what vicky does

presentation feedback

2009-10-27T22:08:00.000-07:00

I'm quite happy with the feedback on my website. I totally agree with adding more details as I'd intended on doing that. I was going to do this all for December, as well as updating my blog as despite doing the work, I haven't always uploaded it to here. That won't be happening now as apparently today was our final hand-in! I suppose this is all good because I have finished it & I have got all my work done, I'd just have liked to continue working on this to improve it for my final grade. I suppose I've got to get on with animation now....fab.

Rational

2009-10-27T21:55:00.000-07:00

I've really enjoyed making my website, it's taken me back to my geeky past when I used to make them in my spare time. Despite enjoying it, I did struggle with picking a design. I wanted it perfect & exactly how I saw it in my head, but just couldn't get it right. I feel kind of lucky that I did have a basic understanding of web design because it's meant I've been able to create the site in a couple of days.

Although my overall personal style can change I wanted to go for a more handmade theme. I love working with textures & materials & have always been a sketchy/illustration type person. I do think I've achieved the feel of this on my website but it does need a few extra details, just for depth.

I'm really happy with the final out come of the design, but I do want to go back & add more details & textures. I also really want to get the divs & iframes sorted because having my website all on separate pages is sadly really annoying me. I'd also love to create a few animations, possibly a few scribbles or sketches across the page just to make it a little prettier, because that's what I love, quirky, pretty details.

Overall I've really enjoyed this brief, I'm just really not happy that we've had to do 2 other projects (mainly animation, uuuurgh) alongside of it because I'd have liked to have learnt & experimented more.

It's finished!

2009-10-27T21:54:00.001-07:00

So I finally came to a decision on the design & got to making up the pages.

I want to use the main page to display pieces of my work. Either a weekly pick or a new weekly sketch. It'd be great for it to flick through all of my work, that'd require flash right?

About me, pretty simple really, putting a face to the name & a little blurb.

I'll be putting more work up on here, but this was just to display a working site.

Lightbox! Need to work out the back/next & close.

More ways to contact, all linked to the sites & email form.

I want to add to this, more textures to add some depth & interest. Maybe some animations?

wireframing

2009-10-27T20:55:00.000-07:00

some website research

2009-10-14T16:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some websites I've looked at over the past couple of weeks. Some I like & some are so, so, but I wanted to look at a range of styles.

www.misprintedtype.com - I love Eduardo Recife's work. His website is very reflective of his style, I love how the page keeps scrolling down eventhough there is no information only little bits of his art.

www.ndmakeupartists.co.uk - Not necessarily a designers portfolio, but still a great website for displaying company information & a portfolio of their artistry. I love the different sections & the depth to the site, very personal.

www.meghunt.com - I like the use of her own illustrations for a background, but the side column with a scroll bar is just ugly.

www.alexcoleman.net - This is ok I suppose. The work displayed stands out as the rest of the page is rather bland. Texture gives some detail to the page.

www.alexcohaniuc.com - Really like this style because I'm a fan of mixing a bit of clean design with more hands on materials such as sticky tape.

www.rzmota.com - An interesting page but could have been better if the main page was interactive. I do like how the portfolio & information pops up at the bottom & is interactive though.

www.blkmtnstudio.com - Very blog-like, simple but a nice clean, easy to navigate site.

www.jayhafling.com - Kind of like one of the sites above, clean design/type mized with textures of paper, gives it a nice depth.

www.gouramidesign.com - Really like this page, it's really simple, tidy & effective.

www.laurenfrench.com - Another portfolio site that is quite bloggy, but I know this girl uses her blog on the main page of her portfolio. I love how she displays a piece of her photography even when it's not on the portfolio section.

Vault49

2009-10-06T10:18:00.001-07:00

Just got a newsletter email from Vault49. Looove Vault49.

Design ideas

2009-10-01T04:45:00.000-07:00

Tea flow chart

2009-09-30T06:27:00.000-07:00

Photography

2009-09-30T03:44:00.000-07:00

Graphic Communication

2009-09-30T03:15:00.000-07:00

The Rule Book

2009-09-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

My rules were from The Green Book & at the time the MP's were abusing their expenses, so my images were photographs of abuse (self, child, sexual etc.) So rules & images linked through the term abuse.

Another blog

2009-09-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

Have to be at work in an hour...well two...but fitting in 30mins of shopping & need to upload work here, this may take a while. But hello anyway!