web art & design

Gianni Wise . USYD . Tin Sheds . Faculty of Architecture . Course blog

19/10/2010

wk 12 last week before assessment

superbad. See link in post below. Yes superbad is a good example of exploration – and a sense could be seen as a metaphor/ trope for your mind. The mind is how we construct a sense of who we are. Thus it has a much to do with with self perception and identity.

This the last tutorial week of this course. You will bring in your projects. I will talk individually to everyone about progress.

Next week you will have 1 hr to prepare for your presentation. Only a few minutes. Show your site. Discuss in terms of theme and development of the idea. Give me final product on a CD and I will transfer to my drive.

13/10/2010

final assessment

Mark sheet Web Art & Design AWSS2028
Final mark + feedback semester 2 /2010 Gianni Wise

Name & No: _________________________
FINAL MK: ______ /100 (______/110>100)

Major project concept (due week 6 ) /10
Some potential here. Could see the development of a interesting concept. If only you had more time!
Diary/blog + report + attendance + partci’n /35
1. Blog as a diary –
2. web research report –
3. attendance + participation –
4. one online art project - post

1 class exercise /15
Based on: 1. functionality 2. aesthetics

MAJOR WORK /50
Major Web Project: (due week 13) 50%
• Theme followed & Strength ( /20) does this interpret theme clearly?
• Visual Realisation ( /20) visually. interest. as an art /design medium? online?
• Technically proficiency ( /10) functionality.. (Firefox on mac/PC)

Assessment 1 notes 1. use of index.html 2. make sure u not move images or other media (after u set up u site) 3. check links. 4. test in browser. 5. don't upload to a free web host. They don't work.

wk 11

Considering spaces for contemporary art and design for the Web. An examination of the multiplicity of uses artists/designers make of the world wide web. Attempting to identify broad trends within such uses - web galleries, online projects, net.art, examples and exceptions.
net.art
web based gallery
gallery Paik
Josef Beuys
audio & use of basic html
motion as art and ID (waste of time or not?)
super bad {see narratives as art}
design is kinky
photo as identity
web waste as art
monitored as art
animal logic
sharp unique look
Flash workshop (brief). audio etc.
sound_in_a_button
Studio development of major project.

22/09/2010

wk 10 after break

More Flash: buttons & links, more on pen tool etc.
Some audio. More on integration.

Your site. Progress and possibilities

FLASH extra stuff::
drag an object
image panning

15/09/2010

Week 9

Flash/Photoshop animation within Dreanweaver for your site. Sound and javascript fun. Adding a movie maybe from u phone.

javascript exercises for techo heads

B.Javascripting: just a language.
NOTE: 1. Look at the placement of the javascripting in the head and then in the body
something to try ::
Firstly create a new site (site>new) - set up root folder with 2 sub folders (named pages & assets). Then create a page. Place an image or text in the centre. Use this as your entry page. Do these basic exercises to get the idea of javascript.
Remember to copy and paste code in the correct places
exercise 1: create a new window. Go to:
netmechanic
Insert the script. Save doc. Preview in browser.

exercise 2:
1. find 5 images. Resize them all to 200x200pixels. Save all as jpeg (save for web).
RELOAD page – new image:
Try this tutorial:
tutorials/reloadswap

exercise 3: AND if you’re feeling confident try this drag and drop script that works with most broswers:
dragdrop

exercise 4: Take on of these and try one of them.
cutindex

exercise 5
OPEN multiple windows. Make 3 extra pages and save same folder as your ‘parent’ page. Name them appropriately e.g. pop1.html, pop1.html etc.
Javascript that will pop up an additional rather than replacement window.

Using the open() method , you can assign the windows to different locations and a new window will be generated, leaving the old intact. Use the same rules as above for the open method. (ex 1)
Ex:
open("pop1.html","pop1","width=300,height=300,left=100,top=110")
open("pop2.html","pop2","width=300,height=300,left=100,top=100")
open("pop3.html","pop3","width=500,height=300,left=100,top=90")
open("picpopup.html","carney","height=211,width=160,left=80,top=80")

13/09/2010

15 Sept wk 8

1. using rollovers in DMW
2. assessment 15% - ... assessment exercise. Probably take 2hrs.
3. digital and online art
image from artmap
Check out this reference:: identity-personal
Some points from this linked site:
"What am I? What sort of things, metaphysically speaking, are you and I and other human people?
What are we made of? Are we made up ONLY of PHYSICAL matter, just as stones are, or partly or wholly of something else?
OR perhaps some sort of process or event?
Are we material things - human animals: you are made of the same matter as a certain animal, but you and the animal are different things because what it takes for you to persist is different (Wittgenstein)
DO we really exist? Or are just what we imagine ourselves to be?









Take THIS QUIZ
Free sound project LOGIN: ganat PASSWORD: yesthatsme
Jonnie DARKO film (sound & layout)
ecotopia (sound)

01/09/2010

Wk 6 Sept 1

Photoshop continued. (add media - quicktime movie/swf/animation.)

Advanced work with Major project concept due. (in class discussion + peer review) 10%
Review should take half an hour with one other student. (see outline for questions).
Then update or start a concept in Photoshop.
Do a blog posting based on this updated concept.
Then find a new art based site that could contribute to the development of your site. Post it and explain why. maybe with a screen capture.

Considering colour as a design element. Examining the use of colour in a array of recent contemporary art websites. Photoshop and for planning.
HERE are some images from sites that consider colour (ref: artfutura)
and artfutura blog


Also WHITEBOX





Source: electro boutique

25/08/2010

umag

umag is a great resource