Set 7 gets rid of the bark texture and lets the pictures do the talking

set 6, last of the older style

Basically the older style has the bark as a major composition element.

if that link to the clickthrough model doesn't work, try these

small shifts, and a prototype link

I'm working my way towards some key decisions this weekend. Namely, can I be satisfied producing the prototype for the Summer Solstice website with some sliced JPEGs and HTML? How much better can I present this concept for a mini-site to the National Park Service with just a little more polish, and one or two animated files for good measure?

More aesthetic variations on previous efforts are what I intend to present this week. This time the image files are linked together with HTML pages and hosted on my server. You can find the images here: [link] (if link breaks, try http://www.limcaco.com/gr605)

Even better news: I get my SLR back from the repair shop today, so I have the next two weeks to get some bonfire pictures for the front page...hopefully.

One more round of non-clickable art

I thought I had a shot at creating some quickly deployable image-map pages, but instead I produced what you see below. I like where the art is going, and once I figure out some interface and organizational strategies, I think I'm ready to slice this weekend using proxy graphics. I plan on shooting some bonfire footage at Ocean Beach but need to gather a crowd to do this. Also, my camera comes back from the repair facility tomorrow, so I'm waiting for that too.

Updated Navigation Elements

This screen "capture" reflects the addition of a media player element, for photo or video, alongside a text area with a scrollbar controller. I have some misgivings about having so much text that a scrollbar is needed. Also, I want to implement this site without Flash, frames, or anything that isn't an open standard. There may be too many glowing elements on this page. I hope to flesh out some of the other pages tonight in class.

I just remembered the reason for my blog title

I suddenly remembered Alex's question from week 3 or so, concerning the title of this blog. Better still, I remembered the real answer, too. You see, I used to be a much larger person (about 40 pounds heavier before I started grad school a year ago) so that's where the bold part comes from. The oblique part can either be attributed to being Asian (think about it for a second) or having an different point of view.

Okay, back to work.