Although I wasn't sure about my CV design and branding at first I think that with a few improvements it looks really good and it is something that I am pleased with. I do like old fashioned, Victorian styled art and find it interesting so I am happy that I was able to create my own even though there were some difficulties.
I am also pleased with my contribution to the exhibition. At first, although I got involved with the profile photos and the creation of the content of the website, I felt my contribution wasn't all that great. But I sourced display boards for the exhibition although they were not needed in the end and I created the badges for the uniform.
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Thursday 7 April 2011
Personal Profile Information
I am currently a university student studying a BSc in Multimedia, Animation and the Web but before that I successfully ran my own business for six years.
While at university I have become really good at using a wide range of Adobe programs like Photoshop, Flash and Premiere Pro. I also can use CAD programs like Auto Inventor, Sonar, 3D Max and write HTML, CSS and ActionScript and I am currently learning JSP which I am really enjoying.
I also really like usability and interaction design which I have based my dissertation on.
I am also into creating animations, particularly 2D animations using Flash and a piece of my work I did at university has been selected to enter an animation festival.
After I graduate I plan to start a career in design, hopefully where I can use my usability design and coding skills.
Exhibited Work x3
Web Application Development
The aim of this assignment was to create a website application for a timeshare company called InterHol that could achieve certain tasks.
The InterHol website had to allow the user to login, search for holiday properties by either by country, ID number or week availability, make a booking and edit their own holiday properties. Also an administrator login would allow administrators to view all the holiday properties registered with them and their booking status.
This was completed using JSP liked to a Microsoft Access Database though Java and Apache Tomcat.
Exhibited Work x2
Visit Essex
In this project we worked with a client to create an advert for Visit Essex to encourage visitors to Essex.
Working in groups we came up with a concept and between us created a three minute advert. Our concept was “little England” as our client said she received many comments saying that Essex included everything typical with England.
The models were created in 3D Studio Max which included a canal boat, lock, lock house and surrounding area. The animation was also done in 3D Max and the video editing was done in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Exhibited Work x1
Design Methods and Technological Project
The aim of this assessment is to develop a product from inception through to completion. This was done by researching into standards and patients, completing market research and then creating a prototype.
The product I developed was a barcode scanner that people could use while shopping to calculate the total number of calories and other nutritional information of the food they were buying. While doing research it was clear that while people knew the importance of eating healthily, many people lacked the knowledge to do so. While researching into patients I realised this was an original idea.
The concept and technical drawings were created using Auto Inventor while the interface prototype was created using Adobe Photoshop while the workings were created using Adobe Flash and ActionScript 3.0
The interface allowed the user to select how many people they were shopping for and how long the food was going to last them. The barcode scanner then added up all the calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat and sugar and displayed them on an easy to understand graph. It also allowed the user to make the scanner avoid certain foods in case the user is a vegetarian or allergic to any foods.
Business Card
I used the heading from my CV to create my business card. I used the victorian wallpaper I created for the background. It makes the business card look more interesting and I really like the effect it creates.
Final CV
Doing research on Victorian Posters I was able to come up with some ideas to improve my CV by introducing more colour and breaking the text up more by letting the reader easily see where the headings are.
I liked Uxbridge Fair poster - it looked very Victorian and used red for text which I incorpoated into my CV
Badges
I was able to get hold of a badge making machine and all the pieces to make them for free so I offered to make the badges for the exhibition. I also have my own printer and seeing as we so I took care of the printing costs.
Tuesday 5 April 2011
Thursday 31 March 2011
Content for the Visiting Page
Visiting
Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford Campus is opening its doors to exhibit a wide range of work created by it’s students.
Opening on Monday the 9th to Friday the 13th of May the 3rd Dimension Exhibition is displaying the work of recently graduated Multimedia students. Based on three physical senses, seeing, touching and hearing, twenty one students will each be exhibiting three pieces of work.
Students will be displaying work on various topics including website design, graphic design, 2D animation, 3D computer models and film production the exhibition promises to be an exhilarating walk through of final year Undergraduates' work.
The main opening day is Monday with food and drink being provided. Please visit out Getting Here page for more information.
Design Change
Originally I produced my first CV as an experiment and after I created it I came up with another idea. This idea was based around the website I was going to create and consisted of cool greys with bursts of colour and I planned to make changes to my CV based on this.
I then changed my mind and looking into Victorian Posters I decided to go back to my original idea but make a few changes.
I then changed my mind and looking into Victorian Posters I decided to go back to my original idea but make a few changes.
Contact Page 2
When the website was created my version of the contact page wasn't used. I was told I could make changes to the version on the website so I created this:
Getting Here
Our postcode is CM1 1SQ. Once at the University just head through the main entrance and the exhibition is on the mezzanine above main reception
Park and Ride
Chelmsford's Park & Ride site is at junction 18 on the A12 (the A414/A1060 Maldon Road interchange). The site has over 900 parking spaces and buses run to the town centre every 10 minutes throughout the day.
Click here for more information
Parking
The university has a free one-hour car park located behind the Spar opposite the university.
There are a number of public car parks within easy walking distance of our campus. Rectory Lane (CM1 1RE) has a long stay car park just two minutes walk away and The Riverside Ice & Leisure Centre is on Victoria Road (CM1 1FG) only five minutes away.
At The Riverside Ice & Leisure it cost £1 for an hour, £1.70 for two, £2.40 for three and £3.60 for 20 to park. The car parking machine only excepts exact change.
By Train
Our campus is only a 10-minute walk from the station with up to six trains an hour running to London on the Liverpool Street to Colchester line. You can plan your journey on the National Rail Enquiries website.
By Bus
The bus station is a 15-minute walk from our campus, located on Duke Street (CM1 1HY).
Contact Page
For the web site i created the content for the contact us page:
Bishop Hall Lane
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1SQ
Getting Here by Car
The university has a car park that is located just past the university on the left. Alternative car parking is at The Riverside Ice & Leisure Centre (CM1 1FG) that is only a short walk away. It costs £1 for an hour, £1.70 for two, £2.40 for three and £3.60 for 20 to park. The car parking machine only accepts exact change.
Getting Here by Bus
Chelmsford’s main bus station is located fifteen minutes away from the university (CM1 1HY)
Click here for more information
Park and Ride also operates in Chelmsford with a car park just outside the town.
Getting Here by Train
The train station is located next to the bus station. Click here for information on train times.
Friday 25 March 2011
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Portfolio website idea
I am going to change my CV slightly. I wanted to keep to a simular theme though of quite colourless with bits of colour appearing. The button links are going to be animated. The top left button shows what it looks like on mouse over.
Thursday 24 February 2011
Display Boards
I heard during lecture that there was some trouble getting hold of some display boards to exhibit out work on. I have a family member that works for the town council and she uses display boards to for exhibitions provided by her work. She gave me the number of the person I needed to talk to to ask to borrow these boards. I was told that it for fine for us to hire them out for a week free of charge. When I told the class that I could provide these boards I was told that alternative has already been found.
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Work to be Exhibited - Three
My laptop broke in the second year between semster one and two so I haven't got all of my work, which is a shame because some of it I wanted to exhibit. So the third piece of work I'm going to exhibit will probably be my dissertation or my Web Application Project which is being done this semester. Or maybe my animation I did ast semester:
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