A new addition to portfolio for web design.
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Devil’s Radio
Devil’s Radio from William La Fave on Vimeo.
Mesa Old West Days
The new site is up for the 2011 Mesa Old West Days Festival to be held on November 11th and 12th 2011. Please stop on by if you are local to the valley! It should be a lot of fun. This year, I worked with the festival committee on completely revamping the site and adding some touches. I coded it in XHTML and CSS. Here is a screenshot that will lead you to the site:
Photoshop CS5 – Photography manipulation
With this example, I was attempting to invoke a feel of the woman walking in front of an old church. It is a composite of a photo I took at the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art and an old church photo I obtained through stock.xchng a great free photo source.The next is a photo I got of a statue at the Met. I brightened the forefront image of the statue subject, blurred out the background and adjusted levels and curves to make it pop.
Photoshop CS5 – User Interface ideas
I am experimenting with UI elements. Here I used two shape layers, gradient overlays and beveling to create a silver knob like effect.
In addition, I worked on another idea for icon design. This was an icon that was meant to represent an RSS feeder. I just created the paddle portion of it:
The idea of the knob came from this video: http://vimeo.com/3992865, the paddle from http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/create-web-icon
New logo design for website
In practicing with Photoshop CS5, I created a new logo design for my website idea Complex Intellects. The idea being a website that caters to those on the autism and Aspberger syndrome spectrum. The plan is to make art available for posting so that all can enjoy the talents of children and adults with Autism and Aspberger’s.
User Interface Design and web friendliness
I started really looking at my website and trying to get an idea of good useability. It turns out that I need to up the ante in regards to the contrast on my links and improve their visibility. I found this site that makes a easy checklist of things to look for in regards to being user centered:
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/top-30-web-design-mistakes.html
I will be going through that list to improve my site. Do you see some things on there that could improve yours?
Mesa Old West Days
I have been working on a site redesign for the Mesa Old West Days website. Let me know what you think!
Catlin Polycom simulation
We have a Polycom at work that I created the following basic simulation for. This was created with Captivate CS5. Check it out: