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For creating my elemental characters, I drew up a bunch of weird and unique bodies shapes then drew a diverse range of facial expressions on a spectrum from happy to angry. This was to make the decision process much faster as it allowed me to reference each choice and see if they work with that…Continue Reading IXD301 – Developing & Sketches Elemental Characters

To begin our elements project we were given the task of organising and structuring raw text correlating to the periodic table into a spreadsheet to seek a collective relationship with one another. Kyle also included three articles where we can begin our research and dismantle what the raw text means. The raw text: H Hydrogen…Continue Reading IXD301 – Periodic Table Task

Dumb Ways to Die What is it? Dumb Ways to Die is an extremely popular and successful mobile app that lead a public campaign to spread awareness on train safety. It exploded in popularity with young adults and children during the early 2010s. Additionally, it included a catchy song that quickly rose in popularity due…Continue Reading IXD301 – App Inspiration – Dumb Ways to Die

Before I start initial concepts of my portfolio website, I need to gain inspiration and the familiarity of other portfolios. This will allow me to develop a strategic and stylistic plan for my website using the inspiration of others. As I have originally does something similar like this I will also be referencing the same…Continue Reading IXD301 Portfolio Research/Hero’s

One of the books Kyle has recommended to us is a short book by Ethan Marcotte called ‘Responsive Web Design’. This book does everything that it is set out to in the title. One of the biggest challenges in web design for me is to create a fluid and responsive design as I am new…Continue Reading IXD301 – Responsive Web Design Book Review

I decided to partake in a little bit of reading in which I found Mat Watkison’s book ‘The Grid: The Master Model Behind Business Success Book’. It is a book that describes a systematic framework to help evaluate and refine a product/idea by looking at the broader impact of strategic decisions to help identify the…Continue Reading IXD301 – The Grid: The Master Model Behind Business Success Book Review

  Before I started researching designers I need to have a firm vision of what I want my website to look like. A good way to do this is just by creating a collage of images on Pinterest. I find creating collages on Pinterest very beneficial to me as it allows me to discover, organize…Continue Reading IXD301 – Pinterest Portfolio Inspiration

After initially sketching out my wireframes I have quickly moved to digitising them on Adobe Illustator to get a better and more in-depth understanding of the visual design as well as validate the concept of my portfolio website. I’ve decided to colour code all of the elements in my wireframe. The formula is shown below:…Continue Reading IXD301 – Digitising Portfolio Wireframes

When creating a portfolio website, you have absolute creative freedom over the design of the site. Before starting my site, I generally had an idea of what I wanted it to feel like – simple, bubbly and representational of my values (references to my old website made last year). Below I will show the gradual…Continue Reading IXD301 – Portfolio Wireframe Sketches