VisualAssignments « Lisa's ds106 experiment

Fantasy TED Talk: H.G. Wells

I’d love to see it: H.G. Wells doing a TED talk. (Obviously, he’s not fictional — my leanings are more toward the historical.)

I used GIMP (still working at learning it — this was great because of the many layers of images: the Invisible Man, War of the Worlds, the Time Machine, and his own [...]

Subtle splash of color: Audrey Hepburn

Following Alan Levine’s lead for a Splash the Color, I used GIMP to create two images, one color and one grayscale, then added the grayscale as the top layer. As I began to erase that layer’s gemstone jewelry and lips to reveal the color, I was shocked by how bright the lipstick was, so [...]

My Spubble: can’t we just do this online?

The assignment was to use yourself like a LOLcat, make fun of yourself. I’m kind of known for disliking on-campus meetings, even when I’m leading them.

Create with Picknik.

Four icon movie

Inspired by Alan Levine’s 2001 icons and in response to Tim Owen’s Four Icon Challenge, I put this together. I’m even more shy of drawing than Alan, so I did it with clipart, and unlike Tim I considered it more of a guessing game, so I didn’t put the title.

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