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Another bit of work. I like how the top half seems to be coming out from the page a little bit.
Optical illusion :D

FFunction

Is this the new way to advertise products when consumers are caring more and more about what goes into their purchases and the health benefits of each product?

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Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister talking on T.E.D.

Design education.

Was just reading the latest post on Design Cultures (specific entry here) and was reminded of a video I watched recently. It keeps popping up and it's pretty old but very, very, very good!

abertay people and planet

working on the look for the abertay uni people and planet website that they want done. gone through a few design ideas and this is the latest. it's kinda hard because i don't know the information that needs to go up so not sure of the sections (hence the names '1st major', etc), no colour scheme has been really highlighted but im guessing green as a main one and had to either semi redo the main logo ('cos the original one doesn't stand out at all so doesn't look great) or just taking other logos off a poster and shoving it in so they can see what i'm aiming for.

still getting to grips with blogger so not sure the best size to upload etc., so hopefully it'll be a decent size.

what else...    ummm.... took me around 3 - 4 hours, which is crazy 'cos of the lack of artwork, etc, but i get anal about placement and wasn't sure about where to put stuff. also not sure of the selection wings bits, but kinda like the browny red background colour. tried green but not so sure, maybe a bit harsh on the eyes a tiny bit. i don't want people to be put off the sight of the site after a while. that's about it. didn't a small splatter thing 'cos needed a change and was very quick and easy ^-^

but it's not uploading...  cheesy bollocks!!! will have to wait for later!

hmmm...   would be quite nice if the option bits at the side had an arrow at different points when u hovered over them for an added effect. also need to add some kinda middle bit to get an idea of how it'll look.

anyway, someone's gonna do the coding separate so don't need to worry about that.

all good ^-^

oh yeh, also remembered that the 'smallest' text size setting is waaaaay to small so putting everything up a size so people (including myself) can actually read what i've written. awesome.

1st entry

soooo....     started this blog 'cos wanted to check out my little sis's uni project, but also getting told to blog, network, etc, 'cos it's good for design and getting to know what's going on out there....   awesome.

anyway, i think i'll put artwork i do up on here and anything i like that i come across. oh, i have a stuff i like section of websites that i think are cool, if anyone has anything they'd like to share or whatever send me a link. always looking for new stuff to look through. this'll be a good way to judge my progress on how i'm doing in terms of not being lazy and seeing how much i've progressed...   or not progressed, ha ha.

there we go, first image for the blog ^-^

ok, so my sis's blog is:

http://angelamcewan.blogspot.com

im sure she'd appreciate some constructive suggestions.

right, off to try and find a picture to put up on my profile.