Carlos Final Project
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The general idea was to basically create a nice and simple slideshow. However since I thought we supposed to create two different slideshows I sort of had to divide my efforts into both the linear and nonlinear and therefore couldn’t really make anything neat and fancy. Anyway I tried to make the slideshow as appealing as possible, and in that aspect I think I did well. But in the end it didn’t turn out the way I wanted, if I had known that we can do a combo linear and nonlinear I probably would have come up with something a lot better.
A slideshow that I really liked was Reflections in Puddles. It had a nice appeal and I enjoyed her intro scene very much as well as the roll of film that also acted as buttons. The rain was a neat effect as well.
Krazy!
Whether or not anime can be considered a serious form of art really depends on the person, but if you ask this person then here is my answer: OF COURSE IT IS!!! However what is anime? At first glance anime may seem to be just another children’s cartoon show, but if one looks into it deep enough one may find out that it is so much more. Just as art itself can mean different things to different people, so can anime. Growing up here in the USA many people here tend automatically classify anything animated as being kid stuff. And who can blame them, practically every cartoon we’ve ever made, or imported from another country, was made for kids in mind, or hacked up and butchered for kids in mind (i.e. Sailor Moon, Voltron, and many others.) The Japanese however chose not to limit themselves to just children and have produced some of the most incredible works of art that has raised the bar for many aspiring artists to go and surpass. Anime has gone from telling simplistic stories to showcasing marvelous adventures that throw our imaginations in overdrive and challenges us to do better and be better than we already are. It has now inspired many premiere artists such as Murakami Takashi and Simone Legno, the creator of the Tokidoki lifestyle brand. Recently the Japan Society has opened a new exhibit named “KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games” that is dedicated to the world of anime, manga, and video games and showcases some of the best works within the anime world.
Final project
For my final project I’ve decided to keep going with space theme that I’ve been doing so far. This time it’s going to be based on a dream that I had when I was a child. In this dream I was saw two comets headed for earth. In response missiles are launched in an effort to destroy the comets however only one is destroyed and the other keeps going. In the end the comet strikes South America and the whole continent gets obliterated. In this project I’ll try to separate the dream into several different scenes that are linked together via buttons. My intended audience is everyone in general. Hopefully this’ll work out well.
Black Holes
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Japan Society slideshow
In the home page of the Japan Society there is short slideshow that provides teasers for their current and upcoming exhibitions and lectures. In my opinion it’s quite easy and straight forward that does it’s job without any fuss, and the colors work well with what they’re trying to convey.
Good Banner and Bad Banner
Upon reaching the homepage one of the first things you see is the large banner on the left side of the page. The purpose of it is to basically allow visitors a chance to view latest news in the gaming and technology world as well as reviews for newly released games. In my opinion it works mainly because it’s one of the first things you see. The design is also pretty good in the sense that it stays true to both the website in general and the television channel.
Upon reaching the site we see a banner for craveiscalling.com, which is part of White Castle’s main promotional campaign. The banner doesn’t really do much except link to to a new flash website. In my opinion the banner completely fails as there is no sound, no interaction other then the link, and the image isn’t really that good.
what is a whole without the parts
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary
The relationship between the part and the whole
The exhibition, Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, located at the Museum of Art and Design has artists taking the most menial things such as buttons, eyeglasses, shopping bags, thread spools, coins, toys, etc. and turned them into portraits, statues, and furniture. In our lives we see things and objects as they are, most times not bothering to wonder what goes in to making them. For example at first glance we see a computer and just see a computer but not notice the processors, drives, chips, or bytes of memory that make up the basis of it. It is the same thing with all the things in our lives that we take for granted. The artists of Second Lives have taken objects like the ones mentioned before and were able to transform them into things that most of us on a daily basis, as well as images we can only hope to see in the near future. The main topic here is basically the relationship between the part and the whole, in short, the whole is more apparent then the parts that are used to make them. Continue reading
Project 1 interface design
Forests Forever
Once again I come to you with another site of Japanese origins, except this time you have the option of seeing it in english. The flash starts once choose either english or Japanese as your language, and frankly this site is quite beautiful. The purpose of Forests Forever is to spread awareness of the forests located aorund world by providing information. According to FujiFilm the creator of the site their goal is to “create an occasion and an opportunity and a stage for people around the world who share an abiding interest in forests to exchange thoughts and nurture their dreams, together forming a vibrant image of forests for the future.” Through the use of beautiful animation the site allows the user to study the history of the planet as well as other topics that relate to the planet.
The Honda Green Machine
I found this website by chance and basically it’s an informative website made by Honda about their “Green Machines.” The website itself is in Japanese but you don’t really need to know the language in order to navigate it, at least the mini game you get at the beginning. When you play the game you get a choice of different characters that include a snowman and a dog. Once you choose a character (you are free to change it if you like) you use the arrow keys to move left, right, and jump. Along the way you encounter little star-like objects that, when hit, shows you an image that concerns their automobiles or characters from the Peanut gang.
I actually liked this site even though I can’t read a word of it, and I sort of enjoyed the game even though it could have used a lot more features and more probably be a bit more challenging. The course in the game is green and I thought that it was very nicely done, but it’s still very plain. Hope some of you guys can read it.