So in doing some initial reading I love the first lines off of the site binarymoon.co.uk which is
"What is 'Art Direction'?
To be perfectly honest I have no idea where the phrase comes from, but I assume it's some sort of carry over from the print industry. What it means (on the web at least) is taking normal, generic, content; and then giving each page a different, more artistically/ design oriented, layout."
Directing art...sounds tricky to me, and it is. To me Art Direction on the web is how you or the designer, or you the designer in some cases, point to the direction of how things should look, the feel, the color. It's picking out the overall look and feel of a website. It's close to design, like graphic design, but for a web based media in which most people are pulling towards. We have to make pages interactive, fun, and less text heavy. There are several different ways a web page can be viewed, and due to that there are so many ways we have to think about how to adjust our designs accordingly. I personally like the idea of the web, and I will definitely be attempting to delve into web design as much as I can and seek the possibilities.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
This one is for all those hostings out there!
So I acquired a web hosting service via godaddy.com I will now answer the questions in order they where received...or read, whatever.
For my domain name I chose twintergraphics.com I did this because I've always used the identity of Tom Winter for most of my creative anything. (I used to post poems on a blog as Tom Winter when I was an English major) So the identity has kind of stuck with me and I've always been fond of it.
twinergraphics.com was the initial domain name I went with, and it worked! Hurray!
I wanted to be able to host a few websites at a time. I went with that feature because it seemed to have the best outlook for future business, assuming I have any, and I can provide the client with a web hosting service for a small fee of course.
I went with the hosting plan that I chose because... see above answer on the service I liked... is that cheating?
For my domain name I chose twintergraphics.com I did this because I've always used the identity of Tom Winter for most of my creative anything. (I used to post poems on a blog as Tom Winter when I was an English major) So the identity has kind of stuck with me and I've always been fond of it.
twinergraphics.com was the initial domain name I went with, and it worked! Hurray!
I wanted to be able to host a few websites at a time. I went with that feature because it seemed to have the best outlook for future business, assuming I have any, and I can provide the client with a web hosting service for a small fee of course.
I went with the hosting plan that I chose because... see above answer on the service I liked... is that cheating?
Goals for the future!
So for this class, this semester, I've decided I definitely want to pull as much out of this class as possible in terms of my knowledge base with Web Design. This time around the grade isn't as important, (although it is still important for graduating and job resumes ect.) as learning as much as possible for designing a website, designing in general, and having as much knowledge with CSS and web hosting. I think having this attitude and goal will help me be more successful in my school year as well as in a career. Being just a graphic designer, at least in this area, will not more than likely get you a job. However if you're a graphic designer AND can build a website / maybe do some maintenance on one you're much more likely to get hired. Also it can broaden you horizon as a designer in general making you a better prospect for a company.
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