I really liked this idea and started thinking about how it would work on the site but this is when it started to get a bit tricky as i had quite a few things to consider, mainly making sure it is easy to navigate and gets the right information across. I had a few problems thinking how i could get it to work and over the Christmas holidays i thought long and hard until i came up with a different idea. This wasn't the 1st time i had changed my idea half way through the project but this time it was definitely for the best as my next idea was just right for me. the style was right and it would be easy to navigate. Unfortunately, it didn't really reflect any of the research or evidence work in my sketchbook which was a shame. This new idea was to have a victor image of my laptop which i thought was good as i pretty much live on my laptop. most of my work is prodominantly screen based and i tend not to do much hand drawn work anymore. I do find this is a bit of a problem when it comes to idea generation as i know i should do more of it on paper but i don't. Having said that, i did leave it a bit late to actually start my website. I chose to make it on Flash as i found it easier than Dreamweaver. It was not the most complex website ever, i think overall, i had to use 5 different ActionScript commands at most, all i had to do was change the frame number for each and put in the animation in between each frame. It also took me a while to remember how to use flash so i started off practicing on other smaller projects, some helped, others didn't so much for example, i found a tutorial on how to make a small version of the game Asteroids game.
It wasn't at all what i wanted for my website but it was good practice for using various ActionScript commands. It was just a shame it wasn't a whole tutorial so i only made part of the game. moving through the project though, and i was well on my way to having a finished website on time. I had a few crits that were very helpful. They were only small groups which is what i prefer as i am more confident in smaller groups. i got a few good tips on how to improve my site including small things like having an extra link on a page to go back and maybe to try a different font. This was one of my first projects that i managed to finish all of the work before the hand in time. I think there is a lot more i could have added to it though an i have had that confirmed from getting the mark back for it. I needed to show how my research has influenced my site and more of a development process, instead, i have a sketchbook that shows trials and websites that just interest me and not that relates to my actual site. If and when i get some spare time, i am going to re-design my site but i need the time to decide whether to start from scratch or whether to try and improve my current one. If i was to improve my current one, i think i would put more graphics on it and maybe use the keys on the keyboard as well as just having to click on the folders to open them. I want to learn Javascript as well as from researching in my progress work and hearing from others in the industry and other students, it is more interchangeable and can pretty much do the same sort of stuff as Flash. These are 2 shot of my site:
http://www.visualcommunication.org/chris_matthews
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