Flash Drawing Interface

Last time I did a project that required a drawing interface I was sent one by Ian. Whilst it didn't help me last time this time it is perfect for the simple drawing based project that I am doing. I have amended the palette and remove the load and play function but it can be used to save the drawings using PHP coding. This is what it looks like:-

Ideas, ideas, ideas

These are some of the title blocks that I have come up with in keeping with my ideas.



This was my first idea before I decided to make the web space quite girlie. It is a bit more serious and I don't think it works very well, it's a kind of middle ground and doesn't have any really definite direction to it.



I like this one very much, it is colourful yet not garish. I think that with a white background this will work well.



Very simple but nice.



Again a simple idea to do candy stripes.

I would like to look at adding a style sheet to my web-page so that it can appeal to other age groups.
Maybe a choice of male/female/adult/child on the enter page might be nice.

Website design ideas

I am in a position now to start designing the look of my web space.
I have amended my idea slightly and I will use a flash drawing interface already online to allow the users of the art project to interact directly rather than upload drawings to the site. The suggestion was made by someone else when we were brainstorming persona ideas and it definitely makes more sense.
The persona of the person the web site is based on will be a girl of about 12 years old, she is artistic and enjoys being creative. She has a computer in her room and loves to find art and art games online.
Bearing these stipulations in mind I would like my web space to reflect a friendly and fun interface for this age bracket.

Ideas - Candy stripes, candy floss, floral patterns, bubbles. Bright colours but not too garish.


http://www.borntoquilt.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_80&products_id=3834&osCsid=30715a43558c9850d8c1dc5db3263c25


http://www.topbun.com/myspace-layouts/viewimage/164


http://www.creativemaking.co.uk/shop2/index.php?cPath=3_145&osCsid=9c1297f31c445f7c2a559e6ce4d6db7b


http://www.alisonellisdesign.com.au/NCframes.jpg


http://www.alisonellisdesign.com.au/NCVellum01.jpg

Looking for artists

I have been trying to research relevant movements and older artists rather than contemporary ones to related my project to, to get some historical presidence to compare with.

I have found a painting called The Angelus that was originally painted 1857-1859 as a commissioned piece by the artist Jean Francois Millet. The piece was later revisited by Salvador Dali and modified to his style.


The Angelus, Jean Francois Millet

Picture from http://www.cs.nyu.edu/~rastogi/blog/jottings/2005_08_01_archive


Archaeological Reminiscences of Millet's Angelus, 1933-35, Salvador Dali

Picture from http://www.colorado.edu/Sewall/kit/

Word Artists

In my search for new and exciting word art/artists I have found the following interesting and nice websites. Some are more successful than others but as before the ideas are nice.

www.tate.org.uk/netart/bvs/thedumpster.htm

The Dumpster - I love the interface very organic/fluid motion of the bubbles. The data is scrapped from blogs using searches such as the words 'dumped' and 'broke up'.

Screen shot:

"The Dumpster." The Dumpster. Tate. 1 Nov 2007 .

Exquisite Copse - Nice idea you choose from a list of books and enter a word and a tree grows from sentences in the book with your chosen word in. Simple concept (not sure the programming is though).

http://www.devoid.co.uk/exquisitecopse/grow.html

Screen shot:



"Exquisite Copse." Exquisite Copse. Devoid. 1 Nov 2007 .