For our fourth week of ds106 I enjoyed the different audio effects and assignments that were put forth. To start, the Moon Graffiti sparked my interest because of the cool sound effects and storytelling of every character involved. The use of Ronald Regan’s actual speech in the occurrence of an unsuccessful mission to the moon was quite enticing.
When I started the radio bumper, I thought it was going to be difficult to create content that would engage listeners. However, I think the project came out very well and I am excited to further my enlightenment on more of these. With this, listening to Wednesday’s ds106 Radio was an interesting storyline with the theme based on a natural human involved with multiple AI android’s.
During my daily creates for this week I used deep.ai to generate most of my images. I had no difficulty using this program and am more than happy to use it again.
For my Sound Effect Story, I started strong by importing audio to Audacity, trying to represent a baseball-like atmosphere. Unfortunately, I ran into trouble with linking Audacity to Audio.com. Currently, I am trying to work on this situation.
The entrance to the hidden catacombs awaits anyone who is commerced to pass through the eerie trenches that date back to 1915, to a time when warfare first experienced the effects of poisonous gas.
The “Moon Graffiti” audio recording represented a deep underlying barrier of suspense and excitement to listeners. I enjoyed the dialogue between Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin because it made me think of how the world would be changed if they never made it home. How would space exploration be continued? Would NASA and other top-tier space programs change how they viewed space and visitation to the moon? Although this disaster never took place, the recording does allow us to raise some of these questions. The suspense of the story allowed me to keep being intrigued, wanting to know more about the plot. In conclusion, I liked this piece of fictional storytelling and do recommend listeners tune in to this program.
ds106 Radio: The broadcast I listened to was called Norah Jones Border Lord. I found this story very amusing with the android (Rachel) and the human (Rick) having a interment relationship. It was kinda a weird story and I didn’t enjoy it much.
Chip Kidd Interview: My analysis of the interview with Chip Kidd is his expression of comic books being considered a cinematic medium. He does not agree with this because there is much left out and much for the reader to accomplish. Kidd refers to movies, and how the film determines the place of not the person watching it. Comics, however, allow for the reader to be involved, meaning you have to bring something to it.
The Works of James Verdesoto: Verdesoto introduces color trends in movie poster designs. Throughout the video, The Fast And The Furious posters caught my attention because they are some of my favorite films. I personally love action thrillers and the series of these movies has impacted my movie lifestyle. As Verdesoto represents the first movie poster of the action series, the detail of the black & white faces of the main actors blends well with the green, yellow, and red outlining of the car that is shown. This brings the perspective of the eye to be drawn into the car design, then the whole poster itself.
Stranger Things Retro Style: It is unique how the popular television show, Stranger Things, came across the 80’s style theme. Especially how the title design company Imaginary Forces came across such a perfect retro-style intro. Imaginary Forces wanted to replicate a title design that was rugged and imperfect so that it represented a 1980s-style theme. The sequence that the company used for the lettering, Kodalith, shows a high-contrast image that draws in the individual(s) watching the show.
Photoblitz: Seven Points
Take a picture from the inside of something looking out.
Create an interesting photo that includes looking through one object to see another
A photo that looks better in black and white than it did in color.
“The dusky path of a dream…” Tagore. Photograph that idea.
A fork in the road. Casting a ballot. Buying bread. Choices abound.Take a photo of a choice.
Take a photo showing the wide open space, the great outdoors.
Take a photo that emphasizes the detail of a human hand
Middlebury College: During the process of the Middlebury assignment; It’s not art, it’s data. The page supplies some very detailed descriptions of how AI imaging can be used. Some steps that the site proposed as how to start AI-image generation continued as; Pick your tool, such as Craiyon. Build your base, refine your prompt to generate a simple image that you will enjoy. Add some flair, allow for more detail in your description for the image generator. Transform it, an example they shared is “Marilyn Monroe in the style of Mona Lisa. Share your output, share the image that you most disliked and most liked. Dig deeper, they provided a link such as AI can make art that feels human. Whose fault is that?Overall, this post gave me some things to think about for the next time I use an AI image generator.
Populate the Landscape: Character Image.
The Grand Canyon, destination poster: The Golden State Bridge, where my character may be.
Weekly Summary: To open up with week three of ds106, I encountered creative aspects on the assignment board. The three videos that I watched; Chip Kidd, James Verdesoto, and Stranger Things, introduced numerous factors for the illustration of popular films and books. For example, James Verdesoto expresses his detailed posters and how he wanted to catch the eye by coming up with different color combinations. As I finished up the videos I started to move to the Photoblitz assignment, there isn’t much to say about this, to be honest. The Middlebury College assignment helped me to learn more about AI digital imaging, it was informative and I recommend reading through their website. With the Middlebury assignment, I created two visual design images that represent my character, I think they speak for themselves. Overall, for the assignments this week, I did not have any trouble using the websites as well as producing the daily creates.
