Project 4 Concept

http://duplos.org/ - This first website I found is very simple in its design with simple shapes moving and linking to different pages which is what I am interested in doing.

http://www.zasmakujelegancji.pl/ - This website is the website for Martini Asti. It is beautifully animated with flash with everything moving and interaction with the viewer of the website. What I thought would be a good example from this website is images moving into the picture and becoming stationary. Also there is a nice flow between pages and at least one thing on the page moves.

http://www.infinitcolours.com/ - This website is completely bizarre to me. It is interactive in the way that you can change the background image on the page and the navigation is just these moving strings that bring you to other pages. What I wanted to use from it is the background style, it is very vibrant and seems to move but doesn't, the picture looks very natural.

Proposal:

The memory I want to work with is one from last summer being in the Thousand Islands. The reason I chose the memory because of our dog Bailey, last summer was the last summer we got to spend with him before he was diagnosed with brain cancer and had to be put down. It was the first memory I thought of when the assignment was first given. The memory is of the day me, my boyfriend, his parents and Bailey (the dog) went out on the boat for the entire day cruising through the water ways of the Thousand Islands. Bailey, being the outrageous dog that he was, was at the front of the boat barking his life away yet cuddling up and licking my face every time the boat broke through the waves because he was scared. I want to recreate the images and sounds of that day. The mist of the water splashing me and Bailey, the sound of the boat engine, the sound of whirl pools we went through, Bailey's excitement and eagerness to jump in the water, the gorgeous sunny august weather and Bailey barking and crying and wagging his tail in excitement. I want to use imagery of Bailey, who was a golden retriever, of the boat and of the water. I want to include sounds of the boat and water and of a barking dog to communicate the feeling. The website itself, I want the pages to be in random order so the viewer can choose which page to go to when since the memory doesn't require me to keep it in sequence.

Jackie_4 websites

Here are 4 examples of interactive websites that I found.

http://www.buffalowildwings.com/

I've always thought the Buffalo Wild Wings site was cool. When you roll over anything on the home page you are able to interact with it, it's such a good idea.

http://www.2advanced.com/#/home

What mainly caught my eye with this website was the use of flash when the pages are loading. It's so interesting and it catches your attention right away. I also enjoy how the animals are interacting when you click on the different pages.

http://www.creaktif.com/

The main thing I liked on this website was that the image rollovers start of pixellated and then become clear when you hover over each link. It's a simple idea, but I like it.

http://theovenreinvented.com/

This website is awesome. When you first click on it, the oven is preheating while the page loads. Then you can pick recipes for them to show you, and you literally watch the chef cook. So cool!

Jackie_project 4

So for project 4, I am thinking about doing a memory from one of my vacations in Florida. I went to Florida during my freshman year of college with my best friend Elise, and my cousin Caity. We visited my grandparents, who live in one of those retirement neighborhoods, so we had to make our own fun. We went cruising around on my grandparents' golf cart every day of the trip, and we would bring along music with us. We had so much fun just being silly and laughing and singing and looking at all of the scenery. We were just care free and enjoying life, and it's one of my favorite memories. The song "Don't Stop Believing" was playing, so I want to try to incorporate that into my project. I am thinking I will have a picture of the inside of a golf cart, looking out at the view. I will either take a screen shot from the video we made, or if it doesn't turn out, I will hopefully be able to find one online. Then I want to show different scenery, and either try to make it move as if you are driving, or just change scenery on each page. To get to the next page you would just click on the steering wheel. Pretty simple concept, but considering the fact that it was a simple time, I think it could work out.

How Design Makes Us Happy

I really liked this article, because I do find that a good design makes me happy. I like when I see a well designed product because it does make me feel more optimistic. When I see a poorly designed product, being an artist, I like to think of how I could make it better. I think that most designers are like that.

Victoria's Influence of the week

So after talking with Martine about some business card designs she told me to do some more research on successful business cards. I found this website that I think has some really nice layouts and designs for their cards. All of the cards on this website have one thing in common and that is that they are extremely sleek and simple in their design. They play with text as well which is what I need to work on. I just thought this site had some good examples of simplistic but effective design that I could experiment with in future designs.

Awesome Typography tutorials

So for this weeks post I wasn't really sure what I wanted to post on and then as I was stumbling I found this site that gives 25 "mind blowing text effects."  One of my favorites that's a pretty simple design is the "Folded" type above because not only can this style of typography come in handy later with designs but also with animation/flash.  In general I thought that this site could come in handy for not only me but also to whoever's reading this and wants to learn how to make a work look like treasure or gigantic bubble letters.

Vaz_4/2/12

I found this online portfolio of Gabriel Moreno who is an illustrator among other things. I really like her style and use of color and abstraction in her work.