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One Story / Four Icons
So far, 275 people have completed this assignment and it has 14508 views.
This idea was first suggested by Tom Woodward and has been a long standing popular ds106 assignment. The assignment is to reduce a movie, story, or event into its basic elements, then take those visuals and reduce them further to simple icons, four of them. Write your blog post up but do not give away the answer, let people guess! The challenge is to find the icons that suggest the story, but do not make it so easy. For icons a great resource is The Noun Project.
DS106 Propaganda Posters
So far, 45 people have completed this assignment and it has 15103 views.
Time to let out your inner Big Brother! Create a propaganda poster for ds106. Use your photo editing software of choice and write a message to inspire your fellow ds106ers. For example, I took a WW2 poster about increasing ammunition production, and turned it into a poster promoting tweeting.
Favorite Movie Quote
So far, 44 people have completed this assignment and it has 2190 views.
Choose one of your favorite movie quotes and insert the quote over an image from the movie you chose.
Lyric Typography Poster
So far, 42 people have completed this assignment and it has 13329 views.
Choose one of your favorite lines from a song and illustrate it using only typography. Consider how the font, color, sizes and placement of the typography can reflect or emphasize the meaning of the words. Check out the posters at Music Philosophy for ideas and inspiration.
Create a READ poster
So far, 42 people have completed this assignment and it has 6155 views.
Since 1985, the American Library Association (ALA) has tried to sell reading books as cool by showing celebrities reading their favorite books. You can read about the history of this promotional campaign here. Experiment with this tradition, introduce a celebrity with a book who hasn't been recognized yet, but should be. Or use the poster you create to poke fun at a public figure, or do something else all together. have fun.
Are we there yet?
So far, 41 people have completed this assignment and it has 2775 views.
Take an existing image and change the concept in where you are at and what you are doing.
Contradiction Creation
So far, 38 people have completed this assignment and it has 1937 views.
Create some sort of graphic. Design the overall graphic to convey some sort of feeling or theme, but then have text saying something completely contradictory to the theme or feeling. Sort of like one of those old anti-motivational posters, but with more design than a black box with a white frame.
Apocalyptic Alternative Book Cover
So far, 36 people have completed this assignment and it has 1272 views.
Create an alternative book cover for the novel you're reading for The End 106. Use the design concepts you're learning about in your cover. One bonus star if you create an animated GIF cover!
Create your own business card
So far, 35 people have completed this assignment and it has 4119 views.
We're reaching a time in our lives where where professionalism is key. Use photoshop to create your own business card to advertise who you are.
Animated Movie Posters
So far, 35 people have completed this assignment and it has 7558 views.
Pick a movie poster and animate it. You can see an awesome example and quick explanation by Michael Branson Smith here.