ixd104 week 02 reflection

Getting Iconic Icon Design You need to understand how these work, where they should appear, and how to create these. “capturing the essence of the object in as few lines as possible, while retaining its essence. Icons are tiny poems.” – Kyle Tezak Push those basic elements as much as possible.   Icons have history. […]

ixd104 week 01 reflection

Your blog should be a source of easy marks and should include: Reflection on what we have covered Research relevant designers/illustrators Mindmaps, sketches, wireframes and prototypes   Introduction to module and projects. Travel App in a nutshell. Icon set (5 icons) Icons of cities Simple interface Your own travel app Three screens Home (launch screen) […]

ixd104 week 06 group critique reflection/revisits

Week 06 Group Critique Below is some notes left on my work from my peers during week 06’s critique.     Tutor Critique  Retro feel Maybe make the logo a bit brighter as it gets lost against the black background launch and pick buddy look great ‘pick a planet’ maybe keep them the same width […]

ixd104 – creating travel app screens

Screens  welcome fade page – includes the name of the app and some of the icons/illustrations launch page- launch the spaceship pick a planet pick a space buddy planet select page(s) planet learn page(s) Some Progress screenshots     Screens ready for Group Critique Week 06 space buddies names come from the two of the […]

ixd104- Travel App Icons/Illustrations

Below is the icon set of planets I created for my app. I think all of them have their own characteristics and came out the way I wanted. I found creating them a little difficult as the curved shadow took a while for me to grasp how to smoothly create it. I did these icons […]

ixd104 – infographic icon designs

Below are icons I have created so far my infographic. As I’m covering the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster, I decided to create icons to represent each natural disaster/accident that took place. Most were created on Figma except the Tsunami icon/illustration. I struggled trying to create a shape that looked natural or look anything like a wave. […]

ixd104 – infographic visual research

Looking at infographics in general, to help get a sense of design and layout. Tsunami infographics visual mood board Earthquake infographics visual mood board Radiation infographics visual mood board Looking at any current infographics on Fukushima, found some very graphic ones that look to be part of a series. Looking at these are very helpful […]

ixd104 – Fukushima Daiichi Disaster

Informative Research on the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Disaster The Fukushima Daiichi accident began on 11 March 2011 and lasted three days. Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident. The Great East Japan Earthquake of a magnitude 9.0 did considerable damage. […]

ixd104- Travel App Research/Planning

Generating ideas on what I want to create for my travel app. I had three ideas – sights of Northern Ireland, an app that takes you to all the beauty spots, historical spots and hidden gems of Northern Ireland. The second being a Pub Crawl app, an app that helps you find local bars near […]

ixd104- travel icon recreations

Task – Recreate the below icons on either Figma or Illustrator. Original Icons Recreated Icons 8/8 Blue set 4/8 Pink Purple Set   Progress Screenshots of recreating these icons