{"id":10886,"date":"2013-09-12T10:26:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T14:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/?p=10886"},"modified":"2021-06-21T11:22:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:22:51","slug":"edupunks-animated-atlas-the-ds106ification-of-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2013\/09\/12\/edupunks-animated-atlas-the-ds106ification-of-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"EduPunks’ Animated Atlas: The DS106ification of Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
\""EduPunks<\/a>

“EduPunks Animated Atlas,” animated GIF by aforgrave<\/p><\/div>\n

Anya Kamenetz (@anya1anya<\/a>, on Twitter) has a pending appearance today on ds106tv<\/a>, and so yesterday’s The Daily Create<\/strong> for September 11th, 2013 asked us to celebrate the event:<\/p>\n

TDC612:<\/a> We predict the next book by @anya1anya is about #ds106. Design her some cover art.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had to do a bit of research on the web to get an initial context, but after following a link from Anya’s Twitter profile<\/a>, I quickly found something that I thought I could work with.<\/p>\n

After some initial attempts at trying to get a decent screen capture, I decided that, yes, even better<\/em>, the product would be GIFfable. (DS106 Art is almost always better when GIFfable. It is that oh-so-minor GIF-EYE-TIS affliction that compels me so.)<\/p>\n

As I write this, I have several variations to share — and will be challenging myself to see if it is technically possible to do a final version — which if successful, will be posted on its own. However, in the mean time, there is not only the GIF-supported animated version displayed to the left (click on the image or this link to see a larger version) but also some nice, 3D representations of the book cove below.<\/p>\n

Note that as I moved from the GIF version to the 3D versions, it made sense to slightly alter the cover to arrive at a more appropriate static image that put the DS106 pirate logo in-place on the matrix rather than sitting off to the side like a colour key as it does in the animated version.<\/p>\n

Screen captures<\/strong> for the cover were obtained from The Edupunks’ Atlas<\/a> — which made for quite an interesting challenge as I adjusted both my browser window width and my browser magnification to get as close to the right layout as possible.<\/p>\n

The 3D book cover template<\/strong> was sourced originally from Google Images<\/a>, but led me on a merry chase for the free source PSD files that led to many sites offering premium download speeds — at a price. In the end, I found a working link for a “free” slow (23 seconds) option that finally gave me the paltry 6.1MB .rar file and was able to extract and use the .psd file with only a small lingering concern that the file might be a vector for malware. Fingers crossed on that.<\/p>\n

Making the 3D versions<\/strong> wasn’t too difficult once the background image had been obtained.
\nEssentially, the cover image is<\/p>\n