As the #noir106 has wrapped up, it is time to get back on track and figure out this #4life path I have started upon.
One thing I have noticed is that when you are #4life finishing a unit doesn’t mean it is checked off and done. You go back and you go deeper. DS106 is units – not weeks. You do and create in an ongoing state as new inspirations and collaborations come about. So you jump from design to video to audio to design to video and so forth.
Thanks to Rochelle Lockridge, I am embarking on Flipbooks for family stories. I love the ability to join many media and make it a complete story that someone can go through in any way they choose. I was hitting a wall thinking I was going to create videos to music for the last 80 years of family history!!!
This approach also gives me the opportunity to develop and create different media to include. Sound, video, design, photos, and more. It does have the potential for ongoing art creation and getting better at in each media. It also allows one to meet others on the path as they start or continue.
As Spring 2015 UMW has been winding down I have begun to uncover some #ds106 open course people through Mariana Funes #ds106 news. There are a few working on things and the stuff is cosmic! The news feature has helped more than the RSS feed. There are too many spam and other things in the feed that make it difficult to follow. What I still can’t figure out is why the general open course participants don’t TWEET when they create? All the connections, feedback and connections that are lost. Tweet dammit! Use the hashtag – let the world know you are creating. It’s not going to bring in lots of traffic – but may bring you a person or two that will make a difference in your growth and work.
Now – what I have worked on besides planning my flip book is GIFs. After a few it finally hit me – DOH! these are not slide shows – so now I am on the path of trying to figure out how to make one picture be a story through some short animation. Below are the creations so far and what I am building upon. Still a long way to go especially when I look at John Johnston’s curation of ds106 TV Gifs!
YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS! http://johnjohnston.info/ds106giftv/#
I have used Photoshop, MPEG Steamclip and my own photos. A tutorial that was helpful was making smoke on YouTube. http://photoshop-tutorials.wonderhowto.com/how-to/create-smoking-gun-using-adobe-photoshop-cs4-357542/ It helped in making smoke as well as showing me how to use other features in PS.
I also found that using my Google Drive is a good way to share the GIFs and be able to embed them in WordPress…..here are some of my recent attempts.
Still some learning and some polishing to do – as well as making sure they are a picture story. One creation at a time!
Here are previous GIF creations – I decided to create a category for them under ds106 Assignments.
It has been lovely to see you join in and enjoy the work of DS106 noir and #4life!
Some people are not active on Twitter and/or they are happy creating and do not have a need to network or socialise around their art. Vive la difference! There is enough diversity in DS106 to allow for it all! Having said that, I think you probably feel sad that we miss some lovely work if people do not let us know they are creating…I find that sad to.
Glad the DS106 paper helps. I will review the search keywords to see if I can make it better. If you have ideas for good keywords, let me know and I will add.
Enjoy the giffin’ rabbit hole! I never thought about using the gif for family photos…more into abstract giffin’ me 🙂
Nothing critical but grand appreciation for carrying the flag for the Open DS106ers in Spring 2015. The family GIFs are a joy to watch, and if I know right, even more fun to create. The couch scene is my favorite. I hope everyone appreciates them!