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February 25, 2008
February 21, 2008
Digital PLAYLAND
Digital Studio 2 students are investigating the ways that digital culture is providing recreational and playful opportunities for adults. Some areas of interest are: virtual worlds, games of various types, and toy like products created using digital tools. Students will post their favorite finds in the comments below...
(Students: please include a short description of the area of playful culture you are drawn to, a link to at least one visual example, and what you plan to explore in your own PLAYLAND project...)
Here are some ways that writers are thinking about role playing games as a literary artform:
link to essays on the Electronic Book Review:
www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/firstperson
For Laughs
On the heels of our Digital Composite project, I found a series of satirical photoshop tutorials on YouTube. ( short films from MyDamnChannel.com) They may be faster to view on YouTube though.
Caution: These may be a bit raunchy for some, but if you've spent hours trying to master photoshop, they may make you laugh til you cry!
You Suck at Photoshop ( episodes 1 - 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_X5uR7VC4M
or
http://laughingsquid.com/you-suck-at-photoshop-by-donnie-hoyle/
February 14, 2008
Deborah Mersky Lecture / Workshop
Students who attended the Deborah Mersky clay printing workshop or lecture can post their comments below...
I absolutely loved Deborah's work. The clay stamped pieces were my favorite. If she sold posters of the prints she made I would like to buy some. Her steel pieces were good too. I like how she encorporated the environment into what she made.
Posted by: Laura Murphy | February 12, 2008 09:04 PM
I really like the window designs at one of the light rail stations. And the stamping of the clay stamps were also amazing in the repetition of them and the way she worked with color and the background out of old pages of books and dictionaries. O also the piece with the crabs, that she loves to eat!
Posted by: Kathryn Deitner | February 13, 2008 09:19 AM
February 3, 2008
Elegant interfaces
On Digg, stories are arranged around a colorful circle.
http://www.electronicbookreview.com
Electronic Book Review's colorful interface was designed by Anne Burdick.
