It Will Be Worth It In The End

This blog began as a way to show my friends and family what I was doing in classes. Over time it evolved into a place that I would use not only to display my work but also to keep resources I found for classes, ideas for projects, and thoughts about my classes.

This blog has followed me from the beginning to the end of my journey in getting my BFA in Web Design and Interactive Media from the Art Institute of Austin. I have talked about every class I took on this blog. Now that I have graduated I will not be posting on this blog anymore. My hope for this blog is that it will help students in their classes whether its to find a resource or get an idea for a project or just to find out what to expect in a class they are about to take.

 My understanding is that you can no longer earn a BFA in Web Design and Interactive Media from the Art Institute of Austin. From now on you major in graphic design and then specialize in either print or web.

 Maybe I will start using this blog if I have anything to say after this. 

Portfolio Show

The portfolio show is in a few days it will be the last thing I do as a student. I finished my portfolio websites so I have that to show. I will have resumes, business cards and cookies that's all I am doing for the show.
You can see all my ideas here
Here are my ideas for what I want to do for the portfolio show:

Final CSS

I finished the website for Bourland Music. The requirements were to make a responsive website and use some of the css styles we had learned in class. Check! One thing I did was as the page each box flips up on the page one at a time.

I tried to do a metro style theme website. It turned out ok.

Final Elearning

I barely finished completely this project in captivate. I had alot of computer issues but in the end I had something to turn in. It just was not as pretty as I would have liked it to be.

I ended up re shooting all the videos I had made with my older daughter this time my youngest daughter was my spokesperson. Here is out blooper reel.

Final Portfolio II

My final portfolio

 And my linkedin page
I love the retro look.
Hover over the viewmaster.
My idea is  I am a web master and that goes along with a view master.

Portfolio site for another art institute' graduating students.  

Old Stuff

Just found an old youtube channel with some work I did when I first started school

This is my final project for digital visual composition



Final Project for Social Psychology



A stop motion video I made for fun



A video of some of my photos



and 2 more videos of my photos

Motion Graphics

If you’re a fan of the show Mad Men or have seen the opening, then you’ve seen a motion graphic.

Motion graphics were all the rage in the 1960s (hence the look for the Mad Men series set in the advertising field of the 1960s) and were popular in movies, TV show openings and commercials.
You’ve seen plenty of them, now that you’ve put the graphic with the term. They’re once again on TV, commercials, movies, web sites and any other visual medium.
Is it that they are retro? Do they bring back a feeling of simpler days? Are they just visually pleasing and that’s why they have been discovered again? Some people will say that they never went away and that’s true but they are hot again and a specialized talent is needed to create them.
If you’ve wondered how it’s done and how you can get involved in creating these projects, here are examples and hints from some experts in the field.

The whole article is here and has great examples


Inspiration

And some more inspiration