Entry 26

I started this course without any basic skills in Flash, Dreamweaver or even MAC computers but now I am astounded with how much skills I have acquired throughout this semester. Moreover, I could not even differentiate between art and design at first, everything was black and white for me but now I have added a bit of colour and craziness to my design to make it look more innovative and arty. This course have inspired and breathed life into me and have made me appreciate the various art and to see beyond the surface and rise above mediocrity. In addition, I just realised I had a creative streak in me and I have discovered my identity within doing the project.

I’d like to acknowledge my lecturer for his patience, inspirational ideas and excellent deliverance of the course. I basically took up this course to learn about creating websites but I have learnt more than expected. It has been a pleasure taking up this course.

Entry 25

After days of hard work it has finally paid off. I created a flash animated interactive website revolving around the theme “Identity”.

Entry 24

This scrolling image is done according to the following website:
http://www.webzo.org/tutorials/flash/scrolling-image-gallery.php

This scrolling image shows photos of me posing from different angles. I love black and white images and that’s why I have filtered out other colours. This reflects multiple personalities… and it varies when I am with my family, Samoan friends, uni friends and workmates or with lecturers. I can be quiet and loud depending on whom I am comfortable with but I get along with everyone.

Entry 23

I have put together a collage representing my identity, my pride, my culture. It highlights the untouched island, our main sport (rugby), traditional Samoan dancing including fire dancing, tattoos, Robert Louis Stevenson a famous writer who is buried in Samoa, Samoa currency (tala) as well as the Samoan fales (house) and church.
My country colors are red and blue and I edited the photos so that only blue and red our left after filtering with the exception of the firedancing at the bottom left… everything else is left grayscale.
By clicking on “footprints” image it links you to this page… and footprints symbolize my journey in fob (fresh off the boat) life where it all began…
All these images are edited one way or the other and collage is my idea therefore my edited images and ideas, my masterpiece…

Entry 22

This is the 2nd link of the tattoo page (2nd pg). It talks about the design specifically and tools used in the design... where I'm from these tattoos are very popular and unique and only people of the tattoo motif can share these privileges... As u can see the design covers back to front and it is very risky and it takes weeks to recover. The tool shown is the main tool out of many. The references of each picture is shown on the bottom.
Moreover, I used a blinking blurred text movie as the header thoughout the pages...this name changes from tattoo to design throught the whole tattoo page.

This is the 3rd link and its the gallery link...here I have set a slideshow including pause and play button...so u can pause the slide show and observe etc. All these images have been edited in photoshop and a transition effect has been added to the slideshow...notice how the arm tat image have transitioned into the pea tat image.

Entry 21

This is my animated tattoo page... the left border is designed according to a typical Samoan arm tattoo where the links are constructed with the primary colors and all grey diamonds are inactive. Once u click on a link a diamond is formed one by one...that is every link constructs its own diamond bringing attention to the contact. Notice the cursor which represents the 3 most important things in my life. The tattoo page is comprised of 3 links.... 1st link is tattoo history/intro, 2nd link consists of the design & the 3rd page consists of gallery.

Entry 20

These are more photoshopd images used in my flash animated slideshow...in the tatto page under 'gallery' tab.
This photo shows a woman's tattoo known as a tatau and it reflects rank or status. The patterns are not as extensive as a the men's. In this photo, I have masked it, applied hue/saturation adjustments as well as photo filter and emboss effect so that the patterns stand out... finally I applied photo filter to give it that cartoonish look.

This is a zoomed in/enlarged version of a man's pea. It shows the pattern specifically with the canoe pattern stretched from the mid back. Same techniques were applied with photo filter finishing it off with a cartoonish look.

All these tattoos are done by a tufuga and only descendents of the tattoo tribe can share these privileges.

Entry 19

These images were photoshopd and used in the gallery slideshow along with all the other images in Entry 20.
A man's tattoo is called Sogaimiti or Pe'a and it is demonstrated in this picture. I have used masking and hue/saturation effects to differentiate the relevant sections from the background etc. Then filter gallery and photo filter effects were applied to it to give that ancient look. This tattoo extends from the upper waist to just below the knees. The tattooing is also done on the genitals which is really risky and thats what makes the Samoan tatttoo unique and this is a sign of manhood.

This is a photo of sonny bill williams a famous league player. People have taken designs from the popular and unique Pe'a and get it tattoo'd on different parts of the body as 'fashion' which consequently reflects Samoan pride. In this photo I have also applied masking and hue/saturation plus threshold giving it that constrasting greyscale look. I as a person love subtle colors plain colors and this is reflected in my taste of clothes, accessories etc.

This is a lower arm Samoan tattoo design... The same techniques were applied that is masking and hue/saturation. I've also applied photo filter along with filter gallery...givin it that blazing effect.

Entry 18

This is used as a cursor in the tattoo page I created. This symbolises the three most important thing in my life. The crosses represents christianity, the heart represents my loved ones and 'E' represents my career as an engineer. This in turn relates to tattoo because the vertical 'x' is a pattern used on women's tattoo and the dot is used on men's tattoo.

Entry 17

This photoshopd photo was comprised from a combination of images. It totally represents my identity and it is self explanatory... This is one of three pages and I am using it as the last page as my sitemap and this page links to the 1st and 2nd page. Different elements in this photos are used as links and they each link to either an element in a page or a whole page itself.
In this photo:

• Dress - this is what i would normally wear to special ocassions and the pattern links to the tattoo page (2nd page)
• Think bubble - I love seafood and this links to the beach animation (1st page)
• Flower - I would normally wear this on special ocassions
• Earings - My earings are usually made out of coconut shell and this links to 1st page
• Bead rosary - I'm a catholic christian and Samoa itself is a religious country
• Tattoo - tattoo arm bands is popular around girls and this links to the 2nd page
• Shell bag - this bag is made of many shells and each shell symbolises peoply who have touched my life and this links to 1st page
• Barefoot - I have left footprints in all places I have been and this symbolises my history/memories and this links back to 1st page.

In the lab:

We learnt more about animations and utilizing sound in websites. We also learnt more about flash animation. For example, how to simulate raindrops landing on water creating ripples etc. Basically, learning how to create movie images and using layers and layers of images to get an efficient animation. Some examples that intrigued me was the fire, lipSync animations as well as motion blur filter, steam and looping background. I plan on simulating my beach page like these examples…whereby using layers and layers etc. We learnt about adding songs to websites... I doubt I'd be including sound in my website... due to plagiarism/copyright issues...don't wanna risk it.

Entry 16

Here is an alternative flash animation design for a header/banner/hyperlink... This design with an eye background represents my identity... As a samoan I am very reserved and since coming to Australia I have been exposed to make up etc. Moreover, through my eyes I have seen the most beautiful fings...where dreams have become memories.
Over here... the background transitions from black to a lighter color and the two text movies have that blurred effect. Also, the pupil is enlarged and minimized drawing attention to the Identity. Also my photo in the middle is designed so that it fades into a threshold color.