Artist's Website 3

Very Apple Style site, loads of space, simple and plain. I like the site, there is not too much of imagery or text but just the formal page with all the content of the site. I think a slide instead of the image in the centre would have been more interactive, but still a very high rated site.

Artist's Website 2

http://www.ppw.uk.com/
Recently I have seen quite a lot work presented through the same style of flash file. Firstly it takes pretty long to load up then when I clicked on some of the pictures they were half outside the window, I just couldn’t view the complete image.


http://www.profero.com/uk/
No ideas why this site is famous but I don’t see anything amazing. It’s a standard site with loads of space empty. No such logo, just a typeface. Limited colour palate with formal text.


http://www.shawnmcdonaldmusic.com/
It’s obvious that this is a personal site, simply because the artist has put his picture at the top centre of the page. Use of soft colours with formal style of font has been used for the page. No such imagery, the only problem I had with this site is the scroll bar didn’t work. I had to dragged the mouse to the scroll bar and then move it up or down, couldn’t use a roller mouse for some strange reason.


http://www.magicsocket.com/
Each and every page of this site is linked to the previous one through the road where the user can play a race. The site is just one long page and that is why the racing game is possible. I played the race, couldn’t win.

http://www.neilduerden.co.uk/

This is one of the portfolio sites I came across while browsing to see how other people have presented their work on web. The work is amazing and so colourful. The site deserves a visit.

Artist's Website 1

Links of Artist’s website that I look at

http://www.6beersofseparation.com/
This is a 3D site, very unusual from the standard websites. 1st thing they ask is if the user is over 18 or not. Very limited colour palate but the site has a casual look. Graffiti style has been used on a 3D wall.


http://www.talktofrank.com/basement.aspx
Very dark site, just by looking at the way the site is presented through pictures, user can tell it has something to do with drugs. I guess the images are taken in basement and it has a feel of filthiness and dirtiness. The site has two sets of navigation, one on top and one at the bottom of the page, with some sound when user browses around the page.


http://www.missingink.com/
The logo suits the site name, where the water is dropped on the typeface. White background with black text has been used for the site; navigation bar is set just after the logo. There is nothing so extraordinary about the site but is still come up as one of the best site according to the magazine .net issue 187.


http://www.nanozoom.net/swf/home.html
Timeline style has been used for the site, interesting work, and loads of space at the centre of the page. Dark tones of colours have been used. Personal opinion would be its quite depressing layout and feel with instrumental music.


http://www.otterball.com/
An interactive site, I quite like the format of the site. All the images are links to the sites, which are rather similar if compared. The moved of the images on the page due to the movement of the mouse is the best things about the site. Something new and different.

Statements I read

Jannica Honey
http://www.jannicahoney.com/info/statement/

Kathleen Harper
http://www.ebsqart.com/Artists/cmd_3794_profile.htm

Hilary Williams
http://web.utk.edu/~hwilli15/explorations/writing/statement.html

The Competitions

The competitions that I have looking at over the internet are all related to photography, as my single project is also based on photography. Here are some of the sites that I have recently visited to find a competition of my preference
http://www.britisharts.co.uk/competitions.htm
http://www.shootexperience.com/
http://www.photographers.co.uk/html/photography-competitions.cfm
http://www.fotothing.com/competitions/

Xing game

During week 4 we played the Xing game, which was about the things that should be taken into account while doing a business, such as strategies, actions, development etc. This was my first time I played the game and thought it was very different from usual games. There was a theme to construct the business from base to goal.