new index

I thought that the template was easier because it gave me all the necessary things to make the website. I only had to add the information about myself and about my websites with pictures and change the color scheme. I believe the overall look of my website improved because  there are screenshots and links to my websites unlike my other index that only had the links. My website also looks more professional than the older index that I had. One bad thing that I encountered was attaching my css to the the html. When I was looking at my website on the browser non of the css would show up so I had to get help from the teacher.

Responsive Web Design

When you add responsive web design to your web page it makes look good on all devices like a desktop, tablet or phone which, is why it has become so popular. With the increase use of hand-held devices. Responsive web design is about using CSS and HTML to resize, hide, shrink, enlarge or move content to look good on any screen. A media query is a CSS technique that includes a block of CSS properties that only exist if certain conditions are true. Media query also includes breakpoints where certain parts will behave differently on each side of the breakpoint like rows and columns.

This is the website in its smallest window which would be about how it would look on your phone or a device like that. In this website there are also menus that when in this smallest view have a completely different format than in the bigger windows.

This is the medium size view. This view is almost the exact same as the biggest view except the image is shrinked down a bit. In different menus the same happens where the format is the same but the size is different.

This is the full page view. In here everything is spread out. The menus in this view are very spaced out and simple looking

Adobe Flash

History of the Flash Player

This is a website made in flash for the Cuban Missile Crisis

Adobe Flash turned the internet upside down when it came out because it allowed them to have web based video, animation, and interactivity with sites and they also made it to where the site looked the same no matter what the person was using. When the iPhone came out Steve jobs did not allow for flash to be used on them because it was too insecure and resource intensive. But flash was still used for android phones and for Youtube. In 2011, Adobe released a product called Edge Animate. It was used as a new way to make HTML5 content making HTML5 the universally supported service. In 2015, Adobe discontinued Edge Animate and renamed the flash player to animate cc. One company that is still using flash a lot is Facebook. Recently, Google announced that flash will be blocked on chrome unless you go to the settings and turn it off. The future doesn't look so hot for flash content or websites. Currently it is completely dependent on the internet archivists.

Topic Site

Topic Site

I was assigned to make a website over a topic of my choice that I have some connection to. So I started by finding a topic and i chose cherokee indians because I am 1/32 cherokee indian. When making this web site I learned a lot about div tags and finding good information online. I also learned that you need to check to make sure your website uploads. One thing I would have done differently is add another page to show how I relate to the topic. Something I did well was finding good pictures that relate to the topic. This project is good experience for me and will help me with many projects down the road because we had to make it on our own.

Portfolio Reflection

Castle Project

This is my castle project that I made in maya. While making this project, I learned about how to use the extrude tool so we could make the pillars on the top of the castle. I picked this project because i thought i did a good job of making it and adding nice textures to the materials. One of my strengths on this project was being able to make the structure of the caste. One of my weaknesses was I had a lot of black in my images. Next time i should make a background or extend the grass. Overall though I thought I was very successful in making this project.

Polything

This is the poly thing project, made in maya. In this project I learned how to use the difference tool to take away parts of the same and how to use lighting to shade. One of my strengths in making this was the lighting, I used a fill light, back light, and key light. One of my weaknesses was the textures I used are very plain and I didn't go above and beyond to find better looking colors for my shape or ground. I could improve this by taking my time and thinking through how it looks. This project was very helpful to me because i use the difference tool and lighting all the time in animation.

Hammer and Nail

In this project we were asked to make a hammer and a nail to go with it. When making it we learned how to move vertices and edges to make a nice curve for the back of the hammer. I picked this project because I thought it was very fun to make and I really like my nail. My strength on this project was making a really good shape for the hammer which looks very real. My weakness was the lighting because it is very darkened hard to see in my rendered images. This project was very informative for me because moving vertices has helped me on my most recent project. 

Pen

My most recent project was this nail. I learned a lot in this project because i had to make it on my own and figure things out for my self. One tool that was very useful was the soft serve tool. My strengths for this project was making the structure of the pen and the shadows. My weakness was I could have made the clip of the pen have a cleaner curve. I could change this by adding more vertices and making sure they have a clean and consistent movement. I am very proud of this project and myself for using the things i have learned and putting them together.

Multiplane Project

This is my multilane project that I put together in after effects. Wen making this i learned how to make a multi plane and put different layers infant of each other. My strengths were i used good images for my animals and made a nice volcano. My weakness as the making things look bigger or smaller for the different layers. Next time i would focus on resizing thing to make it look more realistic. Overall i thought i could have done better but i did a fine job in the time frame.

Alex Kuehn Story Project

The Process:

My story animation was meant to be a chase scene animation that included clowns since they were a big thing when I started. When making this project I started by doing a story plan and story board. Then I made the forest, graveyard, and house backgrounds. After that I had to make my characters. Once I had them done i put everything into after effects. When I got everything in after effects I started to add the walk cycles for both of my characters and setting up the timing. Then I rendered it out and turned it in. 

What I Learned:

While making this project I learned more about how to make a good story and the parts of a story. I also learned how to make better multiplanes and how to use the puppet pen tool. How to put different compositions from after effects into one comp. to make a story.

Final Thoughts:

Something I would change if i could do it again is make the walk cycles cleaner and make sure their feet aren't sliding. Something that I thought I did well on was making the backgrounds. I thought my backgrounds were clear and were good for the video. One experience I will use from this project on other projects is being put on a deadline and being expected to have a good clean project finished by the due date.

ravens and crows

DreamWeaver

This project was the first one that we did in dream weaver. It made the project a lot easier because we could see what the website looked like and we could change things in design view. I like it a lot more than having to write all the code like we did in textmate. We learned how to make different divs to separate all of the parts of the website.