Gallery on Website

Here I have change the layout of my 'Drawings' page and formed the gallery to be select-able and appear in a lightbox.

I also need to upgrade on Weebly in order to attach my own domain which I will want to do soon.

Feedback and Thoughts

From the presentation I found that people received my work well.

From the large choice of business cards it was difficult to decide on which design to go with and this is something I'm still having to consider. I have ruled out the business card with the 'MW' that appears as a watermark as some remarked it feels like a wedding organiser's card - which is fair enough.

I also found that on a different sized screen my drawings gallery did not work very well and it was difficult to navigate on a smaller screen than my own and so I was advised by one of the tutors to make it a light box selection instead so that people can clearly click through the images manually.

I also had some feedback about my CV and that it seems relatively complete; I just need to add an 'About Me' section.

Also, when I have completed my main project and motion graphics module I want to add more material to my showreel and replace pieces.

Presentation

I've been ill over the last weekend and so I requested to present this Friday instead of Tuesday to be better prepared.

I'm feeling quite confident with what I've achieved so far. From seeing others' work I feel the my website isn't as slick or stylish but I'm relatively happy with it's navigation and pretty much everything overall.

I've also started a written CV, the layout is a little odd at the moment though as the first page is full of text and the second is very scarce.

Will see in the presentation what my tutor thinks and what improvements I need to consider.

Business Cards

I've also made a few designs for my business cards. These are all the front design, the back will be of screenshots from my animations to showcase my work.

  I'm still unsure of which design is best.

New Website Design

I've spent a lot of time on Weebly and have tried my best to customise this particular theme to suit me through the Html coding. It's been slow but it is going well:

I've made quite a lot of progress. The main things left to do here is my Animations page, my Concept page and upload my CV to 'About me'.

I'm not quite happy with the drop down menu (it's an off white and I can't find how to alter this).

I'd also like a sweeping transition between pages.

I'd also like the words to be closer to the images on my Home page (Showreel, Work, Contact).

Website Development from Scratch

I've found that I can no longer make my website with Wix. Not only because I have to upgrade to attach my domain which costs a lot of money, I've also seen an overwhelming amount of negative reviews from customers of Wix. No customer service and problems with the sites in general (in some cases customers are paying £40 a month and suddenly their website has gone offline and they cannot contact anyone to help at Wix).

Therefore I've decided I'm going to have to develop my website elsewhere.

I'm looking into Weebly, although you still have to upgrade, it is much much cheaper and the reviews are a lot more positive. I also have some friends who use it.

Website Update

Unfortunately it seems that Anne and I have come a cross a bit of an issue concerning attaching a domain name to Wix; they charge a fee to do it which is a shame. We're going to see what I can do, in the cheapest way possible.

In the mean time, I do need to complete more of my website. Particularly as the presentations are very soon.