Tag Archives: DesignAssignments

Is this design?

Posted on February 13, 2022 by phb256

I saw The Color of Words assignment elsewhere, so I thought I’d take a look at it. I used joy as my keyword, in true Bob fashion, and the above image is what I got. One of the images in … Continue reading →

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One book over the line

Posted on February 11, 2022 by phb256

A few days ago, a new alleged reading promotion poster from the Chicago Public Library came to my attention. I shared it with some colleagues, and one responded with this graphic. Weeding is librarian talk for the process of removing … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side of the Bob

Posted on September 26, 2021 by phb256

There was a Daily Create last week about what was going on just off the album cover image. I think someone had Wish You Were Here in there and that gave me the idea to have Bob setting it on … Continue reading →

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How not to choose a design assignment

Posted on February 18, 2020 by phb256

So I told myself: I’ll do a design assignment. I’ll click the random button and do whichever on it gives me. So what do I get? The Spreadsheet Invasion. What the heck should I do with that? And how the … Continue reading →

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The Hits Keep Coming…

Posted on September 2, 2019 by phb256

One of our ds106 crew had the brilliant idea to put an 80s twist on the Name That Single assignment, so I thought I’d give it a shot. I wonder if we can make a trend out of this. I … Continue reading →

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Bond goes GQ

Posted on February 22, 2017 by phb256

I decided to take another shot at the Animated Magazine Cover assignment. Former ds106 master Jim Groom did a GQ Dude cover, and I thought GQ would be tailor-made for Bond. As it turns out, it was, since I found … Continue reading →

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A Wild West assignment idea

Posted on January 17, 2016 by phb256

I don’t like to give too many examples because I’m afraid people will follow them like template. But since I threw everyone in the deep end and had you create assignments in the second week, here’s an assignment idea I … Continue reading →

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Recover the classics

Posted on September 29, 2015 by phb256

The Creative Action Network is running a campaign for Recovering the Classics. I thought it would make a good assignment, so now it is. Supposedly you get a kickback if your cover sells. So I made this thing: I probably … Continue reading →

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Tales from DS106

Posted on February 23, 2015 by phb256

Jim wrote a bit about sharing comic books with his kids and talked about making an animated GIF out of one of the covers I want to have the dude who is buried alive slamming on the coffin, need to talk … Continue reading →

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Posted on October 5, 2014 by phb256

I loved that western showdown scene between the police and the FBI. This part had GIF written all over it. I had the idea to put the three of them together, so I was careful to make all of them … Continue reading →

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