Category Archives: DailyCreate

Fibonacci in nature

Posted on 30th May 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I love the Fibonacci numbers, so today’s daily create is a joy for me to do. #tdc1604 Oh No, MATH! Find an example of the Fibonacci Numbers out in the world. As I was out watering my potatoes yesterday I … Continue reading →

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John John Johnston Johnston

Posted on 18th May 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create jogged a memory. #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1592 Make a poem about johnjohnston https://t.co/ymweyfqTik pic.twitter.com/rbj7eDBD4l — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) May 18, 2016 So here’s my adaptation of Disobedience by A. A. Milne John John Johnston Johnston Weatherby George DuPree Took … Continue reading →

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#TDC1571

Posted on 27th April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create: Write a fictional backstory for a death reported by @DeathMedieval Geoff the Mason, a mason, died 1298 for stealing vestments, surplices, books & other ornaments from the church of St Leonard of Leicester — Medieval Death Bot … Continue reading →

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Daily Shakespeare

Posted on 23rd April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

This week’s Daily Create has been all about Shakespeare as it’s the 400th anniversary of his death today. One Monday it was about Yorick, and I did a quick gif. Tuesday I riffed on “Oh, she doth teach the torches to … Continue reading →

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Poor Yorick

Posted on 18th April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Back from a day away, so rushed for time, but wanting to do something with this from today’s Daily Create: “Alas, poor Yorick, for I knew him well…” Creatively interpret this famous line with something involving a skull. Never read/seen … Continue reading →

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VanGo yourself

Posted on 17th April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create is to re-enact a famous painting. As soon as I saw a lute I knew what I wanted to do. This is my great grandma’s mandolin and I love that it hangs on my walls next to my … Continue reading →

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Grids and Gestures 3

Posted on 16th April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Feeling better today, so was out in the garden for a while and not needing to lie down so much (though I did not enjoy Cagney and Lacey’s attempts to wake me up from 6am this morning). I experimented with … Continue reading →

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Grids and Gestures 2

Posted on 14th April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

More on the Grids and Gestures activity by Nick Sousanis – behind on this coz I was at a conference on Tuesday then in bed all day yesterday with a temperature and stuff.  

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Grids and Gestures

Posted on 11th April 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today Nick Sousanis has teamed up with the Daily Create folk to introduce his Grids and Gestures activity. In this, he asks us to: … take a single sheet of paper (any size, shape will do) and drawing with a pencil … Continue reading →

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Calligrams

Posted on 26th March 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s daily create is  to make a calligram: “to to visualize the meaning of a word, using only the graphic elements of the letters forming the word.” as Ji Lee says. Here’s a couple I created by changing the transparency of letters … Continue reading →

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