Author: dBates
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Spirit Butoh
I’m proud to present an experimental video that I shot with the lovely and talented Chieh Huang. This video merges the concept of spirit photography as well as the Japanese dance form known as Butoh. The experiment was to apply the practical effect (featured at the end of the film) with the haunting movement of…
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Poster Designs for Jove’s Bodega
Remixing is my bread and butter as a designer. I learnt how to use photoshop while making photo compositions and love to utilize those skills to this day. Here are three posters I have designed which utilize the concept of remix. All these posters feature their source images from the covers of 1950s golden age…
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Essay: On AI bans in Academia (PUB101)
Word Count: 1197 Unfortunately, This is Philosophy. Slovenian cultural philosopher Slavoj Žižek once explained to a general audience: “As important as providing answers is…[philosophy] can ask the right questions. There are not only wrong answers, but there are also wrong questions. Questions which deal with a real problem but the way they are formulated, they…
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Peer Review 2: Traveling to Planet Vannesa
Today it is my great pleasure to introduce Vanessa Nipp, the webmaster, creative director and content creator, over at Planet Vanessa. Join me as I review her cyberinfrastructure with particular attention to design processes and how her design choices emphasize the cultivation of her digital self. I will also dig into her code via “inspect…
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Process Post 7 (More about Design)
I had already devoted a great deal of my last process post to design. Still, I felt I didn’t capture the assignment to share some examples of websites that got my approval. In addition, I was supposed to talk about marketability next week! It seems I thoroughly confused myself! So I will take a step…
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How to Build an Isometric Grid in Adobe Illustrator
This week I’ve been practicing some Adobe Illustrator and making isometric graphics. I thought I’d share how to set up an Illustrator file so you can experiment with this style of perspective yourself! What is Isometric? Isometric means having equal dimensions. Its etymology is derived from the Greek words “isos” and “metron,” meaning equal measure.…
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Process Post 6 – Getting serious about Analytics
So for this week, I’ve been trying to brush up on my analytics and better understand how to generate more traffic for my site. Admittedly there is a lot to learn! Of course, I have Site Kit, and of course, I’ve connected that to Google Analytics, but I wanted to take it a step further…
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The Pious Squirrel
I wrote this poem a while ago for an ethics class. It describes Error Theory, which is the belief that we are always in error when making moral claims. This poem challenges the commonly held ethical claim that God is the author of morality (Divine Command Theory). While DCT is highly refuted today, even among…
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Book Binding Demo
Today I wanted to share a book I bound last semester for a publishing class. I hope you enjoy it!
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Mini-Assignment 3 (Story)
I present an original story titled “The Fools Who Found Middle Way.” I hope you enjoy it.
