Portfolio

Here is my portfolio I created for SPP3.

A full version of my portfolio can be viewed here....http://joegreenwood.co.uk/

Piracy Website - Mockup Two

Here is my Second Mock design for my piracy website:

I decided to add a few images relating to piracy in the footer of the webiste. I was hoping this helped relate the website more to the topic:

Piracy Website - Mockup One

Here is my first mock design for my piracy website. I am quite happy with the design, I think it needs a few tweaks and improvements for it to be 100% though. I like the dark and simple colour scheme, i think this fits in with the piracy topic well.

I will be uploading some more website mockups and also some Flash banner ideas soon.

Anti-Piracy Ads

Whilst researching piracy I came across these classics from a few years ago. I remember them always being at the start of DVD's and VHS's.

So annoying...

Simulated Client Project.

Last week we were set our first official project of the third and final year. This project is a simulated client project and will last 3 weeks.

Brief:

Produce a short multimedia piece that informs about or illustrates Digital Piracy

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The problem:

I feel that there are too many people who aren't educated enough on piracy and don't actually know what it is and the laws regarding piracy. It has become common for all kinds of people to download copyrighted material from the Internet. Some don't realise that this is actually illegal and are shocked when they find out.

The solution:

To satisfy this design brief i am going to design and implement a simple 5 page website informing and educating the user on piracy. I didn't really want to take a stance and argue for each side as idon't feel it would be appropriate for this project. There will also be another part of my project. This will be a simple Flash banner. I will design this Flash banner to attract the attention of users on piracy websites. When clicked this banner would then link back to the main web page where the user can read about piracy and educate them self on the issue.

I will be posting up some wireframes and mock ups very shortly.

Ainsdale Health & Fitness complete and live!!!

Last week was the deadline for our Interactive Media group project. We completed the whole site on time and got out feedback from the client.

At first the client had a few changes/improvements that he wanted us to make. There was a list of around 8 changes that we successfully made. The client was then 100% happy with the finished site and set up some web hosting. This is my first project that i have done for a client and i am very happy with it! The finished website can be viewed here:

Ainsdale Health & Fitness

Ainsdale Health And Fitness nearing completion!

Well the Ainsdale Health And Fitness website is nearing completion so we are just waiting on a few bits of information before it all fits together and begins complete. The Staff page is still blank and we are awaiting the info for that, shouldn't take too long to implement though!

So here is the link to the finished website!!

Ainsdale Health & Fitness

Let me know what you think and it would be good if people could let me know if there are any bugs/problems with the site.

Favicon

I have created a simple favicon for the Ainsdale site. Well its a pretty pointless part of a website but I suppose it makes it look all pretty in the browser address bar and also if you want to bookmark the site.

Ainsdale Update

Well iv not posted on here for a while so thought it was about time!! Over the last week the group project had really progressed very well, we are now near completion. Dan and I have merged our two HTML/CSS file batches together to create the final layouts. We are quite pleased with how its come out, thanks to 6 hours of improvements and tweaks today.

I think the colours really suit the clients needs, I think the theme is lively, fun and energetic, just what a fitness and health centre should be. We immediately new we wanted the website to stay clean, fresh and simple. I think we have achieved this by using only a few colours and clean, straight lines.

The two photo galleries we implemented make use of the jQuery plug-in so that the site is viewable on most platforms and runs more reliably than similar options i.e. Adobe Flash. The two galleries remain simple, clear and easy to use.

We have added links to various social networking sites to help gain interest and attract visitors to the fitness centre. Facebook and Twitter have been our two targets, as these are the most widely used.

Here are some screen shots of how the website looks in its current state. We hope to get some client feedback over the next couple of days so we can make any improvements necessary. We are also waiting on some information for the 'Staff' page and also Twitter/Facebook widgets for the site.

Site can be viewed here: http://joegreenwood.co.uk/ainsdale/index.html

Home Page Image Scroller for Ainsdale Site

This is a jQuery Slideshow gallery that i have created for The Ainsdale Health & Fitness homepage.

Scroll Gallery

Ainsdale Fitness Photo Galleries

Here are some of the jQuery galleries I have been working on. Can only have them as links because I cant get jQuery to embed in a post.....

jQuery Gallery One

jQuery Gallery Two

jQuery Gallery Three

Obviously the CSS can be altered to centre them, change the colour and make them fit in with the site.

Ive got some Flash ones on the way and also a slideshow for the homepage.

Slightly Altered Ainsdale Design

Well today after feedback from my tutor i have altered the gradients and colours slightly on my orange Ainsdale design.

I have removed the logo, because basically it blended into the background but also looked out of place somehow. I

have altered the gradient so that it starts darker at the top and gradually fades to white at the bottom. This helped make the title stand out a lot more. I also altered the main content in the middle of the page.

Photo Gallery for Glennz

Here is a photo gallery that I made in Flash for my last project. I created a website for Glennz T-Shirts.

All of these have been designed by Glenn Jones (Glennz) and can be viewed and purchased here.....http://store.glennz.com/

Some Colourful Designs

Well I decided to change my designs so that they incorporated more colour. I had realised that I was opting for darker sites that didn't really use much colour. So here are some re-coloured designs.

Mock Design Four

I've done another Mock Design this morning for the Ainsdale Health And Fitness Website. Again its quite a dark, simple and modern design! (Think I need more colour In My designs!!).

I quite like having a gradient background and then building the page down the middle, I think it looks better on the screen than having it left or right aligned. I think the sporadic splashes of red as well, this adds some much needed colour to the page.

I am going to design this page again but using different, more vibrant colours.

Another Mock Site

Mock Site Two

This is the second Mock Site i have created for the group project. I like the bright, vibrant feel to the website. I like the design of the site but I think the content of the main page could be changed to be more appealing and informative.

First Mock Ainsdale Site

Here is the first mock site that I have created for the Ainsdale group project. I wanted to keep the site pretty simple and also clear. I wanted to only use a few colours so that the website didnt have too much going on and clash. The blue colour in the site could basically be exchanged for any other colour and would still go right with the black and white scheme.

New Group Project - Ainsdale Health and Fitness

Last week we had a new group project set. Each group were given a live client for which they had to design a new website for. The client that I am going to be working on is Ainsdale Health and Fitness Club in Southport.

We have been in contact with our client and have already received information and some images that we can use on the site.

Each of us are now going through the process of designing some mock sites. We are then going to decide what features and colours we are going to use.

Essay Done!!

Well today (early hours of Monday) I finished my SPP2 essay reflecting on my development. I tried to keep most of the sections shorter so I could focus on the 'Reflection and analysis on the development of my practise' section as I felt this was the most important.