“Picasso hardly meant that great artists steal popular designs whose original source is known to everyone,” says Wes George, writer for The Mac Observer and financial Mac nut.
I as a student that is majoring in Graphic Design, also “copy and paste. And other times I have it save in my hard drive from my past projects, so that makes it easier for me to work with if I were to built a web page from scratch. Everything he talks about in his blog is something that I’ve done or considering of doing but then again I think that as an artist, sometimes we need inspiration to get started. The way we do it is to “copy” but not all the time because then we’ll face some very harsh consequence. 
Process of designing my comps
November 1, 2007
1. think of things that comes up to your mind and write it down.
2. categorize the words in its own subject or idea thats matches to each other.
3. once I’ve done that, I draw out the layout, where I want to put…like my content or branding or the main nav.
4. draw as many thumbnails as I can.
5. then I choose the best three and incorporate my ideas that I came up with from the beginning into to the best three.
6. sometimes if I have trouble coming up with a design I turn to other designers to get fresh ideas or ask some opinions from my peers.
The way I solve problem when I’m stuck is by mostly looking at a websites that appeals to me and try to “mimic” or interpret into my own vision. But first I would ask myself “What’s the problem?” to figure out the problem that lies between me and the finish product(website), then I can conti
nue on to solve each problem in order to have a thought out, well executed website. When I’m having trouble with making a website I would turn over to the templates I’ve already made to help me begin the structure of the site. Draw thumbnails of the layout of the site.The last thing for me is to ask questions and look around online to find useful information about CSS or anything that relates to that of nature.
Week 3 Assignment
October 24, 2007
5 websites to research
1. Tokyoplastic: http://www.tokyoplastic.com/
Why did you choose this particular site? I chose this site because of it’s innovated interactive page. I hope to learn something this close to incorporate into my final portfolio website.
What specific aspects of the site do you find useful to your own design knowledge? design concept is very imaginative and beautiful design of art work.
What features/concepts of the site do you intend to use in your own site design for this class? Interactive buttons and everything else will be kept simple and clean.
2. NDesign-studio: http://ndesign-studio.com/
Why did you choose this particular site? His work inspires me to become a great illustrator. His website speaks out to his art work so it blends in with the website.
What specific aspects of the site do you find useful to your own design knowledge? Navigation and design concept was thought very well and is user friendly so I didn’t get lost when navigation through it.
What features/concepts of the site do you intend to use in your own site design for this class? maybe blending my art work in the background.
3. Fredart: http://fredart.com/
Why did you choose this particular site? I chose this site because this is website that speaks to me on what I want in my own website. It’s simple and clean.
What specific aspects of the site do you find useful to your own design knowledge? Gallery page is something I might want to incorprate into my website.
What features/concepts of the site do you intend to use in your own site design for this class? Nothing.
4. Pixelguise: http://www.pixelguise.com/
Why did you choose this particular site? Design of this website is sophisticated and professional. Something I like to use to show off my portfolio and still do business.
What specific aspects of the site do you find useful to your own design knowledge? Navigation and design concept was thought very well and is user friendly so I didn’t get lost when navigation through it.
What features/concepts of the site do you intend to use in your own site design for this class? Do a little more to my contact page like how this person did theirs.
5. Imaginary Friends: http://www.imaginaryfs.com/index.php
Why did you choose this particular site? I chose this site because of it’s innovated interactive page. I hope to learn something this close to incorporate into my final portfolio website.
What specific aspects of the site do you find useful to your own design knowledge? Everything about this website appeals to me. The nav bar and the concept makes everything go together.
What features/concepts of the site do you intend to use in your own site design for this class? None.
Responce to Douglas Bowman’s Blog
October 5, 2007
I have done all the necessary things to come up and plan out a design I come up with. With the help of my instructors in AID (Art Institute of Dallas), they have show me the steps to be able to work and create a well thought out and creative design. Douglas’s steps to come up with a design is similar to what my instructors do to come up with there own concept and design. With that in mind I know that I came to the correct school and have the confidence to know that my work is well thought out and well design.
What I Need in Design.
October 5, 2007
Graphic Design is unique among all design disciplines because of its deep roots in language. Graphic communications rely on the interaction of words and images to convey a message that is almost always dependent on language and its cultural context.
I have a unique approach to modern creative design, print and web solutions. My passion and commitment to quality and impact has built me a reputation rivaled by few.I have a broad range of design led services which grow and enhance business performance with an innovative fresh approach to communications.
1st week HW ugggghhhhh!
October 5, 2007
5 topics or interests.
1. Using CSS Style Sheets, I like to get into more in depth.
2. Semantic markup
3. What is CSS3? I like to learn more about that and whats its features and functionality.
4. Specificity, How will a browser deal with conflicting CSS rules?
5. Declarations, WHAT?! HELP!
Intermediate Scripting Languages
October 4, 2007
Week 1
High!
October 4, 2007
Awesomeness
