* My little Sky *

Web Design 2 - Interface design tryout

2010-09-27T02:06:00.001+08:00

Creating layout for my AHR website is... harder than what I thought. x.x Made some changes from the initial idea, and this layout below is not completely done yet, still left the 'follow us' part which will be located at footer. Will improve this layout as soon as I got the time.

Anyway, just to show here my progress. The very very first version of my AHR website (I'm sure there will be changes soon). Will post up another type of interface design here too, so stay tuned~~~~

Til my next post then!!

Web Design 2 - Revised Site map and Moodboard

2010-09-18T22:35:00.001+08:00

(*ARGH SO SORRY FOR THIS LATE POST*)

Okay. Here it is.

Revised site map. Made a bit changes on the main menu, I think with this kind of navigation the main selling point of AHR can be more obvious. Dining and Nightlife options will be main focus since for user point of view, information are more important than anything else. Events will be second priority since they are important attractions for AHR. Ok, others... are kind of the same as the last original site map.

As for moodboard... well...

It's... not exactly the feel I want yet. Perhaps I need to draw some navigation sketches or even try to draw my digital mocks to show lecturers on Tuesday so that they can understand my concept more. =( Okay...

Til next post then.

Web Design 2 - URLs for Coding and Design Tutorials

2010-09-13T23:32:00.002+08:00

After looking at nice references, now I proceed to looking at some interesting codings/design tutorials and perhaps can get to use them for the right purposes. =)

1. URLs for HTML/CSS codings
- 5 simple, but useful CSS properties
- Cool HTML codes

- 10 rare HTML tags you really should know
- 11 useful sources to learn and improve HTML skills

- HTML5 cheat sheet (PDF) (lolx~)

2. URLs for Design Tutorials
- Hexagon Bokeh Effect in Photoshop
- Gorgeous Classy text effect
- Gold Text effect in Photoshop
- Wooden Text Effect in Photoshop
- Sleek and Stylish MP3 player in photoshop
- Learn to create some websites' layouts in Photoshop

Okay, til my next post then. Bye bye~ =)

Web Design 2 - Beautiful Commercial Websites Analysis

2010-09-13T22:57:00.002+08:00

Hello again! After going through the competitor's websites, it is time to look for beautiful websites for art direction references. Here are some of the nice websites I've found :D

1. Glenilen Farm

Home Page. I like the colours and the simple yet nice looking layout. The footer has some nice graphics and the overall feel is strong.

They have very nice looking products' pictures, and when you click one of the thumbnails you will go the the page on the right. I like how they take care of small details/designs for the whole website.

I like this website even more when I reach the page above. They even draw the map nicely to suit the overall art direction of the website. I've seen a lot of websites where thy just simply put a picture to show the location, but ignore the aesthetic side of map. This website notice this and I like it very much.

More research, click 'Read more!" ;)

2. Burger King

Burger King has a very fun Home Page. I really like to play with the three scroll bars on top and look at what will happen :p very nice and friendly.

As for their menu, they provide detailed information, and I like all their small icons design, very detail and pretty. Very suitable for fast food/restaurant websites. The overall colour scheme/colour choice suits the company as well.

Omg I really like the scroll bars! :D Haha. I think they frame up all the information nicely too. Look at hoe they locate the video etc for the right image, pretty well done. =)

3. Rascal Flatts

This is the home page for this music band. I really like the art direction. They plan the design nicely and the overall colour scheme is there too. Got attracted to the details of the few lines, patterns and of course, the logo design is well done.

Look at how they frame up the information! And also the frame design, so detail, so nicely done. I really like it and I think I can study on how to implement small design elements into web page design and at the same time make them look consistent but not messy. =)

Nice footer design. The feel is really strong! The right image shows their discography page. Also very nice. =)

4. LaLicious

LaLicious is a brand which sells products like perfume, body lotions and so on. Their targeted audience would be female which is why the colours and all are more feminine feel. Clean payout, nice quality pictures, very comfortable to the eyes, and I like how they arrange the important annoucements/promotions on top before the fold, so that can attract people's attention.

They have some small surprise when you move-over the buttons on top. They have very cute animation going on for that few seconds. Though the graphics and all might be made of simple shapes, but by putting the animation together it brings the fun and nice touch for the website. =)

The page shows the information about one of the product. Detailed informations, and the overall design and feel is consistent. =)

5. Free People

I like this website because of their background design. Nice, and suits the things they are selling. The overall feel is strong. I focus more on websites which create strong visual feel because I think AHR need to improve on visual part, so perhaps I can get to learn something from these websites. =)

Nice picture quality, also with important details. Image quality is quite important especially for websites like AHR which have lots of gallery photos, so need to find a way to present them in a more aesthetic way with nice flow and so on.

6. Howarths

Very interesting user experience you can have here. The pages on the right you can actually click them and they'll expand and you can read the information inside. Just wanna share this here, haha~

They have cool loading bar too. Go and check it out. ;)

They got some interesting typographic style as well. They make orange colour and that typo style to make the whole website consistent. Quite cool actually, in my opinion. =)

Okay. Before I end, just wanna share something here. I also did some research on the 'Beautiful Club Websites' and here are some cool ideas I found. They are not all HTML websites, some of them are pure Flash website, but it is nice to see their art directions and their concepts behind, they broke my mindset of how club websites looks like. Quite surprising to see the designers could design them in all sorts of ways... just for some inspirations perhaps? =) Here are some links ;) :

1. Bar Music Hall

2. Bar Plan B

3. Ministry of Sound

4. Noa

5. R.I.P Cube Club

6. TrouwAnsterdam

Okay. That's all for now. Hope you enjoy looking at them =)

Web Design 2 - Competitor's Websites analysis

2010-09-13T00:16:00.007+08:00

For AHR, took me some time to figure out their competitors because there are only a few which have almost the same concept as them (it's more difficult when some of them do not have an official website). So, I decided to look at a few types of websites:

(1) Roads which famous for dining/nightlife: Soho KL, Look Out Point, Singapore Orchard Road.
(2) Nightlife websites: Quattro, Zouk, The Opera
(3) Heritage Websites: Malay Heritage Singapore, Baba Nyonya Culture.

and perhaps to combine their good points/elements/ideas together. =)

Click 'Read more' to read my research! :D

(1a) Soho KL

Main Page

Soho KL is located at Mount Kiara, and is famous for lots of high class restaurants and bars. Just like how the logo shows, simple and trendy. The glittering animation behind the logo successfully create the feel for the website.

Here is the page for people to view info about the restaurants. I like how they create nice scroll bar for lengthy text, and the overall feel is very consistent. They create nice roll-over effects as well for the main buttons, which is very suitable and at the same time appropriate.

For some reasons, for events page and promotions page they have this Red colour glittering background instead of blue, haha. One thing good about this website is that when you clicked on the small thumbnails, a pop up window showing the bigger size poster will appear. It is convenient for people to read through and close the window, rather than need to go to another page (just to see poster) and go back to previous page again later.

(1b) Look Out Point

Main Page

Look Out Point is a new famous hang out spot for youngsters now. It is located up a hill where you can enjoy nice food and look at wonderful scenery of Kuala Lumpur. The main page shows their selling point (the night view) very clearly, and the overall website feels comfortable to read.

This website has very long page, but the good thing is they provide the 'back to top' button. (though the button design could be improved) The main page itself state out almost all the important points about that place, too bad the logos shown above cannot be clicked, it will be better if they can direct the reader to pages that show the info about those restaurants.

(Left image) Shows the info about the restaurants there. It is good that the working hours and all the details can be seen before the fold, and the overall pictures mood are quite consistent.

(Right image) This is the only page where the feel is a bit different. Good thing is they provide lightbox for pictures (easier to see) and also at the left hand side, there's a Testimonial side where people could comment on that place, which is something different and good.

(1c) Orchard Road Singapore

Singapore is famous for Orhard Road. This is the place where you can find a lot of shopping malls, and restaurants for you to enjoy yourself and have some entertainments. The overall design is consistent, the stylish feel is alright and suitable.

They have good planning where they let you choose the thumbnails of some shopping malls, if you happened to click one of them it will lead you to the information about that shopping mall. And for the right image, they provide very big and clear posters. (unlike some other websites the picture is too small that we cannot read the text)

(2a) Quattro

Left side the the Main page. The colour and style is nice, as expected from clubbing websites. The image on the right is something I like about their website. How they use the lightbox effect. there's still a small row of thumbnails for you to click, and the image quality is good.

Their Menu page. You can click on the different catagories of food, and then will lead you to another page to read the actual menu (with price and so on, it will be better if got image to support). This is nice as in people no need to click 'back to previous page' so many times.

Their Promotions page. Give you a glimpse of what they have in there and if you are interested to know more about it, just click the image to read more. =)

(2b) Zouk KL

Main Page. There are two rows of buttons, the top one from left to right is the classification of the types of rooms there, and the left one from top to bottom is other important information about this place. Good arrangement, the design and colours are no doubt very suitable and nice. The most important Hightlights and Announcements are also on the first page, very nice flow.

The pictures used are all in very good quality. Left image shows how it looks like for the 'types of rooms' part, and the right image shows the event page. They have lightbox effect too for the pictures to flow smoothly.

The left image shows the list of Archive, and the right image shows the page when you click on one of the event, the poster of the event and also the event overview will appear. I like this planning, it is easy for people to undertand and more user-friendly. =)

(2c) The Opera

Opera has very strong own identity, just like the name. Nice design as well. The one on the left is the home page and the right image is when you click 'enter site'. The overall design is consistent, only one very big problem is that their menu page is missing =/ well...

Even for their Contact page, they still frame the thumbnails up nicely. The right image shows the footer part.

In their About page, they have few info and they seperate them well, if you click read more then you can read the entire information instead of just putting them all in one page. This is quite user-friendly. =)

(3a) Malay Heritage Centre

I also research some heritage websites to find ideas on how they apply culture elements into their visual to make the whole website interesting. For this website, they have simple yet beautiful illustration for the main page, and the buttons are nicely designed.

They have more interesting pictures for different sections inside this website. All of them are related to malay culture, so that people can read about their background and at the same time can see some interesting visuals. I like the overall feel. =)

(3b) Baba Nyonya Culture Promotion

This is the main page. Nice design, I like. =) The overall design consistency is there too.

Give you a view of how they look for different pages. I think they could input more content, but here I can study their design. They have different pictures of Baba Nyonya cultural items on different pages, which is quite interesting.

Waw. Long post, lolx~ MORE updates coming soon. xD

Web Design 2 - Client's Website analysis

2010-09-12T19:06:00.007+08:00

Asian Heritage Row. The Site Map for this site, if you are interested to know.

*Add: Asian heritage row has a very beautiful story behind. That row of houses used to be prewar houses, they had a time where they were the abandoned ones; no one cares and everyone thought that It will just become another history and forgotten by all nations. But William Ng thought the different way. Instead of letting them go, he decided to turn those old houses into something new and trendy, at the same time to preserve as much old items/materials as possible during the construction period. When people thought it will be forgotten, he successfully made them into beautiful row of houses where people can go and enjoy nice food, and have a nice night time out. (They have mainly clubbing areas and restaurants there)

The above image is the main page (Home) for AHR. The very good thing I like about this website is their flow. They create a very nice flow for the whole website, when you click 'enter the heritage' they will lead you to the 'about' page, where you can read about the history, how they decided to build up this site and so on.

In terms of design on the other hand, I really think it could be improved. The background image is actually an interesting one, but it is a bit hard for people to notice it. I actually really like the concept behind AHR, but sadly the visual of this website is not strong enough to bring it out.

More analysis after you click 'read more'!

(click the image to enlarge)

In terms of the contents, they are very detailed. They provide every information that people would want to know (food varieties, working hours, contacts of each restaurants and so on), which is very good. The only thing is there are a bit lengthy, people might get tired of reading all of them after a while. Another smart flow they planned is that every page there's the 'media reviews' and 'latest happenings and events' which can lead you to other important pages of this website.

Okay. In this 'events' part, the arrangement of the links could be better, because I got really confused looking at the links on the left and reading the 'events & promotions' announcements on the right, took me a while to realise that they are actually not related. The links on the left are actually for the Archive part.

Overall, I like how they separate their information into parts, and carefully labeled them (For example in the about page, they separate into history, constructions and future vision, which is good, people know what they are reading). The pictures quality are not bad too.

Contact Page. Also nicely labeled.

Overall, to summarise up all my points:

Advantages

- Detailed information

- Good flow for the website

- Good labeling

Disadvantages

- Visual not strong to bring out concept of AHR
- Wall of text

- Arrangement of links could be better for a few pages

- The link of the pictures is poorly done, could be improved.

Okay. This is all for now. Will post up more analysis and research soon. Stay tuned~

Web Design 2 - Gantt Chart & Site Map

2010-09-12T13:43:00.002+08:00

Hello people!

here comes my 2nd Year 3rd semester. For my Web Design 2, we need to redesign an existing commercial website, and the one I've got is Asian Heritage Row. Below is my Gantt Chart and the site map for Asian Heritage Row website. =)

There will be more research coming soon. Hehe~ :)

Moodboard ♥ Flowchart ♥

2010-05-24T23:24:00.004+08:00

"How to escape a nightmare"

Okey.

Flowchart coming soon~

=)

*Updated!*
*Click on Read More to find out*

Yay flow chart.

*Proper flowchart Updated!*

Ok byebye~ Til my next post ^^

Ideas for "How to..." Project

2010-05-17T22:24:00.005+08:00

Hahahah~ after brainstorming for *almost a week* thinking of ideas... well, finally i can come out with three ideas which i think i will be more interested to do and work hard on.

So, just something to share =)

1st idea: How to escape a nightmare!

1. Who am I - A person who believes that nightmares shall not exist in human's dream

2. What is it - Some simple set-ups (rituals maybe) to help you escape your nightmares

3. What for - To save those innocent people from getting terrible nightmares that might causes health problems (sleeping disorder for example).

4. 1st Task - Get yourself ready to do something awesome, which is the dream catcher! materials needed for dream catcher.

5. 2nd Task - Steps to do a simple dream catcher.

6. 3rd Task - Get ready for sleep! (where to put your dream catcher, what you should do before you sleep etc)

7. Outcome - Only Good dreams are allowed to pass through your mind now!

8. Showcase - Gallery.. of.. maybe some pretty dream catchers, ideal bedroom set-ups, ideal sleeping environment etc.

2nd idea: How to choose your witch!

1. Who am I - A Witch who can't stand hatred that is haunting people's mind

2. What is it - A special witch just for you, you can ask her to revenge towards something you hate!

3. What for - People's mind is full of hatred sometimes, hopefully this little witch will help to open up MINDS.

4. 1st Task - A simple personality test, what thing annoys you the most, what are the things you really dislike/HATE, and so on so forth.

5. 2nd Task - Dress up your witch! Maybe around 4 to 5 steps.

6. 3rd Task - Some simple ritual to actually 'activate' your witch so that she can help you do STUFF!

7. Outcome - People can just laughed out loud/from their heart and put down their hatred.

8. Showcase - Different type of witches, their looks, their meanings, etc.

3rd idea: How to survive a Marionette Syndrome

(Get inspired by one song, which some of you might know, haha! Marionette is actually a jointed puppet manipulated from above by strings or wires attached to it's limbs.

Did some research on Marionette Syndrome, from the song composer, Marionette Syndrome is defined as a disease where you are unable to move based on your own decision/choices. You get controlled by other people in your life. While from other research i gathered, they may also refer to some conditions where people having traumas and haunted by memories (mostly horrible memories) which just ruined their life and they can't move on. Overall, the actual meaning is almost the same; You are not yourself anymore. )

1. Who am I - A Human who dislikes walking Marionettes

2. What is it - Human ways to destroy evil Marionettes.

3. What for - So that walking Marionettes can be destroyed and become a human again.

4. 1st Task - Get prepared, Marionette! (few steps to get ready for fighting other evil Marionettes)

5. 2nd Task - Start the war! Time to test your patience and intelligence!

6. 3rd Task - Few more preparations for you to become a Human again.

7. Outcome - This world will have more humans and not walking, talking marionettes.

8. Gallery - Information on Marionette Syndrome, what they do, their behaviors, and so on.

Okey. I think that's all. Almost ran out of brain juice just for this. Need to recharge my brain now. Hahaha!

Bye bye =)

Interesting Tutorials =)

2010-05-16T13:58:00.019+08:00

Yay. Here comes some Photoshop/Illustrator tutorials that i find quite interesting and useful at the same time.

Enjoy!

1. Water Colour effect Using illustrator

(I think this effect is quite pretty, it will be suitable for some websites with cool colours. ^^)

2. Create 3D text with extreme lighting

(Always love this kind of effect, but don't really know how to make it, so i am really glad when i found this tutorial XD )

3. Digital Painting Effect using Photoshop

(ohohoho. This one is really cool. ^^ )

4. Working with Gradient Mesh Tool in Illustrator

(Gradient Mesh Tool. Something that i am not so good in it. So this tutorial is good, haha )

5. Delicious Green Apple

(hahaha! This is just random, but the green apple is really nice here! So i decided to put here anyway XD! )

That is all! =)

Beautiful websites!

2010-05-16T11:54:00.016+08:00

Hi all!

Yes, i know I haven't update this blog for agessss... but now I am back! muahaha~

My college life at TOA moved on. Now im at my Year 2 Semester 2 already. It's very glad to say that we get to learn some interesting stuff this sem ^^ really excited, hope i will do well in everything.

Ok, for my Web Design 1 class, Joanne would want us to do some research on beautiful websites. After 1 day or so busy researching, here are some sites which i think is quite beautiful, yet organized at the same time.

1. GLUCONE-R

(Like the idea how they used beautiful raster pictures for the whole website to sell their concept. It's very user friendly, and looks very pretty too.)

2. Kari Jobe

(Got attracted by the background design. Love the scrapbook feel and i think the overall feeling and theme suits the singer very much. )

3. My name is Orman Clark

(The vector graphics caught my interest. It's very cute and the website itself is clean, easy to understand, yet interesting at the same time. )

4. DreamerLines

(Love the typographic feel of the main page. The background design is different for every page but they are smart to use colours to maintain the consistency of the website interfaces. The overall designer feel is quite strong too.)

5. Independent Interaction of Sam Wilson

(Really like the colour mode and illustrations of this website! ^^)

6. Converse

(Like the refreshing and energetic feel of this website. The interfaces are cool, and is a good e-commerce website.)

7. Creative People

( This cool man here caught my attention. Overall this website is quite cool for me, haha xD )

Okey, that's all for now.

Will update on the interesting tutorials soon. =)

Different form of music... ♥

2010-01-03T16:12:00.007+08:00

Kashiwa Daisuke's music collections.

Get to know this Japanese artist from newspaper today. Listening to his music gives me the goosebumps, it's fascinating. Incredible. Unpredictable. Interesting. Sentimental.Romantic and so on... ... ...

I, have never heard of something like this before. How i wish i can actually own one of his CD now.

PS it's just plainly personal opinion. why not give ourselves some refreshments for our ears? ;)

One of the example of the reviews i can get to research online :

http://airplaneshadows.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/kashiwa-daisuke-%E2%88%9E-program-music-i/

"Stella Part 1", from album [ Program Music 1 ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh6eT_zhmRg

Another wonderful piece by him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzRW9SiSx2I&feature=related

Just wanna share it here. It's nice to know some awesome music right before sem starts again. Hope everything will goes well for the future semesters. Can't wait to learn more stuff. ^__^

Enjoy your last day of sem break, my fellow friends! ♥

PS my holidays has been good. Satisfied coz can get to finish
most of the stuff i wanted to do. Hope you guys are doing well too

See u all tomorrow! haha~

Blog header project ? XO

2009-12-09T23:06:00.009+08:00

Lolxx, haven't update this blog in ages. Had been quite busy doing all sorts of stuff. XD Just to stop here to *perhaps show* u all what i have been doing during this semester break.

1st of all, had promised to help my sis to do her blog header since a few months ago. But i was very lazy to start, and i did create one before but the result was not satisfying, so i plan to make use of this holiday to really concentrate on this and *hopefully* create a nice blog header for my sis ^^

Lolxx.. so i'm here to show my progress and my final outcome. *sounds like assignment now rite? yea its kind of like my home assignment, hahaha~*

lolxx.. 1st of all, sketches. hahha~ i drew 4 ideas,
she prefer the mask one so tat one got accepted. XD

progress...

i took a LONG time on the mask. which i dunno why also.
maybe coz i procrastinate ==" lolxx..

final ai file look. XD

after finish tracing and colouring, i switch to Photoshop to put in the words.

so, here's the final look!

and then one printscreen of my sis's blog, let u all see how it actually looks there...

Overall, i had fun doing it. At least its better than spend time on *more and more movies and snacks and Facebook :O * but but, most importantly, im glad tat my sis likes it. ^__^

Hehe. ok, tat is all. Shall move on to the next 'assignment' which awaits me. ><

will update you guys on tat SOON. yea... XD
byebye~

Just a short update...

2009-10-29T22:26:00.005+08:00

Yes. We actually tried to do some simple photo montage on Monday (26/10/09) and i admit its quite fun to do those simple yet effective effects! ^o^

So here's two photos that i play around with, cant say to be the nicest or best one, but i kind of like the end results. =) Should study and explore more effects and hopefully i can share more with u all during my coming sem break, or whenever im free to do so. XD !

Okey.. So here's the 1st photo. I think this photo is too dark so i decided to make it brighter. =D

Before:

After:

*my first try. not so good in my opinion. =.=" *

Okey. Here's my second try. XD

Overall, still need more practice. XD ok. i go continue my work.

Byebye~~ ^___^

Colour Palettes! ^^

2009-10-25T12:26:00.013+08:00

Hehe.

I had a fun time searching for colour references and here's some nice colour palettes I've got.

It will be useful for my current project and also future ones i guess. ^^

I call this "brilliant orange". ^^ It's suitable for my e-card design because my card has more
orange-y feel. XD

Love the colours on the top of the picture. I call this "cherry cherish" Lolxx.. XD

Love the bright colours of the cupcakes and the colour i've picked!
and its surprising that this kind of colours can also bring out some level of
energetic feel, in my opinion.. lolxx.. XD
palette name: colourful cupcakes. ^^

I call this "summer kiwi". Again, more on bright colours coz my e-card has more
bright and energetic feel. =)

"japanese kimono".
Got attracted by the colours of the kimono so i made a palette out of it. ^^

I actually collected more, but i guess i'll share more next time. =D

This assignment is really fun! =D
Okey, i shall back to my project work... til my next post then.

Byebye~ ^^

Flowchart ^^

2009-10-15T21:23:00.004+08:00

Hey hey, it's Thursday night! XD lolxx.. okey. we were actually been told to look through some videos about this thing called 'flowchat' .

So basically what is a flowchart? When i first look at it, *maybe because of the shapes and style* i thought it is somehow like a mind map. But after i look through some other videos only i get to know that this "Flowchart" has much difference compared to normal mindmap because it actually comes out with a certain format, with each shape of the chart to represent different message/idea.
Such as: the diamond shape represents a decision, while rectangular shape represents process etc.

In that way, it could make things look easier to understand.

So here comes the Q & A section:

1. Who do you want to use flowchart in your mobile interface design & screen interface design?

I think flowchart is convenient and easy to use for our project planning part. This is because through making a flowchart, we can know clearly how should we have all the design processes, about how we want that design to be/how it will turn out (decision) and then all the consequences that may happen during the design processes. It can let us see clearly about our own target/decision, hence we create our designs follow the 'process' part and then if it will turns out to be a 'yes' or 'no'. If it's a no, then we can do refinement and improvement for our design through the 'process' part again. At the end, we will not/hard to run out of track while doing our project because we can see the whole design process clearly already.

2. How will it help your users to meet the interactive goals?

I think a Flowchart helps the users to meet the interactive goals by just perhaps looking at the flowchart: get to know how we get the project started, how we do the whole planning part, our design processes, and the end results. It helps the user to understand how we actually taken out this project, what we have done, and so, they would get to know our attitude towards this project, and hence will appreciate our work more *maybe*. The 'interaction' actually happened in the sense that people/targeted audience could know what have we done. It is more interesting than just looking at a very nice/wonderful artwork without any process explanations/working process. And so, a Flowchart could perhaps help to add value to our artwork, in a certain way. =)

Okey. Please leave a comment and i'll go leave comment too. lolxx. XD

Thanks to...

2009-10-11T23:34:00.002+08:00

A thousand THANKS to:

1. Jason
2. Shaunie
3.Shih Shin
4. Heidi
5. Jeffrey
6. Yew Chin
7. Jacob
8. Wei Yang
9. Chay Fhun
10. Nicholas Tan
11. Kenneth
12. An Ge
13. Li Wen
14. Yee Ying
15. Sheen Yeen
16. Zhong Yan
17. Edmund
18. James
19. Eugene
20. Felicia Tan
21. Priscilla Wong

for helping me to finish up this user-testing assignment! =D

Appreciate your help very much!
And u guys seriously pointed out some particular things that i did not notice at 1st..

Thanks for all the critical comments!! Hahaha~ and for this 4 icons... 2 pixels and 2 vectors.. actually represent Home and Contacts... Same for both sets of icons...

And my theme is actually Chinese, which i used the traditional chinese red ribbon knot *dunno how to call it in english XD, its actually 'zhong guo jie' in mandarin, which Edmund mentioned in his comment* as my inspiration and design elements.. XD

Well, i shall stop now.

Thanks for ur help again! I shall work on my report and go refine my works! ^^

Comments are welcomed and appreciated! ^^

2009-10-09T22:36:00.013+08:00

After few weeks of hard time finishing up my Icons Design assignment *why hard time? hmm.. maybe i shall explain it in my next post XD* , finally today we can get to submit it and Sook Chiung actually gave us a special lecture on "User-Test'. So, what is User-test? User test is actually extremely important for the designer to get to know/understand their own strength and being able to enhance their artwork/design based on feedbacks.

Yes! :D feedback!

So this is what we need to do during this weekand. And i need your help to give comments/criticism/opinions/whatever you think you need to say about my Icons Designs.

Please. Do not read this post and leave. Leave a comment based on my questions before you go! Your opinions are greatly appreciated!! ^___^

SO, these are my Icons Design:

Pixel icons

Vector icons

Questionnaire: (# Further critical comments based on the question are welcomed)

1. First of all, can you recognize them as icons? Or you might think of something else instead?
a) I can recognize all of them as icons.
b) I can recognize some of them, that is ________. *pls specify them, thank you.
c) I don't see them as icons.

2. If you see them on your computer screen or mobile phones, you will think that these icons represents? *home? contacts? mail? web? camera? etc....

3. What do you think is the theme for my design? *we actually create our designs based on one theme. What do you think the theme is? Suggestions like: Chinese, Red, Ribbons etc....

4. What do you think about the colour scheme for my designs? Is it suitable for the theme? Or maybe i could've choose another type of colour combinations?

5. What do you think about the details of my designs? Too much? Lack of details? Just right?

6. Perhaps further opinions on how i created the icons? Maybe about the effects that i used? Shadow effects? overlaying part, etc...?

7. Overall do you think the designs are original? Or you've seen them somewhere else?

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Okey. I think that is all. If you have more to say, you are always welcomed to do so. ^^

I hope to see your comments! It's k to be harsh or what. lolxx...XD

THANK YOU VERY MUCHiEE!!!!!!!!!~ ^___^

PS: if you happen to not having a google account to sign in and leave comment *and you feel lazy to create one , you can choose to leave comment on my Facebook. I will check these two sites from time to time. Don't worry. =)

and it's important for me to know who you are. so don't hide yourself while leaving comments k? XD lolxx...

Thanks again!!!~

Icons! ^^

2009-09-29T20:50:00.001+08:00

Haha. Supposed to post this few days ago but i got too 'busy' slacking around doing something else instead of updating my blog XD

So anyway, here i am. Last friday's DDMM class was fun. We learned how to create glossy icon using Illustrator program, and i had thoroughly enjoyed myself doing it. =D

Here is the end result of my glossy icon! ;)

And then we were told to create this little clock below. At first i did almost 70% in class but when i got home, there is something wrong with my file so i got no choice but to redo it. Anyways, it is not that hard to do since we got tutorials to follow step by step. XD

Silver clock. ^^

Muahahahahah~ GREEN colour!! =D !!! ~~~~~
Green is ♥ ^^

PS: just realized that i should have named my blog greenislove12 instead of
artislove12. XD

*just random*

Kay, got to go and Finish up my other assignments. XD
bye~~

^__^

Vincent Leong Photography

2009-09-15T22:52:00.000+08:00

Hehe. Just a link i found while im 'googling' The Malaysian photographer, Vincent Leong.

For those who are interested in photography, you can go to this link:
http://photo.net/photos/VincentLeong and have a look at the photos he has taken. ^^

The photos are Quice nice in my opinion.. =)

k.will share more in the future. tata! ^^

#1. 10 things that describe me! ^^

2009-09-13T18:28:00.001+08:00

Haha. Here comes my first post for this special blog just for the course im studying now -- Multimedia design. Yes, finally I've finished my foundation course and one step closer to my own dream career and life now. ^^

Anyways, here comes the 10 things that can describe me XD

The 1st one would be this cute little apple puzzle here that was given by my best friends during my 16th Birthday. This apple puzzle is one of my favourite because it's in Apple Green colour ♥ Yes, I love green colour VERY MUCH, which I don't know why also XD and this thing is quite meaningful for me because it was given by my 6 Best friends: Pei Ni, Yoke Ling, Chay Fhun, Phaik Imm, Sieu Shean and Wun Yeun. I know some of them for like almost ten years already and we are actually very close to each other. Although now we are far apart because we are studying in different school, but we all know that we are still there for each other. =)

The 2nd one would be my own appearance maybe? Hmmm... Long hair, got nose,got eyes... XD and yeah, im Short =__=

The 3rd thing would be Swimming. yes, or anywhere with nice ocean and seaside ♥ Because i love the warm Sun and the cooling sea breeze!~ And also, I love swimming. I enjoy swimming. :D

The 4th thing would be this song called 真的，我没事 by 符致逸。I find the lyrics are those words that i always tell myself when I'm down or sad etc. I know i still got a long way to go for my life and i hope i could face all the bad circumstances calmly and accept every single moment of my life, whether is it good or bad things. I know i need to have more faith towards myself and just do my best in everything i want to do. When something bad happens, i will just tell myself : Dont worry, i'll be fine. =)

5. Hahhahaha~ I know this will sounds weird but hey, anything u can read about Sagittarius would be me!! XD lolxx... I'm a typical "Sagittarian" i would say. About 80% of the things they describe about Sagittarius people matched with my personality. Yes, I'm a natural lover, love freedom! ^^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) if u wanna know more about this Horoscope sign. XD haha!~

6. Okey. I love Sun flower and Daisy ♥ I think this kinda related to my own personality because I am more of a cheerful person and i won't think too much on unhappy stuff. I'm more of a "let it be" type of girl. XD haha~

7. Here's another song called Ni Feng 逆风 by Garden sister which i think can help to descride my attitude towards my own dream and life. I always wish to be more hardworking and keep improving myself. Just hope to do better in everything. yes, everything.

8. Yes, another thing to describe me would be Facebook/Pua Yin Ying. hahahhaha~ Yes, i ♥ Facebook-ing. One of the most important thing is just to keep in touch with all my friends. Yes, from primary school friends until my college friends. I find it fun to interact with people. haha~

9. Another important 'thing' that can describe me would be my Foundation class, CD0901-1♥. I thoroughly enjoyed my Foundation days and no doubt i miss all my friends * because most of them are studying different majors now * . CD0901-1 is crazy yet awesome. We did random stuff and laugh a lot. We enjoy hanging out with each other. I am happy when im with them because they are all fun and friendly. ^^

10. Of course, last but not least, my family ♥ They are the ones that helped me to build up my own character and life. They are the ones which will be there for me at all times. They are the ones who tell me that 'I must enjoy my life and just try my best in everything i do.'

I am nothing without them.

*ok. i go off now. ^^ *