Before i begin...i just gotta comment on that test i got in class...18 out 20!!!!!!!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!! (doing happy dance)...i'm so proud of me! I studied so hard...maybe if i studied more i would've gotten my full 20...
After this class I feel better than the last one...I find css a little less confusing than the html part...maybe because i just started it...
I learnt so much more styling codes for the css style for the web page...Focus was put on making colomns and how to style the header and footer of a page...we went through the colouring the backgroud and alignment of the paragraphs and adjusting the width of the paragraph, among other things...
Actually most of the terms we used was floating, pading, inline elements and block elements...we used the tags <div> and <span>...
Overall this class has helped me to put my final assignment in better view - adding more ideas for style and linking the pages and what each kind of presentation each page has to make them all unique...i'm making progress to understanding things easier when sir speaks...i might move a little slow but i feel better understanding it at my pace unlike moving fast and not realizing what i'm doing especially when you have to be precise...
Well...thye homework to fiure out how to make a 3 colomns seems impossible...guess i'll just walk into class and hope that sir doesn't say something that make sit seems so simple...not cool...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Photoshop Class - A Bittersweet Moment
Photoshop is something that is like second nature to a lot of people nowadays...i want to apart of that group...so far this class has been opening my eyes to how people, specifically designers, create or produce images that have unbeliavable quality and creativity...
Each time sir shows us something i have those "OOOHHHH!!! So that's how you do it" Moments...
I learnt how to blend more than two images together...my first photoshop image was of course a picture of a dancer :) ...she was jumping and among her was a beautiful array of colours in the clouds...it had a sort of burnning effect...
We have gotten pictures from Sir to practice in class with...
My favourite tool is the magic tool which makes so much sense to how people create certain images - like a politians head on top of animal or something like that...the changing the tolerance level has also helped so much, of course making things easier to select...creating new layers, blending them, making the images...so much has been done in just 4 weeks...i can imagine all that i'll be able to do at the end of the semester...
Best of all was putting the picture behind the text...we used an image made by Fiber-Castell obviously blending the pencil crayon with various things...I did it with a Dog with a but as a pencil and a firetruck with a pencil at the end...
These are all the SWEET part...BITTER :/ came with the process to get to the end product/images...Apple Z was like my best friend in these exercises...but just like Illustrator i realized that i really really have to practice, especially out of class time, for me to get really better and remember the shortcut keys and everything each week...
I appreciate Photoshop class and i hope that i will continue to get better and better at it...
Each time sir shows us something i have those "OOOHHHH!!! So that's how you do it" Moments...
I learnt how to blend more than two images together...my first photoshop image was of course a picture of a dancer :) ...she was jumping and among her was a beautiful array of colours in the clouds...it had a sort of burnning effect...
We have gotten pictures from Sir to practice in class with...
My favourite tool is the magic tool which makes so much sense to how people create certain images - like a politians head on top of animal or something like that...the changing the tolerance level has also helped so much, of course making things easier to select...creating new layers, blending them, making the images...so much has been done in just 4 weeks...i can imagine all that i'll be able to do at the end of the semester...
Best of all was putting the picture behind the text...we used an image made by Fiber-Castell obviously blending the pencil crayon with various things...I did it with a Dog with a but as a pencil and a firetruck with a pencil at the end...
These are all the SWEET part...BITTER :/ came with the process to get to the end product/images...Apple Z was like my best friend in these exercises...but just like Illustrator i realized that i really really have to practice, especially out of class time, for me to get really better and remember the shortcut keys and everything each week...
I appreciate Photoshop class and i hope that i will continue to get better and better at it...
Adobe Illustrator - sigh...i need some practice...
In the first class my teacher, Mr. Winston Wilkins (AKA "Willo") went through what Illustrator was all about...and a bit more...
At first i was like "huh!" with all the terms and keyboard shortcuts...
He went through why people use illustrator which was basically for creating images from scratch, preparing versatile paint-ready materil and carries small file sizes. It sound like just information but it became importnat when he displayed the use of illustrator with the class. He simply drew a cartoon figure on the board with his BB, sent it in an email and open it in Illustartor...all for demonstation...he then used the tools and turned the pixel picture into a vector image...the beauty of illustartor...
The other classes we did things on our own...well kinda...of course with sir's help, talkin us thorugh it...movin stepby step...showing us how to maneouver the pen tool and the keys on the mac keyboard...my favouraite thing was doing the gear and the bomb...never knew i had it in me lol...as in i never thought i'd get it so quickly...well not quick quick but ok...i thought it would be real difficult...especially when sir was explainin it on the board...
So far i've been doing well and i feel that i can manage and by the end of the class i'll be able to properly use Illustrator...i hope as classes go by i'll be challenged a little bit more so that i can definately be sure that i can solve the digital media problems the designing world faces...for now i just think i need some practice...or a lot of practice so that i get to know the programme better...
At first i was like "huh!" with all the terms and keyboard shortcuts...
He went through why people use illustrator which was basically for creating images from scratch, preparing versatile paint-ready materil and carries small file sizes. It sound like just information but it became importnat when he displayed the use of illustrator with the class. He simply drew a cartoon figure on the board with his BB, sent it in an email and open it in Illustartor...all for demonstation...he then used the tools and turned the pixel picture into a vector image...the beauty of illustartor...
The other classes we did things on our own...well kinda...of course with sir's help, talkin us thorugh it...movin stepby step...showing us how to maneouver the pen tool and the keys on the mac keyboard...my favouraite thing was doing the gear and the bomb...never knew i had it in me lol...as in i never thought i'd get it so quickly...well not quick quick but ok...i thought it would be real difficult...especially when sir was explainin it on the board...
So far i've been doing well and i feel that i can manage and by the end of the class i'll be able to properly use Illustrator...i hope as classes go by i'll be challenged a little bit more so that i can definately be sure that i can solve the digital media problems the designing world faces...for now i just think i need some practice...or a lot of practice so that i get to know the programme better...
Wed Design - Week 3...A Slow Recovery...But I Did It!
Week 3 was another step forward...
This class...was kinda like...a game of...snakes and ladders!..yea...
Each time i moved close enough to gettin the lesson a snake just pops up and i'm sent all the way down to the end...(like 1 step forward and 10 steps back)
This class was kinda backward for me...usually i wldnt fully understand until i did it but as sir gave the instruction and explained everything i got it!..but then as i tried it...i was completely clueless...Open that page and the first pge must link to the second page and then a third page and the third page should be able to link me back to the first page blah, blah, blah, blah...that's all i heard after a while (no offence sir)...but i'm glad that i didn't give up...i still went ahead and worked on it till i was sure i got it...did my 3 page website and my two pics for external and internal links...
Also i got some good comments on my homework...which i'm proud off...
Off to study now for that monster *cough cough*...i mean...test...I'm dreading it so so much...i'm just gonna do it...hope that i do well...its multiple choice which is suppose to easier...i hope everyone does well...especially those students who haven't been to a class as yet - may the Lord be with them!..
Links and Navigation - hats off to you...i can imagine my 5 page website better...i dunno what to do it on though but i know it'll be good...my best friend says i should do it on her...lol...i told her "we'll see how that goes..."
This class...was kinda like...a game of...snakes and ladders!..yea...
Each time i moved close enough to gettin the lesson a snake just pops up and i'm sent all the way down to the end...(like 1 step forward and 10 steps back)
This class was kinda backward for me...usually i wldnt fully understand until i did it but as sir gave the instruction and explained everything i got it!..but then as i tried it...i was completely clueless...Open that page and the first pge must link to the second page and then a third page and the third page should be able to link me back to the first page blah, blah, blah, blah...that's all i heard after a while (no offence sir)...but i'm glad that i didn't give up...i still went ahead and worked on it till i was sure i got it...did my 3 page website and my two pics for external and internal links...
Also i got some good comments on my homework...which i'm proud off...
Off to study now for that monster *cough cough*...i mean...test...I'm dreading it so so much...i'm just gonna do it...hope that i do well...its multiple choice which is suppose to easier...i hope everyone does well...especially those students who haven't been to a class as yet - may the Lord be with them!..
Links and Navigation - hats off to you...i can imagine my 5 page website better...i dunno what to do it on though but i know it'll be good...my best friend says i should do it on her...lol...i told her "we'll see how that goes..."
Monday, February 7, 2011
Web Design Week 2 - Another Class...More To Remember... oh dear...
Hmm... this class wasn't so bad... well at first...
I was surprised at myself when sir was revising from last week's class and i totally answered questions!
I remembered stuff! ... yea!!! ... i even helped people in class!.. that's what i love with the people in the class - we help each other...
Sir revised html and css by emphasizing that html is structure and meaning and css is presentation and style...he also gave his "relationship tip"...(no comment)...we learned the first term for the day which was xhtml - extensible (yes it's a word) hyper text mark-up language...throughout class more and more terms and things added on to my brain...
It was so frustrating at times especially when sir made it seem so easy...but at the end it was ok and then i was like "Ohhhhhhhh! So thats how it happens!"... i loved the styling technique excercise that we did...in consultation hour sir even showed us more stuff and should us how to get colour and numbering styles...
This class for me was all about trial and error and not giving up! - especially when you got a hint that there a test in week 4!!!! =/ ....... but not to worry! pshhhh.... i refuse to freak out!...... =) ...... no space for that...
Confusing but it mek sense! All these codes and stuff are slowly making sense, adding up all that sir says that web design was all about...
Week 2 structure of a page was another level that i think i passed... i'm hoping i can get more practice in the next couple of days so that everythin stays fresh in my head...
Best of all!!! I did my home work!!! The same day!!! Wicked cool... Yes... it was all "beaudious" work!
Just for you sir i'll say it... Sir's Awesome!
I was surprised at myself when sir was revising from last week's class and i totally answered questions!
I remembered stuff! ... yea!!! ... i even helped people in class!.. that's what i love with the people in the class - we help each other...
Sir revised html and css by emphasizing that html is structure and meaning and css is presentation and style...he also gave his "relationship tip"...(no comment)...we learned the first term for the day which was xhtml - extensible (yes it's a word) hyper text mark-up language...throughout class more and more terms and things added on to my brain...
It was so frustrating at times especially when sir made it seem so easy...but at the end it was ok and then i was like "Ohhhhhhhh! So thats how it happens!"... i loved the styling technique excercise that we did...in consultation hour sir even showed us more stuff and should us how to get colour and numbering styles...
This class for me was all about trial and error and not giving up! - especially when you got a hint that there a test in week 4!!!! =/ ....... but not to worry! pshhhh.... i refuse to freak out!...... =) ...... no space for that...
Confusing but it mek sense! All these codes and stuff are slowly making sense, adding up all that sir says that web design was all about...
Week 2 structure of a page was another level that i think i passed... i'm hoping i can get more practice in the next couple of days so that everythin stays fresh in my head...
Best of all!!! I did my home work!!! The same day!!! Wicked cool... Yes... it was all "beaudious" work!
Just for you sir i'll say it... Sir's Awesome!
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