Week 7 - April 30, 2009
Posted by angelacrilley in Production Project A.Tags: Production Project A, Networked Media Production, Exhibition
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So the deadline draws nearer. And nearer. And then it’s there.
This week I also managed to have a browse through the NMP blogroll and came across some really interesting blogs I enjoyed, with some great content. I’ve developed a newfound love for the Swedish artist Erik Johansson who I discovered whilst browsing through Clare Barnes blog, who displayed some of his creative work. It’s got me stumped on how he creates these images, as I’ve been working in Photoshop lately for another unit and couldn’t do something like this if my life depended on it…
I’ve found a few other artists and blogs that have some great graphics such as Nathan Sawaya (who is a LEGO artist!)
And this blog has some amazing creative art such as those below – unfortunately I couldn’t find out who the original artists were though!! >:(
Blog Compare March 30, 2009
Posted by angelacrilley in Blog surfing, Film.Tags: Blog Customization, Deltora Quest, Emily Rodda, Film, Production Project A
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So no lecture week 5.
Gave me a little – although much needed – time to carve up the world wide web and begin our Production Project A. I’ve decided to create an online exhibition, mainly because this particular task interests me the most of all the options. But I also feel that the learning outcomes of this option will be most beneficial to myself and I will enjoy doing the project more. I hope. And if someone enjoys doing something they produce better results. That’s how I’m looking at it anyway. I’m just using ‘tumblr.com’ as a base and creating a few extra pages under one account. It’s not much to look at at the moment, but it’s a work in progress. My exhibition will be about archery, it’s a more alternative subject, which I wouldn’t mind learning more about in this process.
I found during the tutorial this week when we looked at everyones blogs individually and gave constructive criticism was a great opportunity to observe how everyone else was going with the unit. Although I’ve had a few peeks already at others pages, there were quite a few points I wasn’t aware of could boost or enhance your page, so now I feel I’ve got something to work off and improve on. I found a few other people’s blogs browsing the net that have really interesting and creative design styles applied.
I wasn’t exactly searching or concerned with specific content, more the basic layout and structure of the page, hoping I might come across a style that appealed to me and I could maybe mimick or apply a few of its features. The customization of the blogs listed on this page are all very diverse, and some of them seem to have unlimited gadgets and widgets which is food for thought.
I was also just browsing through some of my old childrens books last week and came across my beloved Deltora Quest Series. Don’t know if too many older people have read them but they’re basically a fantasy series which I’ve always thought would make an amazing film. I even wrote into the author, Emily Rodda, a while ago suggesting that, only to be dismally rejected.
But searching through youtube I found a few clips where the book has been made into a video game, and the graphics used are brilliant and really capture the characters as I would have imagined them. The voiceover is in Chinese or Japanese (not really sure) but I just thought if anyone who may have read the books has ever thought the same thing. I don’t think I’ll ever dismiss the idea of wanting to see the books on the big screen, either animated or with actors.
