Blog Sells... But Who's Buying?

Hello again,

So continuing on from last weeks blog entry here is a progress update on one of my current assignments. This week it will be an update on the iMe assignment, so here it is!

iMe

I am pleased at the rate I am progressing with my digital portfolio having gone from being quite behind a few weeks ago to having done design sketches, logo sketches, and layout sketches. I have today chosen the design I will actually be implementing for my portfolio and done the majority of a digital mock up of how the finished site will look. Here is the digital mock-up in its current unfinished state.


I still need to replace the box at the top with one that has rounded corners, and also I need to show how I will be implementing both the main navigation and the secondary navigation.

I am very pleased with how the design looks so far and will be completing the digital mock up during the week. I will post it here on the blog when it is complete later this week, so stay tuned, as they say.

I feel this will be my best looking website to date when it is completed; I just have the task of using CSS to get it implemented. I have been assured by John that it is possible to be done using CSS, so that’s good.

With regards to the sketchbook part of the assignment, I have done as I said I would last week and put all the pages into a folder for better organisation/presentation. Also I have been continuing putting more effort into exploring design ideas, and just generally sketching a lot more ideas in there. Not just lots of sketching though, I have been trying to annotate everything that I draw to say firstly what the idea is and what I am trying to achieve with it.

The Six Month Learning Target

Not as much progress on this one as I have with iMe. I have ordered the Adobe book I mentioned in my last entry and am currently awaiting its arrival. Until then I have made an outline of tasks that I am going to be undertaking. Plus I have added a couple extra projects that will use the skills I am learning over the next six months. These are developing a corporate identity for my dads business Bliss Wedding Cars, and then also perhaps doing the same for a friend of his Limelight Limousines. It will be good to put the skills I am learning into use.

For this outline plan I am going to spend some time tomorrow working out a time scale for each of the tasks so I can then work out what I will be doing each week.

That’s it for this entry, thanks for reading.
Dave