Monthly Archives: January 2012

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The Daily Create (TDC) Archive: TDC 08 – 14

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This is my weekly archive of the work I’ve produced for The Daily Create (TDC).

The Daily Create (TDC) 08 – A photo that visually represents a sound

The power lines looked like stringed instruments.

Take a photo that visually represents a sound - A suburban string quartet

The Daily Create (TDC) 09 – An extreme close-up of an easily recognisable, common object

It’s my phone at work.

An extreme close-up of an easily recognisable, common object – Telephone cord

The Daily Create (TDC) 10 – Merge two photos of contrasting places together

I stood in the middle of pedestrian crossing that crossed the train tracks, faced West took a photo, did a 180 about-face to face East, and then took another photo. Compiled in Photoshop with 45% opacity on the top layer.

Merge two pictures of contrasting pictures together - Looking west & looking east

The Daily Create (TDC) 11 – One take tongue twister
I tried to bring a bit of Frank Sinatra class to the One take tongue twister TDC. There’s no class in my performance.

The Daily Create (TDC) 12 – A 30 second ‘breaking news’ update about something that happened to you today
I’m not sure if it’s newsworthy, but that’s where I was at the time.

The Daily Create (TDC) 13 – A photo that includes a ‘finished product’ and at least one of it’s ‘raw materials’
A bowl of uncooked and cooked rice.
Compose a photograph that includes a 'finished product' and at least one of its 'raw materials'. Cooked rice & Uncooked rice

The Daily Create (TDC) 14 – A photo of somethings shadow that makes it difficult to identify
I don’t like his photo. The wall and shadow are not particularly interesting.
Take a photo of something's shadow in a way that makes it difficult to identify the object - Unknown shadow against wall

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The Daily Create (TDC) Archive: TDC 01 – 07

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This is my weekly archive of the work I’ve produced for The Daily Create (TDC).

The Daily Create (TDC) 01 – A photograph that features a repeating pattern

I took this photo very quickly. I remember having a very definite idea how the star pattern on the cushion and blanket could be used for this TDC.

Create a photograph that features a repeating pattern

I took this photo as my morning train arrived at the platform. I like how the repeating pattern of the tactile tiles on the edge of platform sharply contrasts the blur of the train. This time, I think the inherently poor quality of the camera in my mobile doesn’t necessarily detract from the photograph.

Create a photograph that features a repeating pattern - Platform at train station

The Daily Create (TDC) 02 – A photograph that looks better in black and white than it did in colour

Another photograph taken with my mobile phone while waiting for my train. Does this photo look better in colour? I’m not so sure.

Make a photo that looks better in black and white than it did in colour - Fence and street light

The Daily Create (TDC) 03 – A photograph that emphasises the sky by placing the horizon very low or very high

I took this photo very quickly as I arrived early for work. I don’t really like this photo at all. I don’t like the colour, composition or image quality.

Take a photograph that emphasizes the sky by placing the horizon very low or very high – Out the window

The Daily Create (TDC) 04 – A photograph of someone holding an old photograph of themselves

Taken with my webcam for the TDC beta test. It’s my 1993 student concession identification card for Melbourne’s public transport system. I tried to match my 1993 facial expression.

Take a photo of someone holding a photograph of themselves - Me 1993 & 2012

Taken with my webcam. Me and baby me. I think I’m about 1 year old in this photo.

Take a photo of someone holding a photograph of themselves - Baby me & Current me

Taken with my webcam. My son Alex and his ultrasound scan at around 5-6 weeks.

Take a photo of someone holding a photograph of themselves - Young Alex and even younger Alex

The Daily Create (TDC) 05 – A sound that represents the sound of the meal you ate or made today

I ate a banana, some milk and a croissant, but not in that order. I made the sound of a monkey, a cow being milked and strange impression of Edith Piaf.

The Daily Create (TDC) 06 – An audio recording of two sounds not normally heard together

A phone call call and a flush. I guess they’re not normally heard together.

The Daily Create (TDC) 07 – An audio recording of an everyday object used as an musical instrument

Metal chopsticks and a cheese grater. Percussive and maybe a little bit Zydeco.

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The Softain Biopsy – Visual Assignment 305: ReCaptcha Illustrated

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The Softain Biopsy

The Softain Biopsy is a medical procedure performed by specialist surgeon Dr Sigmeund Softain involving sampling of diseased human cells or tissues for examination, repair, duplication and then re-insertion back into the patient.

Visual Assignment 305: ReCaptcha Illustrated brief

Include a screenshot of a word pair from a reCapctha (or heck right at the bottom of this assignment submission form) in an illustration or visual mashup that shows what the words might mean. Use your imagination to create something meaningful out of the random words. When you write it up, provide some narrative that puts the image in context.