Digital Design: Wix

Wix is another blog hosting website.  I've made this blog with all the same posts this blog has.  MY WIX BLOG

Digital Design: Photoshop - Alien Me

The project is to Photoshop yourself to appear as alien as you can.  I had fun playing with the program, but after a certain point, it just cheesy.

Digital Design: Voki - The Flower

This is one other joke made using Voki, a program that allows you to animate a character.  This joke is about a florist.

Digital Design: Voki - Monkys

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Voki allows you to customize a character and animate that character to say what you wish to type.  This monkey tells a joke about an unfortunate accident at the zoo.

Digital Design: Animoto - Digital Design Portfolio

Make your own slideshow at Animoto.

In Digital Design, we experiment with alternatives to programs such as movie maker or slide show as a way of compiling images for a presentation. This is a collection of pieces I've created with Animoto, and easy to use slideshow presentation service.

Digital Design: Illustrator

In Digital Design, we experiment with Illustrator.  In this assignment, I take a word and edit it into something more interesting.  The image in the backing is just an umbrella in the rain.

Digital Design - Illustrator

In Digital Design we are learning how to use Illustrator.  As an introduction to Illustrator, our instructor had us play with the different tools available to create a cartoon character.  I pulled this hitchhiking kid out of my back end.

Digital Design - Zoo Burst

In Digital Design, we experimented with ZooBurst.  This website allows you to create 3D digital pop up books.   For my short children's story, I traced the story of Hansel and Gretel.

Digital Design: Glogster

In Digital Design, we are experimenting with Glogster.  This website allows you create personalized posters of things you like.  I've included music artists, artworks, fashion pieces, and designers I like in this Glogster.

Digital Design: Goanimate - Facelessness

facelessness by message.jdw on GoAnimate

Video Maker - Powered by GoAnimate. In Digital Design, we are experimenting with new free programs that allow you to animate your own videos.  In this commercial, I reference my previous video with Dr. Crinkle's new cosmetic procedure.

Digital Design: GoAnimate - Birthday Invitation

birthday by message.jdw on GoAnimate

Animated Presentations - Powered by GoAnimate.

In Digital Design, were are experimenting with different free online programs that allow you to create animations.  This is a simple birthday invitation made with GoAnimate.

Digital Design: Myoats

Myoats is a simple and easy to use program that allows you to create interesting geometrical designs. This white on black design was mirrored in a pentagonal shape around the center.

Digital Design: Photoshop Practice - Free Hand Drawing

In Digital Design, we learn how to create a simple landscape free handed using Photoshop.  We used Edulaunch as our teaching tool for this project.

Digital Design: Color Theory Resources

Color Palette generator:  http://www.evolutionarydesigns.net/blog/2010/08/27/color-palette-generators/

Color Scheme Designer:  http://colorschemedesigner.com/ 

Search for color schemes:  http://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/rating?time=30 

Color combinations in slide design:  http://www.aspirecommunications.com/blog/2010/07/color-combinations-in-slide-design/

Awesome Infographic:  http://nowsourcing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/louisville-painter.html  

We are learning color theory in Digital Design.  These links are the resources we used in learning .

Digital Design: Photoshop - Personal Edits

We practice using photoshop in Digital Design class using Edulaunch to guide us. For this assignment, I edit an image of me carrying a stuffed sheep to like a demon possession. 

In the same assignment, I edit an image of me carrying a yard stick to look like a light-sword.

In this assignment, I take a black and white image of a barn and edit the brightness, contrast, and base color to make the image look clearer.

In this assignment, I isolate the hiker from the background and remove color from the background to make the image of the hiker pop.

In this assignment, I color a black and white image of a fruit bowl using the color replace tool.

Digital Design: Storybird - Bunny Had a Bunny Wife

A short story about a bunny, his wife, his babies, and cat.  This story was made using Storybird.  With Storybird, I used images created by other people to write a story. 

Digital Design: Prezi - Elements of Design

This is a Prezi presentation featuring examples of the elements of harmony design.  We take pictures around the school for examples

Digital Design: Photoshop - Celebrity Image

I Photoshop myself into a celebrity scene for Digital Design.  Bjork's glorious goose dress was the obvious choice for this project.

Digital Design: 6-panel comic - The Digital Family

A woman tells her heartbreaking story of love and loss.

A small comic made in Digital Design using Pixton.  The assignment was to make a 6 panel comic depicting a day without technology.

Digital Design: Photofunia & Big Huge Labs

We explore some free Photoshop alternatives in Digital Design.  The first 6 edits are from Photofunia and the second is from Big Huge Labs.

Digital Design: Name Plate

We are learning to use Photoshop in Digital Design.  I made this nameplate using images found online and using the paste into tool in Photoshop.

Digital Design: Scenic Views

We are learning to use Photoshop in Digital design.  We are wanting to make objects from one image look natural in another using the magic wand tool, the lasso tool, filters, ect.

Digital Design: About School - Wordle & Tagxedo

Made with Wordle. This time I'm describing my school on an angsty day.

Made with Tagxedo.  I describe my school on an angsty day.

Digital Design: About School - Wordle & Tagxedo

Digital Design: About Me - Wordle & Tagxedo

This was made with Wordle.  It's very simple and clean to use.

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This was made with Tagxedo.  Tagxedo is rather kitschy.

Digital Design: About Me - Prezi

Prezi Project for Digital Design

This is a simple and quick 'about me' presentation made with Prezi.  It has a small and simple list of things I like, my favorite artists, and a few other things that are important to me.

Digital Design: Bomomo

The Bomomo default colors will end up looking like child sick vomit.  The movement in the brushes can sometimes be awkward.  It's fun..