Web Design Evaluation

Web Design Evaluation

For this project we were asked to create an interactive website based around our personalities and interests. I began by researching into interactive and well designed websites to help me explore different options for my website.

I have presented a simple website which shows some of my previous work; I feel it could include more interactivity but I like the simple features and it isn’t cluttered and complicated. I think what I wanted to communicate was that I always use my laptop and really like being creative. I like the quirkiness of the pages with the pages of the zoomed in versions of the images I especially like how the about page has turned out as I really like how the design and it looks like it could actually be my journal/diary.

My intended target audience was future clients, peers and tutors to show case my work the age group is approximately 18 – 50 which is a vast age range but I feel my website is suitable for all.

For my material experiments I used watercolours for all my projects, because I am currently fascinated by the paintings done in watercolours. I was going to use flowers created by watercolour but I like the idea of having my desk as my main design.

I think my time keeping needs to change; I feel I could have done a lot more on my website such as more interactivity, for the next project I will ensure I have a minimum amount of work done for each week to ensure I can have more detailed work.

Photographers Rights

People and Privacy
UK laws are fairly vague when it comes to defining what constitutes an invasion of privacy, but while street shots should cause no problem, you might get in hot water if you're strapping on colossal telephoto lens and zooming in on folks stripping off in their bathrooms - even if you are snapping from a public place.
The key seems to be whether the subject would have a reasonable expectation of privacy - a statement that seems vague enough to keep a team of lawyers gainfully employed for some time.
With some countries having stronger privacy laws, UK snappers looking to commercially exploit images of recognisable people snapped without their consent may find international clients unenthusiastic unless a model release has been obtained.
There's also a remote chance that photographs of people in public places may be subject to the Data Protection Act, but that's pretty unlikely if there's no other identifying information accompanying the image.

Animation

Book Animations


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNX43grZSZs&feature=PlayList&p=BC5A8D7E56A489FB&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

I like the idea of using an actual book and having it like a larger scale flip book, although if i were to do something similar to this I would probaly have to start off with a simpler design as the flow of the animation is very smooth there arent any scattered or jumpy parts that can be seen.
Although I really like this animation I don't really see a meaning behind the animation unless it was trying to portray the violence in everything.

'Magic Moving Images'

Magic Moving Images - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5W5JJXtqhw

I love the idea it reminds me of when I was younger when I had an optical illusion book and I was fasinated with the idea of such things. I tried to create one of these but I couldnt get the dimensions of the plastic sheet with the straight lines so it didn't work properly.
But I like the idea of using something in my animation which turns out to be more than it appears.

Animatic

Birds of a feather- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0b1deL7nA4&feature=related



Pandora's book - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp4h6gSmxRg&feature=related



Animatic 'number three' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_BT-41_NY&feature=related

I must say first of all I love this style of drawing I think its very quirky and cute, the animatics are quite detailed in the pictures to get a clear sense and direction for the scene to conclude whether it will work well and fit in with the next frame.
I have watched the final animations for all three of these and could tel straight away that these were the animatics as the movements shown in arrows and the facial details.

Artist Research

Artist: Woody (For Topshop)

I love the style of the illustration I like the large eyes and the simple but imaginative details like with these two examples with the stars and the kite which draws your attention.

I like the idea of using this style of drawing in my animation as I feel it looks quite surreal but quirky at the same time which I like the idea of having that style in my animation.

I first saw the illustrators work about a year ago when browsing the internet and it was a new clothing design it was only a few weeks that I realised that it was an actual designer Zara Wood.

Harvie Krumpet

Harvie Krumpet is a short animation about the life of Harvie Krumpet. The characters used in this animation were created using clay, which I think gives a really nice effect, I especially like how clear the emotions are very clear which really brings across the feelings which are being displayed. I also like the transitions through out his life, it doesn't drag on in parts that aren't nessecery.
However I think that the sound effect and background music should have been more apparent throughout the film as music can build up scenes and I felt it didnt build up the emotions/scene as much as it could have if more audio was included.