Final Design Post

For this website I decided to keep the design simple and with all the photographs I gave them white edges to give them the look of Polaroids and to create more interest in the photos I gave them different placements and placed them on angles where I could. The problem solving for any of the issues encountered just involved trial and error and investigating the code, and a lot of time was spent in Dreamweaver and Fireworks fine-tuning the final design. I got feedback from the client that altered the design, and that was mainly just how he wanted certain pages, for the text to be larger and limited/no Flash.

Overall I am pleased with the final result, and hope the client approves. Designing this website has been great experience and I have learnt a lot.

Montrose Photos Website Completed!

My Montrose Photos client website is now finished.
Take a look at- http://dswd208owen.bncreative.org/client

Design changes

My design for the client site has changed many times during the development. The reasons for this include my client and my own satisfaction. Originally this is what the design was going to look like-


And then I changed it to this-

And now it is a different design again. A lot of time has been spent in Fireworks.

The constraints for the design were that I had to stick to a blue colour scheme for the client, and the client also didn't want much Flash. I am also still waiting for the photographs from my client which is also causing many problems for my design, as this is a photographers site. :/

My client site for 'Montrose Photos' is still under construction. I will put a link up to it when it is completed.

Colour theory

This is the colour scheme of the client website.

Mockups

This is the mock up I developed in Fireworks for the final design of the client site- Montrose Photos.

Storyboard sketches

These are some rough sketches of the website layout.

Influences

During the initial development of my client site I looked at many other photography websites to see what was popular and to get some inspiration. There were several websites that influenced me and helped me with my concept development.

They are- www.julienstarphotography.com
www.porfyn.com.au
www.bonbonphoto.com.au

The main design features from these websites that influenced me was their clean and professional designs, and their photo galleries.

DNS

DNS's (Domain Name Servers) are a hierarchical naming system for computers, and internet resources. It identifies computer/computers on the internet. These names appear as a component of a web sites URL.

Top level domain names are for example- .com · .info · .net · .org · .pro .

Marketing Website

Marketing website now available.
This site contains a marketing report on
marketing websites.

http://dswd208owen.bncreative.org/marketing

New Addition to Student Website

My student website, for Web Design Intermediate: DSWD21, is slowly coming along.
Recent additions have been a flash portfolio site and a mini template site(Mirus).

Check it out at- http://dswd208owen.bncreative.org (Main site)
-http://dswd208owen.bncreative.org/flash_portfolio (Flash portfolio)

Website Development- Client Questionnaire

Group: Kasey, Kim and Tippy

Client Details
• Client Name:
• Job Description:

Website Details
• Purpose/Goals?
• Start Date: End Date:
• Do you have a current website? Yes/No
• Competitors website?
• Budget? _________________
• Do you require a data-based website?
• What are the key reasons users may have for visiting the site?

Content and Layout
• Website theme/colour scheme?
• Target Audience?
• What information do you want on your website?
• How many pages/sections?
• Time-limit/Deadline?
• Would there be related links on your website?

Usability
• Do you require your website to be mobile phone accessible?
• Site map
• W3C.org guidelines and web accessibility?
• Does it require high internet connection?

Project Website Phases

Group: Kasey, Kim, Tippy

Phase1-

Establish business and client contact details
Create a site specification document

Main purpose of the website?
What is your needs and goals?
What programs?
How long the process will take? Time limit? Deadline?
Cost? Budget?
Contract?
Consider any extra hiring that might be needed for coding or database?
Do you already have a website? Upgrading?


Phase2-

Certain theme or style to be followed?
Mobile phone accessible?
Web accessibility 1.0 strict? (Font sizes/alt text)
Colour scheme?
Age group?

Research how other businesses in the same industry are displaying their products and website.

Phase3-

Storyboarding

Layout-
Index, About, Product Info, Gallery, Contact, Thankyou etc

Phase4-

Layout styles-
Funky, simple, professional, modern, abstract, retro, vintage?

Map up a rough estimate of hours that will be needed to complete website- ex. finalisation, marketing complete.


Phase5-

Check website in both Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari etc.

Check it complies with WW3 standards, if optimised for the web and if resolution dependent.

Phase6-

Presenting contract and getting client feedback.

DSWD21 Wendy's Class Wk2

Previously this blog has been used for DSPR2- a Typography class, from semester one, 2008.

Now it will be used for a Web Design class, semester two, 2008.

Business Card Designs

Purpose:

These business card designs were apart of an assignment. You were to design six different business cards, inspired by five well designed business cards collected.

Limitations:

You had to show the process of each one using a template, use pantone colours and the design should be no bigger than a standard business card.

DSPR2 SEM1 Week 3: Web Research Task

Search Engine: Google www.google.com

-Australian Graphic Design Association
http://www.agda.com.au/

The Australian Graphic Design Association is the national association for professional graphic designers. Therefore this website has the latest news, events, design management, resources, education information and links for graphic designers in the industry.

Site visited 4th April 2008, 2:00pm

-typoGRAPHIC
http://www.rsub.com/typographic/


This website outlines typography history, timeline, anatomy, studies and links.

Site visited 4th April 2008, 2:00pm

-Color Worqx
http://worqx.com/color/


This website discusses colour theory in detail. Some of the information it provides is communicating colour, colour application, colour basics, systems, combinations and the colour wheel.

Site visited 4th April 2008, 2:00pm

Monogram Speed Exercise

Purpose-

To explore a range of ideas for creatively combining your initials.

Limitations-

• Black and white


• 30 mins to do task


• Only using the tools that we have learnt so far

B3 Exercise

Purpose-

The purpose of this exercise is to explore Contrast.

Limitations-

• using only letterforms create six A4 typographic designs


• the entire area of the page must used


• for each problem you can only use the designated typeface
  -scale: caslon pro semibold
  -positive/negative: (in black and white only) verdana bold
  -pattern: old english text
  -congestion: garamond bold
  -tension: arial black
  -playful: bodoni black MT

Web Research Task

Web Research Task
http://www.dir.qld.gov.au/workplace

Act-

Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995
The purpose of the Act is to ensure partnership and cooperation between the government, employers, and workers to ensure health and safety in the workplace. The safety for employers is ensured by making sure the working environment is free from the risk of death, injury or illness. http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/W/WorkplHSaA95.pdf

Regulation-

Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 1997
The regulation has been created to prevent certain hazards which may produce injury or illness in the workplace by setting out legal requirements. The regulation covers information as to how to apply for certificates of registration, a certificate to work in a prescribed occupation, a certificate of authority to appoint a workplace health and safety officer, a certificate of appointment as an accredited provider, and a certificate to perform a prescribed activity.
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/W/WorkplHSaR97.pdf

Codes of Practice-

These are a way of managing exposure to risks. If a code of practice exists for a risk at your workplace, you must do what the code says or adopt another way that identifies and manages exposure to the risk and take reasonable precautions and exercise due care.

Ministerial Notice-

These are urgent workplace warnings and they are created when a situation happens in the workplace where someone is put in serious risk of harm. It impacts any existing regulations as it automatically and immediately overrides any regulation.

General Obligations (as an employee)-

As an employee you have an obligation to follow the instructions given for workplace health and safety, you must not place yourself or others in risk of injury or illness. And you must use any safety protection equipment if available to prevent any incidents from occurring.
3 Occupational Workplace Health and Safety issues that may arise in a Graphic Design workplace-

1. Risk of RSI- Repetitive strain injury.
2. A hazard with electricity if cords are un-tidy, and if liquids are spilt causing a possible chance of electrocution.
3. Eye strain from the computer screens.

Typefaces

The purpose of this exercise was to use font and type to give meaning to words.

The limitations were that you could use different sizes of font and word cases, edit the visual weight and/or individual letters of the word, letter/word spacing could be used, the position of the word on the page could be altered, along with the direction of the word and letters. You could use Point Type, Area Type or Text on a Path.

Design Fundies

The purpose of the exercise was to learn about design Fundamentals: Balance, Unity, Rhythm, Dominance, Proportion, Closure, Emphasis, Positive and Negative space and Continuance so as to create stronger designs and use graphic space effectively.

The limitations were: can only use typography, no vector shapes were allowed and a limit of two typefaces for each design.

What is a Blog & How I Will Use My Blog

A blog is a website where entries are displayed on a page about a certain subject and news. Most commonly they are known as a personal online journal. Commonly blogs display images, music, videos, text and links to websites, other blogs and related media. An important part of a blog is for viewers of the page to leave comments and interact with the creator of the page. The author can talk about anything and everything.

http://www.wikipedia.org
http://www.howstuffworks.com

About Me

Welcome to my page! My name is Kasey and I have just completed a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Visual Arts and Literature. I decided to study Graphic Design as I wanted to keep developing my creative skills, but in a medium of now and the future:technology. So therefore I really enjoy the more creative sides to Graphic Design such as typography and print. One of my biggest interests, apart from art, is travelling.