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.