Out of the Blue Web Project:

Goals:

Personal:

1. To re-familiarize myself with web design

2. To feel comfortable with various web programs and to be able to communicate that understanding to clients.

Professional:

1. To design and create a website from the ground up.

2. To receive compensation for the work I complete.

3. To make a website that is easy to use and update.

Exploratory:

1. To learn how to make updates from other computers.

2. To learn how to create links and moving icons.

3. To feel comfortable with iweb design.

4. To find other web design programs that I like.

Project Description

For this web site I am working with the owner of the store, Out of the Blue to create an online database that showcases her collection of African art. The site will be educational as well as consumer oriented. The goal is to guide the shopper through an interesting, informative and unique site that will ultimately lead them to purchasing African art.

Specific Products of Study

Influences

hamillgallery.com

artheos.org

randtribal.com

discoverafricanart.com

iweb tutorials

Specific Technical and Research Issues

Build photo catalogue

Build info catalogue

Choose template for site design

home page

All Tribes page

All Objects page

Individual tribes pages

Individual Objects pages with Gallery

Individual Objects of Tribe page

Individual Object with info page

Contact Information page

African Art statement by owner

Bio about owner and store

Links to favorite books, websites, and other gallery sites

Music for site

Quote for cost of work

Time line for Project Out of the Blue

October 2: Meeting with Kathleen to discuss layout of the website and assignment of check list

October 5: Check in with Kathleen to decide next meeting time

October 9: 11am meeting with Kathleen to go down check list and discuss price

October12 or 14: Work on uploading all info

October16:11am meeting with Kathleen to collect photo and info discs

October23:11am meeting with Kathleen to collect written bio and african statement

October24:Get the rest of check list done

The website currently up for Carrillo Underwater Systems is
carrillounderwater.com
The main focus for this site will be to update all the photos and re-vamp the layout.

The websites I am researching for Out of the Blue include:
hamillgallery.com
artheos.org
randtribal.com
discoverafricanart.com
I will be working from the ground up on this website so I need to brush up on my web knowledge.

Back to School

Well I am back in the lab after a long, hot summer. I have had a lot of time to think about what I want to do for my senior capstone. I want to investigate working on websites. There are two different businesses that are interested in letting me work on and create websites for them.

Carrillo Underwater Systems
The first business is Carrillo Underwater Systems, it is my dad's business. The company sells underwater deep sea dive equipment. He needs a site where people can view his new product line and check out all the specs. I want to create an engaging site that people want to look at. The company is based out of Brookings, right on the beautiful Southern Oregon coast. I want to feature his products in their natural environment. I plan on photographing his new line and using the template of his website that is already laid out.

Step 1. Talk to Robert and find out what he has already done with the site
Step 2. Work on a proposal for the site
Step 3. Photograph the first product line
Step 4. Collect the written information on the product
Step 5. Collaborate with his publicist on the writing and information for the web site

Out of the Blue
The second company is Out of the Blue. It is a local Ashland jewelry and trade store. The owner, Kathleen focuses and specializes in African Art. She has an amazing collection of masks and tribal art pieces that she wants to feature on a site. Kathleen gave me a website that she would like to mimic. It is an impressive site that takes you through each tribe in Africa and which art they feature. This project is huge and I am not sure if I am capable of taking it on but I want to try.
Step 1. Research the website hamillgallery.com
Step 2. Find out what it takes to create that kind of a site.
Step 3. Start working with Kathleen to find out which pieces she wants to feature.
Step 4. Photograph the art that she has on hand.
Step 5. Create a database of all the information she has on each tribe and organize it.
Step 6. Research and catalogue the info on each piece.

I need to do a lot of digging and research before I can create a timeline.

This is one of my images that I am working on in photoshop. It is not completed...but I having fun with the program. This piece is illustrating the drive from the farm to the piglet's new home.

This is a photo of the baby piglet with a litter of pups. It actually nursed from the mother dog.
I love the expression on this pig's face!
Shawna Tenney is the artist for this take on "when pigs fly." I absolutely love this piece!
I am still trying to narrow down the little girl for my book.
This photo is absolutely amazing. I want to really express that good ol' hard working farm girl with one of my characters.

Pig photos

I am writing a kids book about a pig that we had, that escaped. I've just been cataloging photos of pigs for illustrations. I have most of the story already mapped out. I just need to get to work on illustrating and posting it.