Silent auction, less than silent nights
This week saw LOTS of sewing (such a good thing!) in preparation — for the American Cancer Society Fashion-A-Cure silent auction — along with the first santa sighting of the summer season!
slits for eyes (sleep is overrated)
So… now, the flash is ‘done’ (in web terms, where there’s the opportunity to tweek up some print() or throw in a conditional statement or two, ‘done’ doesn’t mean much)…
it’s amazing what layers can do (so many, many, many, many photoshop layers)…
…and this one (well, the ‘get’er done’ version with a far more comically cartoonish client, anyway) made it by just a hair…
Current status: still coding
There’s nothing like an on/off toggle switch for a map that would otherwise be covered in layer upon layer of google-esque pushpins. Coding has consumed a good part of the day — and will do likewise tomorrow (calling xml files and video! whee!!) but i did manage to knock out a bit of beading. Unfortunately it’s much easier to write it than show it at the moment. The day will come when the sets are completed, and photographed, made up all nice and pretty. Most include pieces of the epoxied wood mini-prints that are nice and simple but use some wild color and bead combinations. If only the ipod touch had a camera — or I really had an iphone, like a certain social networking site likes to announce (in error) that I have (not!). It would make mobile blogging so much nicer…
all about the _alpha
Granted I did manage to do something crafty today (deftly wielding a pair of scissors to convert a tiny tiny hoodie into a nice little asymetrical cardigan that was paired with a carved orange chinese-ish pendant just in time for work)… but tonight it’s all about scripting. Specifically: coding a gigantic monstrosity of a map — that has been printed every year for the past 3 or 4 years — so it’s interactive. I get to translate it into some flash goodness people will/may/should/are going to be told to use (fun fun?) in a week or so — and give it a fresh twist (taboule, anyone?). What it needs to include is simple enough: buildings, restrooms, main stage areas, food, shuttle and video. Designing it so it’s intuitive, usable and not frustrating to navigate (or code!) is a whoooole nother thing. In the meantime, there’s the doubletruck print map to consider, too. So tonight — it’s just all about coding. Tomorrow — the world?!
Illustration Friday
Since ICON i’ve been trying to blog and complete illustration friday illustrations (somewhat) consistently. So far one has been completed, but I’m having trouble justifying a 17-minute photoshop job as a completed illustration. Guess I have until next thursday to tweek it to fit this week’s theme, ‘canned.’ Then explaining why the image fits the bill won’t be necessary — if it’s not already obvious already!
