Straw Dog Design

Designercize: Album Amalgamation

Sources: Wiki Article | Image | Quote

Entries due by 5:00 PST on Friday, Feb. 27th. 

Welcome to the inaugural launch of Designercize. I’m hoping to turn this into a weekly/semi-weekly/once-in-a-blue-moon thing. The goal is to create something quick within a small set of restrictions.

Alright here’s the deal: many have seen this floating around Facebook, but I’m taking the reins of this wild pony and turning into a force of good instead of another scummy Facebook chain letter. 

Here’s the drill: follow the instructions below. There’s no time limit (because if there was, we’d all just go over it anyway). Seriously…if you tell yourself “this will take to long, I’ll work on it more later,” then you’re probably working on it too much. Then, when you’re done, email a copy of what you come up with, along with your name, and a link to your blog/website/twitter feed/etc. (if you so desire) to designercize [at] gmail.com. In about a week I’ll make a blog post on http://strawdogdesign.com featuring some of what I’ve been sent (with a link back to you). 

Feel free to include your outcome on your blog. I suggest also linking back to your original Wiki article/quote/image/etc. (because it’s interesting). Also, if you would, link back to this post in your post. 

P.S. You don’t have to be a designer, and this doesn’t have to be visual (I’ve already had a request for an aural creation…). Just have fun. Create. 

1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random… Read More… Read More” or > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 – Go to “Random quotations” > http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php
The last four or five words (or less) of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album. Seriously, 5 words or less. Make it work.

3 – Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” > http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

 4 – File > New > 537 px x 513 px (If you’re making an image..). Use photoshop or similar (heh…yeah right) to put it all together as an album cover.

5 – Send it to designercize [at] gmail.com. Include the image, your name, and a link to your site/blog/virb page/twitter feed/whatever. 

PS – Please believe I will censor these for content and/or quality.

P.S. As far as the image: I think it’s more than fair to incorporate other images/textures. Just make sure the original is pretty high on the heirarchy and visible.