an animal I thought it will be akward so I choose a simple background.

Here is the original animals and if you click the image they will take you to the actually website where I found them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really had fun doing this assignment and kind of like what I created. Searching for  photos of animals I found so many beautiful animals and I wish I could see them. But unforunetely I do not like going to zoo because I kind of feel sad and bad when I see animals without their freedom. In my opinion the animals should be free and the animals that are in the zoo dont seem free and as they are trained, I assume that they differ from the animals that live in a completely freedom. I would like to take a trip where I can see animals enjoying their freedom.

My Own Creation

This is my second DS106 assignment for this third section :)

I was looking the cartegory of dessign  assignments and I found an assignment that fascinated me and definetely wanted to try it.

It is called “Design Your Dream Animal” submitted by Danielle.

Create a brand new animal, using animal parts from no less than 4 animals. Be creative! When you animal is designed, create an environment for it! Have fun!

 

Process:

Look for a photo from Flickr and Google Image

?

Using FotoFlexer I cut a certain body part of each animal

?

Then I put it together

?

Using the image editor from my computer I added the backgroud color

?

DONE :)

Story:

Well, I wanted to try this because it sounded really fun mixing 4 animals creating one animal from it. So, I started using an elephant but didnt go well and I kind of didnt like how it was going on. Therefore, I used an image that I saw on my PC that I used it before which I thought will be perfect as it shows clearly the face. I used my favorite animals, lion, eagle, elephant and a frog. Althogh the frog is the only animal that I dont like. Actually I kind of dislike them.Also I wanted to add a environmental image as a background. But I am going to show the face of an animal I thought it will be akward so I choose a simple background.

Here is the original animals and if you click the image they will take you to the actually website where I found them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really had fun doing this assignment and kind of like what I created. Searching for  photos of animals I found so many beautiful animals and I wish I could see them. But unforunetely I do not like going to zoo because I kind of feel sad and bad when I see animals without their freedom. In my opinion the animals should be free and the animals that are in the zoo dont seem free and as they are trained, I assume that they differ from the animals that live in a completely freedom. I would like to take a trip where I can see animals enjoying their freedom.

Sunset

This picture was taken at Mill Basin, Located near Bergen beach. This is actually an old picture token just before we were leaving for Orlando Florida. The green building you see over there is actually a restaurant. The rest of the crew needed directions to our place so I try to send them this picture with my 1 mega pixel camera, to show them where we lived .

This Assignment is worth 3 points. (This blogging stuff is fun! :) )

Professional Photographer

This is a an assignment for DS106 where we had to caption a meme on a photo, and a friend of mine was showing me pictures she had on her iPhone 4, and all of a sudden she thinks she is a professional photographer. That face that willy wonka is making is a gift of God on because that is the exact face I make when she is showing me her work. This was a 2 point assignment.

Dream Animal

This assignment is called Design your own animal. We had to use at least 4 animal body parts, and create an environment for it. The four animals I used was: a pit-bull puppy, owl eyes, a raccoon tail and an avatar body. I know, I know the avatar part might not be considered an animal but I just wanted to try something different. And I used the Hollywood Boulevard background as his/her naturally environment.