Thursday 10 December 2009
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Validation Errors
I have finally come round to validating my website!. I have encounted 28 errors! im going to attempt to fix them now.
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Browser Testing
Before validating my website I'm going to test my website in different browsers using (www.brosershots.org) and on my own computer. The screenshot below proves my website works in the following browsers.
Internet Explorer 8 (working)
Firefox v 3.5.5 (working)
Safari v 4.0.4 (working)
Thursday 3 December 2009
Colour blind - Vis Check
Vischeck is a program that shows what a webpage looks like in a browser to a person that is colour blind. You can select from different types of colour blindness and preview in a few seconds!
I plan on testing my website in this.
http://www.vischeck.com/
I plan on testing my website in this.
http://www.vischeck.com/
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Research - Colour Blind - useful Tools
Today i found a useful tool which is a plugin for Photoshop that stimulates red/green colour blindness . I plan on using it in my website.
Example:
Example:
Monday 30 November 2009
Website Research
Website - www.magicsocket.com
Type of site – Portfolio website
About – The online portfolio of magicsocket, an interactive agency from Turin (Italy) specialised in the creation of Digital Products based on Adobe Flash technology.
I think this website is very well laid out keeping the navigation simple and easy to follow. The use of contrasting colours makes the website more eye-catching and easy to read.
For the opening of the website they have a loading screen using scalextrics tracks which they put together to make up the numbers.
Type of site – Portfolio website
About – The online portfolio of magicsocket, an interactive agency from Turin (Italy) specialised in the creation of Digital Products based on Adobe Flash technology.
I think this website is very well laid out keeping the navigation simple and easy to follow. The use of contrasting colours makes the website more eye-catching and easy to read.
For the opening of the website they have a loading screen using scalextrics tracks which they put together to make up the numbers.
On the homepage of the website they have used and Scalextric tracks as their main theme incorporated into the site. Magicsoket have used Flash to create a Scalextric game which the user gets to select a car and race around the track. Once the viewer races around the track the page starts to navigate around with you.
Friday 20 November 2009
Javascript - Breaking down the code!
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Saturday 14 November 2009
Traingle Rule
The picture below shows one the main hotspots where the majority of viewers eyes are drawn onto the screen first. Ive based my design around this as a way of experimenting with design structures.
Friday 13 November 2009
Colour Wheel
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Sunday 1 November 2009
Wednesday 21 October 2009
Journal Task – 3 user based websites
For our journal task we were asked to find 3 websites providing user generated content
http://www.photobucket.com/
Photobucket is an image hosting website allowing users upload photo content varying from personal to professional photography photos. Over time the website has broadened their content allowing users to upload videos too. The website structure is very simplistic with the simple navigation bar at the top and sub categories to the left, thus allows more space for user generated content to be listed. The use of colour has been kept minimalistic using blue and cream as the centralised colours plain against the varied content uploaded.
http://www.cafepress.co.uk/
Cafepress is a template and user driven website offering users to purchased custom made t-shirts. Users can either upload photos to templates or upload their own designs to share. This also offers fan bases e.g. Twlight to generate content and share their passion for the film. The website uses the top-down navigation keeping it simple; also using bright clean colours making it look busy.
http://www.dailymotion.com/
Dailymotion is about finding new ways to see, share and engage your world through the power of online video. You can find/upload videos about your interests and hobbies, eyewitness accounts of recent news and distant places. The website is very self explanatory with the simple navigation bar and big headings showing where you are. The use of a star rating allows the users to view categories in a different way, allowing them to view comments from other users.
http://www.photobucket.com/
Photobucket is an image hosting website allowing users upload photo content varying from personal to professional photography photos. Over time the website has broadened their content allowing users to upload videos too. The website structure is very simplistic with the simple navigation bar at the top and sub categories to the left, thus allows more space for user generated content to be listed. The use of colour has been kept minimalistic using blue and cream as the centralised colours plain against the varied content uploaded.
http://www.cafepress.co.uk/
Cafepress is a template and user driven website offering users to purchased custom made t-shirts. Users can either upload photos to templates or upload their own designs to share. This also offers fan bases e.g. Twlight to generate content and share their passion for the film. The website uses the top-down navigation keeping it simple; also using bright clean colours making it look busy.
http://www.dailymotion.com/
Dailymotion is about finding new ways to see, share and engage your world through the power of online video. You can find/upload videos about your interests and hobbies, eyewitness accounts of recent news and distant places. The website is very self explanatory with the simple navigation bar and big headings showing where you are. The use of a star rating allows the users to view categories in a different way, allowing them to view comments from other users.
Sunday 17 May 2009
Friday 10 April 2009
Avatar Element - Head
I'm finding it quite difficult to create an avatar because I still don't understand where half the buttons are!
Friday 3 April 2009
Showcase Ideas
I've been trying out various tutorials over the past few weeks which i why i haven't posted much.
I have started to create my room for my showcase and thought i will post it up.
I have created a base model of what my room looks like and now I'm going to start to create objects and lighting.
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Logo
Saturday 28 March 2009
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Avatar - Body
A render of my Avatars body which i currently at the first stage. I have yet to edit the hands and arms but I just wanted to create a base model to work with.
Sunday 22 March 2009
Thursday 19 March 2009
Box/Showcase Element Ideas
Just thought i would post my ideas on my element ideas and what stage I'm at.
AV Element - Thinking of remixing a song or doing a pixilation of myself.
Logo - Done a few designs but still needs allot of work.
Avatar - Currently creating my Avatars head, still need to do the body
Website - I'm still designing the website but Ive purchased a webspace and Ive got to wait a few days until i can upload anything.
Other Element - Still thinking about what to do for this.
AV Element - Thinking of remixing a song or doing a pixilation of myself.
Logo - Done a few designs but still needs allot of work.
Avatar - Currently creating my Avatars head, still need to do the body
Website - I'm still designing the website but Ive purchased a webspace and Ive got to wait a few days until i can upload anything.
Other Element - Still thinking about what to do for this.
Sunday 8 March 2009
Thursday 26 February 2009
Biped Man
Today with Andy Love we had to rig a Biped man using 3D Studio Max. Im going to edit it later but for now im going to post my first attempt.
Monday 23 February 2009
Tutorial - Computer Monitor
To get used to 3D Studio Max I decided to find a random easy tutorial to see if I could do a low poly model.
Tutorial - Computer Monitor
Website: http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max5/harnessing_03.21_lowpoly.html
A Screenshot of the finished PC Monitor
Tutorial - Computer Monitor
Website: http://www.cglearn.com/tutorials/max5/harnessing_03.21_lowpoly.html
A Screenshot of the finished PC Monitor
Friday 20 February 2009
Car Modding - UVW Editor
Today we were given a model of a car which we had to customise in own own way. We were given the body but with Andys guide we were shown how to use Photoshop to make better textures for our models.
Saturday 14 February 2009
Basic Human Model
Today we had to create a basic model of a human using Low Poly blocks. Once we had been shown how to go about it I could believe how simple it was to do.
Wednesday 4 February 2009
My Mood Board
I Quickly came up with a mood board which isnt the mood board for my Box/Showcase but is just for pure inspiration. I am goin to do do a uptodate version containing fewer images and trying to get some sort of a theme going.
Friday 23 January 2009
Identities - Autodesk 3d Studio Max - Text
For our first Identities seminar we made 3d text using Autodesk 3d Studio.
Sunday 18 January 2009
Diary
Day 10
After I got bored of looking around I decided o interact/Socialise with other people and I found that after talking to most people on the game were just socialising with friends who they know. A few people were looking to make new friends and I only found 1 person who was on there for business.
If I were to just socialise with friends online I would use Facebook. I mean if you think about it Facebook can be accessed from anywhere with an Internet connection, Second life you would have to install it on every machine.
After I got bored of looking around I decided o interact/Socialise with other people and I found that after talking to most people on the game were just socialising with friends who they know. A few people were looking to make new friends and I only found 1 person who was on there for business.
If I were to just socialise with friends online I would use Facebook. I mean if you think about it Facebook can be accessed from anywhere with an Internet connection, Second life you would have to install it on every machine.
Thursday 15 January 2009
Diary
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Diary
Day 5
After a couple of times looking around the virtual world I was amazed to come across so many object to interact with. I couldn’t believe how sad it was when I came across a chair and a message popped up saying ‘do you want to sit down’. I mean how pointless and weird that is!!!
During my time on Second life I experienced the so called new feature where the user is able to fly around so they can get where they need to go quicker. Below is a screen shot of me exploring the sites.
After a couple of times looking around the virtual world I was amazed to come across so many object to interact with. I couldn’t believe how sad it was when I came across a chair and a message popped up saying ‘do you want to sit down’. I mean how pointless and weird that is!!!
During my time on Second life I experienced the so called new feature where the user is able to fly around so they can get where they need to go quicker. Below is a screen shot of me exploring the sites.
Thursday 8 January 2009
My Second life Avatar
Day 1
The first day on second life I didn’t really do much because I spent most of the time looking at the interface and Navigation.
First thing I did was customising my own Avatar and played around to see what was available. At first I thought that there would be loads of options of clothes and designs but after was disappointed to find only a small selection of clothes.
The first day on second life I didn’t really do much because I spent most of the time looking at the interface and Navigation.
First thing I did was customising my own Avatar and played around to see what was available. At first I thought that there would be loads of options of clothes and designs but after was disappointed to find only a small selection of clothes.
Thursday 1 January 2009
Scond Life - First thoughts
I would like to begin with by saying that I DONT LIKE SECOND LIFE!!! I think Second Life is just a way for antisocial people to communicate and make a 3d Avatar of themselves to hide away from the real world. But aside from being lame it has a benefit for in-world-businesses residents as they can promote and show off their company virtually.
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