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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOn Monday I completed my 1st visual assignment. I had a lot of fun finding a winter Bob Ross painting and put my children in it. It was so fun showing it to them. They want me to make more. I also started a few other assignments to finish later in the week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went to campus earlier than usual to get my parking decal and stuff etc. I was like I will do some homework on campus in the commuter lounge. I need to get headphones. I don’t think the other students would understand or appreciate Dr. Oblivion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I found developing a character to be difficult at first. Then I decided to model the character off of my sometimes-evil cat. So, with the basic outline of a personality, I then decided to fill in the blanks as it were. It was quite fun and came together rather quickly using the cat as a starting point. If I have the need to make more characters, I luckily have 3 more cats and a dog to use. Lady Alice E Smythe \u2013 HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n I decided to use AI to complete a daily create on Thursday. I didn’t want to spend a lot of time making something and since I had never used AI for art before I went with it. It was fun but it took a few tries to come up with something to fit the assignment. I tried out AI again on Friday for the daily create. I had a few ideas for the little poster and new it would take a long time to do. I let AI have a go at it. IT did a good job of putting different scenes together in a pleasing way. The people and animals just looked like mutants or abstract in a bad way. The animals kept looking like they were escaped genetic experiments from a lab. I went with the least scary animal picture for the post. The following is a link to Mastodon where you can see all my daily creates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/social.ds106.us\/@MsMapex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have had a lot of fun getting to know Dr Oblivion. My favorite replies are when he is sarcastic. The Doctor has given me a good laugh many times this week. I have enlisted the help of my children, when possible, with my work. It has been a stressful year for them and getting to help me with homework or art has really boosted moral. They are an opiniated lot and I have to remind them I am the director not them. Sometimes their opinions are quite helpful as is shown in the 10 tips video. It is a short video that is too big to upload to the blog. Short is relative since it is about 4 mins long. I am now trying to figure out what to do. Sadly, the video will not be shared this week. I worked on it all week and while it wasn’t perfect it was my first attempt with editing, and I was proud of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 Tips On What Not To Do \u2013 HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n I wanted to learn to make a gif this week. It didn’t work out well. I need to find the right software or learn to use it better. I wanted to change the background to a gif and couldn’t figure out how. I will try again next week. making a gif \u2013 HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n I enjoyed reading the Techno Manifesto and getting Dr. Oblivion’s thoughts on it. I wanted the blog post to read like talk show or opinion panel. Manifesto \u2013 A Review \u2013 HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n When rewriting the movie review, I wanted it to read like movie critics with different perspectives or an interview. Blade Runner \u2013 Film Review with Dr Oblivion \u2013 HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n I made a Pinterest board with having an AI maid or Butler in mind for one of the assignments. It was a little challenging at first coming up with the right words for the search bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n