MATT SAUNDERS

Bond type.

2008-12-13T04:28:00.000-08:00

Hand crafted typography for the location cards in Quantum of Solace by the rather awesome tomato Its about time someone did something really interesting with the location cards, as Bond has always had very strong routes in motion design with its intros, so Im really glad their carrying on the graphical appreciation forward.

Knitted animation and games

2008-11-10T06:16:00.000-08:00

An animated music video which has been entirely made from knitting each frame ooooh I can feel the pain ust looking at it. Its beautiful :)

Little Big Planet is getting all the buzz at the moment in the gaming world and rightly so its about time ps3 showed invention into the next gen gaming world.

Now that my animation is pritty much done I have had time to play some games, starting with the atmasphoric and distrubing Dead Space. Its about time someone took the survival horror genre to space.

UP!

2008-11-09T03:25:00.000-08:00

Pixar is it at it again, twisting the content of their work into unlikely areas, this is no exception an old man is the lead in an animation for kids.

Waltz with Bashir and other things..

2008-11-03T13:22:00.000-08:00

Waltz with Bashir is a documentary animation.

PLOT:One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

Im really looking forward to seeing this animation, Its always great too see an animation really push the genre even further and at the same time tackle adult themes.

Ive always been a fan of fellow manc Danny Boyle his new film, looks like true heart breaking cinema, enitally when I heard the plot i had trouble understanding where it was going to go but after hearing him talk on the beeb I was sold. Im really jealous that america gets it before us.

Here is a nifty little music video directed by Andre Maat & Superelectric for the band Kraak & Smaak it uses the a really novel use of flick books, I kept thinking of the printing costs while i was watching it.

trick r' treat

2008-10-16T14:56:00.000-07:00

Michael Dougherty directed this awesome looking horror flick, its exactly my cup of tea, as its similar intone to EC comic books and the Creep Show.

warner brothers has apparently messed about with the distribution so who knows when were going to get it here in the UK. their also hints the film will go straight to DVD, which is a real shame as their are so many terrible horror films getting distribution.

I got an awesome book about the filming of the movie which you can buy over at amazon.

The film was based upon an animation Dougherty made while studying 'seasons greetings'

This really is a similar tone to the Johnny Caddilac story im fleshing out.

ticking along..

2008-10-12T15:03:00.000-07:00

Ive set up camp at the parents as i have too look after my little pooch for a bit (i didn't want her to go to the kennels). I have changed some aspects of the animation to fit in with the overall tones of it. The trees aren't all going to be the same color and will tie more to the scrap book feel I want it too have. Ive also made the lighting better :)

Didn't mean to post this on here arr well carry on...

this is possibly the best zoo ever

magdalena bors is an amazing find creating landscapes out of.. well anything

Lisa Mitchell not only a great talent.. I love this video its so simple yet effective :)

Right..

2008-10-07T14:14:00.000-07:00

Ive got to keep on trucking with this blogg.

I am currently ill at the moment. So when ive not been compositing ive been rendering or watching JJ ABRAMS new tv show Fringe

While I am enjoying the show I still cant think of Joshua Jackson as Pacey from Dawson creek.

Im also watching the new heroes, im wrestling with it and my final conclusion is its better than the second by a little bit, but I really really hate it when writers have obviously thrown their papers up in the air and see what lands on top. Their is just to many character changes.

With Chalie Kauffmans new movie about to come out

I watched Adaptation for the first time, I have no idea why I haven't seen this before I love Spike Jonze I think Nick Cage put me off for some reason. This was by far my favorite cage performance followed by Raising Arizona.

Björk new video is immense everything has been thrown into this. She just constantly churns out great videos.

Also when Disney was scary

Carlos Lascano does the most wonderfull animations crashing several style of animation together to form the below, i always like the way he does the eyes.

The Can from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Lots and lots to tell....

2008-09-13T10:27:00.000-07:00

But I haven't had time, patience people. their is videos, photographs, test animations and lots more

this will little tease will have to tide you over for now..

Sorry

2008-09-08T14:13:00.000-07:00

Now that ive got a website Ive neglected my blogg site. here is a few things ive found recently

Also I thought the Kung Fu panda intro was awesome, and probably one of the best thing about the movie.

Also my anticipation has been building up for the Watchmen movie so Ive been watching the animated series

If you havent seen the trailer yet, I suggest you do

My Winnipeg

2008-05-30T11:19:00.001-07:00

This kind of reminds me of my first animation not to be taken in pawn. Its like a bash of visuals that translate a time in the directors life. i

Here is the director talking about this movie.

Now I have seen these I really want to watch his older film The Saddest music

Burning Candy

2008-05-28T14:15:00.000-07:00

This year has been quite a good year for Leeds art with guest speakers in the first year their was none. First Marvels Barry Kitson gave an inspiring insight into the work of the marvel artists. Chris Osburn showed up the week before to set up the Burning Candy Exhibtion featuring James Jessop, Sweet Tooth and Cyclops.

The talk was exstremely inspiring and entertaining the part I liked the best was where James divuldged into his first experiment with exstacy, I could see the principle squirming in his seat. most amusing.

Also thank god someone has done something with that awfull castle thing outside our college, they need to keep this up.

Stefan Sagmeister

2008-05-26T10:02:00.000-07:00

I got 'Things I have Learnt' for my birthday and I have become obsessed with his typographical style, it really reminds me of what I was doing during my foundation course at the start. As I am not really graphically minded in terms of creating flat based type id prefer to make something more physical.

Ani wall

2008-05-26T10:00:00.000-07:00

Im sure everyone in world has blogged this by now, I saw a section of this at the start of the year, but this is truly amazing. All I want to know is how the hell did he clean up all the paint after had finished.

bread head

2008-05-26T09:57:00.000-07:00

Ive seen things done like this before, but these look so realistic and im not sure if I dreamt about putting a human in chicken style packaging or someone else did it, but this has cemented that its not my idea any more. :)

Indiana Jones

2008-05-26T09:50:00.000-07:00

Was not as bad as everyone else made it out to be, but it wasn't that great. I went to a packed cinema at midnight in leeds and the biggest cheer was about john Hurts character being born in Leeds.

Portfolios

2008-05-26T09:46:00.000-07:00

Recently I have been trying to come up with a better way to display my work, I dont really feel that sliding my work into the big black coffin that is your standard art design portfolio will communicate my work very well.

I have been looking at the Academy of Art University's portfolios and they make it mandatory that their students should make book portfolios.

I want to do a book format which can be cheaply done but at the same time but custom built in places.

current addictions

2008-04-30T14:50:00.001-07:00

Grand theft auto

I don't own a 360 so I have to go back and play my brothers copy which I am probably going to do tomorrow. I have grown up playing grand theft auto games, they have come a long way from the top down look. The game is probably, actually most defiantly going to be the biggest selling game of all time.

Also tomorrow night im going to watch Iron man, the first of the onslaught of summer blockbuster, Im not excepting much, which is a good thing as hype usually always kills a movie. Ive always been a fan of robert downey junior and the casting couldn't be more perfect for him being in this film.

more super hero action, I also dubious about this one The Hulk Ang Lee's earlier effort at bringing the un happy green giant to out screen was a mixture of art film and under whelming action which equals, a quite boring film. this new hulks seems to be more in key with the 70's and 80's tv show which I used to love watching. So fingers crossed the green man will smash.

current addictions

2008-04-30T14:50:00.000-07:00

DEXTER

2008-04-22T16:32:00.000-07:00

My current new obsession in the world of TV is DEXTER, what I like the most about the show is its like patrick Bateman from American psycho but better. Hes totally disconnected from the world, and he knows it. The intro is beutiful and clearly shows the sinister edge of character without showing anything graphic.

holy shit...

2008-04-21T11:12:00.000-07:00

This looks promising.... So im carrying on D&AD not only for Auroa but for a band from nashville who are supporting Radiohead in Denmark!

Holy shit Part two:

James Lester my snappy snapper boss, has recently had his work selected for Leeds film festival advertsiseing today, Odly we were talking about doing a video, and guess what Leeds film Festival wants a trailer= Matt and James making it, touch wood.

BAD LUCK

2008-04-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

Got Lost in Lost in la mancha the other day, loved it. I realy want this film to get made as I feel it would be one of Gilliams best pieces of work if it was made. This is the first and I think only documentary of a film being un made.

HELLBOY 2

2008-04-20T14:31:00.001-07:00

No one but me is excited about this movie out of my friends. I love Guillermo del Toro's work he has terrible humor but has an eye for monsters and fantasy.

This poster is done by the legendary Drew Struzan who was responsible for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones posters. Sadly I wont be able to get one of these....

Mario Addict

2008-04-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

I am currently hooked once again to all things nintendo.... curse them!!!

JEFF BROWN

2008-04-20T14:23:00.000-07:00

I got his new book a few weeks ago for my birthday, I like the way he has gone back to his auto biographical books, I think he still doesn't realize the reason people buy his books now is because they are interested in him.

the spirit

2008-04-20T14:18:00.000-07:00

Frank Millers Take on will Eisners the spirt I dont know what to make of this, it looks nothing like Eisners work, it looks like sin city 2, I do like frank miller tho, but I always felt eisner had more soul in his work than miller does.

Speed Racer

2008-04-17T14:21:00.000-07:00

Ive been following this for a while, and my first impressions were, weird. I remember watching speed racer when I was a kid, but the effects on this are....insane, who cares its not real, thats not the point, the point is to capture a manga's energy and pace.

AMAZING!!!

2008-04-04T04:58:00.001-07:00

I might have got my work experience sorted with MAINFRAME. (sorry for the lack of blogging) its my birthday tomorrow, and ive been working hard on the dorito brief, sooo lots to tell.

here is what MAINFRAME have done....

animator...

2008-03-09T12:47:00.000-07:00

animation...

2008-03-08T16:00:00.001-08:00

But I really like these indents for E4, their awesome. really gutted because I really was thinking of something similar when I was trying to do it in the first year, but they obviously have more money and more people than me.

Noah Harris 

the cardboard blowing up is amazing!!

More things by this animator

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Forced Perspective and pencils

2008-03-05T11:00:00.000-08:00

I really like the idea of working with false perspectives, doing all your tricks within the camera is something that appeals to me.

Also I watched this film recently, it was super cheese but really reminded me of never ending story, the thing that grabbed me the most was the title sequence. Some of the camera and textures' are really fascinating.

Just found a new studio

2008-02-16T07:19:00.000-08:00

I really love the camera movements, and vary of style and animation they use.

batman animation, looks pritty sweet.

2008-02-15T07:20:00.000-08:00

More tunnel vision

2008-02-10T14:49:00.000-08:00

When thinking about the project one of my main inspiration for the tunnel vision was david lynch's use of the car head lights in the lost highway.

also on another note just found this animation that uses james jeans art work.

On a geek not I also recently got the new justice league movie. Im really looking forward to just chilling out and being a nerd rather than slapped in front of after effects 24/7

Food animation.

2008-02-09T04:33:00.000-08:00

I dont know why but i can see the potatoes being the police.

skeleton dance

2008-02-09T04:32:00.000-08:00

More 1st person.

2008-02-09T04:30:00.000-08:00

Animating to through someone's perspective to get their feelings across. even if he is pissed.

they know better

2008-02-09T04:27:00.000-08:00

Been looking for this animation for a while now EACE ON EARTH (1939) MGM - directed by Hugh Harman

The idea of the forest animals telling stories about the legend of "Man" - chilling. One of the greatest cartoons of all time.

Another influence

2008-02-07T13:27:00.000-08:00

On the animation

Inspirations

2008-02-07T13:02:00.000-08:00

Just watched the fisher king and realized one of the aspects that needs to be incorporated into the animation, normality, here in this scene robin william is following the girl he loves, the dancing shows how smitten he is.

And this is similar to the tunnel vision.

excited think ive cracked it.

DUDUADUDUA +brown day

2008-02-06T13:56:00.000-08:00

I can barley pronounce the name but this is one of favorite sites, and the idea of cakes that are themed would play nicely into brown day.

More inspirations

2008-01-16T16:45:00.000-08:00

Sarah Roper's use of materials is something I am very fond off, while i use after effects as a tool to create an animation I am very keen to create a sense of craft.

The use of newspaper, is something I am considering for this animation, their are also several other methods I am considering.

Emiel Penders

The main aspect of this animation that appeals to me is the use of live footage with animation which is seen in the opening segment.

No Country for Old men

2008-01-16T16:30:00.000-08:00

First film of the year ive seen, wish i saw this at the Leeds film festival alas i missed it, amazing cinematography and I have never liked tommy Lee jones so much, the acting was amazing. This perhaps has my new favorite villain in it as well. Thank god the Coen brothers are back. Go see.

Influences for the character

2008-01-13T13:28:00.001-08:00

I have been looking into influences for our character, and i have found the most fruitfull source of inspiration lies within graphic novels, especially more human based stories, from the likes of Will Eisner, Adrian Tomine, Daniel Clowes. The characters are exstremely self indulgent and perfectly reflects out character. I can imagine this is these are the kind of books she reads.

Also, I think the style of Adrian Tomine, perfectly reflects the characters personality, simple and direct.

On keeping with the idea of revealing things to their simplest. I remembered this 1980's movie by John carpenter called 'They Live' , this scene shows the main character discover that these sunglasses he wears reveals the truth.

I also imagine her mind to somewhat function in this way, everything fits.

Slinky Pictures style of colliding animation with live action has always been an influence and nothing works better than Dads Dead, and this is perhaps the angle i am wanting to take the animation.

With D&ad initially i was worried about the 60 seconds limit, for introducing a character. Then I remembered this animation done for playstation 2, its exactly 60 seconds long. The pace is blistering not giving the audience a chance.

Its begun....

2008-01-09T12:39:00.001-08:00

So today we have officially started the D&AD briefs. Finally settling upon the the animation brief has enabled me to just get down to it. This will also be my first collaboration, fingers crossed it goes well.

Some of my favorite animators and animations are below.

Slinky pictures is an animation company I am highly inspired by the use of film and animation colliding together is really where i want to take my animations, DADS dead clearly illustrates this. The animation above is collaboration with David Shrigley who also worked with Blur for Shylona. This once again mixes both Slinkys and Shrigleys dark and amusing take on life.

U.P.A animation is my absolute inspiration for wanting to do animation, everything about their work is perfection, the use of type the simplistic settings, great character development and a childish sentament, at the same time the stuido still made other dark and more adult cartoons such as the Tale Tell heart.

Spike Jonze work is highly inspirational, I think the main reason is he like gondry makes the impossible plausible not only with his worlds but with the techniques he uses. Much like Michael Gondry.

And of course Saul bass, who cares if everyone copied him he is the master, i prefer his more tactile approach to tittle sequences which can be seen in 'Bunny Lake Is Missing'

Which leads onto the contemporary master Kyle Cooper his work usually out does the work of the films he works for.

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Another one of my more bizarre inspirations is cinema intermission commercials.

TOM HANKS AND I

2008-01-04T14:54:00.000-08:00

Before I go sleep, i think its time I did an update

I am about to finish the bizarre christmas series of illustration, they are made up of rice, I am going to run a few A3 prints of these as well.

I also went to manchester the other day, blog coming soon.

mike magnola

2007-12-25T17:40:00.000-08:00

I need to find this.

Lots to update after I have enjoyed my well earned break :)

Paper love

2007-12-15T18:09:00.000-08:00

Exactly the kind of thing i want to do.

The dark night

2007-12-15T17:58:00.000-08:00

Im really loving the new campaign for the new Batman movie, they have the tone of Batman bang on, and im so glad their having another stab at the joker and while , yes Nicholson was awesome as the Joker he wasn't 'the joker'

office blocks

2007-12-12T12:57:00.000-08:00

Not only do these offices use old subway cars they are on top of old buildings and regularly updated by graffiti artists, the Pink one is Insa's work.

stranger than fiction

2007-12-12T12:44:00.000-08:00

I completely forgot to post this, studio mk12 have been a major influence upon my work as of late, its not just the stylistic qualities they use in after effects its their camera angles that they utilize to do so, this coupled with great sound work makes for compelling motion graphics.

HES BACK!

2007-12-10T11:03:00.000-08:00

Well my child hood hero has come back not optimus. He may be as old as my dad but god damn hes cool as fuck. Im so glad they have kept the original artwork style by illustrator Drew Struzan.

mdoern art.

2007-12-10T10:58:00.000-08:00

Modern art, Cocktail's inside the frames which act as drink dispensers.

Joy stick love

2007-12-09T09:09:00.000-08:00

Ok thanks to my house mate working at computer exchange this has sparked my interests in games once again. Ive been far to much guilty gear since we broke up

And my god a new street fighter game on the horizon that doesnt look turd. :)

I dont really watch much Tv

2007-12-09T08:58:00.000-08:00

But I am addicted. :)

Also I recently got the entire first series of tales from the crypt, this used to scare the shit out of me when i was younger. Watching it now I keep going arr., look how many good actors and directors did this!!

Also ive got a christmas horror im planing on doing.

Hudsucker Proxy

2007-12-07T13:04:00.000-08:00

Recently watched 'Huducker proxy' after having a coen brothers marathon possibly one of my favorite films by them alongside big Labowski and Fargo.

The film Stars Tim Robbins as a man who moves to the big city and he finds him self working for Hudsucker industry and is promoted in a cunning ploy from the companies owners and it back fires as he invents the 'you know, for kids'

Transformers

2007-12-07T12:58:00.000-08:00

shallow I know but after the stress of doing all that animating, I treated my self to the Transformers movie. I went a step further on the geekomotor and bought this special box which transforms, it looks more like a happy meal toy tho :)

James Jean

2007-12-07T12:51:00.000-08:00

http://www.processrecess.com Just bought James Jeans Process Recess Two, the first book and first print sold out and apparently worth a bomb and I have it :) which makes me feel nice :) but I would never sell it. The new book is a large scale book, which enables you to cut the prints out and frame them, but I also would never do this.

exhibtion

2007-12-06T19:15:00.000-08:00

So this exhibition is over.

A few things that really annoyed me about the whole thing was the way in which video work exhibited, i have noticed this problem in countless student exhibitions, and no one seems to try to change the format. Its not logical to cram all videos together in a show reel, it does not work, people get bored half way through a video and leave before they have seen someone elses work. I am determined to fix this problem when it comes to the third year exhibition as their is no way im spending all that time on that work, for no one to see it.

Also the exhibition felt scrappy and un professional not just work but the layout, its probably me just being petty, but it should be right, the christmas exhibition last year was much better and the one before that was even better, so why this sudden dip? what is happening?

I HAVE RESPECT FOR ALL MY PEERS AND ALL MY TUTORS . maybe its just the end of year one that is the big focus but if your inviting someone into your house you want it to look its best.

blllarrr its late and im having a rant but i just wanted to lay this all down with terrible grammar and spelling mistakes.

sorry if i have pissed any one off.

URBAN BIRD HOUSE

2007-12-06T03:22:00.000-08:00

http://www.celineshenton.com/
Found this, clever idea of subverting CCTV cameras into bird houses.

Surrealist underwater work

2007-12-06T03:16:00.000-08:00

Bizzare surrealist photography, this image sums up the creative out put that the photographer is going for.

http://www.petruscoseye.com/galeries/24_shecamefromthesea/big/9.html

Light Projection

2007-11-09T05:15:00.000-08:00

Easy web are a light projection specialist, their work interacts with the buildings its projected onto.

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Chunky rice

2007-11-09T05:03:00.000-08:00

I am currently reading Craig Thompsons Goodbye Chunky rice. What I enjoy most about his work is the transistions between scenes it plays just like child hood imagination and this is something I am trying to capture on the book breif.

Planet terror

2007-11-08T05:13:00.000-08:00

Saw Planet terror last night, im still a little annoyed at the way i never got the real grind house experiance, and I had to see the films cut in half, but it was alot of fun, everyone in the audience was laughing and having a good time, this is what cinema should be like. Not sure about the guy from lost going around collecting peoples balls tho, but any way this was really entertaining, and i loved death proof very different films,Planet terror aimed more for the Grind House style i personally felt, and the legend Tom Savini was in it which made me happy.

Jeffrey brown Documentry

2007-11-08T04:49:00.001-08:00

Just bought tickets to go see the jeffrey brown documentry at the leeds film festival, im really excited as I i have loved Jeff's stuff for a long time now and im so glad he has made it, and can say he makes comic books for a living.

Drawing Between the Lines Trailer

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Where the wild things are

2007-11-07T07:14:00.000-08:00

My favorite child hood book is a big basis for my current collection project, Maurice Sendrik was my favorite children's author when i was younger. His work always made me feel that as children we can achieve amazing things in an adult world.

Gertie and Berlin

2007-11-07T07:11:00.000-08:00

When i went to Berlin, not only did I see original Ray Harryhausen figures, I discovered the gertie the dinasour the 1921 animation. Ive always been in love with any forms of animation and I am keen to carry on exploring older forms of animation.

Neil Blomkamp

2007-11-07T07:08:00.000-08:00

He was going to make the Halo movie but who cares, his body of work is amazing mixing a news reel sci fi documentry feel to his work, machines and organic qualties collide together.

Meeting Shrigley

2007-11-07T07:06:00.000-08:00

So i met David Shrigley a major influence upon me, he also showed us new animations from the Slinky Pictures, a place i really want work experience with, they are a company who do exactly what i want to do and i am so excited about what they are doing.

Billy Collins

2007-11-07T07:03:00.000-08:00

I am addicted to not only the amazing poems of Billy Collins, but this style of animation.

A major influence on the collection breif.

Bar Rectum

2007-11-07T06:58:00.000-08:00

While you’re there be sure to check out some of the other fantastic places to visit like Bar Rectum (”While BarRectum is anatomically correct, the last part of the large intestine has been inflated to a humongous size to hold as many drinking customers at the bar as possible”), and the Wombhouse (”One ovary contains the minibar; the other the toilet”).

Light installation

2007-11-07T06:56:00.000-08:00

Robert Stadler’s Parisian church installation.

The nines

2007-11-07T04:36:00.000-08:00

Ok so it has ryan renolds in but it looks really really good, and apparantly according to empire he can act? Well i did like two guys and pizza place but this is adult donnie darko

Street Sketch Book

2007-11-07T04:31:00.000-08:00

Just bought this book for £16 at borders yesterday I really recomend it to anyone who has any vague interest in grafiti, sketching doodling etc.

Beautiful Mutants

2007-11-07T04:28:00.000-08:00

http://www.mutatovisual.com/html/news/mutants_book.html

Look at that cover mmmmm

EAGLE VS CONCHORDS

2007-11-06T03:53:00.000-08:00

I am currently addidcted to Flight Of The Conchords, its a TY show from the guys behind Eagle vs Shark.

SIGOR ROS

2007-11-06T03:48:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we went to see the sigor ros film, it was amazing, Shot entirely on HD Cameras. The experience was up lifting and inspiring, the only thing that let it down was the fact you could here the music from a house party next door to the cinema.

ok

2007-06-11T17:48:00.000-07:00

so ive decided to run this blog on after the web elective class because im always getting stuff i find on the net as an insipration and it would be nice too just have it all their when im feeling a lil blue.

ok lets get too it.
what i cant wait for is this

30days of night the comic book is awesome and the film looks really good too

plus ben templesmith's work is great, i just love the texsture of his work, and the layers hes been using with photoshop, i really want too push my animations with more texture to them.

I also got a limited edition jeffrey brown card as well :)

. i really need to get my cv out get some shit bar job while im at uni, i really want a job where i get to just sit their and draw and drink ink while im at uni, but alas i probally will have to serve people drinks.

link :)

2007-05-31T19:03:00.001-07:00

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Eval

2007-05-31T18:49:00.001-07:00

I feel I have completed the task extremely well, a lot of the website I spent a lot of time on my own trying to figure out and I am really glad that I have done this, as this has developed my skills in understanding HTML as I have begun to edit the entire site from code rather than on dream weaver, repairing links when people have said they are broken, and adding more information.

After completing my site, I began to realize during the process of uploading it that I really needed too order my files correctly and separate my Photoshop files and my html/jpeg files, this would make the whole process of uploading the images a seamless process.
One aspect I would definitely change of my website is the position of it, I would prefer it to be more central as it seems to stray a little over to the left, and this makes the page look like there is more too it than there is.
The update section also needs to be changed, I want to put a header above it that is a graphic that highlights it’s the ‘news section’ and then put a background within the DIV tag scroll bar, I have begun to scan in lined paper with splats of ink on it, as I feel this part looks a little bare in comparison to the rest of the site.
Another aspect that I am thinking of changing is adding words over the video section which some up each individual video as I am not entirely sure if it communicates well enough that each thumbnails is a video, this has not come up during audience testing most people complained about the double click option I put on everything, this really did throw people off and people said it didn’t work, I rectified this which resulted in viewers being extremely happy with the way the site runs.
In the contact section I am still undecided as too what to do with the text to the right as it feels a little clumsy at the moment, there is perhaps other sections that I am going to put in their such as a forum or a guest book something to where I can easily keep in touch with viewers of the site and they can let me know if there are any problems with it. This will enable me to create a better quality composition on the page and will compliment the image to the left.
When clicking on ‘contact’ it needs too say email in order too clearly state its purpose as at the moment the image just pops up and its unclear about whether or not you can click on it.
A splash page is something that I wanted to do after the web elective was over as I wanted to just get the structure right. The splash page would consist of an animation and given the time constraints I didn’t want to just come out with one page and nothing else, for this page I am going to start designing a flash animation which will set up the theme of the website.
Overall I feel I have achieved my initial aim which was I wanted to create a site that was extremely easy to update and navigate around, there are still a few objects that need re-arranging and I need to scan/print and upload the rest of my portfolio.

fag packs

2007-05-31T15:47:00.000-07:00

with the smoking ban comming upon us i thought cig packets would be the perfect platform to advertise my website on,as they will become an increacingly odd thing too leave in a bar, so i propose too make the nets of a cigerate packet into characters this was only a prototype as i think i was drunk when i was making it, but it deffinatly can be done.

yoda yoda

2007-05-31T15:08:00.000-07:00

another idea im going too use too promote involves plant pots, and plant tags, im going to put them everywhere with the web adress on the back but im going to do some quality vector based rabbits that go inside plant pots that are in art meauseams and coffee house peoples gardens everwhere where their is soil.

2007-05-31T14:39:00.000-07:00

ive been doing these beer matt doodles for a long time now, and i figure they would be the perfect chance too promote the site, by having the address on the back and a little number too make them part of a collection, then i will get the finder to send a pic with them and the beer matt. these will go in the beer section, everytime i go into a bar im going to leave them on a table.

2007-05-31T13:50:00.000-07:00

I asked a few people if their the website was working fine, and most agreed that they could see the whole thing, i know that i need to shift the box more to the centre as at the moment its too far too the left

i also realized that the freind section wasnt working correctly this was because id entered the worng link i didnt put http:// before the address which resulted in the link being faulty.

2007-05-31T07:01:00.000-07:00

probally the biggest pain so far, has been uploading the website, everything was running fine until it came to going to www.rabbitportal.co.uk , the website company hosting my site kept comming up instead of my site. Their wasnt really a massive problem inb the end all i had to do was to change where the site would open up so instead of www.friedice.freebitty.com it had to be the index page it was set too.
At the moment im currently having problems making changes too the double click's on the website, as that has been the biggest complaint so far, i guess i was thinking of me instead as i useually tend to double click everything. this shouldnt take too long as its only the photography page and the illustration section oh and the video one that have this problem.

2007-05-31T06:52:00.000-07:00

i wanted to create images for the site, this is only temp but ive decided to use this as an image for my contact section and then along side this im going to create a link that opens up, but i really dont want the terrible underlined blue text to come up with my email ad so im working on creating a pop up to come up on that page, which will have an image, i figure all you have to do is insert the image code in between the link html and this should work.

you can see here where i have changed the code to open an image which will then send you to your default email browser, from here people can either send me an email or copy and paste my email adress

i also i had to resize the browser window so it would fit the size of the image, im wanting to create a black border that will match up to the image.

2007-05-31T06:30:00.000-07:00

I wanted to create a nav bar which refelcted not only the websites name, but also i wanted to create something that would reflect my work, and i feel i did this extremely well here, its basically i photoshop file of 2 layers one is of a hole within a tree and i layerd a ripple on water over the top of this.

then added a tittle to this i did various different versions of this, However i felt that this was an extremely good representation of what i am about. I really need to change the apostraphe after in 'Present's' but ive already over laid it onto every page and i dont really have time to change this on photoshop.

NAV BAR

2007-05-31T06:00:00.000-07:00

To begin with a started to create the nev bar entirely within image ready, i had two of the same bars and created roll overs and the links within image ready, so everything worked their and all i would simply have to do was insert the code into my dream weaver document. this however didnt work the nav bar would come up but the roll overs did not.

On photoshop i created a nav bar again that had already been sliced via image ready and i created two of the same nav bar one with white text and another with the opacity turned down. At first i encounted some problems with the quality of the graphic as it looked slightly gltichy and the quality was generally poor, so i changed the font to crisp and sharp, this gave it the quality i was looking for. from this i would insert the white nav bar into a table on dream weaver.so i could put the seperate sections up close together without their being any white gaps in between. and then set each sections link up so home would go to home etc.

2007-05-31T05:51:00.000-07:00

using the image swap, which i talked abou earlier in the blog i used it again with my illustation section. I had encounterd a few problems to begin with, as the images were all the complete wrong size.

I went back into photoshop and changed all the image res sizes too 72, this was a complete pain but it also gave me the change to convert my images from layers into tables, this became a much easier way of arranging my images.

video swap

2007-05-31T05:30:00.000-07:00

I wanted too post my video's on my website, however knowing that i would only be able too obtain a 5gb web space, i knew that i would have to use and alternative site that would host my videos. The obvious choice was to use youtube as it is quick and easy too use and its easy to acsess.

However i didnt want to have a dreict link to their site or have their nasty front cover thhat shows up before your video plays, so i created a new hmtl window, and used a image from the video, and upon click this would open up a pop up window whcih was the exact size of the video without taking the viewer away from the web site.

2007-04-26T05:40:00.000-07:00

The DIV tag is something i have no idea how to create, i wanted a quick and easy way to update the site, within a confined space so can keep a constant list of updates, and keep the viewers up to date with what i am doing.

I had to cheat a little bit in order to get the the Div tage, by swiping someone else's code but by doing this it gave me better understanding of how the HTML works, as the code i got didnt fit the page, so i had to re adjust the code width and change the width so i wouldnt get a horrible over flow on the bottom.

I am currently playing with the border along the top, and have started to play with what it is id like to highlight that it is the news section. I also want to create a back ground using the css style sheets, this is how i created the txt too change itss size and height.

Swap shop

2007-04-25T06:34:00.000-07:00

I experimented with creating the desired effect that i am going to apply to both my photography section and illustration section in dreamweaver

I had to create smaller and larger versions of the images and import them all into the root folder, once this was done i could apply 'Image Swap' at first it worked but it was mearly an image swap i wanted the image to stay still on the right and it would only go away when you clicked on another item, to do this you simply change the actions on the mouse too on 'double click, swap image'

2007-04-25T05:59:00.000-07:00

At first i just wanted this style of navigation just to be within my photography section, but as i began to do more research i learnt people had used this style for the whole site, and its better to have a site that flows. I began to experiment in class with image swap in class, but i wanted the image to stay on click and would disappear when clicked off.

I began to design how i would want my site too look, as i didn't want a chaotic mess that was bombarded with animations, i want my site to be simple and elegant. This will enable the viewer to go over the site in a professional way, and let my work express what i can do.

Above i have the main page where it has a basic six or seven box's that have the same links as those above, just under the banner (the banner will be on every page, as too will the navigation bar). In the bottom right i want to have a scrolling device this is where i will insert updates, such as 'new illustrations' then explain some of the work etc.

the bottom right is a more clear view of how i want it too look, stylistically i haven't really got around to making a clear choice of what i want.

matt sewell

2007-03-29T05:27:00.000-07:00

Matt Sewell's page is exactly the type of site that i would like to make it is easy to navigate, the color's that make up the site are inviting and calming as well, but it still retains Sewell's style.

it doesnt have a scroll bar!! I have become quite obsessed with the notion of no scroll bar as they are a pain, you dont wont to be scrolling your finger down endlessley to get to the bottom of your page, the page i feel should presented as something that snaps to your screen.

His photographs of his work are spaced out into individual squares which then pop up into a new framed window with the navigation banner above, i would prefer to have my mine images appear on the same page, like an image swap, this enables people to view the images at a nice size without them getting the full image so they cant just print it off.

2007-03-29T05:19:00.000-07:00

Inserting anchor points and testing links between pages, i created a roll over but i want the images to stick, so i began to experiment with swap images, but they still apear to be like roll overs i would prefer the images to be uploaded on click
rather than when you just roll over.

2007-03-06T04:19:00.000-08:00

http://www.limbogame.org/

again a simple navigation is something that i would like to on my portfolio website, this is even more simplistic as it has about 8 link points and one pop up window for contact via email

www.margomitchell.com

A portofilio website that is simple to navigate around, the index page offers two main options of work, illustation and design. Offering a contact button in the middle leaves the viewer with ease once they have seen everything to simply hit the index button and naviagte back to the start menu.

One of the main reasons as to why this website is so easy to naviagte around is you dont have to scroll down at all. call me lazy but i hate that scroll button.

another aspect that works really well with the portfolio of work is the way that their are small images on the left hand side which can simply be clicked and upload on the right hand side larger, it does this without a new window popping up.

bad carton

2007-02-28T09:38:00.000-08:00

i had a carton of cola in the break, it tasted like licking a carpet, i turned the cartoon upside down to discover it was two months out of date. I also made a hyper link- woop! :)