This is just a partial list of project ideas for our Digital Design class.  You don't have to do any of these necessarily.  Just the ones listed as mandatory.
Add Yourself - This is a fun idea.  Find a famous scene from a movie or history and insert yourself into the scene.  Try to make it look as real as possible.  Here are some examples:  (Various project ideas are randomly skattered.  Keep scrolling.  I'll try to organize them later.)
See if you can find Lily (top right)
This was a great job by Sydney.
This is Tia's "3D Text" 
 It's hard to tell on a flat screen, but the bullet was created by Justin Santerre using 3D techniques.  
Tyson Tracy did the twisty thing above starting from a pen mark or two.
 The 10 Differences project was fun as a beginner's project.
Can you spot at least 10 differences?
Tia did a great job with this animation project
Holiday themed images are always fun.  Ben Buffington did a great job on this one.
Look closely at Jordan Cullen's image above.  Things lurk in the shades.
 Joe Did this project using a Chinese Tutorial.  Came out great!
 Filter Fantasy Projects
 This image was created from a real photo.  This can be a really fun project too.
Hard to spot, but Tyson Tracy is in this last photo.