Picking up where we left off.. Yuri and I decided it was missing something. Ultimately I decided it was time to pull out the big guns and to use an idea I had been saving for the new Dragon Interactive—tan stone. It would follow the same shape but add texture in order to make things more interesting. Smooth and black is cool but the grey was getting a bit dull…
So without further ado:
There were two main options for the navigation: to the left like in some of the previous drafts, or as a bar across the top (ie. the current version of aprilzero)
Problem with having it at the top is that assigning the buttons colors clashes with their category assignments. Also, it doesn’t do much for the overall shape of the site.
Starting to shape the site and try out new things.
Rounding off sharp corners and adding shadows/highlights.
Starting to experiment a bit here with the nav and elements. A bit of a 3d pad for the column icons, as well as a way to travel through time a few months back and forward.
And at the end of the day, after a bunch of other small decisions and changes…
and starting to fill up the content part…
Here’s my first exhibition — titled Nature I. Some of these, like the macaw you’ve probably seen before. But there are quite a few fresh ones as well. Hopefully this’ll be successful and there will be a lot more to come.
This is basically just a collection of all my (recent) nature photos that I thought […]
Many of you may know Mike — Michael Prasad from mediaStorm LA — who I mention once in a while and work with a lot. His father recently passed away and I had the unfortunate but rewarding experience of photographing and capturing the funeral.
I didn’t know his dad that well, but we talked every […]
Yesterday, after returning from UCLA (long story, future post), Narek and I went to go see the new Simpsons Movie (no work on weekends).
It was pretty decent. Many good laughs, though of course the plot and storyline were pretty silly. I’d say it was like a slightly better version of the cartoon. The graphics, while […]
I didn’t really like the direction things were going, though the icons are usable and the column details are pretty much finalized. Ultimately I decided to go with a 3d design, like a white counterpart to Dragon Interactive.
Not really sure where to go now, it’s a bit stuck. I sort of like it but I don’t think it’s ready to actually be workable. Perhaps some more illustration and texture is needed. Thoughts?
After a lot of work, http://noisefreak.com is finally up! Thoughts? No Comments »
A way to control the fans on a Mac Pro. Stuff like smcfan and other typical apps only work right on macbook type things and are configured for much smaller, higher rpm fans. No Comments »
Iron Man was easily one of the best movies I’ve seen. I might be a little biased since it is also my favorite comic and I really love the character, but it was definitely the best movie Marvel has ever made and one of my all time favorites. No Comments »
This video is amazing—an engineer’s guide to cats. No Comments »
After somehow losing all my 5 pairs of Sony EX-51’s (my and whaleaslad’s headphones of choice for the last 5 years) over the last few months, I reordered 2 last week. I’d previously complained (a lot) about how the iPhone and it’s horribly designed headphone port don’t work with most headphones (particularly the EX-51’s) and force you to get the (extremely crappy) Apple ones or something similar. Or take an exacto knife to it and cut off the extra molding, or get a bulky and annoying adapter, both of which I had done. Having received and opened my package today, I was delighted to see that the plug looked a little different. It had been reshaped and now fit the iPhone perfectly. +1 to Sony. No Comments »
