Today we had a work day in class so I got caught up on some labs. I also started working on my website design more and its a struggle for me. Website design is hard for me so hopefully I can make something that I like in the end. Fingers crossed.
Emily Gauger
Today in class we critiqued our website designs and it actually went a lot better than I was expecting!! Colleen thought it was really dynamic which I was excited about. She gave me the feedback I really needed to improve it. I was getting so stuck on it over break while working on it so it was good to get the feedback. Now I can improve it and make it better before coding it.
In class we learned how to code the hover buttons and how they change color when hovering and how stuff can appear when hovering. It was actually really exciting, I thought it was super cool because it was so easy! I love actually understanding the things we’re learning related to coding.
Working on the animation stuff in class, I realized it really wasn’t that hard. As for this project though, I’m really getting stuck. Web design isn’t my forte and I’ve done it before this class at all so it’s sort of a struggle. Hopefully I end up with a project I enjoy though. We’ll see how it goes!
I’m excited to start designing this website. I think it will be more fun and have more creative freedom than the previous project so it’ll be cool to see what everyone does. I’m nervous about having to code it though because I’m still not comfortable with coding so we’ll see how that goes when we get there.
Today in class we got our new project assigned to us and I’m excited because it seems like it will be a lot more open and fun. I have no idea what I want to do for my story though. Once I get that figured out I think it will be a fun project to work on.
It’s leap day. How neat. We celebrated this leap day by having a 3 hour crit. How neat. Crit actually was super helpful as always, its just an exhausting process. I got feedback and suggestions of things I hadn’t even thought of which is really nice and helpful. Other peoples opinions are always much needed and I enjoy hearing it. Overall it went pretty well.
Today in class I completely remade by navigation system. I was bored with the one I had and honestly hated the design. Last night I sketched up a brand new idea and today I created it. It actually turned out a lot better than I thought and I’m liking it. It’s making me more confident about web design. I still have a few tweaks to make but so far, I am happy with the results.
I’m struggling a bit creating these nav bars. While I appreciate and love looking at amazing and creative websites, I feel like this isn’t really what I am good at so it’s a bit of a struggle trying to make something that I like. It’s hard for me to think up and design animated and interactive design work.
I really want that to change though. I want to learn to be a good coder and figure out how to design good websites. Hopefully at the end of the semester I’ll be able to create great web designs. Right now its a little overwhelming.
In class today, we looked at everyones navigation bar iterations and it was really interesting t0 see what everyone came up with. It seemed like there was a lot of spider web iterations but there was also a lot of unique ones that were really cool. I’m excited to see the final things that people come up with.
It was really helpful for Colleen to got through the stuff from the book with us to see exactly how to do it rather than just trying to understand it from reading it. I like doing things while she explains it because then I retain the information much better.