Website Evaluation

This is my evaluation of the redesigned St. Peter's School website.

On the first page I inserted a screenshot of the front page of the site, and using coloured boxes I explained what each element of the page is. This carried on to the second page where I expanded on what I had written before, but I then explained why I had chosen where to put each element and why they were that colour, size, etc.

On the third page I put screenshots of three main pages of the site, and what the layout of the page is and what each main element is.

Website Evaluation

Other School Website Analysis

In this task, I have visited a two local secondary school's websites and analysed their strengths and weaknesses.

The first school I did was Kings High School, and I inserted a large screenshot of the front page of the site and analysed the page.

The second school I did was Bournemouth School, and I also inserted a large screenshot of the front page of the site and analysed it.

Website Analysis

School Website

Design Brief: To redesign a school website, and include a CMS (content management system) to ease updating by staff.

It is mainly a three column layout so there is space for navigation, content and a slideshow.

St. Peter's School Website

Cornwall Video Design Decisions

In this task, I wrote about the design decisions I took for the Cornwall video.

I wrote about the titles, transitions and credits and why I chose what I chose for them.

Cornwall Video Design Decisions

Cornwall Video

In this task, I made a short film of the 2009 Art trip to Cornwall.

When we went on the trip, I took the school's video camera and my own digital camera along with me to record the interesting and exciting parts of the trip and journey. Using these clips and photos, I made a short film.

To make the film, I used Adobe Premiere for the video and Photoshop to create the titles and credits. The finished film is below.

Cornwall Photos

On the trip to Cornwall, I decided to try and take some really interesting photos. Some had an interesting composition, and some were just experiments - mostly macro shots and using manual focus which I had never done before.

Designer Quote Poster

Design Brief: To design a poster that includes a design I like, and a quote that is relevant to it.

I chose a poster by Vincent Schunk called Third Eye, based on the song Third Eye by Tool. It is a typography based poster, and is also slightly grungy. The quote is "The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions" by the author Diane Ackerman, and I think that is really mirrors the text in the image ("A child's rhyme stuck in my head, it said that life is but a dream).

Vincent Schunk is a graphic and web designer from New York. His graphic design work is usually very grungy and based around typography, and it simplistic too just like his web design work.

His website is located at: http://www.vincentschunk.com
Various designs of his are featured on his Portfolio page - graphic and web designs.

History of Graphic Design

Brief: To produce interactive Flash animations displaying significant moments from the history of Graphic Design.

I chose two important periods in the development of Graphic Design. I chose the 19th Century (Art Nouveau) and Modern Digital Art. For both periods I created a background based on what a designer's desk might look like at that time - e.g. with pens and a laptop for the Digital Art. Also I wrote a small introduction to what happened in each period and what was used.

I also inserted some pictures of designs from the period, and when they are clicked a larger version of the image displays and information about it is shown.

19th Century and Art Nouveau
Digital Art

Hubalicious Part 2

Design Brief: To produce a dynamic website, using a flexible content management system (CMS).

A CMS is a content management system - it allows a user to easily add new pages and content to a website (including pictures, video, audio) without any knowledge of coding needed. It is like Microsoft Word for the internet.

Joomla was chosen as the CMS. Joomla is a powerful system for creating websites with. It is easy to use, and has the features that Hubalicious needed to create a successful site - categories, inserting media and integration with social networking (Facebook, Twitter).

The finished site can be viewed at http://www.hubalicious.org