Was really excited to finally start “coding” our designs. Although i didn’t get far, i really feel way more comfortable and have a basic understanding of the structure of html, which leaves me ecstatic! Obviously, there are gonna be things i still don’t understand, but usually websites are pretty simple, which atleast for now i believe i could be at a good
Aubrey Samson
Critique was successful, honestly i like the concept of my site but was not to excited about the design. Sometimes it is hard to get students to give real honest feedback. Maybe they’re scared. But also sometimes i think sometimes you just don’t know what to say, or how a project could improve itself.
There were many areas i found inspiration from. When we first started the project, i spent hours looking for cool interactive websites, and witnessed alot of really cool motions. Sometimes you don’t even realize whats happening, you just know that you like something. Seeing cool websites gives you a sort of heart in your stomach feeling, thinking… “woah… thats cool!” I love all the little details in the sites and short/detail oriented attributes.
I was satisfied with the way i thought of the animations, and how things would move on the page. Still not quite satisfied with the way things are looking. Not sure how to make it look a little more sophisticated. I changed the typeface to a more hand drawn look, because i figured since these techniques have a more DIY attitude, it might be more fitting. Maybe i would need to re address the hexagon shape/color? Would like to talk this through to figure out why it doesn’t look like an actual, profession website. Any ideas or tips?
Today is my birthday! We didn’t have class, oh how things work out sometimes!
After the critique on Monday, i really started trying to think deeper about how and when to give feedback for other peoples designs. Some people have a really good sense for how to improve a design, but sometimes it is hard to figure out what exactly someone could do to make their designs more successful, unless its blaringly obvious that something doesn’t work. I still was not very pleased with my design, I felt it did not look sophisticated, although maybe it could get there, i was not sure how to make it better or look less naive. I stumbled across this article on facebook and thought it was very relevant, also the posters that designers had made talking about the interaction between designer and client were hilarious and definitely worth looking at.
The thing i love about web design is that simple is better. Clean and clear typography is a must and simplicity makes it easier to intake and understand as an experience. I am excited for this next project, just picking a topic will take a little bit. i’m hoping we get a lot of time in class to work on theses processes while moving closer to the due date.
Interactive websites are fun and fast moving, i enjoyed thinking in animations and how certain things on the page move and interact. Even the littlest details make a difference, and certain things move so fast that your not sure exactly what just happened but you know you enjoyed it. I love the dynamic feel to interactive, animated websites, and want to include those features in my designs. I have been hunting for cool websites that have a new fresh feel to them, here are a couple ones i found;
Was really excited to finally start “coding” our designs. Although i didn’t get far, i really feel way more comfortable and have a basic understanding of the structure of html, which leaves me ecstatic! Obviously, there are gonna be things i still don’t understand, but usually websites are pretty simple, which at least for now i believe i could be at a good place to set up a successful website. The more i do, the better i will understand. Still it can be a little overwhelming and although i didn’t get very far, i believe talking with Colleen will help me tie up some of the loose ends. I feel like one of the hardest parts will be understanding inheritance possibly, i can see myself running into problems about certain attributes being picked up or not remembering the rules to how those things work, but i can always revisit my notes, or even use the internet for help. Chapter 8 was about adding graphics to the web page, which is obviously an important part of web design. I feel like this will perhaps be the last step of the design, i think it is important to get everything set up in the appropriate place and then add the embellishments.
Was really excited to hit the drawing board when we got to class, the exercise we did really helped at least to begin thinking about where exactly to start in the overwhelming process of coding. I think drawing it out like we did in class, figuring out where the dividers will be really helped, and will be the beginning of my process when translating designs to code. First things first, STAY ORGANIZED, cannot stress this enough.. Managing alot of different files and being able to know exactly where they are. I felt like i was really pretty good about keeping everything in order in past classes and in general, but this class has proven its absolute importance even more so, and that is harder when you have multiple layers to deal with.
Chapter 7 talked about borders, padding, margins and how to control that space. This was a great chapter to read because i have felt comfortable being able to code a page to have certain text attributes but did not quite understand how to make it go, and have spacing between, etc. I am having a little trouble understanding the measurements, or even what font size to make things. Its different in an illustrator document, i’m not sure how the font sizes translate to the web, and am still a little confused about resolution and different screen sizes. There is seriously just so much to learn, and i hope when i actually step into the coding portion of things i can take all the things we have talked about and use them properly. Once again, this is going to be a thing that really only clicks when i begin to confidently start to set up my designs.