Yes, another semester, another year.

Time really is flying by. Well, only when I'm not thinking about it.

Anyway, motion graphics. Progress?

Is a Beluga. Took about an hour to finish.

That is all.

Now have some beluga goodness!

beluga.png

beluga.jpg

I scanned eggs. The end.

Hmmm, well it's that time again for the gathering of user feedback.

I do realise that my priorities are all over the place when it comes to assignments, but meh.

Anyway, blogging a few screenshots for Web Design 1 because I'm stuck on ideas for the look. The coding is still a work in progress but that shall be up once I'm done.

1. First Round:
 For this first one, I initially thought to go for a sketchy look. But the problem I faced here was the inconsistency of the pencil strokes and I didn't have enough space because the dimensions were fixed.



2. Second Round:



Ok, dramatic change here. With both design and coding. You can't see it in the screenshot, but it scrolls horizontally. And I decided to go with digitised graphics instead. Menu is fixed at the bottom, centre.



3. Third Attempt:


Ok, not much changed here, just finalised a colour scheme and changed the title banner thing, just some tweaking.



4. Fourth Go, yo.


Graphic enhancement. Menu improved, effects added. (I apologise about the lack of a protoype - It's coming). Background a bit blergh.


5. Current Look:

So this is what it looks like currently. Still feel that there's something missing or there's something that looks odd, but i can't put my finger on it, I guess I've been looking at it for 3 days straight, so that could be it.


Another shot of the current design:


Screenshot of what an actual section looks like. Format is pretty standard. The other pages are pretty similar, just the graphics are different.

I am kinda annoyed/angry/uninspired at the moment. The site is pissing me off...

Anyway, that is all for now.

Progress on all fronts is kind of slow.

Well, generally.

Anyway, this is a short assignment update. I have a few more to get through, but I'm going to take a break for now. We have received the final project brief for Visual Fundamentals and it seems doable enough. Minimum requirement: 12-frame storyboard for a tourism TV commercial for your chosen country and a poster thing for said country.

We've had our midterm for Survey of SEA Art and Culture. I don't even know the actual name for this subject, it's so long. It was also doable enough.

Web Design final project is in the works, but there is A LOT to be done. I stayed up till about 5am this morning trying to get the lightbox working. It's still not working, >_<. I can't say I am at all satisfied with the overall look but I don't know how to make it look better because I fail at drawing. !@#$

 Typo and DSM...no hope, no comment.

DGM2 is on track, but barely.

That is all for the update, I think. Now have some Haunted Mansion! Nyerh!

Visual Fundamentals 2 is a relatively fun subject.

And I need to make an update, so I shall follow this falla's good example and post people drinking coffee or tea or [insert hot beverage of choice].

I had a lot of fun doing this particular assignment. The actual colouring didn't take very long, but I spent a really long time sketching it because my proportion is – how to say – uhm, fail? Yes, fail. So sketching took a while because I can't draw proportionate peoples. (That's why we in MM eh?)

And then drawing the outline also took hours. Most of the straight lines were pretty easy, but all the rounded parts did my head in, my Wacom is so insensitive. And that's why he doesn't/will never have a girlfriend. *Oh shnap*

In retrospect, I could have done more in terms of camera angle and so on. It seems very flat and boring because the perspective is uninteresting and it's at eye level and so on. I could go on and on berating myself, but I'm tired and have other things that have to be attended to.

Aaanyway, here is teh abomination in question. Bam, has some coffee!

Back to the grind and such.

I apologise (yes, to my non-existent audience) for the lack of updates on this blog. I find it a little bit sad that a "blogging assignment" has been the reason for the revival of this blog, however, I do hope I can continue to update.

I won't make any promises, though, because I have a regular blog that I tend to neglect also. Anyway, we shall see how it goes.

Semester 5 has started and so far so good. I guess I say this because we have only had about two classes. But the two classes we have had have been pretty good.

So, anyway, we had our first Web Design 1 class today. It is probably unhealthy how enthusiastic I am about this particular subject. I have been waiting 4 semesters to start this subject, so that may be why I'm so excited about it.

Hmmm. Well, this is just a revival post – an update of sorts. I shall post my assignment entry tomorrow because I'm sick (literally) and kind of tired (physically) right now and need rest because we have a field trip tomorrow, ^_^.

And the layout for this blog is pretty ugly, I must admit. A makeover is necessary.

And that is all.

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 Now playing: Verve Pipe, The - The Freshmen
via FoxyTunes

Wah lau! I need to stop over-thinking things when I sample a colour palette. I keep worrying that I am choosing the wrong colour, even though I'm supposed to choose the colours that appeal to me.

So this is a continuation form the previous post; for the second part of the assignment, I need to answer some questions, scan through responses and respond to two or more participants who left comments on my blog. Must give feedback.

The assignment post for today is on "Flowcharts". It's sort of like a prerequisite step of sorts for our final project, you know, watching the videos and reading the material and all. If you don't read, then you stand outside and no happy lecture time for you on Friday. Yes, it's that important!

Ok!

Anyway, two cute little alarm clocks! Enjoy, enjoy!

We made glossy icons in class today.

Class assignment: make a little pixel avatar of your friend.