What i think about the site...

The finished site looks brilliant, im really pleased to have been part of the web team. As a group i think we worked really well together and got it done as quickly as the other teams would let us. I didn't have the most vital role, but i tried to help out where ever i could and i think we did well in sharing the work load between all the web team. To sum things up i think the site looks very professional and the process has really added to my team working skill set :)...

Adding to google maps...

We also added a google maps function to the sites getting here page, it has information on getting to the exhibition through all available transport links including, car, train, bus and were people can park at the event. We even set an email up so people can email us with any travel or parking concerns.

Finishing touches on the website for exhibition...

Once the graphics had been added to the home page it was noticed that the colours of the outlined figures didn't quite match the sites branding. So we changed them to a grey colour and straight away they looked much more at home on the site, instant fix...

The group also discussed that the caution lettering looked alot better with the untampered photo in the background as apposed to the red one.

we also came up with the idea of making the individual profile pics like polaroids which works really well with the websites design as it looks causal but well presented. The font also works well with the theme of casual young design element.

3 pieces of work for the exhibition:

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Image 2

Image: 1

Here are the three pieces of i work i have chosen to preview in the exhibition. I did have other choices but i felt these best showed off what i have learnt at university and show my range of abilities better then just three very similar choices. My favorite is image 1 because i really have grown using illustrator and i feel it is my direction after university in searching for work as an illustrator or graphic designer. I also decided to show a 3d pieces because it is a topic which has been covered so much while at university so it made sense to have it in the exhibition. 3d isnt my best skill but i have progressed so much with it since the start of university.

here is the text to accompany each piece:

3 pieces of work descriptions

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Image 1

Name of project: 2D Animation

Brief and description: Create an animation catered towards young children.

Conceptual and technical process: This was a character that I designed for my 2d animation in the 1st year. Lily the ladybird was created in illustrator and is basically a composition of techniques including gradients and reflections using the pen tool and gradient mesh tool.

Image 2

Name of project: Logo design for a small travel company in Cambridge

Brief and description: Create a logo for a small travel company looking for a fresh image and branding.

Conceptual and technical process: The logo itself came about from me doing a lot of icon tutorials, which ended up translating into this lil number. Illustrator was the software used to create it.

Image 3

Name of project: Advert for visit Essex

Brief and description: We were asked to create an advert which encouraged tourism in Essex through the used of 3ds studio max.

Conceptual and technical process: This is a screen shot from part of my animation in which a camera flies over a field and into a household through the window. It took an age to render partly because it was rendering on my mediocre laptop. Im pretty sure the fur modifier and skylights didn’t help the cause…

Designing graphics for the exibition site:

I have been asked to design the icon for the visiting, student profiles and map pages. I used illustrator to create a application looking circle much like the safari browser icon. I felt this worked well as it went with he overall modern and clean looking design of the site using basic colours and textures. i then used some vectors of a plane, person and outline of England to signify the three pages. we didn't want anything to complicated as it might not work with the rest of the page and didn't want to detract from the text and headings.

Here are the three icons i created above:

Profile pics taken for site:

last tuesday the photo's where taken for the individual profile pics for each student on the website. They have been added to the drop-box folder so that the students can pick their own photo's to be used on the site. we used the photography studio and lighting to try and get a professional finish on the pics. me and henry have then sized all the photos ready for posting on the web site for completion.