Notes for Oct. 20th

We looked at Style Words + Digital Comps.  Due date is being pushed back to November.  Also fixed the “Categories” on the Blog Posts to be more consistent.

Homework of Oct. 22nd————————-

- Progress, Progress, Progress!!!

- If you did not have a Digital Comp to show me today, you need to have one for next time.

- Some students are asked to re-work using pencils.

Homework for Tue. 10/20

Homework for Tue. 10/20

1) Color scheme.  Colored boxes with labels of hex values in a JPEG-file.  Post on Blog.
Also show relation of colors in terms of hierarchy.

2) Digital Comp (1st Draft; if approved).

Homework

1)  Ten (10) websites (maximum) of great or awesome design (not just good).

2)  Must be CSS/HTML websites; *NO* Flash.

3) Three (3) websites (minimum) of what style(s) you think your design is going to (aspire) to be.  (“family” or genre of websites that visually go together).

4) Screenshots of all websites found.  Upload them to Flickr/Picasa/ or something similar.  Email me your account.

5)  Trace three (3) websites’ wireframes (maximum).  Use trace paper over printed screenshots of your 10 awesome websites.

Note: Clarification…… 13 total or more websites (1+.

Sitemap

Text for CSS Website

Ceramics Collection

The notecards in the Ceramics collection feature closeups of gorgeous, colorful pottery from Andalusia and Catalonia.
Sagrada Familia Ceramics
“Sagrada Familia: 2010?”

This is a piece of the ceramics that they’ll eventually use to finish the construction of the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona. I took a similar picture last year thinking that by this year, they’d be installed already. Nope. Not yet.

Item Number: 7845-C
10 notecards for $12.99
10 postcards for $8.99
Dancing Stars at the Alhambra
“Dancing Stars”

Although depicting living creatures in art is traditionally frowned on by the Islamic religion, the mosaics in the Alhambra in Granada are full of life and movement.

Item Number: 4582-C
10 notecards for $12.99
10 postcards for $8.99
Music Palace
“Music Palace”

Designed by Domènec i Muntaner at the turn of the century, the Catalan Music Palace in Barcelona is a riot of modernist stained glass, mosaics, and statues. This is a closeup of the ticket window.

Item Number: 9971-C
10 notecards for $12.99
10 postcards for $8.99
Park Guell Bench
“Park Guell Bench”

Antoni Gaudí’s bench in the Park Guell overlooking Barcelona is a writhing mass of broken pottery glued together to create beauty.

Item Number: 6243-C
10 notecards for $12.99
10 postcards for $8.99

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I’ve been wanting to combine a love of both art and architecture. On our last trip to Barcelona, I took a bunch of pictures that I used as the foundation for a new series of postcards and notecards. There are closeups of beautiful mosaics and pottery, full shots of architectural treasures, and candid photos of traditional cultural events. I hope you’ll enjoy them.

You can begin browsing the catalog with the ceramics postcards.

Or you can click on one of the images below to go directly to that set of postcards.

Ceramics Architecture Market Festivals

© Copyright 2004. All Rights Reserved. Sarah’s Notecards, Inc.

OVC Logo Fireworks File and Class Notes ( 09 / 10 / 09 )

Took a test on everyone’s name.

Discussed OVC logo ideas. Chose a final logo idea, Spencer’s OVC idea.

Started working out details of OVC design styles.

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Homework
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Make Spencer’s logo cool. DOWNLOAD LINK FOR SPENCER’S LOGO: http://mavdesign.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/ovc_logo.png

Make a banner for the OVC website.

Make a JPG of each and post to the blog.

Start thinking up 2 color schemes for the OVC website.

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Color help websites:
www.colourlovers.com
iaccna.org
colorschemedesigner.com
kuler.adobe.com
webappers.com/category/design/color-schemes/

OVC Logos and Class Notes ( 09 / 08 / 09 )

Took pictures of ourselves and sent them to Seiji’s email so we could learn names.

Formed groups by row, and passed thumbnails from homework (for OVC logo) around for critique and rating. Discussed thumbnails after rating them.

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Homework
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Memorize your fellow students faces and names because there will be a quiz on it on Thursday the 10th.

Create a finished logo, in Fireworks, of one of the final chosen logos. (ABOVE) Post to class blog.

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Additional
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No additional notes.

Student Mugs

Client Brief: The OVC

:::NAME:::
The OVC
aka- “The Organization of Visual Communicators”
aka- History was once called “Eye Candy: Creative Design Society”

:::HISTORY:::
- 6 years old (approx.)
- Current Consistent Members = 25.
- Demographic = VC Students UTA area / 20s (23 yr-old)

:::PURPOSE:::
For VC  students to get together for VC-related events & topics.  Organize speakers to come in.  Increase the amount of communication b/w design students and eat pizza.

:::ADJECTIVES:::
trendy / awkward / rebirth / social / helpful

Seiji’s HTML Page

http://students.uta.edu/mm/mmm4810/classwork/html/

HTML Example

Here is a screenshot of what the final HTML page should look like.