Refined Portfolio Piece (2)

Initial thought: Initially I wanted to refine or redo activity 1, as I was ultimately intrigued by the wide variety of digital technologies within our society today. Also when I completed this activity earlier in the year, it lacked relevant examples and explanations. I thus wanted to refine the powerpoint presentation, to give the reader…

Refined Portfolio Piece (1)

Chosen Activity: After looking at the various activities that we have completed within our craft sessions during the year (2019), I decided to refine and finish activity 10. Due to time constraints, I have not yet been able to to successfully create my explainer video for Boxel, which made this the perfect opportunity, as two…

Activity 10 : Self-Directed

The Activity: For our final craft activity we as third-year multimedia design students, are encouraged to complete a self-directed activity, which means that we have the opportunity to choose what we want to create in relation to our chosen skills area. Based on this we need to select, conceptualise and create a piece of work…

Activity 9 : Skills Area

The Activity: For this weeks craft activity, we as students have to select three professionals within our chosen skills area (Web Development, Video editing or Motion Graphics) that we admire, or whose work resonates with us, either as individuals or designers. Based on our three selected professionals, we need to conduct research on them and…

Activity 7 : Introduction to Javascript

Introduction: As mentioned in my previous blog posts , we will be completing a few different activities in relation to the learning unit, Web design and development. One of the objectives of this learning unit, is to delve deeper into coding through the program adobe dreamweaver. In activity 2: we created a responsive navigation bar,…

Activity 6 : Blender – The Treasure Chest

Blender: In the past two months we have done research on a wide variety of 3D software that is used within industry. We have looked at Maya, 3Ds Max and we have completed an activity using Cinema 4D. This week we will be specifically looking at Blender. As mentioned in one of my previous blog…

Activity 5 : CSS Grid Layout Module

The Activity: CSS Grid Layout is a CSS layout method, designed for the two-dimensional layout of items on a webpage. The CSS Grid Layout Module on w3schools offers a grid-based layout system, with rows and columns, making it easier to design web pages without having to use floats and positioning. For this weeks craft activity…