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Group Project

fattooma — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:22:59 +0000

Well it has beeen a long time since i had blogged anything and from now on i will start blogging so hope I don;t bore you

So first of all I keep you updated on what going on in our group project module. Well Ross, Chris and I are in a group and we decided to do our project on an interactive promo website for the college. Last semester we did all the research and this semester we are building the website, shooting video and capturing images around the campus, so don’t worry if you see us around

This week after borrowing the HD Canons from Daniel, we started straight away interviewing some students from around the campus. We also went around taking images of the campus to build our interface for the website. At the start I thought building the interface in photoshop should be no problem but soon found out that its much more of a hassle then I expected. Anyways at the moment I am trying to solve it, its just the propositions are not quite working for me, wish me luck

Bye for know

Visual Language Week 11

fattooma — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:13:24 +0000

Today in the lecture we looked at Interactive/Web design basis then in he lab we messed around with photoshop, and we were given an assignment to do, which was to evaluate a website of our choice under 5 heading of our choice from the principles of the interactive/web design basis. i chose to evalute google under the following headings:

Simplicity
Typography
White Space
Layout
colour

Simplicity:

I would see the google website as one of the most easiest and simpliest website to use. Its deign is simple which makes it stand out from other websites. It as a simple recognisable layout that distinguishs it from other websites. The message of this website is simple because of its search toolbar that is placed in the center of the page. It provides simple, clear steps and few instructions . it has a recognisable visual design with helps viewers.

Typoraphy:

Googles typography is good, as it doesn’t use to many typefaces. The only lare size font on its its page is it logo sign and that is very effective because it makes it stand out. Google uses sans-serif which makes the page look cleaner on the screen. The colour, size and shape all contrast toghether to give it an overall visual appeal to the viewers eye.

White Space:

Google uses effective ehite space all over its website, this helps to improve legibility, an give a ood sense of simplicity and communcates a feeling of openess and style. White space on google is balanced, its also uses both micro and macro white spacing.

Layout:

The layout of google is simple and easy to follow which creates a sense of order in the site. It is well formed and organised. Because google uses the most simplicist layout on its website it makes it more appealing to visters of it site, and therefore it communicates its infrmation more clearly.

Colour:

Google uses very simple colours on its site, but at the same time uses the design theory very effectivly. This makes its site more appealling.

Visual Language Week 10

fattooma — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:58:35 +0000

This week in the lab we were given an Assignment to do which is worth 10% of our over all mark. We had to use photoshop and edit any image we wanted and make them good or evil.

In the lecture we had a look at the definition of semiotics which is, the study of signs

Signs
Dyadic Model
Tryadic Model
Adveryising
Positive and Negative

Visual Language Week 9

fattooma — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:47:36 +0000

This week in the lecture we had a look at gestalt princibles of perception

similarity
continuation
closure
proximity
figure and ground

During the lab we used photoshop to edit a picture of louis walsh, making him good!

Visual language week 8

fattooma — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:45:44 +0000

This week in visual language we weaved willow sculptures, with the expertise and help of horticulturist Breda Maroon. We were put into groups, each group had to form a figure out of the bamboo sticks, in total there were 7 figures.

Visual Language week 7

fattooma — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:01:43 +0000

“The Great Bank Robbery”

Group Awesome: Fatima, Gary, Dean Wall, Monika, Michelle, Obi.

This week in the lecture we had a look at the golden mean and the rule of third.

In the lab we had to do our Assignment. Our Assignment was to tell a story through pictures we had taken with our group. Our story was about a bank robbery.

Visual Language week 5

fattooma — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:35:08 +0000

This week we were introduced to the different types of multimedia softwares that are available. In the lab we were introduced to photoshop, we familerized ourselves on how to use it by experementing with a photo.

Visual Language week 4

fattooma — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:29:13 +0000

This week we went on a field trip to the Botanic Gardens. during our trip we had to demonstrate our understanding of the different types of drawing techniques, we had studied from the previouse weeks. for visual language we had to draw 5 different pictures which included:

contour drawing
blind contour drawing
negative space
patterns in nature
texture thumbnail sketches

Visual Language week 3

fattooma — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:18:04 +0000

This week we learned about colour and texture. we looked at different types of colours ( primary, secondary, and tertiary), we also looked at colour components and colour spectrum. In the labs we used a stencil to create a series of design on a page. our page was divided into 4 sections, each section had to be painted in a different styles (monochrome, analogous, complementary and split-compemantary.)

Visual Language Week 1

fattooma — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:44:17 +0000

In week one of visual language we were introduce to the module, its contents, what will we be doing in both our theory and practical classes. we were also told on how our grades will be divided. We were then told to write anything about ourselves, and draw three little small concept from what we had written. from that we had to choose one of the three small concepts and redraw it in a bigger format expanding on this idea a bit more. we were then brought into the labs and Niamh showed us how everyone can set their own weblog, and so we did.