Idea blog.

Im not sure how I will animate the theme of hands, however the use of hands create a theme of my site is a strong one.

e.g.
-homepage...A "cluster" of hands reaching out of a smokey grimey enigmatic background (blurred out).
-links...Types of hands (grimey, well trimmed, neutral, made up..etc...) can represent different paths of the site.
-themes...each hand will have its contrast against a homeless themed background.. possibly..

The point is my skills in flash are very poor indeed. Although I may try n do some tutorials.

Open Hands

Thanks for that last comment. I think the homepage of hands in need is a really good idea. Images like this provides a good directing tool as the mouse cursoe would most probably be drawn to the hands and fingertips. From that the image could scroll to other parts of the body, hands being the main element. Hands reach out in need.

In class assessment

Last week we did an in class assessment making a site from the range of images and screen shots provided in the "week 8 folder". I found the task simple, other than the fact I forgot how to create a disjointed roll over. My attempt was to wash over the original homepage screen shot with a noir like theme. The masking tool used to cut the flow out and then using an overlay to darken it to a cold blue. This was accompanied by several other elements such as adding sinistic rollovers such as a street light rolling over into a intense red light and an original word crossed out in red to spell the word "dark". I added the phantom image to act as the disjointed rollover as you scrolled over the word dark, however my skills failed to assist me.

Need in focus.

A child in need? or a child that wants?

This image of a child reaching out for help steers my thoughts away from what I want. Instead this image makes me think, what does he need? Does she actually need or does he just want?
Reflecting on this image creates a contemplation on what kind of person I am through the profiling of this child in "need".

Draft web art layout

This is a draft layout I've been thinking about. It's mainly focusing on the content I want in the site. I havn't gone too deep into how I will animate my site.