Web Design

This week, I'll be learning the basics of Adobe Flash, how to create buttons, links and other simple webpage visuals.

I downloaded a trial version of Flash for the computer to help me on my way, It looks like something I've used before so lets hope I can pick it up quite quickly.

Was thinking about domain names and preferably I'd like my name in it. Unfortunately, afwiltshire.co.uk is already taken by a family run business in Surrey, just down the road..

Maybe they'll want to swap, if not ashleyfwiltshire.com is a possibility. I reckon I'll spend the rest of the day designing layouts and headers.

Billys Farm

The idea that UFO's are flying over area 51, explosions, the year is 2012, shit! Is the world ending?! No, Billy's doing some midnight clay pigeon shooting..

Advertising Brief

Advertising Brief hand-in. Me and hannah just came up with these three:

Vespa: Buzzing!

Blackberry: Always in Season

Smegg: The one smell you won't find our products

N.B We got slayed. Never use puns, ever.

Buonanotte!

Ho finito il mio primo esame di italiano, è solo andando ottenere di più difficile!

Moving Image

Remade our moving image project on the theme of 'escalation' this weekend. Had a lot of fun. We completely changed our theme as what we did well, was pretty dire.

Tried our hand at a stop frame animation using b&w card. Duck-taping my camera to the kitchen shelf was risky and the non stop moving of tiny bits of paper for hours was definitely worth it.

Currently editing it but don't have the right software on my pc :( so here's just a screenshot from Billys farm.

(well blogger wont upload my images due to internal errors, will upload later)

Mr Mafiosa

Picked up a cheeky book called the westerners from the library 'free box' and although there are some awesome cowboys and cowgirls in there I liked the look of this guy without any cowboy attributes, if anything he looks like a moody mafia boss who has had enough, scanned it in at 600dpi, then altered the threshold to set the mood.

Should of really spent some more time on the detailing but for once I was happy to stop before I ruined it.

Happy New Year + GAMERZONE!

If I wasn't doing a highly exhausting degree and had a lot of free time and a large amount of expendable money... You would find me here.

The Gamerzone is found at the back of the HMV in the Trocadera Complex on Coventry street, Central London...

UPDATE: Me, Jamie & Nic went there yesterday and played an hour on Gran Turismo 5; lots of tense racing and light swearing in a public environment.

£3 for an hour at student rate wasn't too bad. Though looking around there was at least 20 young guys playing World of Warcraft or Starcraft 2 and appeared to not have moved for a very, long time, so I can imagine the Gamerzone rakes it in.

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The xmas break was quite creative, trying my hand at lino print, carrying on with A3 portraits, some snowy photography and some light reading.

I'll post most of it today..