One World Flag Brainstorm

1. Do a Google search of World Flags. How many colours does the average flag have? What are some characteristics of flags? (Ex. Solid colours, clean edges).

The average flag has 2-4 colours, however most flags have dominant colours with areas of other colours throughout the flag.  A characterisitc that these flags contain is simple graphics and symbols, with clean edges and no tones.

2. Brainstorm five words that make you think of world unity. Beside each word, write the name of a picture that could represent the idea of world unity.

1)Multicultural: hands or people of different races
2)Together: hands connected around the world
3)Equality: showing all people and cultures
4)One: world connected together in different ways
5)Shared: hands holding the world

Interactive Architecture Reflection

Technical
In this assignment I used a lot of photo shop to edit my original picture of the cafeteria.  One new photo shop technique that I used was the lens flare filter under render.  I used this to make the lights look more realistic like they were actually lit up not just coloured panels.  I also used flash for this assignment to make the lights flash in a wave, and the tablets appear on the tables.  For this nothing in it was really new, it was just a lot of recall from previous times.  To animate the cafeteria I used motion tweens for each panel and table covering to make them fade in and out.

Idea or Concept
The idea that I eventually used for this piece was to have lights covering the walls that flashed with music to help keep up the energy level of students in the cafeteria.  I also used the idea of having tablets on the tables so students and teachers could use them to play games to relax and let off some stress from the day.  Surprisingly my idea stayed the same throughout this assignment since I followed through closely on my original idea.  

Influences
For this assignment I was influenced by the interactive pieces we looked at, at the beginning of the assignment, especially the Luminous Ceiling and Ocean Of Lights.  I found that these pieces influenced me the most because they connected the most to what I wanted to include in my piece.

Composition
In this assignment I tried to balance my colours symmetrically throughout the picture so that one side would not over power the other.  However since the other picture was balanced asymmetrically my final piece was as well.  I think that with the flashing of the lights in the background that really helps the viewer to look around the entire piece.  I also think that the tables fading in help with this since they are drawing the viewers eye down while the lights draw the viewers eye up and across.

Motivation
For this assignment I was motivated for the chance to be able to show how I would change one part of the school to make it more exciting for the staff and students.  I was really exciting to be able to put my own little twist on a part of the school in a way that would be beneficial to everyone.

Critical Assessment
I think that the lights flashing in a wave are the more successful part of my final piece.  I think this because they look very realistic due to the use of the lens flare and because since they are flashing it looks more exciting.  I think that how well the lights turned out was very surprising to me, with my extremely limited knowledge of flash and how my lights looked at the start, I was quite surprised and very happy with the way they turned out.  With additional time I definitely would have added music to my piece so that it could have fully shown my original plan to have the lights flashing to the beat of music.

Part 8: Usability

A) Yes, the navigation's on my portfolio design are easy to find read understand and click.  The navigation's are easy to fin and read because all the titles are typed in bright colours and easy to read fonts.  They are easy to understand because in my starting design I used titles that were easy to understand what would appear when they are clicked on.  However when creating my portfolio I may decide to change the title names to make them more creative.  Finally the navigation's are easy to click on because when I designed it I made sure to chose large areas so that no matter what device the viewer was using there would be a big enough space to open each page.

B) Yes I think my design does a fairly good job at telling people where they are.  I have done this by including the title of the page visibly on the page.  However, when I create my portfolio I will include my name and a return button clearly on each page, as right now they are not visible.  

C) I think that the information about me and my work is very clearly and legibly presented.  I think that the profile information is legible and very clearly presented.  I think that by having it fill the page the viewer can focus strictly on that and is not distracted by background text or photos.  When I finish and include my art resume and artist statement I will go with the same idea, of limiting background information to keep the viewer focused on my information.

D) The design for my portfolio is very creative through the colour scheme, and overall theme of my portfolio.  I think that by using a bright colour scheme and the personal theme of fall and outdoors, I have made a personal and creative portfolio.  I think that by connecting my portfolio design to something personal that it will help it to stand apart from the crowd.  I also think that by shaping the things included into my theme (ex. the art photos being shaped like leaves) that it will be seen as original and different from the crowd.

Part 7: Sketch It Up Continued

Profile Part 1

Profile Part 2

Part 7: Sketch It Up

This would be the first page of my digital portfolio.  The leaves that are falling would be an animated intro, as it would start with them falling down.  The leaves with the titles "My Art" and "Artist Statement" would stop falling, while the leaves in the background would continue to fall continuously in the background.