Friday, 26 February 2010
I want a new blog
Stupid crappy Blogger is doing my head in, I need something better!
Considering getting 123-Reg's student offer, it's a bit of a bargain I think...
Second Project - Development
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So after looking at the websites of existing photographers I can determine that they generally have simple designs, which makes sense since you wouldn't want to distract from the actual work. The colour schemes seem to include a lot of grey, with the odd splash of colour thrown in. To me this also makes sense since the website will be showcasing a number of photographs which could be made up of various colours, by using blacks, greys and whites you will be sure that none of the colours will clash.
The website for Sean McGrail, Photographer and Film Maker will:
- be simple
- be pretty
- have a grey, black and white colour scheme
- use a splash of red here and there
- include a Flash gallery, slideshow and navigation (this may change)
This has been worked out with the client to work around my project. Not too sure about the flash at the moment, I want to have a slideshow on the main page that cycles through photographs automatically, but as I will also be including a proper gallery I'm not too sure if these are too similar to count as two different elements towards the required three.
Photographers
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I've been looking at the websites of existing photographers to get ideas and inspiration. There seems to be a general theme of simplicity in the sites.
Mattstuart.com
Carlwarner.com
Stevenbrooksphotographer.co.uk
Mattstuart.comThis is a really nice website, simplistic clean design, visually effective and includes cool Flash elements. The heading for the website is in Flash and changes as you navigate around the site. In this screenshot of the homepage it says 'Matt Stuart Captures Cops' but on other pages 'Matt Stuart Frames Strangers', 'Matt Stuart Shoots Rabbits' and 'Matt Stuart Exposes Himself' which I rather like. Colours are very basic, using just greys, blacks and whites in the actual design, with brightness only being added through the actual photographs.
Carlwarner.comThe main page here looks nice and simple, but overall I'm not really a fan of this design. When you click the links to the different pages they open in a new window, all of this being Flash-based. I just find this a bit annoying. However, I like the colours that have been used, with minimal amounts of bright elements against a dark grey background. The work is also very good, look at the 'foodscapes'!
Stevenbrooksphotographer.co.ukThis website is a little more decorative than the previous two though is still fairly simple. There is the same dark grey theme used here, along with a few simple flowers framing the content. I really like the use of typography in the headers here. Overall very nice!
Second Project
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Been a bit slack on the posts lately!
For our second brief we are required to create a website for an artist or arts organisation which is designed to increase traffic or customers for the client. The site must have a minimum of five pages, include three different Flash elements and a journal page that populated by drawing on a MySQL database using PHP.
This project works out really well for me because my friend recently asked me to create a website for her boyfriend who is a photographer and film maker, so I can kill two birds with one stone. Not real birds.
Ideas and wireframes to follow...
For our second brief we are required to create a website for an artist or arts organisation which is designed to increase traffic or customers for the client. The site must have a minimum of five pages, include three different Flash elements and a journal page that populated by drawing on a MySQL database using PHP.
This project works out really well for me because my friend recently asked me to create a website for her boyfriend who is a photographer and film maker, so I can kill two birds with one stone. Not real birds.
Ideas and wireframes to follow...
Flash Advert Finished!
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I did it! Quite pleased with it really, since to begin with I had no idea where to start!
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Flash Banner Project
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We're now required to create a Flash banner advertsing a mobile phone, that features animation and interactivity. It's supposed to be for the phone that we own, but everybody has the same one, an iPhone. Haha. I don't however, I have a really basic Nokia that everyone must think is primitive in comparison.
It's a Nokia 2330 and doesn't do a lot but at the moment it's working for me (until I get an iPhone ha).
I think a Flash banner for this phone should focus on its simplicty as a good thing rather than a hindrance.
After some doodling and sketching I've decided upon an idea I'd like to do but to be honest, I don't really know where to begin. I've been looking at some of the user interfaces of old operating systems, specificly Windows 1.0 to 3.1 which
compared to the operating systems of today are extremely simple. I would like to create a flash advert that shows the desktop of one of these operating systems, and allows the user to click on the icons and such but with not many options available, demonstrating the simplicty of it. This could then eventually display a message such as "Not all technology should have stayed simple, but the Nokia 2330 should" or something along those lines. As in, it's good to be simple and not over-complicated! After all, not everybody actually needs a phone that can browse the internet or run loads of apps or even play music.
An advert like this could probably never be real because Windows wouldn't let Nokia display their OS in a bad light, even an old one. Another complication is the initial user reaction, as a banner just displaying an old OS could easily be ignored, in the same way the awful fake Windows popups are.
It's a Nokia 2330 and doesn't do a lot but at the moment it's working for me (until I get an iPhone ha).I think a Flash banner for this phone should focus on its simplicty as a good thing rather than a hindrance.
After some doodling and sketching I've decided upon an idea I'd like to do but to be honest, I don't really know where to begin. I've been looking at some of the user interfaces of old operating systems, specificly Windows 1.0 to 3.1 which
compared to the operating systems of today are extremely simple. I would like to create a flash advert that shows the desktop of one of these operating systems, and allows the user to click on the icons and such but with not many options available, demonstrating the simplicty of it. This could then eventually display a message such as "Not all technology should have stayed simple, but the Nokia 2330 should" or something along those lines. As in, it's good to be simple and not over-complicated! After all, not everybody actually needs a phone that can browse the internet or run loads of apps or even play music.Aside from that, I have no bloody clue how to start the idea in Flash!
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