My Website Mission

For the last past 2 weeks I have been trying, and I mean trying, to design and set up my website for Risse Greenhouse. I picked pre-made pages, like starter pages, but it is undergoing quite a bit construction. The site is going to have 6 pages, the home page, plus 5 links to other pages related to the site. I used like a buttermilk yellow and different shades and tints of a sage green for the main colors of the site. So far I have the 6 pages designed with the correct headings of the pages that I designed in Photoshop. All of the other page's are linked to the page and back to the home page. Most of the information that will be on the pages is not coming from me, but someone from the business which makes it hard since I don't have it yet. Overall I am really excited about this project and I am learning a lot. This class has really broadened my knowledge and drive in this subject.

Catching Up

I finished my logo design earlier this week, it didn't turn out too shabby. I ended up warping the words North Pole High Patriot Football into a football shape with the outline of a football inside with the patriot head in the middle of the football. So far this week I have been writing my reviews on the individual Dreamweaver pages for the project as I was a tad bit behind on them. Now that I am caught up in that I all I have to do is place the actual projects on the page. For the upcoming website design I made a rough storyboard for the different pages for the site. After this past weekend I decided that Risse Greenhouse was a good candidate due to a family friend and owner of Risse Greenhouse, Lee Risse's death. He has always been a great man and his business shows it.

It Hit Me Square in the Head

Yesterday my boyfriend's mom was talking to me about making a new design for the football sweatshirts as she is the president of the Football Booster Club. After what she said I started thinking that maybe I could work on it for her as my logo project. I asked her if I could design one since I am just starting my logo project; she was ecstatic about the idea. She said that she was going to need it soon and I told her probably by the end of next week. I have free range on the logo and soon enough it will be worn by the North Pole Football Fans for the upcoming season. I am thinking something simple unlike the past years, something bold. With the different color of sweatshirts I know that I have to pick something universal so the colors are able to be changed to be seen. Overall I am really excited to design the new sweatshirt and have everybody wearing one!

Back and Bronze

I just returned to school from my 2 week vacation in Hawaii; it was so fun and warm unlike here. Before I left I finished my poster which was for the Risse Greenhouse and now they started the logo. Adobe Illustrator is a new program for me, but I bet it will have lots of neat new techniques for me to endeavour. I don't really have an idea on what I want to do logo design on so I am shooting in the dark right now. I am just starting the tutorials now to get a feel for the program and hopefully the won't be a drag like the others. Catching up is going to be a challenge in all my classes, but the trip was worth it.

Risse Greenhouse

Last summer I worked with my grandma up at Risse Greenhouse off of Chena Hot Springs Road; it was so much fun and the people up there really do love what they do, especially Lee Risse. I have known Lee ever since I was a little girl because my grandma has been with Lee for over 15 years. Unfortunately Lee has Lugares Disease and is not doing very well, so I decided to dedicated my poster project to his business of over 50 years. Lee has been brightening summers for many years and hopefully many more with his plentiful selection of flowers and vegetables. On my poster I have a background that is transparent of some of the different flowers found at Risse Greenhouse to add a colorful attraction. I used a painting technique to make my own fill design in the text the says "Risse Greenhouse" with a drop shadow, then "Brightening Summers for over 50 years" with a yellow outer glow, and towards the bottom of the page I have the phone number and location with a satin finish. I really hope that this poster that I design will bring back old memories and all the ones to come.

Dreadful Tutorials

For the past few days I have been doing the Photoshop tutorials. The tutorials are sort of boring most are techniques that I already knew how to use but some taught me how to use those tools in different ways and reasons. I really like Photoshop, it is probably my favorite so far out of Dreamweaver and Flash from the amount of times that i have to use it for yearbook. I am still not quite sure what I want to do for my poster, but i have some ideas. Some of my subject ideas are: University Fire Departmen and Risse Greenhouse. I am just about done with the tutorials I have I think, 3 more lessons then I can begin my poster design. This is going to be a hard time for me because I am leaving for Hawaii for the week after spring break so coming back I am going to be quite behind everyone else. Hopefully my current knowledge will help me be able to catch up with the rest of the class when I get back.

Almost Finished

My idea of the yearbook sales ad is going quite well, I am pretty excited. So far I have everything finished other than a taboo which is one of my tweens aren't working and i don't know why not it is supposed to go from little to big then spin two times up onto the center of the stage. Overall the movie looks smooth and interesting but it will be even better once i import the actual photo of the yearbook cover to put in the movie as a sneak peek of what our future buyers are going to be purchasing.
The program Flash been a journey to me, something that I have never done before but I am pretty excited of my banner and the actions that it has. The actions that i do have are pretty basic but I didn't want it to be to complex for my own good. Hopefully by the end of next week I can have the movie on my web page and my review is already finished and I can start the next project the Poster on Photoshop, my favorite.