To quote another DS106 pioneer, I spent entirely too much time on this assignment. In fact, I created several different potential icons for myself, but I was never fully satisfied with any outcome. I can’t even say that I am fully pleased with this outcome, but at some point you have to concede the fight.

It is incredibly difficult to summarize oneself let alone into a singular image. However, I like to identify myself as an MC. Not only is it my name but also I like the idea of poking fun at the notion of being a Mic Controller.

The Process

I found the icon of the two speech bubbles on the NounProject. In GIMP, I used the magical lasso and selected the conjoined speech bubbles. I experimented with different fonts in different colors until I settled on the teal color. It was that easy and it was that hard.

I was in the middle of this assignment when I came up with my idea of new design assignment, and I just submitted my idea.  So where were we…

Designment Assignment 54: Create an iconic image/design for your own site that somehow represents you.

I often use the handle “linda3dots” for my online activities.  I came up with this icon for this assignment:

I used Photoshop CS4.  Brush tool, ellipse tool, and also added an inner shadow via “fx” in layers.

The assignment was to create an image of something that represents me. I am definitely a book worm, so I chose glasses as my icon. I used an icon from NounProject and Microsoft Word. I pasted the image into a Word document and used the text overlap option. I typed words like “books” and “literature” over the image until the words created the image.