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Summarize a movie with Animated GIFs
So far, 25 people have completed this assignment and it has 3212 views.
Use no more than 10 animated GIFs to tell the story of the movie of your choice.
Earth
So far, 2 people have completed this assignment and it has 1119 views.
Using Adobe photoshop or a comporable program, create a clipping mask with text. Use an image from earth or grass and use the lasso or selection tool to add blades of grass outside the mask. Add a drop shadow or bugs to make it appear more realistic.
The Hero’s Journey
So far, 4 people have completed this assignment and it has 1963 views.
Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books they used to have at the library? Well, let's do something like that. We’re going to tell the journey of a storybook hero. We won’t give him/her a name, or go into specifics like that. We’re not going to get bogged down on the details. Try to use archetypes and motifs that are recognizable, but it is up to you whether or not you want to make a comment on the accepted norms of fairy tales by breaking them. Start with a picture from Flickr. It can be random or deliberate, as long ...
Multiply Yourself
So far, 10 people have completed this assignment and it has 3662 views.
This is an idea I came up with when I checked out a website about photography and compositing (http://gizmodo.com/5965219/these-awesome-photoshops-are-perfect-because-they-were-well-planned/)Took two or more photographs of yourself on one location. You must not change the position of the camera and take care that the light does not change either. Use a photo editing software to arrange yourself two or more times on the same location. You may use masks and layers or simply the selection tool and the paste command. It may be helpful if you have already experience with photo editing.
Stranger Portraits
So far, 11 people have completed this assignment and it has 2616 views.
Take a portrait of a total stranger each day for 7 days. Try to capture their image in a way that gives the viewer a deeper understanding of the person. Write a little about how you approached the person and what you learned about them. This assignment is part photography challenge but the harder part, in my opinion, is forcing yourself to interact with strangers in a fairly personal way.
Design to Shock
So far, 19 people have completed this assignment and it has 3237 views.
Using Photoshop or Gimp, combine at least two images (you may also use text) to create a shocking message.
GIF Animate Your Day Like Ben
So far, 11 people have completed this assignment and it has 4303 views.
Ben Rimes regularly takes a day (February 2012 and December 2012) to capture key moments each as an animated GIF - as you go through a day look around and identify places, moments, things that are well represented in the infinite looping form. Assemble at least 5 of them to capture the essences of your day, start to end and publish as a single blog post, with narrative. What does it mean to see your day in just this form?
256 Points
So far, 19 people have completed this assignment and it has 3442 views.
Today, we have the luxury of fast computers with lots of memory and power. However, that wasn't always the case, and graphics designers had to make due with very limited capabilities. For this assignment, you are to draw a person, vehicle, or otherwise intricate object. The catch is, your image can only be 16 pixels by 16 pixels! Work to express as much detail as possible in the space allotted. If the size is not constraining, you are not setting your standards high enough! Feel free to enlarge the picture before putting it online, but remember that your resolution must ...
Make that money!
So far, 11 people have completed this assignment and it has 2564 views.
Are you bored with money? Is George looking old and tired? Let's give him a digital facelift! This assignment is inspired by this gallery (http://imgur.com/a/VOH3n) of cartooning on bills, but you're not limited to drawing. You can draw on a bill and upload a picture, or use image editing software. Nor are you limited to American currency (http://www.margonaut.com/newblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/spock5.jpg). Now go out there and make that money!
Time of Day
So far, 7 people have completed this assignment and it has 3028 views.
Take a picture of the same spot outside several times in a day, then merge them all together in a way that shows the differences in appearance over the day.