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10/10 Week! – Week 10 Summary

This week was chill. From Daily Creates to the Radio Show, I was able to check everything off my to-do list, with time to spare!

Daily Creates

This week, I got an early start on the Daily Creates. I did Sunday’s and Monday’s and both were easy and fun.

Sunday’s Daily Create was to create the 4th law of robots. To make my response for this, I had to research what the first 3 robot laws were. The understanding I was getting of the rules was that they are there to protect the human and the robots. I felt like they covered the bases with that so I tried to add a comedic twist. I said “a robot may not imitate humans (hence the “I am not a robot” question)” I also took inspiration from Sarah Honeychurch’s response to this prompt which was “A robot must enhance human creativity, and not seek to replicate it.” I loved this response because there are very few things I hate more than AI art. Not only is it bad for the environment, but it looks ugly. Hopefully my rule will prevent AI art because AI uses examples of real art to train itself.

Monday’s prompt was to make digital dust. Normally I try not to spend more than 15 minutes on a Daily Create, but I’m willing to bend this rule when I’m really enjoying the prompt. I found the digital dust to be really fun. The first 10 minutes were me playing around with the website and determining how to use it. I spent probably about another 10 or 15 minutes making the prompt. I kept messing around with it until I felt like I had gotten a cool outcome. Here is my result, I think it looks best when you go to view and change the color to Velocity Direction.

Comments

This week was tough to find things to comment on, however I was still able to get 5 comments done. The first comment I left was on Sunday and it was under Sarah Honeychurch’s Daily Create. As I mentioned earlier, I really liked her response and I wanted to let her know. I said “Best answer. No topping this one.” I stand by my comment because, as I mentioned before, I hate AI art. I think there are pros and cons to AI usage in any other context, but I really struggle to find a good thing about AI art. Moving on to a happier note, the next thing I commented on was DS106’s Radio Logo. I said “I really like this logo. The neon effect looks good, especially against the cloudy night sky; it makes the visual pop! I also think the neon effect adds to the TechNoir aesthetic.” I thought their logo came out very nice and I loved the contrast of the design to the background! Next, I commented on Rylie’s Riveting Region’s Week 1 Radio Progress. I was interested to see how other groups were doing in their process and I was happy to see Rylie say it was going well, I commented, “I really like this progress report and I love your title for it. Very silly.” The title was “Is This Thing On? Oh, It’s Not Yet?” and I thought that was very funny. After that, I commented on Live it Up With Liv’s Week 2 Radio Progress. I already had an idea of how her progress was going since I’m in her group but I wanted to read her blog too. She gave all her group members shoutouts for being the best, so I commented, “You’re the best too! I feel so lucky to have gotten such great groupmates! It made this project so much easier.” Our process has not been an easy one but we’ve been kind to each other throughout it and it has made for such a positive experience. Lastly, I commented on Cinder’s Daily Create for Hidden Faces. They talked about the hidden faces in wall outlets so I commented “When I was little, I came up with stories on why the sockets were sad. I remembered wondering why the creators didn’t make them smile.” Additionally some outlets also have a little slit on the left “eye” and I always thought that looked like an eyelash.

Radio Show

The process of our Radio Show this week was tough. The majority of the process was smooth. We met on Monday to work on scripting the show. We all collaborated on the beginning, end, and outline of the show, but each person individually crafted a question to ask and an answer from their character. Personally, this week, I worked on adjusting the background music in my advertisement based on some constructive criticism I received. I think it sounds better now, and hopefully others will agree, you can view it here.

I also created the outro for the show which I pulled from the ending of our intro. I’ve seen other podcasts do this, most notably TMG studios with Cody Ko’s laugh before they took it out. You can view the Fearless Femmes outro here.

We recorded on Wednesday but about an hour after we left the podcast studio, we found out our file was corrupted so we had to rerecord it on Thursday. The rerecording went well, the only thing that’s a bummer is I feel our first version was more authentic. That being said, I am happy with our finished product, and I am very thankful that my group members and I worked so well together. You can read more about our trials and triumphs here and listen to our podcast here!

Other than the very unfortunate accident with the corrupted files, this week was easy. I’m glad my group was able to recover quickly enough so that the rerecording didn’t put a damper on the rest of the week. This assignment worked out better than I thought it would. I enjoyed the little aspects of creating the show, and I enjoyed getting to know the people in my group. Hopefully next week will be just as good.

1st is the Worst, 2nd is the Best – Radio Progress Week 2

Our group was working too well, we had to hit a bump somewhere.

My group, which consists of me, Liv, Martina, Macie, and Kristen, had a really strong start to the week. We met on Monday afternoon to start working on our script. We already had some ideas from the last time we met, so at that point it was a matter of organizing ideas and putting them in the script. We also realized we didn’t have an outro so we determined that we would use the end of our intro as a short outro. In our radio show, there are 4 questions and 4 long answers with people chiming in. Each person except Liv was tasked with writing a question, and each person except Macie was tasked with coming up with a response. I left the meeting feeling good about our show and recording it.

Wednesday came around, and we all showed up to the DKC podcast studio to record. Recording went great, we had almost no trouble setting everything up or saying our lines, and we all left the studio confident with our product. That was until, tragedy struck… Martina texted us saying that the audio files were corrupted and they didn’t save properly. It was such a disappointment because, like I said, it was a successful take. However, we didn’t dwell on the disappointment for too long and instead went into problem solving mode. We figured out a time that works the best for everyone and settled on 4. Not the most ideal time because Macie had to leave by 4:30 and Liv had to leave at 5 to go out of town, but the studio was reserved before that so we had to make do.

In the mean time, that Wednesday Night, I fixed the audio in my ad. I received a note saying to turn up the background music and I agreed with the critique. I went into Adobe Audition and messed with the volume for each track. Here is the final result.

The next thing I worked on was crafting the outro. This was a really simple process because I already had that line singled out when I was making the intro. All I had to do was create a new project on Adobe Audition and cut the clip in the right parts. Here is the finished outro.

When Thursday rolled around we headed to the podcast studio again to record. This time we had a better idea of what we were doing and how the podcast was going to work, but I think that we lost some of the authenticity that came with running through it the first time. However, I believe that there is no point in comparing the two versions since we can’t get the first one back. The new one is still good and that’s all that matters. Martina edited together everything, and she did a great job especially with the limited time we had. You can listen to our finished show here!

I feel very fortunate to have lucked out with my group. I was nervous that I would end up in a nightmare group, but instead it was the opposite. Everyone worked hard on their assignments and I think our show came out so good! I even found out I have an in person class with Macie which was a surprise! So, thank you Liv, Martina, Kristen, and Macie for a great experience!

7 Did What?? – Week 9 Summary

Get it? Because 7 ate 9. A joke is always funnier when you have to explain it.

I mentioned this in my Radio Show Progress report but the audio assignments have been my favorite part of the class, so I really enjoyed returning to them this week. It was also nice meeting with my groupmates this week to discuss our show and I think we’re all doing a good job. I’m excited to see what the finished product looks like.

Daily Creates

This week I did Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday’s Daily Creates.

Monday’s Daily Create was asking how we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Other than wearing green, I don’t have any traditions so I shared a video that I had seen Monday Morning to spread the St. Patty’s Day spirit. The video is a Disney Pixie Hollow Short about fairies who use the end of a rainbow as a slide. It’s a cute video that I thought others would appreciate. You can see the post here.

https://social.ds106.us/@coni/114178520713517225
https://social.ds106.us/@coni/114178520713517225

The next Daily Create was “What Does Confusion Look Like?” I put a twist on the prompt and put in a picture of what confusion feels like to me. When I’m confused, it’s like I’m hearing the words but they’re not registering in my brain. When I was making the post, I wanted to make it clear that the words are going in one ear and out the other but I’m trying to comprehend them. I used Canva to make this post. I took a stick figure sticker and a line from my math notes to put through the figure’s ears. I also took a scrambled letters picture and put it on the figure’s head to show what he was thinking.

The last daily create I did was creating a message with a punch card. My message said “Everything is Not as it Seems,” which is the title theme song from Wizards of Waverly Place. I was inspired by Wizards of Waverly Place because I loved it when I was a kid, and I noticed that when you clicked on the punch card website, the address it lists as an example is located in Waverly Place, New York.

Comments

At the beginning of the week I found it difficult to find things to comment on, but as the week went on it got easier. I started the week by commenting on Cinder’s Daily Create talking about their St. Patrick’s Day tradition, I commented “That’s such a sweet tradition. I love that you kept it alive so many years later.” I thought it was so nice that they had kept up a tradition that has beenn around since they were a kid. I won’t lie, I’m a bit envious that there were so many cool traditions that people had for St. Patrick’s Day, I guess my family is lame. The next post I commented on was Ryee’s DC for the Confusing Picture Prompt. They posted a picture about the upcoming MCU movies saying that they are too confusing now, and I completely agreed. I said, “This is so real, and the sad thing is it’s not even good anymore. I had no problem watching all the movies until No Way Home, and I loved WandaVision and Hawkeye. It’s too much mediocre content and it’s coming out too fast.” I was a big Marvel fan, and when I rewatch the older projects I remember why I loved it, but I feel like they are focusing on quantity over quality and I miss the old movies. The next thing I commented on was the video promo by Sincerely, Kristen. Kristen is in my group so I was excited to see the promo she came up with, and I thought it came out good. I commented, “This came out so good! I love the flashy transitions and the music in the background. I think this promo is a great reflection of our show and the content we’ll produce.” In the video description, Kristen said she used Canva templates to make the video which is something I can relate to because I like the transitions on Canva since they’re so easy to apply. The next post I commented on was Noir You Didn’t’s Design Project, I thought they did a good job of capturing the TechNoir essence. I said, “I like the broken hearts. They’re not the signature broken hearts, and they look like glass hearts that a bullet shot straight through. I know you said you wanted to reflect the TechNoir theme, and I think the black, broken hearts add to it.” I thought their design promo was a good example of what a podcast promo should look like. The last thing I commented on was Alewis22’s Daily Create where they posted for the Confusing Picture prompt, they posted the black/blue or gold/white dress. I said, “Similar to this, have you seen the pink or teal shoe? I can see both, but apparently, it’s supposed to say something about your brain.” I’ll leave a picture of the shoe for those interested. I enjoyed commenting this week because I feel like I normally comment on the same people’s posts, but this week I was able to break out of that bubble.

They say if you see pink and white, you’re right brain dominant, and if you see blue and grey, you’re left brain dominant

Radio Show

My progress for the radio show is going well. I was working hard to create some quality work for this show. The first thing I made was the advertisement. The advertisement assignment took the most time to craft, because I had to create a product and a script for ad but once I had everything recorded it was very easy and quick to make. The next thing I made was the podcast intro. The advertisement took me almost no time, so I was on a roll when I decided to make the intro which ended up taking the most time. I struggled to find the audio pieces I wanted to use and how to fit them in to the intro. At one point, I scrapped the whole thing and started over. I like how it came out but I can’t listen to it too much because I can hear every little mistake. The last thing I made was the design promo, which was the easiest assignment. I made a bumper sticker so I looked on the internet to gather some ideas on what it should look like. I also used Canva templates to help me out. The most work I had to do for this assignment was creating a steering wheel graphic with lighting bolts to symbolize a horn honking. I think all my assignments came out good, some I think are better than others but that’s pretty normal for the work in this class.

Final Thoughts

I really enjoyed the work this week and even though it took me a long time, I think the work reflects my efforts. Normally, I end my summary saying how I’m excited for next week, but I am honestly a little nervous. Although I am excited to see the finished product, I’m a little nervous to record and edit the podcast. Hopefully next week I’ll look back at my apprehensiveness and laugh.

Work in Progress

The first week of working on the radio show has been successful. The audio assignments were my favorite unit so I’ve been having fun returning to it. I started the week on Monday with a zoom call with the rest of my group so we could delegate tasks and brainstorm ideas. Our idea for the show is a lifestyle podcast where people can call in and ask for advice. I suggested adding a comedic cyberpunk twist to the show to make it relate more to our course.

I was assigned to make an advertisement so I decided to make an ad for a product called SupremeSkillShare which is supposed to be a twist on the learning platform SkillShare. The product allows anyone to gain a skill by taking a vitamin. I was inspired by ‘Harrison Bergeron’ by Kurt Vonnegut which tells a story about a government who enforces equality by handicapping people with special abilities. This assignment was easy except for a self-inflicted challenge that I kept running into, you can read more about it in my blog post.

The next assignment I did was the Podcast Intro. At first, I struggled to figure out where to start on this assignment so to inspire myself, I looked at other podcast’s intros. The intro starts with someone calling into our show and then an instrumental of ‘Feminomenon’ by Chappell Roan, I also included lines from TechNoir female characters. All these elements are meant to reflect vibes of our show; the phone call is because people call into our show and ‘Feminomemon’ coupled with TechNoir female characters because our show is run by strong female characters. This assignment was more of a struggle because the ending I wanted sounded cut off as opposed to a natural ending. You can read more about my process here.

The last assignment I did was the design project, this was the easiest of the three. I combined elements of femininity and cyberpunk to curate a good bumper sticker that fit our show. Another thing I was thinking about when I was designing the sticker was “what do other bumper stickers look like?” This sticker is silly and is shows the personality of the driver, so I had to also picture what our listeners’ personalities would be. I wanted to make a bumper sticker because it acts as merch for fans and as an advertisement for the podcast. You can read more about the sticker in my blog post.

I really enjoyed working on these assignments. I loved crafting an image for the show and using it to inspire different assignments. The only thing I’m struggling with is how time consuming these assignments are. I can’t tell if I’m being a perfectionist or if these assignments just take a long time. Again, I’m having fun with the tasks so I don’t mind spending time on them but I don’t know if it’s sustainable. I’m looking forward to the show coming together so I can hear everyone’s work put together.

SupremeSkillShare

I was assigned to make a commercial for the group project. When I was deciding what to make, I knew I wanted to take a product that I hear a lot on podcasts and put a technoir twist on it. Other products I thought of were HelloFresh and Tinder. Ultimately I landed on SkillShare because I struggled to incorporate tech into the other options. To make the advertisement, a lot of planning went into the fictional product. I needed to determine the name, the function, and a tagline to make a script for the ad. Once I had finished writing the adread, I recorded the audio using my phone and edited it on Adobe Audition. I also uploaded some music to play in the beginning and end of the ad. One challenge I kept running into was I kept forgetting the name of our podcast. Our group met for Zoom to come up with ideas, and on the Zoom we established the name but I had forgotten it the next day. No problem! I checked our meeting notes and saw it was Fearless Femmes. However, the way it was spelled made me think it was pronounced “Fem-Mees.” I played it for feedback and was told it’s just “Fems.” Again, No problem! I had to go to class so I didn’t get to rerecord it until later, but by the time I did it again, I had mistaken our name for Fatal Femmes instead of Fearless Femmes, so I had to re-rerecord it. Other than that, it was an easy assignment and I like how it came out. The idea of a product that allows you to master any skill by taking a vitamin reminds me of ‘Harrison Bergeron’ by Kurt Vonnegut; a story about a government that enforces equality by giving handicaps to those with superior abilities. I loved Harrison Bergeron when I was in middle school so of course it inspired me for this project.

Don’t Drive Yourself Insane

For my design project, I wanted to make a bumper sticker because I appreciate its versatility. The sticker can function as merchandise for fans, they can put it on their car to show that they are a Femme and find like minded people, even if it’s just from a car honk. Another function of the sticker is that it can be used as advertising; if anyone wants to learn more about fearless femmes, they can follow the link on the sticker to learn more and a fan could be gained from this interaction. As a marketing major, I wanted to come up with a creative idea that would help promote the show without sacrificing the consumers wants. To make the sticker, I combined two templates from Canva. I liked the pink femininity of the right side, but the core of our show is TechNoir and I don’t want that to be lost in the girliness. I added the left side to contrast the pink which makes it feel just a touch more punk. To get the steering wheel to be pink and black, I used two pictures of the same steering wheel, one I kept black and the other I turned pink by turning the temperature, tint, saturation, and vibrance to one hundred. Additionally, I lowered and heightened other parts of the picture like brightness and shadows to get rid of any remaining black. Overall, I’m happy with how the sticker turned out, it looks like something I could see on my car and someone else’s. I also think it’s a great way to raise money by selling the sticker to dedicated listeners and bringing in new ones.

Fatal Fems Intro

I decided to make the intro for our podcast because I was inspired by the other powerful women in tech noir. I think TechNoir’s genre was most popular in the 1980s-1990s therefore I feel that although the women characters are strong, they are overlooked. To make the intro, I used free sounds from Freesounds and BBC’s audio library. I also used Feminomenon by Chappell Roan and lines from iconic female TechNoir characters such as Jessica Rabbit, from Who Framed Rodger Rabbit, Rachael from Blade Runner, and Quorra from Tron: Legacy. I wanted to include sound effects where it sounded like a phone was being dialed, rung, and picked up, because we are a lifestyle podcast where listeners can call in and ask for advice. I also included the line from Feminomenon where Chappell says, “It’s a Fem” because our podcast is called Fatal Fems. Making the intro was relatively easy but it ended up taking me a long time to finish because it didn’t sound “right” to me. I used Adobe Audition to compile the sounds and I mixed and matched to figure out what sounds best where. The ending didn’t sound right to me at first, because it comes at a part in the song where the music is building up, so it sounded weird as an ending. I think what ended up helping the most for me, was that I tweaked the timing to slow it down. I’m not sure on why that ended up fixing it, but I did. Other things I did was deleting instrumentals and fading in/out of the music to transition clips.

Character Story Idea

Characters:

  • Veronica Malone
  • Krissy Ryan
  • Sapphira Mae
  • Lady Bird
  • Krysta Ghosting

Setting: Los Angelas in the year 3000

Synopsis: In a world where coroporations run the world, Sapphira Mae, a fatcat corporate executive, hires Veronica, a sassy detective, to track down an ex-hacker turned rogue corporate executive, Lady Bird. Lady Bird had disappeared and word on the street is that she’s working from the inside to dismantle the system that rewards greed. Veronica sets out on her mission to hunt down Lady Bird, and her search leads her to a ghost town, literally. Here she meets Krysta Ghosting, a woman who has seen the world evolve into chaos all the way back from 1940. Krysta has seen everything, and she knows where Lady Bird but she won’t give up her information for nothing. She asks Veronica to help her meet Sapphira Mae because Krysta belives that Sapphira will help her pass on. Veronica agrees and they swap information. Meanwhile, Krissy Ryan, a farm girl from the outskirts of town, arrives in the city looking for her ex-boyfriend, a rebel like Lady Bird. Instead, she gets tangled in the chaos, mistaken for a courier carrying classified data. Now a target, she is forced to ally with her polar opposite, Veronica. As the hunt escalates, betrayals and shifting alliances force Veronica to question who the real enemy is. Is Lady Bird truly a terrorist, or does she hold the key to breaking the corporate stranglehold on the city? Can Sappira be swayed, or is she too deep in the game? It’s up to Veronica to answer these questions and make the world right again.

Digital Media:

  1. News Broadcasts: Have news reports of the situationas well as other current events such as traffic and weather.
  2. Lifestyle Radio: The news reports could be broken up with some lifestyle segments. Listeners could call in to ask for advice or request a song for someone.

Themes:

  • Free will vs. Control
  • Found Family and Unlikely Bonds
  • Identity and Reinvention
  • Corporate Oppression

Week 8 Is Just Great

Week 8 was a chill, welcome back to school!

Daily Creates

This week I was tasked with three daily creates, and I am ashamed to say, I dropped the ball. I started off strong with Tuesday’s prompt which was to use his RepeatAfterMe project. I used the lyric “I love people I don’t like” from Olivia Rodrigo’s Brutal because it was short and concise, but it’s also a lyric I relate a lot to. I thought it came out nice, and the scattered letters relates to how the song sounds. I also thought it was interesting to see other people’s take on this assignment. I felt that no matter what, the project came out good.

The next prompt I did was Friday’s which was to celebrate pi day. I used a picture last year from when the CRUC was serving apple pie. It was my reward because right before I got lunch, I had gotten vaccinated and I hate needles. The pie was kind of cold, but still good.

This week, I did my math wrong. I had thought I done three, but it wasn’t until Friday that I realized I had only done two. To remedy this, I went back to Monday’s prompt which was “Make a Song Data Graphics.” I used Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up because of the repetitive chorus and to symbolize the repetitiveness, I used a Venn diagram.

Comments

I found it hard to find things to comment on this week. As I mentioned earlier, I thought the responses for the RepeatAfterMe prompt were cool. I responded to Todd Conway’s post, and I commented “I like how this turned out. The black background with the gray falling text makes it look like a word storm. Ironic, because the lyric describes a sunny day.” The picture gave a good visual representation of the lyrics. I also commented on Ryee’s post, I said “This came out so good! It’s interesting because the words on the screen convey calmness (or at least the effort to remain calm) while the art in the back feels like chaos. It looks like the two parts of one mind during an anxiety attack or something of that nature.” The visual conveying the opposite of what the lyric were saying gave the post such a cool look! I wrapped up the week by commenting on Liv’s pie/pi post, I said “My grandma’s apple pie is also my favorite!” Which is true, my grandma makes apple pie for me and my dad every time we go to her house for Thanksgiving. I also replied to Cinder’s post; they said “It’s not pi day without having some pi” so I commented “This is the best way to celebrate!”

Final Thoughts

This week was a great way to get back into the swing of school. I’m excited to work with my group to create a radio show.

Seventh Heaven

This week was fun! I really liked getting to look at everyones propaganda, PSAs, and newspapers. I think everyone did a good job with their assignments and you can tell they put a lot of effort into their projects. I had fun with the projects this week too and I think they were some of the stronger projects I’ve done this semester.

Daily Creates

For this week’s Daily Creates, I did Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s, and Thursday’s. Tuesday’s Daily create was taking a picture from the opposite perspective. I chose to take a picture of my laptop, which normally isn’t perched on an Adirondack chair outside, but the weather was really nice on Tuesday so I did my work outide that day.

Wednesday’s Daily Create was to make your own Fairytale. At first, I was really struggling to come up with a story, so I decided to look at writing prompts on Pinterest, which is a common fix for me to get out of a writers block. I landed on writing a short story about Hansel and Gretel where the witch is their savior instead of the villain. Writing the short story was hard given the character limit on Mastodon, so it took me a few tries to write it out and edit it down. Eventually, I was able to cut the story down without losing any major parts.

The last Daily Create was on Thursday and the prompt was to showcase your kaleidoscope. My initial idea for the prompt was to take the Kaleidoscope camera from Apple Photobooth, point it at the sky, and call it a day. However, I decided that that choice wasn’t personal enough. I ended up deciding to make an acrostic to better depict what my kaleidoscope would show. I incorporated colors, shapes, objects, and description words into the poem to give readers the best depiction possible.

The Daily Creates were fun this week. I wanted to do Monday but the day slipped away from me before I got the chance. Maybe I’ll try to do some DCs over Spring Break. Maybe.

Assignments

I loved the assignments this week. I found them so enjoyable to craft. The Character Commenting assignment was interesting but also a tad challenging. The hardest part was finding assignments to write about and then coming up with reasons why my character liked those assignments. As the assignment went on, it became easier and easier to get in the headspace of my character but writing the first paragraph was tough. Still, it came out fine. You can view Krissy’s Comments here.

I liked the newspaper assignment, it was fun to portray a fictional movie like a serious event. This assignment also made watching the Terminator scenes different because I was forced to look through a lens of realism. Normally in shoot out movie scenes the audience isn’t supposed to dwell on the lives being taken in the background. However, because I was focused on the events happening in the scene, I was forced to consider everyone who had died. The police shooting scene had so many deaths, I’m not sure anyone was left alive. It was interesting to consider the lives of the people in the background. To make the assignment I used Canva. I included a few easter eggs in the report and on the side, that I’m curious to see if anyone picked up on. I explained one of them in my blog, which you can view here.

The propaganda assignment was my favorite. I think it’s one of the best assignments I’ve done in this class so far. I chose to make my propaganda about egg prices because they are so, dramatically high right now which is really frustrating. One of my favorite parts about my poster is that the coloring I used is reminiscent of pro-America propaganda. I decided to use that coloring in an ironic way because many Americans are suffering while our leaders are worried about other issues. Also, not to toot my own horn, but I thought my slogan, “Crack and egg, Make it rain” was funny and I know it made me giggle. You can view more of the thought process behind the poster here

Comments

People made commenting easy this week. There were so many good posts! Sam’s Club did a great job on his newspaper and we both used Canva to do the assignment. I told them, “This looks great! I love Canva, I use it for almost all of the assignments in this class and outside of class too!” It’s fun getting to bond over having a commonality in your process, it helps create connections in an asynchronous class. I was really impressed with Live it Up With Liv’s Propaganda. I said, “This is so good! “The system protects the powerful. Who protects you?” and “Justice isn’t blind, it’s bought” are amazing lines that unfortunately mimic current events. As always, you did a fantastic job on this assignment!” The wording Liv used to make her propaganda hit so close to home, I was taken aback by how meaningful it was. Flower Bed also did a good job on their propaganda. I commented, “This is so interesting. I think you did a great job relating to technoir themes because this gives me black mirror vibes. Great job!” I can tell that they have a good understanding of TechNoir themes because they were able to effectively capture Black Mirror vibes in their propaganda. Next, I commented on Rylie’s Riveting Region, I told them “This looks so good! I’m really impressed, and I’ll be using this as inspiration for my project. Amazing job!” This comment was in response to the newspaper that Rylie did. It was the first one I had seen that week, and I thought it looked great. Lastly, I commented on You Weekly Adrenaline Rush, asking, “Your photos of Sapphira Mae are all so beautiful and consistent. Do you draw them yourself or get them from a specific place? I’d love to know!” Their character is always consistently drawn and I am curious how they are able to do that. I have a hard time finding a character design for Krissy, so I’m interested to see the process of how they came up with one for Sapphira Mae.

Final Thoughts

Heading into Spring Break, I am definetly ready for a break. I’m looking forward to coming back rested and recharged to finish the semester strong, especially in this class. To say goodbye, I’ll leave you with one more pun to hold you over until I’m back for the Week 8 Summary.

Seven days without a pun makes one weak.