banner ad

For my interactive class I had to design and animate a banner ad with Flash. I made an ad for the same product I used in the simple website I created many weeks ago. And it works like an actual ad too..so click away!

video roundup 11.16.10

Get ready to pump those fists in the air!

Off the Cuff with Peter Travers: Mike "The Situation" Sorentino

The Situation Reveals Whose Abs He Wants

And some styling techniques: Get a Sleek A-List Blow Out

parsons fine arts mfa open studios

I'm actually getting a chance to put my design skills to use in the real world. I work in the Fine Arts department at Parsons so I was asked to help out with publicity materials for an upcoming event. Now, I can't take complete credit for the design because I wasn't the person who started it. I was asked to revise the first draft with a few requests. So I kept the original concept and made some adjustments to enhance the design and clean it up. I think the only thing I can take full credit for is the part with the names.

And so based on this poster, I was asked to create a postcard to match it.

interactive

So I haven't really posted anything from a course I'm taking this semester that focuses on interactive media/web design, but that's mainly because we haven't really done anything worth sharing. Most of the class is learning about the tools we'll need to build our final project. The main program we use is Dreamweaver. Although I've played around with Dreamweaver before, I've never really fully understood what I was doing, so this class is helping me use it correctly.

Even though we haven't done too many projects, I might as well share what I did for my first assignment last month. All we had to do is build a simple 3-page website showcasing a product. And while the screen shots below may present the site as something quite simple, but it was actually a lot harder to build than I would have imagined. And the problem with screen shots is that you can't see the interactive part of it! (Well besides being able to navigate from page to page the only other interactivity are the links with rollovers..haha)

video roundup 11.6.10

Just to reiterate, incase you haven't been following, the links in my "video roundups" are videos I have helped out with in one way or another during my internship.

RS Live: Secret Sisters

RS Live: Everest

N.E.R.D Perform Live, Talk about 'Nothing'

5 Reasons to Watch...90210

Atlanta's New Housewife: Kim Zolciak Has "No Talent"

And here are some I didn't have anything to do with but would see my bosses editing.

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