Draw the best present you gave or received, then post it on flickr. Here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8605418578/
The best present I received is angelic and ethereal love and understanding.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
TDC447- March 30, 2013- Draw the best present you gave or received.
For the daily create March 30, 2013-
Draw the best present you gave or received, then post it on flickr. Here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8605418578/
The best present I received is angelic and ethereal love and understanding.
Draw the best present you gave or received, then post it on flickr. Here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8605418578/
The best present I received is angelic and ethereal love and understanding.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
TDC443- The Daily Create, March 27, 2013 posted Mar. 28th
http://tdc.ds106.us/writings/kolchak-the-night-stalker-in-search-of-ds106/
My Daily Create for March 27. Actually, I typed this and posted it on the 28th since I had an urgent assignment that was more important to me that doing a daily create. However, this daily create asked to re-write a movie scene, and since I couldn't think of any recent movies, I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite classic's that was directed by the late Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows creator). Therefore, I put Darren McGavin the role (and given the time era the made for TV movie debuted in the 70's), I thought would make for an interesting movie re-write of Kolchak The Night Stalker. I am a huge fan of Kolchak The Night Stalker series as well and not to be confused with Kojack. ;)
My Daily Create for March 27. Actually, I typed this and posted it on the 28th since I had an urgent assignment that was more important to me that doing a daily create. However, this daily create asked to re-write a movie scene, and since I couldn't think of any recent movies, I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite classic's that was directed by the late Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows creator). Therefore, I put Darren McGavin the role (and given the time era the made for TV movie debuted in the 70's), I thought would make for an interesting movie re-write of Kolchak The Night Stalker. I am a huge fan of Kolchak The Night Stalker series as well and not to be confused with Kojack. ;)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker/ In Search of ds106 –TDC443 March 27, 2013
Kolchak sits on his bed in a sleazy hotel room. With his portable tape recorder on, he dictates a strange case afflicting universities nationwide;
Kolchak (in the voice of Darren McGavin): “Instead of chasing down leads on a suspected vampire stalking the night on the Vegas Strip, my boss, Vincenzo, has sent me on assignment elsewhere that deals with a mysterious group calling themselves ds 106. Nothing within any cities infrastructures have been vandalized and no crimes have been committed. But just who is this ds 106 and why does “Cogdog” seem to be the ring leader? All ds 106 does is create art. Art out of what, you might ask? They call it digital storytelling and that’s all I know for now. I really should get back on the case of a supposed vampire that’s terrorizing the Vegas Strip, but my boss has ordered me to stay off that case until the nutcase is captured by police. I would just hinder their efforts. Oh, yes, and there’s a mysterious man calling himself Dr. Oblivion and he sounds like he might be in league with this vampire. I have yet to discover the truth…”
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Daily create for Mar. 23, 2013 posted Mar. 24.
Create a world of happiness for a fictional character that had little of it." Writing assignment for the daily create, March 23, 2013
Dawn was born into poverty to extremely hard working bare minimum wage-earning parents that strives to raise her right in a crazy world. In Dawn’s eyes, she wanted to go to a world where such strife didn’t exist; where people lived in harmony and didn’t worry where their next meal would come from. It would be a fairytale kingdom and Dawn and her family would live in a pristine castle hidden away in a forest. Her world would be filled with sunshine and roses. It would be a place where a person could fill their Eco-friendly car on raindrops and Skittles candy and not have to worry if the price of leaded and unleaded fuel went sky high in the slumping dark economy.
In Dawn’s world cuddly teddy bears would be her best friends and she would host tea parties with past and present celebrities of her choosing. Dawn is a gorgeous princess and her Prince Charming would sweep her off her feet and waltz her to Metallica’s “To Live is to Die”, but unlike that of the sweet instrumental intro in the song that cuts into frantic drumming and electric guitar solos, there would be no “Energizer bunny” playing to take away from the richness of the intro. A handsome man would dance her around the ballroom and others would take their cue and everybody in attendance would be dressed in their finest glad rags. Nobody would be excluded from having a fun time in Dawn’s happy world.
Dawn dreams of marrying a nice man someday, and in her world, it’s possible. When she has her coming out ball at twenty-one, many handsome suitors line up, but they have to go through the process of asking her father, the king. Dawn’s father will not care about inheriting land, or bother with luxurious frivolous possessions like a yacht, private beach, golf course, million- trillion dollar estate on a hillside or a private island in the tropics. Her handsome suitor need not be famous in Dawn’s world. He needn’t have pot of gold at the end of rainbow or come from a long defunct dynasty like that of the Roman Empire, for example.
Dawn will not care what her suitor’s occupation is in her world. He could be the shoe cobbler, blacksmith or mild-mannered peasant that tills her father’s land. And the man her father chose to marry his daughter would be chivalrous and manly. All Dawn’s father wants is for his daughter is to be well cared for and loved by a man who knows how to be good to a woman and treat her with dignity. – The End.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Daily create for Mar. 21, 2013 Draw how waiting for something or someone makes you feel.
Daily create for March 21, 2013. I had to colorize my drawing because the black and white version didn't show up good over on flickr.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Visual Writing Prompt-Daily Create, ds106 March 20, 2013
Aliens; are they real?
As for being visited by aliens from other planets? If we are, then the government sure wouldn’t inform the general masses. There’s a lot of interesting speculation about the murals depicted inside DIA that have overt alien overtones and other weird, disturbing imagery as well. In fact, there are rumored to be hidden underground tunnels/systems through the airport that nobody has access to, except for high levels of government. Could we be hiding aliens for mankind's personal pursuit of greater knowledge and meaning of life, per se? Who knows.
Whatever became of the Voyager’s Golden phonograph record that was shot off into space back in 1977 with 55 different languages? From what I learned about that way back in grade school (and that was eons ago, by the way), that this particular record's intended purpose was to greet alien beings from other planets and invite them to planet earth.
So are aliens real or fake? Well, why would the government keep Roswell and Area 51 top secret for so many years? A downed weather balloon in 1947 was the explanation leading many to believe there was some sort of cover up about the Roswell incident and alien visitation. I think Orson Welles did a fascinating live radio drama when he stirred the imaginations and created mass-hysteria for a lot of Americans in New York and New Jersey on Oct. 30, 1938 when “War of the Words” debuted on the air. However, personally, I can't say for sure if aliens exist or not.
I think all the Hollywood movies that depicted alien beings like Men in Black, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and Walt Disney's "Flight of the Navigator" were awesome depictions of what could be and how aliens and humans interact. However, some of the technology displayed in those movies actually came to be now that we're in the twenty-first century. Take into consideration that Close Encounters of the Third Kind debuted in 1977, when computer technology still took up an entire room to operate and most of those computers had RAM and crunched numbers. E.T. debuted in 1982 and Flight of the Navigator came out in 1986. Even back then the entire "technologically advanced" theme was depicted well in these films, too. Men in Black was good as well, but the aliens depicted in that movie seemed a little too "Star Wars-ish" to be believable. I can't say whether aliens do exist or don't and can only go on what I've seen and read about them over the years. I'm not much of a Sci-fi "alien" buff, that's for sure.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
the daily create 432- superhero step-by-step. March 15, 2013
ds106 daily create 432
Background info:
Just because its spring break doesn't mean I will forgo doing the daily creates or blogging. When I noticed this daily create writing assignment I knew I had to write a tribute to a wonderful man and drummer, who was a 'true' superhero in my eyes anyway. Every KISS fan will have their favorite, but sometimes in the myth, hype and coming from an 80's era that was largely ultra-conservative with religion playing a large part in my young life back then, it was difficult to find a rock band with positive qualities. Sure, KISS had their heyday back in the 70's and they were infamous, but their 80's era was more tame and they weren't a party band anymore.
When I noticed a segment on ds106 to write a step-by-step manual to be a superhero, Eric Carr came to mind. Why? Because given that most of my peers are younger than me, they never heard of Eric Carr. I do have many wonderful memories from my pre-teen years when I first heard of KISS. I didn't listen to them on a compact disc although this relatively new format was fazing out LP's and cassette tapes by 1989. Most of my generation clung to their cassette tapes and LP's for dear life. As far as I knew I was the only girl in my generation that collected and listened to 8 track tapes as well.
What made Eric Carr stand out from the rest? He was genuine. From the many stories I heard about him over the years, fans that did get the chance to meet him in person reiterated the same thing; he was very approachable, down to earth,
I sailed through my preteen years and hurdled New Kids On The Block like they had the plague. I followed KISS' journey through the pages of Metal Edge and RIP even though my reading comprehension was terrible by fifth-grade standards. In fact, I was failing in reading in school and wasn't keeping pace with my peers. Although I did put forth a good effort.
Eric Carr's image as well as Gene and Paul's and Bruce's was all over those magazines back then and this was long before the days of the internet, by the way. Hearing about music news used to take forever to hit newstands and if one didn't get MTV on cable, then print was the way to go back then.
I was attending an elementary school that I liked and my fifth grade peers were close to my same age. Some of them listened to heavy metal bands like Metallica and DIO and they never once chided me for listening to KISS. But it didn't last. I moved around quite a bit, lost contact with life long friends, and had to constantly re-adjust to each new move. This meant new schools, being transferred in the middle of the year, and eventually I wound up being the oldest in my class. The age difference didn't fly with some of my sixth grade peers. They were younger than me. I got relentlessly teased for listening to KISS back then and they considered them Satanic. However, I bet none of my elementary peers could crank out a five hundred word, double-spaced explanation as to why they thought KISS was Satanic other than the acroynms that still circulated.
The KISS I first saw in Metal Edge were average and basic. Sure, Eric Carr had huge long hair, and yes girls-- it was his real hair, too. Their grease-paint days were behind them even though there was a lot of discussion if they'd ever put that back on again. And Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons did don the makeup and costumes for the cover issue of RIP in June 1990, but that was about it.
All seemed to be good for a tour in 1989 and they just released their Hot In The Shade album that produced a highly requested radio hit, "Forever" and an MTV video as well. Unknown to fans at the time Eric Carr had one other song he wanted to put on the album aside from "Little Ceaser". "Somebody's Waiting" is hauntingly beautiful, especially since it was released posthumously twenty years later almost. I think it would have been a hit and cemented Eric Carr's
Eric Carr could probably be defined as a true superhero, of sorts. Not only did he try to save the lives of his fellow bandmates from a fire that broke out in Gullivar's restaurant/discotheque (pre-KISS days), he was also a genuine human being as well. His personality was right for KISS. He was also in the right place at the right time.
After he was stricken with a rare form of heart cancer in 1991, word spread like wildfire through Metal Edge and other publications. By now I was fourteen, living in a new small one-horse town and everything seemed like a strange adjustment period, of sorts. I knew Eric Carr's illness was serious, but didn't realize at the time just how fast it would take him down. And since I didn't know what cancer was at fourteen, I didn't know how grave the situation was progressing. In retrospect, it was a surreal time back then not just for the music world, either. As a country we were at war with Iraq and coverage of that ran almost non-stop on the evening news.
Eric Carr shared his prognosis with his fans. It stunned me at the time because here's a man who was in good health the year before. I couldn't believe it because he was also a kid at heart, which is another reason why he identified with so many of the younger fans too. And every night I prayed for Eric Carr, a man that I never met and didn't know. I read about his remission in the magazines and he had gone through chemo, but never could imagine what happened when November 25, 1991 rolled around.
The day started out like any average day, but it wouldn't last. Later that evening I was watching MTV news when they reported the death of Eric Carr and my jaw hit the floor! And what about the band themselves, would they carry on or cease?
It didn't come out until a little while after Eric Carr's death that there was a lot of rumors flying around that he was fired on his death bed, forced to sign a resignation letter releasing him from his contract with KISS because there was a 5 % chance that he'd survive his terminal illness.
Eric Carr's death was overshadowed by Freddie Mercury, front man of Queen. They died on the same day. Eric Carr was underrated as a drummer and the talents he possessed went beyond just being another rock star. He also had sideline projects and wanted to be a cartoonist according to Metal Madness magazine that interviewed him. He was the process of inking a deal with Hanna-Barbera to release his children's cartoon, "The Rock Heads", but he sadly passed away before seeing his dream become true. But, thanks to his family and friends, his "Rockheads" cartoon did appear as a comic book many years later.
Eric Carr also played several different instruments such as bass guitar, piano, harmonica, etc. But his vocals were scarcely heard on any of KISS' albums except for two songs "Little Ceaser" and a re-make of "Beth". He deserved more recognition than KISS gave him.
Many fans that did get the chance to meet Eric Carr, received the impression that they'd been friends with him going way back a long time. He was extremely good with faces and names, of which, always surprised fans when they'd get the chance to see him again and he'd bring up something they spoke about. One thing that was very unique was that Eric Carr answered his fan mail, personalize messages, called fans on the phone and chatted with them for an hour. That's how much Eric Carr truly cared about his fans.
I saw Eric Singer on the back of a comic book for KISS' new debut album, "Revenge" and thought, "Who's that?" Eric Singer had had been a session drummer for Alice Cooper, Badlands, but it seemed off-kilter when he joined KISS after Eric Carr's death and I dropped the rock group like a hot potato after that.
Let's say that Eric Carr had beaten the odds and his cancer never returned, then I think he would have had a bright future awaiting him, perhaps form his own band, or some other band would have came along and snagged him because he was a multi-talented musician. And nowadays with the advent of the internet, Facebook, Myspace, IM services, Skype and email, Eric Carr would likely be busy. And if he enjoyed online games, then he might have liked maintaining a virtual farm on FB, stopping by Yoville or having a ball in the Sims game. He'd probably also blog about his projects, and I don't know about podcasts, I'm sure he'd dust off some rare gems from his discotechque days and make those available if he had anything from his early days.
And what would Eric Carr's take be on the recent fad the Harlem Shake? He'd probably create a hiliarous version of it, no doubt.
Many years later journalist Greg Prato penned a book on Eric Carr's life: "The Eric Carr story" and it has to be one of the best books on the market in my personal opinion. It shows that Eric Carr struggled while being in the band that he loved so much. Even though this particular book jumps around a little bit in segments, it gives the reader a broader understanding of what went on behind the scenes, especially in Eric Carr's final days, as told by his long time girlfriend, Carrie Stevens, who knew him best as well as Eric's family and friends. I won't give away the entire book and do urge fans to buy a copy on Lulu and Amazon.
And now for my daily create (Whew!):
Background info:
Just because its spring break doesn't mean I will forgo doing the daily creates or blogging. When I noticed this daily create writing assignment I knew I had to write a tribute to a wonderful man and drummer, who was a 'true' superhero in my eyes anyway. Every KISS fan will have their favorite, but sometimes in the myth, hype and coming from an 80's era that was largely ultra-conservative with religion playing a large part in my young life back then, it was difficult to find a rock band with positive qualities. Sure, KISS had their heyday back in the 70's and they were infamous, but their 80's era was more tame and they weren't a party band anymore.
When I noticed a segment on ds106 to write a step-by-step manual to be a superhero, Eric Carr came to mind. Why? Because given that most of my peers are younger than me, they never heard of Eric Carr. I do have many wonderful memories from my pre-teen years when I first heard of KISS. I didn't listen to them on a compact disc although this relatively new format was fazing out LP's and cassette tapes by 1989. Most of my generation clung to their cassette tapes and LP's for dear life. As far as I knew I was the only girl in my generation that collected and listened to 8 track tapes as well.
hiliarous, kind, generous, thoughtful. I noticed immediately that he was one of those "one-of-a-kind" literal unknowns that strove hard to make his dreams come true. In doing so, he never put fame between him and his fans, which, for a rock star of his caliber, is unheard of. The trend in music during the late 80's was shifting to power ballad songs and many "here today, gone tomorrow" groups were being invented over night and slapped on the covers of Metal Edge magazine.
I sailed through my preteen years and hurdled New Kids On The Block like they had the plague. I followed KISS' journey through the pages of Metal Edge and RIP even though my reading comprehension was terrible by fifth-grade standards. In fact, I was failing in reading in school and wasn't keeping pace with my peers. Although I did put forth a good effort.
Eric Carr's image as well as Gene and Paul's and Bruce's was all over those magazines back then and this was long before the days of the internet, by the way. Hearing about music news used to take forever to hit newstands and if one didn't get MTV on cable, then print was the way to go back then.
I was attending an elementary school that I liked and my fifth grade peers were close to my same age. Some of them listened to heavy metal bands like Metallica and DIO and they never once chided me for listening to KISS. But it didn't last. I moved around quite a bit, lost contact with life long friends, and had to constantly re-adjust to each new move. This meant new schools, being transferred in the middle of the year, and eventually I wound up being the oldest in my class. The age difference didn't fly with some of my sixth grade peers. They were younger than me. I got relentlessly teased for listening to KISS back then and they considered them Satanic. However, I bet none of my elementary peers could crank out a five hundred word, double-spaced explanation as to why they thought KISS was Satanic other than the acroynms that still circulated.
The KISS I first saw in Metal Edge were average and basic. Sure, Eric Carr had huge long hair, and yes girls-- it was his real hair, too. Their grease-paint days were behind them even though there was a lot of discussion if they'd ever put that back on again. And Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons did don the makeup and costumes for the cover issue of RIP in June 1990, but that was about it.
All seemed to be good for a tour in 1989 and they just released their Hot In The Shade album that produced a highly requested radio hit, "Forever" and an MTV video as well. Unknown to fans at the time Eric Carr had one other song he wanted to put on the album aside from "Little Ceaser". "Somebody's Waiting" is hauntingly beautiful, especially since it was released posthumously twenty years later almost. I think it would have been a hit and cemented Eric Carr's
versility as an exceptional singer as well had it been allowed to go on the HITS album.
Eric Carr could probably be defined as a true superhero, of sorts. Not only did he try to save the lives of his fellow bandmates from a fire that broke out in Gullivar's restaurant/discotheque (pre-KISS days), he was also a genuine human being as well. His personality was right for KISS. He was also in the right place at the right time.
After he was stricken with a rare form of heart cancer in 1991, word spread like wildfire through Metal Edge and other publications. By now I was fourteen, living in a new small one-horse town and everything seemed like a strange adjustment period, of sorts. I knew Eric Carr's illness was serious, but didn't realize at the time just how fast it would take him down. And since I didn't know what cancer was at fourteen, I didn't know how grave the situation was progressing. In retrospect, it was a surreal time back then not just for the music world, either. As a country we were at war with Iraq and coverage of that ran almost non-stop on the evening news.
Eric Carr shared his prognosis with his fans. It stunned me at the time because here's a man who was in good health the year before. I couldn't believe it because he was also a kid at heart, which is another reason why he identified with so many of the younger fans too. And every night I prayed for Eric Carr, a man that I never met and didn't know. I read about his remission in the magazines and he had gone through chemo, but never could imagine what happened when November 25, 1991 rolled around.
The day started out like any average day, but it wouldn't last. Later that evening I was watching MTV news when they reported the death of Eric Carr and my jaw hit the floor! And what about the band themselves, would they carry on or cease?
It didn't come out until a little while after Eric Carr's death that there was a lot of rumors flying around that he was fired on his death bed, forced to sign a resignation letter releasing him from his contract with KISS because there was a 5 % chance that he'd survive his terminal illness.
Eric Carr's death was overshadowed by Freddie Mercury, front man of Queen. They died on the same day. Eric Carr was underrated as a drummer and the talents he possessed went beyond just being another rock star. He also had sideline projects and wanted to be a cartoonist according to Metal Madness magazine that interviewed him. He was the process of inking a deal with Hanna-Barbera to release his children's cartoon, "The Rock Heads", but he sadly passed away before seeing his dream become true. But, thanks to his family and friends, his "Rockheads" cartoon did appear as a comic book many years later.
Eric Carr also played several different instruments such as bass guitar, piano, harmonica, etc. But his vocals were scarcely heard on any of KISS' albums except for two songs "Little Ceaser" and a re-make of "Beth". He deserved more recognition than KISS gave him.
Many fans that did get the chance to meet Eric Carr, received the impression that they'd been friends with him going way back a long time. He was extremely good with faces and names, of which, always surprised fans when they'd get the chance to see him again and he'd bring up something they spoke about. One thing that was very unique was that Eric Carr answered his fan mail, personalize messages, called fans on the phone and chatted with them for an hour. That's how much Eric Carr truly cared about his fans.
I saw Eric Singer on the back of a comic book for KISS' new debut album, "Revenge" and thought, "Who's that?" Eric Singer had had been a session drummer for Alice Cooper, Badlands, but it seemed off-kilter when he joined KISS after Eric Carr's death and I dropped the rock group like a hot potato after that.
Let's say that Eric Carr had beaten the odds and his cancer never returned, then I think he would have had a bright future awaiting him, perhaps form his own band, or some other band would have came along and snagged him because he was a multi-talented musician. And nowadays with the advent of the internet, Facebook, Myspace, IM services, Skype and email, Eric Carr would likely be busy. And if he enjoyed online games, then he might have liked maintaining a virtual farm on FB, stopping by Yoville or having a ball in the Sims game. He'd probably also blog about his projects, and I don't know about podcasts, I'm sure he'd dust off some rare gems from his discotechque days and make those available if he had anything from his early days.
And what would Eric Carr's take be on the recent fad the Harlem Shake? He'd probably create a hiliarous version of it, no doubt.
Many years later journalist Greg Prato penned a book on Eric Carr's life: "The Eric Carr story" and it has to be one of the best books on the market in my personal opinion. It shows that Eric Carr struggled while being in the band that he loved so much. Even though this particular book jumps around a little bit in segments, it gives the reader a broader understanding of what went on behind the scenes, especially in Eric Carr's final days, as told by his long time girlfriend, Carrie Stevens, who knew him best as well as Eric's family and friends. I won't give away the entire book and do urge fans to buy a copy on Lulu and Amazon.
And now for my daily create (Whew!):
To be a True superhero rock star.
March 16, 2013
1. Be an average oven repairman by day. Continue to bash the drums by night in various bar bands and never give up hope that you’ll hit the big time.
2. You experience personal tragedy early on when a fire breaks out at one of the local area restaurant/ night clubs you’re playing at. You jump into action and try to save as many lives as possible from the raging inferno while totally disregarding your own personal safety in the process. However, before the days of the internet, your valiant actions don’t reach the greater masses until many years down the road.
3. Find out from a friend that a hugely successful rock group is auditioning for a new drummer.
4. When mailing off your resume and audition tape, make sure that you use a bright neon orange envelope to get the attention of the office worker who handles all incoming mail. That way it will get delivered it to the right person in the office.
5. Once contacted for an audition, your positive attitude and warm personality make all the difference. These qualifications, although extremely atypical of any new superhero rock star hopeful, are valuable assets that you’ll never lose.
6. Asking for “their” autograph is perfectly acceptable. Once you leave; the band may decide to try somebody else to fill the platform boots.
7. You play the waiting game and then comes the day you find out that you’ve been chosen out of 50-90 applicants vying for the same position.
8. Now pick a stage name, any name. Slap on the grease paint, pull on those platform boots and get ready to rock.
9. And please, for the love of God, DO NOT go out on stage looking like “Big Bird” on steroids because it won’t look good.
10. You’re a fox and you know it.
11. In the beginning carry dinner napkins on your person in case the pesky paparazzi try to take your photo whenever your in public and ruin your mystique.
12. Remember that “Kids are people too.”
13. You survived your first tour with the veteran superhero rock stars.
14. You’re the right man for the job and it takes a lot of guts to talk back to your new undercover agents.
15. Sparing a few minutes out of your hectic day to do radio interviews, sign autographs and chat with your fans shows you are a real humanitarian.
16. Super powers? Having a heart of gold and warm personality could make any nemesis cower in fear.
17. Real superheroes don’t need capes, shoot laser beams from the palm of their hands or fly faster than a speeding bullet. All you’ll need is pure inner strength.
18. Unmask in 1983 and go public on MTV.
19. Don’t press that internal “panic button” and think that the superhero rock band is finished or that your career has ended.
20. A superhero rock star will set good examples that other people can learn by.
21. Your time on earth is tragically cut short. However, your spirit lives on. You become a legend and inspire millions of your fans to follow their own dreams and goals and make them come true.
2. You experience personal tragedy early on when a fire breaks out at one of the local area restaurant/ night clubs you’re playing at. You jump into action and try to save as many lives as possible from the raging inferno while totally disregarding your own personal safety in the process. However, before the days of the internet, your valiant actions don’t reach the greater masses until many years down the road.
3. Find out from a friend that a hugely successful rock group is auditioning for a new drummer.
4. When mailing off your resume and audition tape, make sure that you use a bright neon orange envelope to get the attention of the office worker who handles all incoming mail. That way it will get delivered it to the right person in the office.
5. Once contacted for an audition, your positive attitude and warm personality make all the difference. These qualifications, although extremely atypical of any new superhero rock star hopeful, are valuable assets that you’ll never lose.
6. Asking for “their” autograph is perfectly acceptable. Once you leave; the band may decide to try somebody else to fill the platform boots.
7. You play the waiting game and then comes the day you find out that you’ve been chosen out of 50-90 applicants vying for the same position.
8. Now pick a stage name, any name. Slap on the grease paint, pull on those platform boots and get ready to rock.
9. And please, for the love of God, DO NOT go out on stage looking like “Big Bird” on steroids because it won’t look good.
10. You’re a fox and you know it.
11. In the beginning carry dinner napkins on your person in case the pesky paparazzi try to take your photo whenever your in public and ruin your mystique.
12. Remember that “Kids are people too.”
13. You survived your first tour with the veteran superhero rock stars.
14. You’re the right man for the job and it takes a lot of guts to talk back to your new undercover agents.
15. Sparing a few minutes out of your hectic day to do radio interviews, sign autographs and chat with your fans shows you are a real humanitarian.
16. Super powers? Having a heart of gold and warm personality could make any nemesis cower in fear.
17. Real superheroes don’t need capes, shoot laser beams from the palm of their hands or fly faster than a speeding bullet. All you’ll need is pure inner strength.
18. Unmask in 1983 and go public on MTV.
19. Don’t press that internal “panic button” and think that the superhero rock band is finished or that your career has ended.
20. A superhero rock star will set good examples that other people can learn by.
21. Your time on earth is tragically cut short. However, your spirit lives on. You become a legend and inspire millions of your fans to follow their own dreams and goals and make them come true.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
TDC413- March 9, 2013 Ode to something unappreciated. Daily create, Saturday.
Ode to my Whirlpool electric range--
You've cooked many meals for me
Even when your back burner fell apart while cleaning the surface
Your push button knobs gleam in the slighest refraction of night light
With an off-white surface so bright
And a burned out oven light
I clean your surface day and night
Forgetting about the electric burners that will eventually give out
In the meantime you're dependable-- somewhat
Cooking meals on three burners
You've cooked many meals for me
Even when your back burner fell apart while cleaning the surface
Your push button knobs gleam in the slighest refraction of night light
With an off-white surface so bright
And a burned out oven light
I clean your surface day and night
Forgetting about the electric burners that will eventually give out
In the meantime you're dependable-- somewhat
Cooking meals on three burners
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Childbook Mashup- March 7, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
design safari collage- March 5, 2013
Here it is. My design safari collage that I created. I probably missed a picture or two when creating this, but it's difficult to keep track of everything that I've done in the last couple of days.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Summary of design assignments, four daily creates and 15 points. March 3, 2013
In spite of all that's currently going on in my life along with my uncle's critical condition, I feel pressed to get this assignment turned in as soon as possible. I seem to recall from class there was mention of creating a poster of all the design elements that our class took. At least, I thought I heard this as I jotted my notes. Therefore, I will design a poster with the elements I posted to the ds 106's open document. For now, here's my summary of my work--
It took me forever to figure out the design safari and how to post links to the open document at ds 106. I was going through doing my 15 worth of points and tagging them as "designblitz". By the second night, (and many cups of decaf hot tea and chocolate), I figured out how to do both. I snapped pictures of random items in my house since I was snowed in and didn't feel like braving the cold weather to find examples of typography, balance, color, etc. Therefore, I slipped on my fuzzy slipper, charged up my camera phone and searched my environment. It turned out to be an interesting indoor safari and since I've never scouted for design elements before I started college, this assignment was my second hardest to complete. The first one was the "I am from" poem due to its sentimental/reflective impact.
I was numb sitting in class, taking notes when the design assignment was announced. I was worried about my uncle, whose been sick for the past six weeks. I tried to maintain my focus, but it was difficult. I posted my design elements, tagged them with designblitz and found an "old-fashioned" example of typography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8516915683/.
Next, I found a few more examples:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8516922163/ with unity,
domenance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8518054242/
proportion:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8516910677/
balance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8512290886/
rhythm:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8511136365/
form and function:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8506421822/in/photostream
use of space/minimalism:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8505107881/in/photostream
example of color (and yep, the photo is blury):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8505013243/in/photostream
metaphors/symbols (I was inspired after seeing another ds106'er), but this one held special meaning for me so I added it to my designblitz: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8506447254/in/photostream
I also selected this for the methaphors/symbols because it reminds me to take life and live it to its fullest, enjoy family and friends and cherish every little moment because one will never know when the Lord will take them.
15 stars worth: Maybe more. Some of these are the low star ratings, but enjoyed creating them so much that I did several of them that can be found here on my blog as well. So, here are my five from my flickr stream:
Iconic You- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8502178189/in/photostream
Minmalist tv poster- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8503276604/in/photostream
What's In Your Head- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8502151173/in/photostream
Ven Pop culture- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8502142089/in/photostream
Weird book room assignment- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8502120127/in/photostream
Blogger fifteen star assignments:
http://antiquemystiqueblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/compilation-album-cover-and-song-list-2.html
http://antiquemystiqueblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/minimalist-book-covers-3-12-star-rating.html
My daily creates can also be found there as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8511935220/in/photostream for this one I used color and unity.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8508771995/in/photostream this one represents color, form/function since the Origami hat was made from a post-it note.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8501922943/in/photostream minimalist and no use of color.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8524177712/in/photostream color, form/function since the cup hooks hold my measuring cups, dried Rosemary, loose-leaf tea steeper, and my airplane plant would resemble balance (though its a cropped picture). Color in the curtain and minimalist/use of space since everything appears to be crampt.
I just got around to commenting on a few of my classmates blogs, but didn't make it to each one of them. In retrospect, it was a very hectic design assignment. However, I have no idea how to take video notes with the cartoon-like images drawn in some computer format while video taping it. I watched the example shown in class, then watched a video on it from a ds 106'er. I can't wrap my head around it quite yet. I'm visual, which means, I enjoy seeing how things are done. If I watch a video of doodling and can only see it appearing on the screen as it's being done, then my focus is lost. I also do best with video tutorials as well to show what program (if any), software used, or device its created on, like iPad for example, etc. I'm still in my noobie technological faze and eagerly learning all I can.
It took me forever to figure out the design safari and how to post links to the open document at ds 106. I was going through doing my 15 worth of points and tagging them as "designblitz". By the second night, (and many cups of decaf hot tea and chocolate), I figured out how to do both. I snapped pictures of random items in my house since I was snowed in and didn't feel like braving the cold weather to find examples of typography, balance, color, etc. Therefore, I slipped on my fuzzy slipper, charged up my camera phone and searched my environment. It turned out to be an interesting indoor safari and since I've never scouted for design elements before I started college, this assignment was my second hardest to complete. The first one was the "I am from" poem due to its sentimental/reflective impact.
I was numb sitting in class, taking notes when the design assignment was announced. I was worried about my uncle, whose been sick for the past six weeks. I tried to maintain my focus, but it was difficult. I posted my design elements, tagged them with designblitz and found an "old-fashioned" example of typography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8516915683/.
Next, I found a few more examples:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8516922163/ with unity,
domenance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8518054242/
proportion:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8516910677/
balance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8512290886/
rhythm:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8511136365/
form and function:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8506421822/in/photostream
use of space/minimalism:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8505107881/in/photostream
example of color (and yep, the photo is blury):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8505013243/in/photostream
metaphors/symbols (I was inspired after seeing another ds106'er), but this one held special meaning for me so I added it to my designblitz: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8506447254/in/photostream
I also selected this for the methaphors/symbols because it reminds me to take life and live it to its fullest, enjoy family and friends and cherish every little moment because one will never know when the Lord will take them.
15 stars worth: Maybe more. Some of these are the low star ratings, but enjoyed creating them so much that I did several of them that can be found here on my blog as well. So, here are my five from my flickr stream:
Iconic You- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8502178189/in/photostream
Minmalist tv poster- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8503276604/in/photostream
What's In Your Head- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8502151173/in/photostream
Ven Pop culture- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8502142089/in/photostream
Weird book room assignment- http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8502120127/in/photostream
Blogger fifteen star assignments:
http://antiquemystiqueblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/compilation-album-cover-and-song-list-2.html
http://antiquemystiqueblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/minimalist-book-covers-3-12-star-rating.html
My daily creates can also be found there as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8511935220/in/photostream for this one I used color and unity.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8508771995/in/photostream this one represents color, form/function since the Origami hat was made from a post-it note.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8501922943/in/photostream minimalist and no use of color.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquemystique/8524177712/in/photostream color, form/function since the cup hooks hold my measuring cups, dried Rosemary, loose-leaf tea steeper, and my airplane plant would resemble balance (though its a cropped picture). Color in the curtain and minimalist/use of space since everything appears to be crampt.
I just got around to commenting on a few of my classmates blogs, but didn't make it to each one of them. In retrospect, it was a very hectic design assignment. However, I have no idea how to take video notes with the cartoon-like images drawn in some computer format while video taping it. I watched the example shown in class, then watched a video on it from a ds 106'er. I can't wrap my head around it quite yet. I'm visual, which means, I enjoy seeing how things are done. If I watch a video of doodling and can only see it appearing on the screen as it's being done, then my focus is lost. I also do best with video tutorials as well to show what program (if any), software used, or device its created on, like iPad for example, etc. I'm still in my noobie technological faze and eagerly learning all I can.
Friday, March 1, 2013
I am From Poster with Opacity design March 2, 2013
The re-designed version of my "I am From" poem with Opacity design. March 2, 2013. What made this difficult for me was that I never used Wordpress and was extremely unfamiliar with its layout and design elements. I seldom ever used PDF formats and grappled with uploading several of those. I'm strictly a Jpeg gal and have exported more files into Jpegs than any other file format. So, here's my re-vamped poster design with opacity and my poem. :)
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