Moodboard

Website Review

Martha Steward

Very organized website with noticeable page description that help us to identify our position. Each page have the same style, only different color themes for each categories. Sub categories have the same color theme with parent categories that tell us we're still in the same categories, but if we click to a sub category, I found it hard to go to another sub category; we must go back to parent page first. At the bottom of the page there's many links that help us choose our destination.
Even though the navigation is quite okay, I quite confuse in reading the content because it good too many more section inside the page, when actually the user want to find some tutorials instead of galleries or many other section.
Delight
Simple navigation, but makes me confuse where I am in because the page do not really have any title to let us know where I am except for little triangle under the button. Mostly what I can see here are just items with their price, there's alo discussion link where user can discuss/review the items. When I click the discussion button, suddenly I'm in blog section where user comment on the blog entry. The good thing in this website that I like is they got search button that help user to find the stuf that they want to buy. Also the right navigation divided items into some categories that help user find the item they want. When I click the item it will me to a page that will describe the item, bigger photos, and some review. I think that's a helpful information for user to know more about the item that they want.
At the bottom there's some button that let us know which kind of payment that accepted there.
Netdiver
I like the simple and clean design, especially the navigation. Links to other cool website divided into their own section, like illustration website, photography, etc. The hierarchy also quite good, started from the banner, then the links below banner, and then the black buttons below the text link. The think that I don't really like is the title of the page. Sometimes I don't know where I am. The title text is small, and do not really describe the page. Good thing they have sitemap, or I'll lost. The page also TOO long, makes me tired scrolling my mouse :(

Deviantart
Good navigation with clean design, find it easy to go to certain page. The browse page also nice where we can find specific section for each artwork. And search button! I love big website with search button because it really help a user like me that easily get lost 8D The annoying thing is that sometimes there's full page ad if we're not a subscriber, but we can easily continue to next page though. New user also can easily become member, just by typing their desired username and voila! Become a new member 8D while existing user can easily log in from the any pages. Artwork thumbnailed neatly in tables, the color theme with only one hue do not make the website too crowded even though there's so many thumbnails there.

The Walk in flash!

Finally, last Friday I finished my digital media 2 assignment for The Walk. Big thanks to Wahyu for helping me a lot in scripting and "modeling" ;p
View the flash here:
The Walk

Btw, I really want to say THANK YOU to Jo for extending our deadline for Web Design I. When I heard that she extent the deadline, I feels like something heavy on my shoulder lifted. Thank you so much Jo! ^________^ Also thanks to Sook Chiung for trying to cheer us up by showing the very interesting and funny animation. It really make my day :) It's like... finally there's a refreshment for the whole weeks! I feel my mood become lighter after I watch the animation. Also thanks for helping me in doing my design+the reassuring advice you give to me :)

And oh yeah, temporary design for my Project 1 in WebDesign I
OK, enough blogging for now. Must continue doing my typography assignment!

Mentally and Physically Tired

I'm mentally and physically tired right now. And no, I'm not blaming any particular subject. But I will blame the overall crazy schedule. We really don't get enough sleep and rest for the last two weeks. I feel stressed, and I also can feel the tension in our class. We all are tired like dead.
Even in Friday we don't get any rest!

We need to rush for all assignment that for last two weeks we sleep at 4am++ then getting up early for morning class, go back home at 5-6pm++, sleep until 7-9pm, do assignment again until 4-5am, and the circle continue again and again. Even though we work like crazy we also still can't finish our assignment. If we are keep procrastinating our work and then can't finish it on time, I can understand, that our own fault. But now, we work everyday on our assignment, got the tension to create great idea, but we don't have enough time to even think, develop, and execute it.

I really am in my highest breaking point now. Last night we do Digital Media 2 until 6am, and then sleep for 6 hours. I think I get enough sleep already, but no, even with 6 hours sleep my head still banging like mad. I can't think clearly when I attend the class. Even worse when the class end up so late, about 7pm++, have dinner, walk home, it's already 9pm. I sleep for almost 3 hours but I can't sleep peacefully, even in my dreams I keep thinking about my assignment. Now I wake up, in denial to do my assignment. I just feel like skipping it and go to sleep. Yes, I got choice where I can sleep now, but too bad if I sleep I will have no time to finish my assignment later.

*sigh* I really am tired, and for now maybe I still can hold on, but I don't know if it's already in mid term. I guess we REALLY need exploration week to relax our mind later. It's good that for now we got Chinese New Year holiday to give us a break, but after the holiday surely we will facing even worse condition, and in this time is where we need exploration week. I don't know why TOA don't give us exploration week anymore, since without exploration week, it really is killing us.

The end note is... GIVE ME A BREAK!!! =___________=