pick and edit photos, pick fonts - by 4/1
purchase domain - by 4/1
create flash intro with music (with skip intro option) - by 4/5
website skeleton (home page, contact page, resume page with pdf) - by 4/8
CSS resume working - by 4/10
gallery page up - by 4/17
troubleshooting/final edits - by 4/22
final critique - 5/2
Monday, March 30, 2009
Project 4 proposal
As a soon-to-be graduate, my goals for my final project will help serve my future and my career. The final project will be an online portfolio website. This website will be a place for potential employers to gain a sense of who I am and what I do, as well as what I love. The website will contain elements of my style and personality, and will also communicate my career goals. The hope is that I will create a visual resume that stands out in employers’ minds and perhaps sets me apart from my competitors.
Deciding on the content of the website will be just as hard as creating the website itself. The content must serve many purposes: 1) I am a passionate, driven and creative person; 2) I am able to adapt to many different situations as an artist and designer; 3) I have a unique vision that will elevate their overall goals; 4) I work well with others and love being around people. I want to display both my talent in creating beautiful artwork and also providing a unique approach in my role as an event photographer.
I have chosen a portfolio website as my final project because I have done portfolio websites before and have been unable to focus my energy to one specific goal. In the past, my websites seem to be an outlet to display my web design skills allowing the work on the website to fall short. The main focus of this website needs to be the actual work presented, not the website itself. Though it is important that the website convey solid web design knowledge, it is not important to have lots of “bells and whistles.” Furthermore, I hope that this final project will propel me into my next phase as an artist and designer, with the larger goal being to find work. I hope that by already having a website I will stand out as someone who is well prepared. Therefore, my audience is obviously potential employers.
Inspirations thus far are sunygao.com, madisonhousedesign.com, ctaylorcrothers.com, among others. What I like about these sites is the simplicity, both in the color scheme and the aesthetic. Navigation is easy and you are quickly able to view the work without having to click on too many buttons or links. I want to incorporate these ideas into my website. I think I would like my background to be white and my text black. The buttons will be a place for me to display my personal design. At this point, I have decided that the links will span across the top of the page, underneath a header. And the rest of my design, such as fonts, will be decided as I begin the creation of the site.
Deciding on the content of the website will be just as hard as creating the website itself. The content must serve many purposes: 1) I am a passionate, driven and creative person; 2) I am able to adapt to many different situations as an artist and designer; 3) I have a unique vision that will elevate their overall goals; 4) I work well with others and love being around people. I want to display both my talent in creating beautiful artwork and also providing a unique approach in my role as an event photographer.
I have chosen a portfolio website as my final project because I have done portfolio websites before and have been unable to focus my energy to one specific goal. In the past, my websites seem to be an outlet to display my web design skills allowing the work on the website to fall short. The main focus of this website needs to be the actual work presented, not the website itself. Though it is important that the website convey solid web design knowledge, it is not important to have lots of “bells and whistles.” Furthermore, I hope that this final project will propel me into my next phase as an artist and designer, with the larger goal being to find work. I hope that by already having a website I will stand out as someone who is well prepared. Therefore, my audience is obviously potential employers.
Inspirations thus far are sunygao.com, madisonhousedesign.com, ctaylorcrothers.com, among others. What I like about these sites is the simplicity, both in the color scheme and the aesthetic. Navigation is easy and you are quickly able to view the work without having to click on too many buttons or links. I want to incorporate these ideas into my website. I think I would like my background to be white and my text black. The buttons will be a place for me to display my personal design. At this point, I have decided that the links will span across the top of the page, underneath a header. And the rest of my design, such as fonts, will be decided as I begin the creation of the site.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Tweet
So, at the beginning of class we were told to make a name for ourselves in the online world via communities like Second Life, Facebook and Flickr. I already had Facebook and Flickr and recently I've decided to get a Twitter account! This community is not just another way to keep in touch with your friends but also a place to keep in touch with people like John Mayer. Yes, the singer. You can also keep yourself up-to-date with news from NPR or even just local news with Colorado Daily. It's a great thing that I have been resisting for purely rebellious reasons - i.e. "Well, everyone has a Twitter account, so I'm not going to." Now that I'm a part of it, I feel at peace that there are tons of people with a Twitter account... isn't that the point??! Find me on Twitter: @allisonicole
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Mash Up
We were told to think of a few songs we want to include in our mash up song for Wednesday and I chose a few last night. They are:
Perverted Undertone by Prefuse 73
Intergalactic by Beastie Boys
Loser by Beck
Won by the Beta Band
Seventeen Years by Ratatat
Baby Please by Jurassic 5
... & On by Erykah Badu
Perverted Undertone by Prefuse 73
Intergalactic by Beastie Boys
Loser by Beck
Won by the Beta Band
Seventeen Years by Ratatat
Baby Please by Jurassic 5
... & On by Erykah Badu
Sunday, March 8, 2009
More...
It's funny how just as I begin writing again, I am suddenly inspired all over again. I found this video a while ago and remembered it tonight. The video is just something someone else made but the coolest part is that the video is dynamic - controlled by the weather of where ever you're located. The flash piece somehow retrieves your location information, probably from your IP address or something, and then includes the information in the background of the piece. For instance, if it's raining where you are, the movie will display rain. If it's dark, the background will be dark. If it's sunny, the background will be yellow. Pretty cool if you ask me.
Here is the video!
Here is the video!
Inspiration: an ebb an flow
Well... it seems my absence has been noticed!
Lately I've felt really uninspired, just all the way around. Inspiration comes like an ebb and flow, and right now I am in an ebb. Tonight however, I was reminded that art (and inspiration) is not just confined to the visual - though as a photography major this seems easy to forget. Music serves as a constant inspiration, especially when it's created in an original way. I remember this band I stumbled across during my Freshman year here at CU. I was in a local album shop on Pearl St. and just wandered around. I listened to the cds they had hooked up to headphones. I spent hours in there, especially once I ran across the Bad Plus. They are an avant garde jazz trio from New York. They each add something spectacular to the mix. Recently, they've been working with a singer remaking rock favorites like pink floyd and nirvana as well as some lesser known artists like Aphex Twin. But it's not just any old cover, they are original and completely different. Take a gander:
Lately I've felt really uninspired, just all the way around. Inspiration comes like an ebb and flow, and right now I am in an ebb. Tonight however, I was reminded that art (and inspiration) is not just confined to the visual - though as a photography major this seems easy to forget. Music serves as a constant inspiration, especially when it's created in an original way. I remember this band I stumbled across during my Freshman year here at CU. I was in a local album shop on Pearl St. and just wandered around. I listened to the cds they had hooked up to headphones. I spent hours in there, especially once I ran across the Bad Plus. They are an avant garde jazz trio from New York. They each add something spectacular to the mix. Recently, they've been working with a singer remaking rock favorites like pink floyd and nirvana as well as some lesser known artists like Aphex Twin. But it's not just any old cover, they are original and completely different. Take a gander:
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