Movie Book Cover

Here is a book cover I drew for Inception. I incorporated the top, maze and layer themes. I drew it by hand and think that the hand-drawn mazes fit well, since Cobb evaluated Ariadne's skill with her ability to quickly draw mazes by hand.
I wish movie posters were like this. I'd much rather have the themes be advertised over the actors who are in the film.

Try making one yourself!

Movie Travel Poster

This ds106 assignment was to create a minimalist travel poster for a location in a movie or television show. I chose a location from the funniest movie ever made. I had a lot of fun with this and will probably try to make more. I like a lot of movies and enjoy trying to figure out a simple way to capture the location.

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Why not try it yourself?

My Favourite Line

I was inspired to try this assignment by a post by @kaits_.

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This is probably my favourite line from any song. It's in The Only Living Boy in New York by Simon & Garfunkel. It reminds me of all the things I have to smile about.

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I like how the black background provides high contrast and I chose red and white for the text because those are the colours of a smile. I wanted to play up the alliteration in "to do today" so I used short lines. I also tried to make smile look as much like a smile as I could.

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Try it yourself here!

Random Album

Presenting the latest album by List of Bridges in Burma! The Support of Paul was two years in the making and is sure to be treasured by both fans and music lovers everywhere.

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This assignment was fun. I loved the randomness of it. However, I did modify it slightly. The random photo I found on flickr was all rights reserved, so I searched one of its tags on the creative commons modifiable search. This way I was able to modify and tweak in good conscience.

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Go to http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/an-album-cover/ to make your own!

Doodle Notes: Byte 2013 Keynote

I am very visual learner and frequently take lectures notes entirely in doodles. I also convert any written notes into pictures when studying for tests and exams. If I can represent something as a picture I am better able to remember it. A while back I shared some of my doodle-notes in a post and a member of the Byte Committee, Andy McKiel, saw it AND liked it.

He asked me if I'd like to doodle the keynote address by Clarence Fisher. I said yes, I even have my markers! I spent the night in nervous anticipation. I had never been up in front of so many people before, but I told myself that I was just taking notes and that I wouldn't be the focus. That helped.

I was nervous, but when Clarence started talking it came naturally. I was focused on what he was saying and what that looked like. When I'm doodling live I tend to go from left to right and then top to bottom, as if I'm writing. This helps me maximize the space and keep the flow of ideas intact. If I'm converting from notes or slides I'm a little more fluid in my doodle structure.  It was a lot of fun.

I was lucky to have a friend photo-documenting my doodle process, so I'll let the pictures take over from my words from here on out.

http://instagram.com/p/WCceEQghGx/

   

Click here to see and hear Clarence's talk.