poster design 3D modeling...i luv lightwave...huhuu ^^

omg...been so long since the last post i made for this blog.....nevermind la....no one wanna see my blog either (emo mode: ON).....

ok...first thing to comment about this term....CRAZY LIKE HELL!....dammit.... =.= ....thanks to the ADM subjects.......gaaaah......i hate drawing background.....

anyway, 1 of my fren sed she want to see my poster design....ah, i mean chen..hehee.....ok here it is...chen, comment yea!....awas klu ngak!.... =p



awkay, time to refine my superduperreallyuglyROUGHsketch animatic storyboard for next project....
bye~

2nd year 3rd term....[complete]

hwaa.....atlast..our 2nd year on studying at The One Academy (hehee...sajeer put the hyperlink.. =p) finished!.. =D man..the time pass by, feels soo fast...

a lot of things happened during this term....started from break down mood for photography class 'cus Wei Meng keep rejecting my final project proposed idea...but finally she agreed with my 4th idea....and the final result is actually not that bad...thx to my classmates who cheer me up during the photo shoot session!hahaa..thx guys......ngg........i mean girls..... =p

right..than after that...my first colourful design was BORN!!...omg....its so hard to do colour combination i tell u..-__-"....ok..im talking about the F&N redesign website.....read my previous post for more detail...the struggle of me choosing multiple colour from the colour pellet on my sidebar-photoshop-interface.....

next...video class...having trip down to Malacca...with whole class+armed with heavy-duty video equipment..........fit in 1 car....0.0.......chen got the story of it if u interested can found here....

okay...the last one...which is i really looking forward in it is......desig[NERD] website!...xD... my class original member decided to create our own online portfolio website...called desig[NERD] as the domain...and each of us having our own sub domain....this hols gonna full of designing interface for the domain and individual sub domain.....i hope..laziness go away-__-.....woohuuu....updates about it later ya!....

ok that's it for now...tonite gotta do packing...'cus tomorrow leaving Malaysia...back to Indonesia...ahahahahh...

owya...1 more thing.....gud luck for tomorrow video presentation guys..nggg....girls.......sorry i cant join the fun with u guys!...errgh....girls-__-"....

hehee...c ya!...

upgrade...

Last week got a small presentation on our website re-design project....with a guest lecturer Wai Khong came in to give us his opinion on the design and all.....so for me i got a few suggestion on how to improve on my design.....which is...

- really need a box as a background?....or try on replacing it with an F&N logo shape...
- background image too messy...tone down a bit...
- content design boring...too common...nothing special...wasted xp
- menu on the right side is not a good idea...not really practical way in designing a website arrangement...
- soda can colour too dirty...make it lighter....
- main page typo is good....but must telling something...not just show design...

Ok...and than based on that suggestion i came up with this layout...

For main page...



About history page....



About vision page...



Brands Coca-Cola page...



News latest events page...



Business vending page...



Business vending equipment models page..


*pop-up page

Contact location page...



That's it...the 8 re-design pages for F&N website......will start on HTML coding soon...
comments?.....

...warewolf beware...bewarewolf 0.o?...

Photograph that i took at the middle of the night....showing full moon 0.0.....ok it just happen when i look out side the window..than saw this scenery.....than i took the picture........what was i said just now?...hhh, dunno...too sleepy and tired already to type down something....whatever i cant to say than i type.... *so random ^^"...

Ok, so here it is....enjoy =p



Edit the colour with photoshop cs3 camera raw and do a little bit tight cropping....

Ok...that's it for now...gonna do something else already...which is...secret...hehee =p

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Actually just continue doing research for my web design project ^^....see ya later....

quickUpdate...

After a few rounds of critic sessions, I've come up with this layout as the home page...



Some of the change that i made from the previous version are: background colour more lighter and some other colour corrections, soda can design, company logo not hiding anymore (sir, really I'm not intended to hide it in the previous version... f(-__-"), main menu and sub menu move to above the fold with adding a little design on it to make it not look boring.....

Okay, that's it for now....will post another page as soon as possible...or some updates version....

Critic...or comments...anyone?.... 0.o

why's first colourful design... =D

Okay, i got a client...which is required me to re-design their current website...its about drink...yea its F&N Malaysia's website ^^....So before starting the design process i did some research about the competitors as you see in my previous blog and also their current website, list of products, and some other important stuff to look at...i found out this few key words: refreshing, energy, youth, lifestyle, colourful, fun, happy to start of with as my guide line....

Start of the design process with some sketches, roughly draft out the grid line and i come up with this final layout digital version...



Ok, that's not the final layout that i come up with until Mr.Chong commented on it...its too boxy, certain stuff dunno what they will do for the layout, no text, and the lack of concept behind....i admit that, because this is just the trail version, sir.. f(^^"...

So this is the first actual layout that i have...but still need to think about the tag line....hmmm...



Ahahahahhh...its so colourful! ^^...yea because that's one of the identity of this company....colourful....so, yea........................Actually its still not that colourful enough as what the first impression of the title of this post tell...

The colourful stuff based on the Coca-Cola's wave, representing the freshness it can bring to you and for the colour its the combination of the colour that you can found in their brands (Coca-Cola, F&N Fun Flavours, 100 Plus, Seasons, Fruit Tree)....the blank can represent the company, so all those brands (a.k.a colourful stuff) combine under one company, F&N Coca-Cola (M) Sdn Bhd. (a.k.a can)...And you may also noticed that the layout has a frame but suddenly on the left hand side the colourful stuff go out of the box...it actually did on purpose, which is...this products will give you more that what you expected from a beverage...it give you a "break free" kind of refreshing.......

double box.....

Not a very good overall website, because of the navigation...abit confusing at first time...but its using a nice typography arrangement....Its easy to read, and background also play an important role in leading our eyes to browse the page....

Screen shots example....

rata kiri...

This website for Studio Output is another example of a goo usage of typography...all the text are align to the left making it all looks constant....Beside that, they also highlight the important content or message, with the different size to the font and also the font weight...different colour...and or highlight it with some glow (for roll over fx)....making it clear with the hierarchy.....

Some example screen shots about the website....



For this page....white colour for the title and also header...blue for content..



Header still white, content orange....its because in different page level with the previous picture....and some glowing fx for the mouse roll over.......Hierarchy by using different font size....



Inside page (the real content...) even using different colour for the background...depends on the project itself.....

purely typography...

Website that only has text inside...purely typography.....This website - Matafuka - is an online portfolio for a design company...or someone?....to showcase their work online...more to the collection of link (port) to the work itself.....

This unique arrangement of text is really catch the eyes....because of the blank-pure-plain-white background...and took a large area some more...its kinda give some contrast to the content itself, which is only take a small part of the overall layout...

Some few screen shot showing the example of the website....



After the click, it will show the submenu...



Click again...and you will get the detail and link to the actual work...

keep simple...simple...

A website for a design company called Treibhaus Wien is using a simple typography arrangement but still can tell the information clearly and yes still looks interesting...One of the elements that catch my attention is the clever use of hierarchy.....

Screen shot for main page....

As you can see, the very left-end line is reserved only for a title...and than after that indent a bit inside (to the right) is for a main menu navigation, after that sub menu......and so on....And one more thing, for the header of each segments, they use a simple icon...which is this []...to give more attention for people to it, beside of the normally used method font weight aka bold....

.....29.....

hehee.....post number 29....nothing....its just about that NUMBER...29.....love this one.....29..... =)

executive summary......

F&N Coca-Cola (M) Sdn Bhd. is a company serving a daily life beverage, to fulfil a variety of need, from accompanying you hang-out with your friends, until those athlete who need an extra energy.....From those basic knowledge, i can take some few keywords to help me developing an idea for the new website....which is...refreshing, energy, youth, lifestyle, colourful, fun, happy...

5 different brands to suit 5 different situations......Coca-Cola, as everyone know, this brand is one of the most famous beverage in the world...the unique flavour give you the freshness inside......F&N Fun Flavours, best serve for your family gathering, offering 10 different flavours will satisfied all the family members...who have personally different favorite flavours......100 Plus, for you who are active in everyday life, replace essential electrolytes in your body and give an extra energy you lost on your activities.....Seasons, 11 different flavours that really close to the Asian people's daily life.....Fruit Tree, natural fruit drinks...

Handling 5 different brands in 1 company is not an easy task...Its more to how to combine the difference among the 5 brands, but yet still showing the uniqueness of each brands.......But not only that, the company profile should be the most priority here in the website...

Some of the stuff from their current website still remain, such as; about, business, contact us...and some others..which is i think not necessary important...are deleted, such as; corporate culture, press release and events (together combine in news section)......To make the overall content more solid and attractive, i also introduce some new sections, which is; news (reports and also upcoming events), entertainments (tv ads, download stuff, celebrity endorsements, games..), and FAQ (for people want to comments about the company, products, or website)....

Track back of what i said earlier, the design itself should mainly reflecting the refreshing feeling...because it can give some suggestion in time when you thirst to buy the products....That's one of the goal of doing this new website anyway: increase selling rates.....

competitor analysis....

Client: F&N Coca-Cola (M) Sdn Bhd.
URL : http://www.fn.com.my/

My client for the project is a website of F&N Coca-Cola (M) Sdn Bhd. this company basicly serve a beverage....well known brands such as Coca-cola, F&N, 100plus, etc....and i have to redesign their website, but still must retain the corporate identity, necessary informations, and adding some missing important elements....



Current website....its not that bad actually, its just that they more concentrate for the company/ investor user rather than consumer user....I can see the point here why they do it in this way, its clearly showing that as the "mother" website, it serve as a company establishing website, to build reputation and all...You can tell it by looking at the menu and submenu they have, its all about the company's self esteem...and they provide the link to the rest of the products they have....but its better for them to give just a simple clue for the products they have, about the brands, nutritions, that kinda stuff....

By analysing some of the competitors will get much more clearer idea of how to improve this website....lets see......

...Gatorade...
(http://www.gatorade.com/)



Start of with Gatorade...an energy drink...Contradict with F&N's website, this one is more to the consumer-based website...they provide so much information of how people NEED they products to replace the missing ion and liquid in our body as we do even an everyday-life activity.....Its a good way though...its quite convincing and some more supported with the fact from their scientist to prove it....My favorit page from this website is "The Lab: Gatorade Sport Science Institute" page....bellow is the screen shot....



From this page you can explore their laboratory....just for fun...and at the same time you can get the rough idea of how this company working environments, how clean, etc. without they telling you with the boring text of paragraph....but history about them? also got...Further, they have showing a famous people who use their products, celebrity endorsement....They also provide the user with something to download...with it, they actually give an image of "giving presents" for those who coming to visit their website....Again, about the image in consumer's point of view...

...Mountain Dew...
(http://www.mountaindew.com/)



Next its Mountain Dew....Fully Flash website....as you can expect it lots of animations transitions....Just like Gatorade, this website also a consumer-based...but instead of having a lot of informations about the scientist proven facts, they fully utilise the flash site they have to give more user experience exploring they website...and some more have game!TRANSFORMERS xD ...interesting.....The rest is almost the same concept with Gatorade, offering something to download, celebrity endorsement, history....

...Pepsi...
(http://www.pepsi.com/)



Last....Pepsi...this famous brand also have a website more to the consumer-based...have a lot of entertainment and music...This website is quite unique for me because to handle that much informations they have, they specially build another website to handle each informations...so it will go back and forth between those website.....but....this website is nice..and the rest of the website (which is the one who handle the informations) is just another normal kinda layout..Its ok, but just dont look consistent and under one family....

So what i get from this analysis is out there more of those other famous brands are giving priority to a consumer rather than an investor....Giving more attention to the consumer is another way to increase the popularity or the company's self esteem...Giving merchandise, wallpaper to download, or music will make the consumer "take" the brand itself to their life....

Important points:
. history of the company (establishing image)
. corporate identity
. colour scheme through out the website
. unique identity of each products (logo, colour, etc...)
. entertainments (collection of tv ads, music)
. interactivity of the user (download stuff, games)
. celebrity endorsement

quiksilver's website

URL: http://au.quiksilver.com/

At the first time you go to this website you will notice that they will ask you "where are you?" place...to have an idea of what content that suitable to your location....yes..this is a obviously an international-known brand....Quiksilver is a brand that mostly ofering a products that related to a teenage-life (t-shirs, denims, and all) with the extreme sports (skateboard, surf, and all)...

Screenshot for the "where are you?" page....choose one...



This website..looking from its content..is so well organize...as i told tou before it even separating their products based on where the users are...so the users wont encounter the "sorry this products not available in your area" page...which is very annoying....All the menu that you need to access to their products is located in the top of every page...using drop-down menu to make it simple...yet effective way to save a space in overall design...and the user will easily get what they want..simply just by one...or two clicks away...Eventhough its a boxy kind of layout...but still it not static...because of the image that keep on changing every few seconds...but unfortunately its only for the main menu...Another things that good about this website's main menu is it has a direct link to the promotional item by them...so that we will never get out-dated in term of they new products...

Typography...fonts quite easy too read...not to big, not too small...but they got 1 fatal mistake, on the gallery page some part of the text are overlaping with the picture..totally cannot read.. -____-" hope they fix it sooner....

Basicly they devide the page in to two part...top and bottom...where they put all the content on the bottom part...and the supporting image as well as the menu logo and all that stuff on the top part..

Screenshot for the home page...



There you see..text overlaping with the image...



One of my favorit part that atract me in a website is if they have a playlist on it...to suit the mood when you go to their page...and this website DO have a playlist inside...but again.....error.....the text overlaping (again!) with the flash music player image....man.. -___-

Screenshot...see lah..



Besides all those error thingy, i like this website because of the simple plain white background..and the image choosen...really reflecting the characteristic of the products...which is free, young-energy, and style....

cathedral..at jakarta.....what's the name??

Not for school project...this picture was taken during last term break..at Jakarta...just for fun..heheeh.....I found out that it looks nice..no such a building like that in my hometown btw...



Edit abit using photoshop to enhance on the colour and overall mood....Think its good enough to put it here...so..enjoy..

scanography.....drawing with..scanner..

Okay...starting our lesson of photography class...got assignment which is creating an image using scanner..aka scanogram....because that is the first lesson, so we not raelly understand how to use our camera...that's why she asked us to use scanner....

*man..apaalah yang kw bilang yu... f(^^""

Now..a bit serious...one fact that i love from this scanogram method is the really small depth-of-field...covered in the focus area...it produce a unique images....more similar to the macro photography....but not really the same also....

Here are my work doing scanogram method...my camera lens..and a walkman...

The double coating glass in the lens creating a colour in the end result...actually i'm not realize its going to be that obvious the colour.....

See..in this image you can tell how small the DoF in the image creating with scanner.....this walkman looks abit like a compact camera in some point...nah, nolahh..

Small DoF...no prespective...un-natural lighting...characteristic of a scanogram image..

MTV's website

URL: http://www.mtv.com/

Another template-based kind of website...for MTV...but eventhough its a boxy type of website, it still manage to give the impression of MTV's characteristic...fluid and dynamic, to suit the music and celebrity trend in one particular time...by doing the ramdomize background every time you visit another page....that's one of the point will attract user to surf their website...

..Thats the good point about that...

Theres also a bad point for that..well at least for me..which is....sometimes the background graphic too much -__-....It makes it too blend with the important content..distracting...

As you can see the example from 2 different page got 2 different background...

...Home page...



...Music page...



Another good points for this site..to make a more dynamic experience for user when browsing this site is...the alphabetical list to find an artist....theres a lot of artist out there now, and grouping them based on their initial in one of the way to make it easier to organize...

nikon's website

URL: http://www.nikon.com.my/

Nikon is one of the leading company in digital imaging in the world..Their website, here in Malaysia, also quite interesting and organize...and the most imprtantly...user friendly...basicly they use the same layout concept for other region, even for the global site...They do this way to suit the broad range of their target audiance..start from early teenagers (who like to take the snapshots of their friends for fun) until those adults (who really dedicated their life for professional photography)...Even when the first time visiting this website, i think people wont get confuse...And also user will get what they wat easily..ony have 3 level of pages...Still dont want bother to click?..use the search facility on top there...

We will easily locate the navigational drop-down menu buttons..i think because of the small icon next to it..and also the font weight..its bold... 0.0

In general, they using 3 types of layout..1st you can find in the Home Page and Products..which is contain 2 columns, with the one on the left showing more spacific

and detail info and on the right is more like a "shortcut" for you to easy access on to their products...

Screenshots of the home page...

And here is the screenshots for the products page...

Okay, the next layout is when you go deeper inside the products page..and you'll have something like this (see pic below..) For this 2nd layout, it has 3 main area, which is pictures of the product from many angle, general information (price, kit lens, brochures, etc..), and the specific informations (main features, tech specs, related products, ,etc...)

Screenshots of a detail products page...

And the last one is a layout for service&support, news room, where to buy, nikon hub, and links..which is diplaying a pics and text, for informative part..and a thumbnail for a related links...

Screenshot for news room...

As for the grid system...they just play save...using the same header and footer for all the pages (except for main and products page..they insert a flash animation to make the page looks "life")..

new things to come..

Okay..back from a wonderful term break...a lot of new things to come! Since the 1st week..we got a lot of assignment to do^^""

Start Monday with web design 2 -tutorials- class..test...ok its not a strassful test btw...but more to the re-view back with all those stuff that we learn from last term web design 1..designing a page, puttin' contents, slicing pages, and bulid the html using dreamweaver...but, the thing is we given only 2 hours to finish all that!!...kiddin', they let us finish it at home..and submit it this thursday..hehee.. =D

Next..Tuesday....photography class...yeaay!at last..ahahahah xD Our first class is basicly talking about "the history of photography"..type of camera from the clasic until the most canggih one...owh yea!and we also have a chance to experience using a large format camera...yea its LARGE FORMAT CAMERA xD

*One of my photography book also does said that "If you ever get a chance to use one (large format camera), even for a few hours, it is an exparience not to be pass up."

For you who dont know how does it looks like...it looks like the picture bellow..



Ok..after that, Wednesday...digital video...sounds like fun...and stressfull.. ^^" I dont know, meybe because its new to me..hope that some of my knowledge in photography can help me survive in this class also..yesterday Kenny only talk about the "role" in the project (such as; producer, director, DoP, and all...) and sharing about his experience in this video world..

And than, still on the same day...consumer behaviour and marketing class...not much to say...but it end a bit late..the class untill 9.30pm..gosh....

Last but not least...Thursday..web design 2 -lecture-...i never thought this class will be so much fun ^^ a lot of sharing about design and web world that i never think about before...Looking forward to the next class.. =)

Alright, thats it for now...
see ya..

website tutorial layout_how to do stencil graffiti

Finished my layout for web design class, by skipping class today...hhh.. -__-"
Anyway, i'm quite happy with the result...hmm, what you guys think?



For more detail, see below..


Famous works page

Profile page

Home page

Welcome page

Gears page

Tutorials page (1)

Tutorials page (2)

Tutorials page (3)

Tutorials page (4)

Im thinking about giving some graphic at the background, but afraid it will look too messy..So if you guys got any free time (which i doubt about it ^^") leave some comments or suggestions to improve, key?!

Thanks before~