Author Archives: Antonio Lewis

Design Reflection

From watching the Stranger Things video using I learned about how they used typography from 80’s albums and books to make Stranger Things feel authentic, by using mistakes from early technology equipment they were able to make the letters come alive and have an authentic feel. The use of negative space is very powerful. Running down the street with a blue background represents the thriller genre, the use of body parts can let you know what type of content you’re consuming and also help show what is going on, yellow is a quick way to catch the eye so it is typically used for cheap indie movies, and finally I learned that black and white to represent masculinity with orange flash for actions movies to have intense look. Below I linked an example of the three types explained.

Action

Indie

Thriller

3rd week summary

This week was a fast one, I feel like it was just Monday yesterday but somehow here I am writing another weekly summary post for this week. I showed off an amazing bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich which I believe is the best, I did a SnapChat Photoshop of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce which came out perfect for what the assignment goal was, and last I attempted to make a class header and while I was the first to upload I came back to take a glance and saw some of the amazing header my classmates made it quickly made me realize just how amazing a simple header could be I was really impressed by their work. This week I went with all visual assignments as I hope to improve me editing creativity.

Visually Stimulate Your Brain

Stay home – living is dangerous

This is a Anti Nike parody poster going against their just do it slogan.

I attempted to put workout images and a similar color theme as I wanted it to be know it was a Nike parody but didn’t want any exact copy.

Yohan The Brave ONE

My created character is physically tough but he gained this great power from superior mental strength and discipline in first mastering the mind the body came with ease.

A short and simple quote I came up with to represent the type of charterer Yohan is.

Enter Jaxx and Yohan

Meeting Jaxx

This is Jaxx he is Yohon’s best friends a crazy Belgian Malinois who would die for his owners, while people may be afraid of his intense demeanor at first, once you get to know him he is a loving, smart, and kind dog.

Doc Intros Yoson

We all have dream!

I would choose this property as my dream home because California has an amazing climate that fits my lifestyle, while I do enjoy Virginia and feeling the effects of all four seasons the appeal of warmer weather and beaches is too much to pass on. I wouldn’t want to live in a busy city so this home feels like a good fit, there is still plenty to do but it isn’t too large or busy of a city. This beachfront property with a few acres to roam would be perfect. I would have dogs and take them on daily beach walks.

Updated Tech Noir Film Review

From watching more continuum is a show that takes place in the future in a  world run by corporate power and heavily controlled by the government. The show leaves it up to your interpretation of who the bad guys are, but it is clear that the protagonist is Kierra, a police officer from the future. Eventually Kierra and terrorist from the future she was attempting to apprehend get caught in a time machine and are all sent back to the year 2012 were she then attempts to chase them down ,she catches them and attempts to return them to the future but in doing so faces many ethical dilemmas and begins to question what is going on as well. Eventually the terrorists from the future try to all go back to the past to prevent the war that created this dystopian future they’re living in now. As current events take place in the world I understand both standpoints individuals sticking up for what they believe is right on one side and on the other side a group of people who have to follow orders and keep citizens in check for the current status of the world. The story forces you in the middle of an ethical dilemma in which you aren’t completely sure whose side to support and who is right.    

Second Week Summary

This week was a busy week to say the least to be honest I opened the course pretty late into the week and fell behind with the daily creates, now that I understand the flow of the course and see you need to be checking deadlines everyday and being prepared earlier sooner than later I will be prepare for next week, to compensate I will do my remaining daily crates this weekend for the course purpose. For the daily creates I did complete, they were interesting. Thursday’s birthday celebration(happy 14th ds106 radio)brought back good childhood memories of being in the car with my family and hearing that birthday song on the radio. The other create I was able to get done was the one from today which was creating a poem with emojis with and I attempted to be creative with my approach and instead of making a custom poem like everyone else I decided to go with the itzy bitzy spider to see if anyone would make the connection. I did see the shadow daily create on Wednesday but sadly it was too dark by the time I realized. 

TechNoir Film review

I watched Contiumm which is a show that is based in the year 2707 where they “gave up representation, free speech, and assembly forcing a group to go rouge and form a terrorist organization. They have access to future technology and time travel to avoid escape.

First week summary

My first week has been pretty busy since this is my last semester, i’m taking a few higher level course so the workload has come a little bit earlier than expected, despite the quick start I’ve been adjusting well and feel its made me focus even more than I typically would.