Friday, December 21, 2012

Last 6


 Catalog description of classes I have left to take.Unfortunately at Ai what the catalog says is rarely what you learn. The (one) good professors have left the school and the ones left don't care what they are suppose to teach they end up teaching what they know which is usually very limited or outdated knowledge.






IMD410 E-Learning Applications
(Prerequisite: IMD330 E-Learning Design)
Through the course, students are introduced
to and gain experience in the design,
development, and evaluation of effective
e-learning programs. The course focuses on
theoretical foundations of e-learning, types
of authoring software, options for authoring
systems, principles of effective design,
instructional analysis, and production of
e-learning materials. Students design, build,
evaluate, and revise instructional applications
using industry standard authoring systems.

IMD432 Portfolio II
This course focuses on the completion of the
portfolio and enables students to begin their
career search. The student should come into
this course with work for the portfolio and
determine the quality of the work so those
enhancements can be made. The student will
also complete a professional résumé and begin
the job search.

INT419 Internship
(Prerequisite: CD400 Career Development)
Students apply educational experiences and
professional skills in a practical situation.
Students observe and participate in the
operation of successful businesses related to
the industry.

IMD321 Project Management
This course focuses on the Web Design &
Interactive Media project management process
and development of the project team as key to
the successful achievement of Web Design &
Interactive Media project goals. The process
examines the main elements required in every
proposal/plan, time frame, and budget. Key
areas of interactive design project teams serve
to support the fundamental approach that
every project team is tailored to achieve project
results efficiently and effectively.

IMD332 Fundamentals of Marketing
This course addresses the fundamental
concepts and principles of marketing. The
overview of marketing provided here will help
students place their knowledge in a framework
and understand how each component
contributes to the strength and utility of a
marketing plan. Students will also learn how
to identify the ways in which world events and
cultural assumptions influence marketing.

CD400 Career Development
In this course, students develop techniques and strategies for marketing themselves in their chosen field. Emphasis will be placed on students assessing their most marketable skills, developing a network of contacts, writing cover letters, résumés, and thank you letters for employment interviews and developing a professional appearance.

Soooo Close!!!!!!

Fall quarter is over! No more creative writing or making interactive infographics. Now I only have 6 classes left until I graduate! I am going to take 3 for the winter quarter and 3 for the spring quarter. Currently I am desperately looking for a job! Of course everyone wants to see a portfolio. I was not happy at all with the portfolio I did for Portfolio I. So I am taking time during the break to try to get a new portfolio done.  I have read alot of articles on how a portfolio for a web designer should look. Definitely trying to keep it simple since all I really want them to look at is my work no need for all kinds of irrelevant things.

My Last 6 classes

Winter Quarter
Fund of Marketing
Project Management
Career Development

Spring Quarter
Internship
E-Learning Applications
Portfolio II 


Look at all I have done!!!! WOW!!!!


Overall 180 Credits

OPEN



GPARes GPAHours Res HoursAdd Credits Residency Requirements

Required: 2.000 2.000 180.0 90.0
Take 0.0 of last 0.0 credits while in residency

Completed: 3.600 3.600 166.0 145.0 0.0 You have taken 0.0 of your last 0.0 in residency







Web Design Inter BS SP08

OPEN


Sequence A Courses to complete: 2 Sequences to complete: 1 OPEN

Sequence A
Courses to complete: 2

ART106 Design Fundamentals ART106 SU09 3.0 A
ART114 Color Fundamentals ART114 SP09 3.0 A-
IMD131 Intro to Scripting Languag IMD131 FA09 3.0 A-
IMD211 Intro to Authoring IMD211 FA10 3.0 C+
IMD221 Inter. Authoring IMD221 SP11 3.0 C
IMD230 Intro to User-Centered Des IMD230 SP10 3.0 A
IMD311 Usability Testing IMD311 WI10 3.0 A-
IMD320 Integrated Info Design IMD320 FA12 3.0 B+
IMD330 E-Learning Design IMD330 SU11 3.0 A-
IMD410 E-Learning Applications
IMD421 Portfolio I IMD260 SP12 3.0 A
IMD432 Portfolio II
Sequence B Courses to complete: 2 Sequences to complete: 1 OPEN

Sequence B
Courses to complete: 2

ART108 Observational Drawing ART108 SP09 3.0 B
IMD120 Programming Logic IMD120 SU10 3.0 A-
GD111 Typography-Traditional GD111 WI10 3.0 B
AP102 Fundamentals of Audio AP102 WI10 3.0 A
IMD222 Inter. Scripting Languages IMD222 SP10 3.0 A-
IMD231 Concepts in Motion Design IMD231 SP11 3.0 A-
IMD312 Interactive Motion Graphic IMD312 SU12 3.0 A
IMD321 Project Management IMD321 WI13 3.0 N/A
IMD331 Des. for Dynamic Websites IMD331 SU11 3.0 B+
IMD411 Professional Practice RS100 AP09 3.0 TR
GD416 Media Business Law GD416 SP12 3.0 B+
BWDELEC100 WDIM BFA Elective I GD219 SP11 A
Sequence C Courses to complete: 3 Sequences to complete: 1 OPEN

Sequence C
Courses to complete: 3

ART111 Perspective Drawing ART111 SU09 3.0 A-
GD101 Digital Illustration I GD101 SU10 3.0 A-
GD114 Concept Design GD114 FA10 3.0 A-
IMD213 Digital Visual Composition IMD213 WI10 3.0 A
IMD223 Desktop Video DFVP111 SP12 3.0 B
IMD232 Audio for Interactive Desi DFVP411 SP11 3.0 A-
IMD313 Animation Graphics IMD313 SU12 3.0 A
IMD323 Interactive Motion Scripti IMD323 SU11 3.0 A
IMD332 Fund. of Marketing RS321 WI13 3.0 N/A
IMD412 Des. for Server-Side Techn IMD412 SU12 3.0 A
CD400 Career Development CD400 WI13 3.0 N/A
INT419 Internship
Sequence D Courses to complete: 1 Sequences to complete: 1 OPEN

Sequence D
Courses to complete: 1

CS104 Computer Applications CS104 SU09 1.0 A
ART109 Image Manipulation ART107 FA09 3.0 A
GD212 Digital Photog. for Design PHOT101 SU09 3.0 A
GD204 Layout Design GD203 SP10 3.0 A-
GD207 Advanced Image Manipulatio GD205 SP10 3.0 A-
IMD233 Adv. Scripting Languages IMD233 FA11 3.0 A-
IMD334 Writing for Interactive De IMD334 SP12 3.0 A-
BWDELEC200 WDIM BFA Elective II RS345 SU12 B+
MATH4332 Math for Decision-Making

OR 1 of the following:
ENVR1401 Environmental Science ENVR1401 FA12 4.0 A
ARTS1304 Art History II ARTS1304 FA11 4.0 A
SOCI1306 Social Problems SOCI1306 WI12 4.0 A
PSYC2319 Social Psychology

OR 1 of the following:
PSYC3019 Human Sexuality PSYC3019 WI12 4.0 B
Sequence E Courses to complete: 3 Sequences to complete: 1 OPEN

Sequence E
Courses to complete: 3

DC092 Develop. Composition

OR 2 of the following:

AUDT ESSAY 05/08/09 .0 9

AUDT WRITING 05/08/09 .0 100
ENGL1301 English Composition ENGL1301 AP09 4.0 TR
EOM090 Essentials of Math

OR 1 of the following:

AUDT PREALGEBRA 05/08/09 .0 100
FOM091B Fund. of Math

OR 1 of the following:

AUDT ALGEBRA 05/08/09 .0 100
MATH1314 College Algebra MATH1314 WI12 4.0 B+
ARTS1303 Art History I ARTS1303 FA11 4.0 A
HIST1301 U.S. History I

OR 1 of the following:
HIST2321 World Civilizations I HIST2321 FA10 4.0 A
ENGL1302 Intro to Literature

OR 1 of the following:
ENGL2307 Creative Writing ENGL2307 FA12 4.0 B
SPCH1315 Public Speaking SPCH1315 AP09 4.0 TR
BIOL1308 Biology BIOL1308 WI11 4.0 A-
PSYC2301 General Psychology PSYC2301 AP09 4.0 TR
Sequence F Courses to complete: 0 Sequences to complete: 0 COMPLETE

Sequence F
Courses to complete: 0

CO101 College 101 CO101 AP09 2.0 P
Program Electives Courses to complete: 0 Sequences to complete: 0 COMPLETE

Program Elective
Courses to complete: 0

******* Graphic Symbolism GD219 SP11 3.0 A
******* Fund. of Advertising RS345 SU12 3.0 B+
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GPARes GPAHours Res HoursAdd Credits Residency Requirements

Required: 2.000 2.000 180.0 90.0
Take 0.0 of last 0* credits while in residency

Completed 3.600 3.600 162.0 145.0 0.0 You have taken 0.0 of your last 0* in residency

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Lists

The best list of websites for web designers. Everyone that wants to learn web design or who is doing web design should be aware of these sites to keep up with industry news. Also you can find inspiration, tutorials, design competitions, code, news, bookstores, and much more.

Looking for information about how to create your website? Here is a great list of articles and advice about creating a website.

Looking for an elements for your web page? List of freebies!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Out Loud

Today in my creative writing class I have to read a story I wrote out loud I really do not want to do this. Makes me wish I had taken this class online!!!! The animation kids in my class have some really great stories about worlds they have created for games.  

The Fate of Jackie 

She stared into the darkness. She didn’t need to have any light to know what was around her. The dolls that were so worn they barely had hair left, her favorite records , the Beatles and the Rolling Stones , the large, tattered teddy bear in the corner all the things that were left from her childhood, things that she once hated and ran away from. Now she lay on that small twin bed under the worn pink comforter with faded daisies scatter all over it remembering every detail of everything in that room. A long time ago she had walked out of that room closing the door behind her promising herself that she would never return. Now it felt strangely comforting to be there. The sunlight was slowly appearing out of the darkness. She wanted to stay in the darkness. She wanted to stop the light from coming into the room. She instinctively reached down to her belly as if she felt she needed to protect her baby from the light. But her belly was flat now. Empty. Now the room was full of morning sunlight, no darkness left. She heard someone at the door. It creaked as it was being opened slowly. She closed her eyes pretending to still be asleep. She knew it was her sister coming into the room. Her older sister that had been more of a mother to her then her own mother was, slipping into the room they had shared as children.

She wondered why her sister was there so early in the morning. She thought she most have slept on the couch that night, she most have been too worried to leave her and go to her own home. Her sister crawled into bed next to her and whispered in her ear, “October will never be the same.”

 It had been almost 2 years since Jackie had packed her bag. She only had enough things to fill one bag. It was full of old clothes all her sister’s hand me downs. They had been to poor for Jackie to have new clothes. Jackie was a very petite girl but she was athletic and strong so the idea of hitchhiking her way out of the small town she grew up in didn’t scare her. She had no particular destination in mind. Jackie just wanted to be anywhere but there. She had decided to wear her long wavy auburn hair slicked back into a ponytail because she felt it would give her usually soft face a more angular and harsh look as if to tell everyone that saw her not to mess with this girl. Eventually, a truck driver had picked her up and taken her as far as Tempe, Arizona where Jackie decided to stay.

On the first night she was gone she had seen her reflection in a mirror and had marveled at how her green eyes had seemed to change colors. They no longer were the dull muted green she was use to staring back at her but more vibrant. Her eyes now reminded her of springtime which Jackie felt was very appropriate for marking this new beginning.

It was in Tempe while she was working as a waitress in restaurant next to a motel on the highway that she first saw him. No one could miss his dark blue 67 El Camino. The first time she saw his El Camino pulling into a parking space outside the restaurant it was in the morning. The sun was only half way up and the glare off of his car hurt her eyes but she couldn’t turn away. When he got out of his car the sun was shining so bright on him she thought if he hadn’t been so skinny he would have looked like a Greek god at that moment. It was his eyes that she first fell in love with. They were stunning sapphire eyes that drooped a little bit giving him a sad puppy dog expression. Sonny looked older than he really was. He was a loner and she liked that.

After that first time she met Sonny, Jackie never left him. He would pick her up after work and they would go to his mom’s house. His mom didn't like her because she was a California girl whatever that was supposed to mean. But she had a wonderful time in that house with his family and Sonny was a great man. He had the type of family that Jackie had always dreamed about being a part of. They sat down together for dinner every night. His family would sit at dinner and talk to each other. Jackie would think about her own family and how her parents had only yelled at each other. Never kind words like at Sonny’s house. His mom made things like pot roast with potatoes and fried chicken with German potato salad. Not like when she was a kid eating her mom’s bologna sandwich dinners as fast as she could so she could escape from the house again. Jackie would eat as slow as she could trying to make each meal last. Sonny’s mom never liked the way Jackie dragged out the family dinners by dawdling over her plate. His mom thought it was rude. But Jackie didn’t care she wanted this to last forever.

But there was a war going on and boys were being drafted. When Sonny got his draft notice Jackie tried to put on a brave face for him. Jackie thought letting him know how scared she was wouldn’t help him. She wanted to be strong for him. And Sonny left. He went into the army and was going to be a helicopter gunner. He went o Alabama for basic training. Jackie had flown down to Fort Rucker, Alabama and stayed with him for about a week after he finished basic training. The two of them had driven back to Arizona together before he was to ship out to Vietnam. They had tried to have fun but the tension from him getting ready to leave was overwhelming on that trip. As much as Jackie wanted to hold onto everything they had before it had all changed.

On the way back to Arizona they sat in silence in that dark blue 67 El Camino watching the highway disappear behind them bringing them closer to Sonny leaving. After he left Jackie found out she was pregnant. She was in a town that was still new to her and no family. Jackie had to handle the pregnancy all by herself. At night she would watch the news. See the horrors of the war they would show rows and rows of soldiers in body bags.

She would cry herself to sleep every night. In the morning she would get out of bed and stare at her eyes in the mirror now they were always blood shot from crying red and green she would think like Christmas. Every morning she would go to the mailbox almost running to see if she had a letter from Sonny at first she got a letter almost every day pages and pages describing everything Sonny was doing. She knew all the details of his life in Vietnam from who he was with him to what he had for breakfast. But the letters started getting shorter and farther apart.

Now it had been months since she had heard from him. She did not tell Sonny about being pregnant. She would think about how he didn't know unless someone else had told him. Tempe wasn't where she wanted to be anymore. Jackie couldn't see any other way out of the mess she felt that her life had become but to go back home. Jackie had returned home just before the baby was born. It was a dark cold day in October when her father had to drive her to the hospital to have the baby.

She had been given drugs at the hospital that had knocked her out. She was pregnant she went to sleep she woke up and she wasn’t pregnant anymore. After all the months of watching her belly grow. After all the months of feeling a baby moving inside her after all the months she had spent talking to her baby it was over just as simple as going to sleep. She felt that it had been too easy that she had been robbed of something. She felt empty and alone. A girl. She had decided to give the baby up for adoption.

Although she never saw the baby she would picture her in her mind every day. She imagined her baby with fair pink skin and big blue eyes like her daddy. She could almost smell the sweet scent of a baby when she thought about her little girl. She had named her Jessica and wondered what her new parents were going to call her. She had crawled out from under the worn pink comforter. The bed was now too crowded for her to sleep in now besides she really couldn’t sleep anyways.

She left her sister there sleeping comfortably and went into the bathroom. She saw her eyes in the mirror dull muted green and she wondered if they would ever be the vibrant green of spring again.

Poetry Writing


 We have been writing poems for creative writing. I do not like poems would rather stick to writing stories. When you type a word or two into Google search, a handful of autocomplete suggestions pop up automatically. And sometimes, but just sometimes, those autocomplete suggestions are quite poetic

My Google Poem 

My love for sale
My love for verses
My love for danger
My love for you evermore


my heart melts into the air
my heart melts into wonder
my heart melts into the kiss
my heart melts into nothing

The night holds terror
The night holds the key
The night holds me
The night holds you

cry, dance 'til the light takes us
cry, dance 'til its quiet
cry, dance 'til its over
cry, dance 'til we die

His beauty is his name
His beauty is in his eyes
His beauty is for my ashes
His beauty is  goodness

Until he sees his image
Until he sees me as a friend
Until he sees right through me
Until he sees angels in the architecture

all I do Is Win
all I do is waste time
all I do is is kiss you
all I do is love you


While waiting for the sun
While waiting for the rapture
While waiting for  the final leaf to fall
While waiting for  the end

Men Are Dogs

I have to tell you.
All I feel is hate
You are doggy poo

The end is in view
You make me irate
I have to tell you.

Break is over due
 Let me tell you straight
You are doggy poo.

You’re so fat you moo.
Your face looks like bait
I have to tell you.

With reference to
Your personal state
You are doggy poo

Do not misconstrue
No need to debate
 I have to tell you.
You are doggy poo

Friday, October 26, 2012

Graphic Designer's Market and Writing Competitions

2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market 2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market 2012 Guide to Writing Competitions; Where and how to enter every major writing competition in the United St...

Infographic Wireframes

HOMEWORK: Finalize your design for the over look of the web layout. Create wireframes for your individual infographics. Think about how you should show your information, layout for the items and graphical representations you can use.


Data Visualization Encyclopedia, Information Technology, Symbols, Posters, Infographic

We're adding one Infographic per day to our collection so you have something to get ideas from, every day!



Infographic samples from graphic river


Infographic Website Foundation

HOMEWORK: create the design for the website foundation (UI). Ask yourself how does the website start (title? what is this? what do I do? why?). What typography are you going to use? (headlines, paragraph, links, buttons) How are you going to navigate the site?

See my inspiration board on pinterest 

I want to see style and design for next week.






Friday, October 12, 2012

Resources

 Keep a journal. Most writers keep journals of their thoughts and ideas. Over time you will develope a rich storehouse of ideas that you can go back to again and again.

The daily newspaper. There are at least five good ideas in every single daily issue of any big city newspaper.

Read obituaries. Newspapers try to include the occasional obituary of people who weren't famous but lived amazing or at least interesting lives.

Look at cartoons. I think the New Yorker is especially good. Their cartoons often have a delicious blend of irony, naivety and sophistication that can spark new ideas.

Read the classics. Project Gutenberg has 17,000 literary works that are generally out of copyright and free to use. How many time has Romeo and Juliet been rewritten into a new book or movie? If you can't come up with an original idea, copy an old idea. It's done all the time.

List the ten most important events in your life. What changed you? What made you the person you are? Pick the most interesting one.

Remember someone you hurt. Maybe you did it on purpose or maybe it was accidental. Put yourself in their shoes. What would you have done.

Think about someone you hate. This should be the most despicable human being you have ever run against. Make up a story of how they got to be that way.

Write what you know. Your world may seem pretty dull to you but it may seem very exotic to the rest of the world, especially if you can find offbeat characters and situations.


    What are lessons you've learned about how to live life and how did you learn them?
    What are moral issues you've always felt strongly about.
    What foolish things do you see other people do that really bugs you?
    What foolish things do you do over and over that really bugs you?
    Think of a person you really admire. What is it about how they lived their life that you like?
    What do you wish you had understood when you were much younger.
    What mistakes do you see young people making over and over.
    How have people's expectations and behavior changed since you were young.


Resources for creative writing

Seventh Sanctum  A site of generators to randomly produce concepts, characters, and descriptions for stories.

Here are 102 resources on Character, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot, Conflict, Structure, Outlining, Setting, and World Building, plus some links to generate Ideas and Inspiration.  

Screenplay Treatment Generator

Web-based Story Idea Generators – Things that make you go hmm

Serendipity Random generators for Places, People, and a  Fantasy Novel Title Generator.

RhymeBrain Rhymes Invent-a-word Alliteration Aid Songwriting helper Dewordifier

Create a simile with the simile generator

Random Plot Generator

Over 3,300 clichés indexed!

This generator provides you with the event that gets the story rolling and a secondary conflict to keep you going!

Character Generator A quick character sketch filled with the kinds of little details that makes stories engaging: character gender, cardinal traits, weaknesses, and most prized possession. 

Everyday Problems Generator

The reverse dictionary is available.

Your dictionary  sentence examples

The Random Name Generator

Writer Wrench alot of tools

a new kind of word reference that can help you write about anything! Unlike a thesaurus, which groups words by their meaning, we group subject-related words by parts of speech.

Phrase Generator

Create Your Own Poem Using the Poetry Generator

 The fiction writers den is a place of inspiration and creativity for all story writers. 

Find rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.

10  Websites That Help Cure Writer’s Block With Writing Prompts

Name Generators

This makes random poems. 

The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations

Resources for Writers: Generators

Creative Writing For Dummies, UK Edition

Portable MFA in Creative Writing

The Everything Creative Writing Book; All you need to know to write novels, plays, short stories, screenpla...

20 Master Plots And How to Build Them

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Integrated Info Design

For Integrated Info Design   we are going to be working on an interactive infographic that we are going to submit to the Addies.http://www.aaf.org/default.asp?id=27   We have partners. My partner just started in web design program. We have decided to do a page about What pet is right for you. I am doing dogs, cats, and hamsters. She is doing fish, lizard, bunny. This class is completely full of beginners. This final project that we are suppose to work on for 11 weeks I could finish in a few days. Now I just need to make sure I don't wait until the last few days of the quarter to do it!

See my inspiration board on pinterest

Fall 2012


Last Quarter of 2012 just started. I am only taking 3 classes.

Environmental Science                   
Creative Writing                      
Integrated Info Design                    

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Finals!

 Summer session 2012 is finally over! Here are all my final projects.

IMD312     Interactive Motion Graphics
IMD313     Animation Graphics
IMD412     Des. for Server-Side Technology
RS345     Fund. of Advertising


For my finals I did a portfolio website for Fund. of Advertising. For Interactive Motion Graphics and Animation Graphics the finals were very similar create an interactive project using both flash and after effects. Interactive Motion Graphics I did a map of the Pies of Texas and for Animation Graphics I did a video player for 3 kinetic type clips.  Design for server side I made a photography site that uses php and a database.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Last 2 Assignments

The last 2 assignments to add to our portfolio for Fundamentals of Advertising.
1. http://www.hulu.com/watch/357941/shark-tank-week-13#s-p1-so-i0
All of these products were seen on the sharktank season 3, episode 13.  They are all really cool ideas, but they suffer from a lack of promotion
www.truckairbedz.com
www.queengraceshoes.com
www.villycustoms.com
Choose one of the products above
Decide and define a target market
Create a magazine advertisement

2. Choose any product or the one provided (skittles riddles) and choose any non-traditional advertising method that has not been used thus far.  Refer to slide 22 for examples of random advertising.  You can use any of the ones on slide 22, or point of purchase, or banner (interactive ad). 
Once you decide on the product, define the target market and the SMIT.  Choose the advertising vehicle and create the visual for the advertisement.

Random Advertising Effective or Not?  What else?
ATM Machines
Aeriel Banners
Blimps
In-Flight Ads
Newspaper Bags
Transit, public transportation
Electronic Billboards
Inflatables
Painted Vehicles (cars, boats, rockets)
Trash Bins
Kiosks
Lavatory
Grocery Receipts

See my marketing board on pinterest 

Thursday, August 23, 2012

A Student's Guide to Web Design

 From  A Student's Guide to Web Design


"Student Guide to Web Design is committed to better equipping students after graduation for the design industry with an inviting community that encourages collaboration and the sharing of ideas.

Dissatisfaction towards current design education at the university level seems to becoming more widespread throughout fresh talent entering the web design industry. Post-secondary education accommodates students to grow within an environment that promotes the advancement of technical skills, rather than soft skills needed to secure  employment after graduation."

You can see more websites about web design on my pinterest board 

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Radio Advertisement



Assignment 2: . Flat D-Pads radio advertisement. Create a :30 second advertisement. Target Market: Demographics: 30-35 yrs old, Male, Married, 1-2 kids under 10, 30-35k; Psychographics: Active lifestyle, Energy Drink Consumer, Night Owl; Geographics: Top 20 metro markets.



see my pinterest board

Assignment 3 De-Marketing

Assignment 3:
            De-Marketing an idea for the Art Institute.  Fill out a creative brief. 
            Any vehicle (medium) is permitted, ie, t-shirts, bumper stickers etc.

See my pinterest board 

T shirt templates 


Friday, August 17, 2012

Final- Interactive Map

Our final project for Interactive Motion Graphics is to make an interactive map with videos.
Some of the ideas I have had are:
  • Doing a portfolio site for a teacher and having a bookshlf with books on it. When you click on a book a cliff notes version of the book plays. 
  • A map showing large dog friendly  apartment complexes in Austin. Maybe add to website I could build for a Ridgeback Club to put on my website.
  • Back of bar when you click on a bottle of alcohol a video plays about that alcohol. Or I could do glasses with drinks in them and  a video plays showing how to make that drink. Everyone makes websites about alcoholic drinks.
  • I could make a site for a real estate agent with a featured property page that would have a floor plan you click on it and video of the room plays.
  • A map of Texas with small towns and you can click on them to see a video of that town. I guess this could be a day trip travel site or a story of Texas site. 
  • Floorplan of a preschool. Videos could be about how to set up a classroom.
  • A cupcake website clicking on cupcakes brings up the recipe.
In the end I decided to do a map of back road cafes in Texas.

Examples of interactive maps

  • This tutorial will teach you how to create an interactive map in which a map marker flies over to the city highlighted and will show a small photograph of that city.
  • Information about wineries. I like the intro on this map.
  • How to make a very useful and widely used element: an interactive map. Whether it be a country map, like the case is here, or an anatomical map of human body, city plan, an engine schema, etc.,  
  • Inspiration from an e learning site.  









Mid Term Spider

My finished Itsy Bitsy Spider

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Controversial Television Ad

Controversial television ad for Fundamentals of Advertising. I didn't really like the idea of having to make a controversial ad.  I think they are all in bad taste and really wish that we didn't do this assignment.








I had 4 ideas for the ad.

1. Penn state football - good touch bad touch football

2 A man is holding a game controller and a woman is doing household chores. The tag line is something about this game controller is so great it can even control her.









3. Making fun of PETA with an ad for mashed potatoes











4 A paintball ad using real footage of war and making light of it.












I ended up doing the mashed potatoes ad. Here are my story board.


Advertising Portfolio

The final project in this class is a portfolio. Each week we get a homework assignment for something to add to out portfolio.


So far these are the assignments we are suppose to have done for our portfolios:


Assignment 1:
            Mindmap is a reflection of your thoughts.  Choose an inner word and branch                        off onto related words, and continue to go all the way to the edge of the           paper.

Assignment 2:
            Flat D-Pads radio advertisement.  Format is on Doc Sharing.  Create a :30      second advertisement.
            Target Market: Demographics: 30-35 yrs old, Male, Married, 1-2 kids under 10, 30-35k; Psychographics: Active lifestyle, Energy Drink Consumer, Night            Owl; Geographics: Top 20 metro markets. 

Assignment 3:
            De-Marketing an idea for the Art Institute.  Fill out a creative brief. 
            Any vehicle (medium) is permitted, ie, t-shirts, bumper stickers etc.

Assignment 4:
            Jimmy Dean Slogan change:  Current: Eat Jimmy Dean!  Change it to appeal
            To your defined target market.

Assignment 5:
            Philips lightbulb billboard, or True Clean Towel billboard, radio ad, or           magazine ad.  Creative brief is given, design your advertisement based on
            The given creative brief (AFTER YOU FILL IN THE MISSING PIECES).

Assignment 6:
            Write a creative brief for any product of your choice to prepare for the
            Controversial television ad you will create in Assignment 7.

Assignment 7:
            Write a controversial television ad based on the creative brief in assignment             6.  The format is on the Powerpoint for Week 6.

Assignment 8:
            Write a press release to explain your position for the controversial    advertisement in Assignment 7.  

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Design for Server-Side Technology





Design for Server-Side Technology is the second half of Design for dynamic websites. This class focus is on PHP and MySql. We have a website that we are posting our homework assignments. They come from 2 books PHP Solutions and Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript.

Final project is a website that uses PHP and MySql.


Website Proposal
Austin is full of amazing places to photograph.  Most people know about Mt. Bonnell or the state capital but what if you are looking for a unique place to photograph. Do you know where to go in Austin to photograph an iconic Austin mural or get a great shot of a peacock? The purpose of this website is to provide users with information about places to photograph around Austin that they might not know about.  This site helps users find great backdrops and scenic views for their photos. Members can also share with other users their favorite places to photograph and they can also chat with other users about where to take pictures.

Proposed Site Map
Home Page
Member sign up
Videos
User submitted galleries
Blog
Contact










Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Mid Term

Station ID using things we have learned so far in After Effects




Lesson 5

Text and sound with After Effects

Lesson 4

Masking with after effects


Friday, August 3, 2012

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Midterm project is to animate a nursery room. I did Itsy Bitsy Spider. This is my rough draft it still needs some work like the sun spinning in different directions. I don't like Flash I really don't know how to work with it so this may seem simple but it took me a long time to make all the graphics and figure out how to use Flash.The spider legs move when I converted it to a file I could upload to youtube the legs stopped moving so its suppose to look like the spiders walking.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Lesson 3

This week we learned about layer control and our homework assignment was to make a stop motion DVD menu. We needed to use looping footage, image sequences, blending modes, layer styles, and effects.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Sausage Fest


 Portfolio Assignment Rebranding Jimmy Dean

Currently the tagline for Jimmy Dean is “Eat Jimmy Dean”
Lets think about target markets and change this tagline to fit the appropriate market.

FIRST, DEFINE A TARGET MARKET…
Female head of households
THEN DECIDE ON A MESSAGE…
1. Bring the whole family around the table even on the busiest of mornings.
2. America's most beloved breakfast sausage.
3. Every Mom's Secret for a breakfast they will eat.
4. Make your family feel extra special
5.  Perfect for a busy family to enjoy together.
6. Jimmy Dean is always home.
7. A breakfast must do.
8. An old fashion sausage for a modern breakfast.
9. Brings the family together.
10. Family Pleasing


I made this as a joke for the assignment not feeling too inspired about this assignment
My other idea was yes some people claim to like our sausage but then some people claim to have been abducted by aliens.





Homework 2

Homework assignment was to start animating in After Effects. We had to have 3 examples of animation. We were required to use the graph editor, motion sketch, and hold keyframes.


Monday, July 16, 2012

Interactive Motion Graphics

Intro class to flash. Mid term project is an interactive children's story. I am going to do the Itsy Bitsy Spider. As far as I can tell interactive just means you have a play button and you can mute sound.
Story Boards.





Animation Graphics

This class is an intro to After Effects. Not really sure what the difference between this class and the class I already took in After effects is going to be (concepts in motion design). First homework assignment to use transform options very simple.

Summer Session

9 Classes left after this quarter. 

My Classes

Course     Title
IMD312     Interactive Motion Graphics
IMD313     Animation Graphics
IMD412     Des. for Server-Side Technology
RS345     Fund. of Advertising (elective class)
  Summer Session
7/9/2012 to 9/22/2012

Monday, July 9, 2012

Summer Schedule 2012??????

Picked up my Summer schedule today. Apparently the school scheduled alot of classes during times when the people scheduled to teach the classes are not available. I am going to have to change my schedule not really sure what I am going to end up with. I am registered for a class this evening but it was one of the classes that was changed and now a computer lab isnt available at the time of the class. Really? A web design class without computers? WTF? How much did I pay for this???

Anyways last year was so stressful trying to stay in school with all the horrible stuff going on in my life. I had begun to really hate going to school. Today when I picked up my schedule was the first time in a long time I felt good about being in school. First time in a long time I have wanted to be there. I am glad that I have made so many changes to my life over the summer break and I am ready to be back in school!!!!

The Meaning of the Yellow Rose:  They convey  joy, gladness and delight.  Another truly wonderful meaning of a yellow rose is that it indicates a determination to start over new and to begin fresh. Yellow roses also symbolize freedom.