Web-design project

In this project, my e-Communtications class was assigned to make a website with Dreamweaver. While I've done coding before and enjoy it, making a website was very new to me. We followed the instructions given to us in four parts when we made this site so the style and production wasn't up to us, but we were allowed to be a little more creative with color. I chose a light blue from the sky in the picture shown. Everything I did in this project was very new to me. While I've used coding, some of the codes used in this were different. I really enjoyed learning about them though and learned many things like how to easily link, create headings, add styles. Just about every step in this was an unfamiliar, but welcome, experience.
Because I was figuring things out as I went, it was harder to meet the deadline and I usually found myself just a few steps behind my classmates, but was able to get it done in time without starting over and with little trouble. Next time, I'd like to experiment with these designs- add gifs, colors, my own creativity! I might need more practice before I'm ready to go at it on my own, but I think- with a little help- I could create something really interesting. When that time does come, I'll incorporate most everything I learned through this project- especially that which involved adding colors and pictures. Without this project, I'm sure my style would be very bland and amateurish with no set design, background color, or contrast. In general, I'm just glad this project taught me so much. It's an interesting process that'll help me in any future career i choose to pursue, whether that be acting or P.R.

Dreamhouse Animation

 In this project, I was supposed to make a 'dream home' using Sketch-Up. I began with a city of glass but found it  too complicated and unrealistic, so i switched to a more realistic dream home idea. I decided I wanted a porch and minimal foliage, with a small overhang. After I made it, I experimented with materials like bricking and roofing. It was in the editing stage when I decided on the transparent fence. It pulled the project together more. While I'm well-versed in Sketch-Up, I learned quite a bit while making this. I had never tried a fence before, found a new, simpler way of making the roof, and adding animation to it. I wasn't aware Sketch-Up allowed you to do that and I can't wait to look into it more later. I met the deadline easily and had time to add stairs and more details inside the home. I would like to know how to do a railing for next time because I spent a lot of valuable time trying to experiment with that. I'm most happy with my offsetting and will definitely incorporate that in future projects as I've done in the past. For the next time I use Sketch-Up, I'd most like to remember how I pushed my roof up easily. I had known a more complicated way of doing it, but it took too much time and I'm glad to have found a simpler tool. All in all, I wish I had done more with the porch because that one chair looks really lonely even though i didn't want to put too much there. Looking back, I also wish I had put lights on the underneath side of the overhang. It would've been a nice detail to feature and it would've given the overhang a more productive purpose.