LINK Daily Blog
Day 1:
Noah and I started off our day getting some insight into some sound editing, we then set up our sweet 27" iMac which we were not able to use all day because we needed to download all of the adobe programs before we could accomplish anything. For the remainder of the day we reformatted some papers in a program called Adobe InDesign, the main reason for this was so that we could accomplish an understanding for how InDesign works for when we will need to use it in the future. I am looking forward to being able to accomplish work on the iMac tomorrow!
Noah and I started off our day getting some insight into some sound editing, we then set up our sweet 27" iMac which we were not able to use all day because we needed to download all of the adobe programs before we could accomplish anything. For the remainder of the day we reformatted some papers in a program called Adobe InDesign, the main reason for this was so that we could accomplish an understanding for how InDesign works for when we will need to use it in the future. I am looking forward to being able to accomplish work on the iMac tomorrow!
Day 2:
Today we came in early to watch a production meeting which was where all of Chimeras employees sat down and discussed the current work that needed to be down and how and when that work would be done. The meeting was pretty much to get everyone synced up with what was going on within Chimera.
-basin printing
-indesign resize
Today we came in early to watch a production meeting which was where all of Chimeras employees sat down and discussed the current work that needed to be down and how and when that work would be done. The meeting was pretty much to get everyone synced up with what was going on within Chimera.
-basin printing
-indesign resize
Day 4:
Today Noah and I began to construct our ski graphics! Our first ski we created is called the Shogun and has an image of a samurai on it! We have decided that our ski company will be called YukiSkis and will originate in japan. (our logo, the center red circle represents snow in japanese "yuki") We also established we will be creating an entire line of skis (around 6 pairs). There will be powder, park, all mountains, womens powder, womens all mountain, and kids skis.
Today Noah and I began to construct our ski graphics! Our first ski we created is called the Shogun and has an image of a samurai on it! We have decided that our ski company will be called YukiSkis and will originate in japan. (our logo, the center red circle represents snow in japanese "yuki") We also established we will be creating an entire line of skis (around 6 pairs). There will be powder, park, all mountains, womens powder, womens all mountain, and kids skis.
Day 5:
Today we were given the day off due to the absence of the employees at Chimera.
Today we were given the day off due to the absence of the employees at Chimera.
Day 6:
Today we began the construction of our website. We started this process by finding a wordpress template that looked like the kind of style we wanted for our ski website. We ended up picking a very simplistic and modern template which was very picture orientated, called horizontal. Once we purchased the template and got our website up, we then began to create the web pages. We did this a very simple way and created mock pages in photoshop. This was great because we got to work with aesthetics and design!
Today we began the construction of our website. We started this process by finding a wordpress template that looked like the kind of style we wanted for our ski website. We ended up picking a very simplistic and modern template which was very picture orientated, called horizontal. Once we purchased the template and got our website up, we then began to create the web pages. We did this a very simple way and created mock pages in photoshop. This was great because we got to work with aesthetics and design!
Day 7:
Today we spent the majority of the day familiarizing myself with the word press program. It seems simple and is quite simple, but when you want to start adding different elements it become quite complex. It wouldn't seem like it would be hard but inserting a interactive "contact us" box was quite complex and took us quite some time and eventually help from a mentor to accomplish what we wanted. We then spent the rest of the day playing with our webpages in photoshop.
Today we spent the majority of the day familiarizing myself with the word press program. It seems simple and is quite simple, but when you want to start adding different elements it become quite complex. It wouldn't seem like it would be hard but inserting a interactive "contact us" box was quite complex and took us quite some time and eventually help from a mentor to accomplish what we wanted. We then spent the rest of the day playing with our webpages in photoshop.
Day 8:
Today we spent our time refining our homepage slideshow and making our navigation bar aesthetically pleasing. We spent a small amount of time starting on our product page also today.
Today we spent our time refining our homepage slideshow and making our navigation bar aesthetically pleasing. We spent a small amount of time starting on our product page also today.
Day 9:
Today I was sick
Today I was sick
Day 10:
Today we completely finished our homepage and overall website aesthetics. We then moved onto researching print ads in magazines to get a feel for how we wanted to construct ours. We also got a rough brainstorm together and came to a decision on what we were going to do, and how we were going to do it.
Today we completely finished our homepage and overall website aesthetics. We then moved onto researching print ads in magazines to get a feel for how we wanted to construct ours. We also got a rough brainstorm together and came to a decision on what we were going to do, and how we were going to do it.
Day 11:
Today I spent the majority of my day re-sizing hundreds of images for Summit Supply's digital catalog that Chimera is creating.
We also did some website refinement.
Today I spent the majority of my day re-sizing hundreds of images for Summit Supply's digital catalog that Chimera is creating.
We also did some website refinement.
Day 12:
Today we tried to finish the products page up and add descriptions for each of the skis posted. We finished our descriptions, but we still have some work to do on the overall products page. Just a few aesthetics that could be used more effectively.
Today we tried to finish the products page up and add descriptions for each of the skis posted. We finished our descriptions, but we still have some work to do on the overall products page. Just a few aesthetics that could be used more effectively.