Week 14 Outside of Class

Outside of class, I've created graphics that i'll use for my webpage. The first image will be placed on the side of the page and will scroll as the user scrolls. The second image will be placed at the top of my webpage and act as a banner for it. This graphic will pull the user in and make it more interesting overall. Since my subject matter already has plenty of graphics already done for them such as comic panels, issue covers and posters, these graphics allow me to add my own touch and creativity to the webpage. Next, I plan to add many more sections to my webpage such as "Meet the Team" and a "Contact" section, both of which are essential for a webpage.

Week 14B

In class I've decided on the overall look and format that I might use for my webpage. Although I should have decided it earlier, the layout didn't look how I wanted it to as I began to work on it. The color choices and fonts are also much different than my style tiles. Similarly, I began to choose the colors and themes from my tiles and they didn't appear to fit the comic book style. From this point onwards I have a lot of work to add, although I do have it planned out and I know what i'm going to do.

Week 14A

In class, I decided to redo the basic layout of my page. When discussing my webpage with someone, I was told that my webpage followed the layout of those that were created years ago. In other words, it was an old and outdated layout. With this new style, the elements in my webpage will be able to flow more freely and won't be as contained as before. The boxes are temporary until I add text and images. My next step will be to add text to all of my boxes, followed by creating/using the images that I will use for the webpage.

Week 12 Outside of Class

Over the weekend, I came up with two different style tiles for my webpage. Although I enjoy both of these themes, I'm unsure if they reflect the product that i'm supporting. I tried to incorporate a bit of the comic book style with the banner at the top which I think was very successful, but I do need more comic book style elements in it. I believe the biggest change I could make that would accomplish this would be maybe changing the background and giving it a different texture, as they're very smooth and not as stylized like comics and cartoons usually are. Overall, I plan on sticking with either of these color themes and fonts however, but I will do more tweaking to my final page.

Week 12A

In class, we had formed groups and brainstormed different layouts for our webpage together. There were many unique ideas that inspired me to try different things. I wanted to avoid having generic and boring layouts, so I arranged my boxes in a unique way that is still logical and easy to read. I'm leaning more towards the first layout, as it's a little more unique while not having content scattered everywhere. The third is also an option, although i'm unsure if having columns with information inside them would be easy to read. For images, I plan to add the illustrations that the author published. I've also had an interesting idea to add the comic's panels as the background too.
I've given and received different tips on how to improve our webpages, one of them being the possibility of a slideshow. I'll definitely consider adding a slideshow if it's possible, however i'm unsure how to do it and it does seem somewhat complicated. For a webpage based on a comic, i'm also unsure if it's necessary. It's also important to focus on the early stages of this project, as I've been thinking ahead and coming up with different ideas of how the webpage would look. It's crucial that I have the basics finished before working on the style itself.

Week 11 Outside of Class

Outside of class, I've read two PDFs that gave tips and tricks on how to be more proficient at coding in HTML and CSS. Although the final result isn't too aesthetically pleasing, I enjoyed messing around and using different commands that I never knew I could use, such as giving text background color and changing the default spacing between letters. Most of the things in the HTML PDF I've already known from class, but most things in CSS I didn't know how to do before.

I've also done more research on the "Kickstarter" project that I'd like to create a webpage for. The project that I had chosen and decided to research was "Tommy Gun Banshee". In addition to finding information such as the story and team working on the comic, I've also done more background research on the era that the story takes place in. I've found a lot of additional information, although i'm unsure if it needs to be included, such as the budget used to create the comic. Overall, this information sparked many new ideas that I could use for my webpage, and i'm pretty excited to get started on it.

Week 11B

Based on feedback from other students, the kickstarter that I had chosen to create a webpage for was "Tommy Gun Banshee". Although it was not my first choice, it offers more information than the other two projects which would greatly benefit me in creating a webpage. More than the other two comics, "Tommy Gun Banshee" has a strong theme that I could incorporate into my webpage since it was based during a certain time period. To create this webpage, i'll need to do a lot of background research on the 1920s noir aesthetic. It also seems to be the project that most people are interested in in general. My first choice would have been "SpaceCooler" most likely, but unfortunately it did not have as much information as the project other student's voted for, so it would be a little more difficult to create a webpage for it. SpaceCooler only speaks about the plot and provides a few illustrations, but does not provide a lot of additional information aside from that.