First Post and Introduction
Sunday, January 07, 2007 2:49 PM
Welcome to my blog! My purpose for starting this blog was to 1)explore graphic/web design on my own and 2)to keep me on track for doing so. My goal is to publish something on a regular basis (say 5 posts per week) with projects (large and small) showing my progress and/or product in graphic design, web design, and web programming. My first post's project, then, is pretty much just the layout of this blog.
But first... introductions are in order. I'm currently a student at UCI, studying Film & Media Studies (they don't have a graphic design major here). I've been doing web and graphic design since the summer of 2000, when I first started learning HTML, and had to use some graphic programs to make web pages. Eventually, I got into making fanart wallpapers (which I still make to this day) for various TV and movies, and that of course spanned into learning graphic design in particular. It was only somewhat recently that I decided that I could make my hobby a professional thing. While I have always had an interest in it, I wasn't sure I could turn it into a career. In fact, I am still not sure if I can, but I decided to pursue a career path that I know I can enjoy and be happy with. I'm largely self-taught, especially in the area of web design, but I have taken a few classes that have helped me further my interests, like Macromedia Flash class. Otherwise, I try to keep myself up-to-date with the latest web news and trends by myself. To tell the truth, however, I only realized there was XHTML about a year ago, so, yes, I can be behind the times a bit (or all the time). I am currently trying to learn Javascript, and hopefully eventually I will learn PHP.
As for the design of this blog... I was trying to think of something that would fit the theme of this blog. A field of flowers seemed to resonate a kind of theme of thoughtfulness, and I added the moon because it relates to my name, and adds a kind of surrealness to the illustration. I created it entirely in Adobe Illustrator. It's actually the first illustrated composition I've officially done on that program, since I am kind of a newbie at it. It took me a couple hours to put the composition together, and then another few hours to make it into a comprehensible layout. Unfortunately, I'm lazy, and I've only made sure that this entire layout actually works in Firefox and Internet Explorer. I'll be sure to check it in other browsers, however.All in all, I'm disappointed that I had to start it on blogspot, but I don't currently have any other home for it, so it will have to stay a bit small for now until I can find/buy a home for it.
Link of the day:
Swirly Curls in Adobe Illustrator
Labels: Illustrator
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