Wordle

Wordle.net generates word clouds from a certain URL link and all the words on that website. Heres one I created from just sticking the link to my website in the provided box. Pretty sweet.

Screen based communication (2)- Finished

Handed in my screen based unit on friday; am really pleased with my website, have worked really hard on it. The begging of this unit seemed really daunting; to create a fully working, easily navigated portfolio website to advertise ourselves, using a piece of software that seemed even more complex (dreamweaver)!

Final Crit

Feed back

• I was advised to try and make my logo more dynamic, maybe by using a more modern typeface or different style. Maybe to show more of my personality within the website.
• Maybe to try and give myself an identity, some sort of label so potential clients understand straight away what type of designer I am, i.e Graphic Designer, Illustrator etc.
• In my "about" section try and talk as a designer and not a student. Clients don't want to employ students, they want professionals.
• Lightbox- have been advised not to use lightbox on my website. Justin was talking to me about a three click rule; you don't want anything t be more than 3 clicks away. By having the lightbox involved it would make my website too busy.
• Meta tags- need to insert my meta tags; they help get my website found in search engines. VERY IMPORTANT!

As I'm not using lightbox anymore, I will have to have information on the images somewhere. I will experiment on having a dig tag below my slider gallery or possibly above.

I'm really glad I stuck with Dreamweaver and not Flash Catalyst or InDesign. People in my crit who had used other software were having more problems and were getting a lot more constructive criticism from the rest of the group. Dreamweaver is definitely the way to go for me; it just all makes sense, it's easy to edit/change, and things can be done with a click of a button using CSS.

Some great illustration- Blexbolex

Here are some great illustrations I found in this months grafik magazine (jan). The small book was created by a french illustrator, Blexbolex. Its a chilling/ odd sci-fi come crime thriller story that has been published as an artist's book by No Brow Press.

Definitely getting my self a copy of this- No Brow Press!