Website Design 2

This is a draft version of my main page for my own website.....

So far it includes a drawing of mine and my title.... also contact information and where my buttons / links to other places might be situated....

Needs more work...
*colour
*possibly another text
*make more young and fun? however like the sophisticated look.... and the black white and grey...
*links to facebook and blogger
*more images (scrolling) or my work and own images


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More Website Info

Website size = 1024 x 768 - 72dpi.


To import an image and make it web functional.

Copy the image into a seperate folder so that when you save as a web document, it doesn't affect the original piece of work. 

PHOTOSHOP

*Open copied document and change image size resolution to 72DPI
*Change height to correct size for your web document
!!!Always view images and everything as 100% when working with web!!!
*Save image as a JPEG


ILLUSTRATOR


*Export Image
*Maximum quality
*Screen Resolution
!!!Open in Photoshop!!!
*Change image size to same size as photoshop document
*Save as a JPEG file
*Reopen and image should have changed

So its been a little while since i posted on here.... only about a week but long enough.

FINALLY finished the Museumaker project :) so happy about that. means no more looking at string!! :)

Adapted final design from:

To this design being my FINAL:

Really please with my final outcome :) don't think i could have made one better in the time that ive had to do this project :)

Website Designing Further

Today have looked at different images, fonts, colours and more layouts for my own website.

I have decided that I am going to include my own 'home' work e.g. drawings into the website to make it more unique to me.

My main style of drawing that i enjoy and do most of is fantasy/tattoo art.

I think that i will choose one of my best 'own' drawings as part of the background and then include my 'college' work also on the background or make sure that these images are placed in boxed on top of the background design.

My favourite colour is blue so the main colour scheme will be blues....
Bright shade of blue text up against a black background...?

If i do this however, i will have a 'white' patch where the back of my 'drawn' image will be..... to correct this and make it more 'finished' i think im going to 'rip' the paper so it gives a jagged edge not a 'straight' edge therefore adding texture and layers to the website.

Links to my blog and facebook will be added and so will a bio about my life and the types of art i enjoy drawing etc.

V&A, Science and Natural History Museum

Tuesday 2nd November 2010

College trip to the V&A, Science and Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/ 

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ 

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

V&A museum

Science Museum

Aimee and Lexi - V&A

BEST PART OF THE DAY

LISTENING POST -  SCIENCE MUSEUM

Overall a fun day out with interesting exhibitions :)

Definately recommend the Science Museum if you have never been there before :)

Website Designing

And the posts keep on coming today.....

so.... started designing my website..... looking at the different layouts and what i could use the space effectively for...

Decided i need at least:
* header
* hyperlinks to other pages on the site such as:
- home
- bio
- contact
- photos
- events
- illustrations
- photography
- thumbnail ideas
- live project information
- and overall finished pieces of work
* images on homepage
* possible rolling boxes that show links to facebook and blogger and recent updates on them as well as links to the sites
* information about the site and myself with a link attached at end to take viewer to my bio page

my thumbnail of layout of possible website

Ive not decided on colour of my website yet but thinking that i may use my favourite colour of blue as main colour but use other contrasting colours so the site is bright and bold and reflects my personality to a degree....

I really like the layout of Radio 1s website - its colourful, bright but easy to navigate and read and see everything.... just how i want my website to be.... also it never gets boring... something changes often like the colour on main background header and the images change too.... its a versatile website that can be adapted easily....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/

NOTE TO SELF: when it comes to designing my website i need to ensure that the screen resolution is 72pixels/inch and the overall page size needs to be changed to pixels too....

KMFM Extra

New brief today :) met the client too and got a fair bit of useful information :) designing logo for the new radio station that is overtaking KISS from the Kent area.... new hit radio here we come!! :)

So not too bad a day after the string art incident this morning WHICH im still not impressed about =/

Quite looking forward to this brief - designing a new logo and helping out with designing the website for the new 'young' KMFM Extra Radio Show.

Started already looking at different logos from other sites and have a rough idea of what and how i want to portray the station and strapline.... 

Gonna be interesting to try and work things out. Will keep you updated :)

BUT for now - back to finishing my packaging project =/ GRR - perfumes! and completing my final design for the Laura Thomas - Museumaker project :)

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Stressful!! Pin Art!

Ok... so started the advertising brief for Laura Thomas and The Museumaker project... thought sorted I've got it easy seeing as Im big into the string art designs and the brief asks for you to create a poster including your own 'view' and 'interpretation' of Laura's work...

hmm knowing that i enjoy and often do pin art designs you'd think i would be clever enough not to choose THE most COMPLICATED design I probably could!!

Paladin Window showing  The Beaney through the 'glass'....

Well.... to be honest not the most complicated but the smallest and therefore the most fiddliest....

Finally finished the design last night (2am) - all completed - moved it this morning and it all unravelled and typical me not expecting this didn't take photos when finished!

unravelled work =[

all gone =[ only the pins left and blue cotton on top =[

the only bit that stayed in place other than the red =/

Just hoping that I can get it sorted before i have to present my ideas..... it took me forever =[ not looking forward to redoing this..... 

officially starting to dislike the project BUT I will do it no matter what it takes and how much sleep i loose over it =/ ok... maybe not - sleeps important =]

I do refuse to give up though!!

Unit 10

This is a test post for my blog.
I have recently joined up to the UCAS website meaning that I will now receive information on courses and universitys as I am considering Higher Education.
Here is a link to the UCAS homepage so join up too :)

UCAS Homepage