:)

Happy Holidays to all of you!


- Jose Aguilar

GOOD BYE

I FORGOT TO SAY GOODBYE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS :D

Narak Mirzaie

PROJECT 3 AMAZING

All i have to say is wow people did really go all out on the last project. Some people in our class got real talent when it comes down to web design n have future in it. I can see some students in our class becoming game designers. Good job class hopefully see you guys in the future.

Narak Mirzaie

aaaaah! finals have taken a toll on me..i'm sure on u too! lol
i just wish the best of luck to everyone on their finals and can't wait to see our class website! =D
-Melissa Flores

class

class was awesome this semester. i really learned a lot and i am very excited for the class to have our own website =]
coming in to this class...i knew nothing! i still had some trouble with some steps but I somehow would figure it out sometimes. lol
Looking back..i would have never known how much hard work people put on websites! It's a lot of work!
I'm glad i took this class though, the professor was very nice, and she's very patient with everyone! lol Hope I can still remember everything I learned for future reference =]\
-Melissa Flores

finals

Finishing all the exercises for class was exciting =]
I can't wait to see the final project as a class and how everyone did on their project 3.
I wish the best of luck to everyone on their finals! =D
-Melissa Flores

Quizzes

Darn, I totally didnt realize that the quizzes had a deadline. I missed the last ones. Well I hope everyone does a good job on the Final Test. Im excited to see everyone's last projects on Tuesday.
Good Luck and thanks for a great semester
Tara Collins

Something Happened

its interesting! i think....i mean after thinking about not needing the class i ended up wanting art as something I would want to do for life. Im even considering it as a major at that point but those damn codes get the best of me. All in all i kept rolling with the work and little by little im getting into it.

-Jose Aguilar

First Impressions...again

Towards the middle of the semester I started thinking twice again of the class and how i would never need it in my life. I struggled through the work....again and i felt intimidated.....again. I even when as far as withdrawing from the class but i never expected something else to happen to me.


- Jose Aguilar

WEBSITES PT I

Here are the first batch of websites that i found interesting through out the semester:

http://www.dontclick.it/
No clicking needed!

http://www.strangefacts.com
strange but true!

The first.

- Jose Aguilar

I never did an essay...

...for this class, except the research one but even then i kinda regret not doing one. I could have gotten a perfect score because of them but still it leaves me regret. In the end i dont really consider it a negative effect towards my grade but towards my willingness to do more than just whats expected.


- Jose Aguilar

Some Websites Not Working

If anyone’s reading this, I noticed a couple of people’s website links went to a file-not -found page. Mine did too but I found out the problem was a capitalized Index.html page. The index.html file has to be lower case. The links back to the home page also must be corrected. I’m glad I stayed Tuesday to make sure the upload worked. The professor might try to remedy it on the final day. If your website isn’t working for this reason you might want to fix this problem ahead of time and have it ready on the 15th. I’m just giving everyone a heads up.

Art 201: Edward Perkins

I got a job on Campus

After all works done, I have a time to think about what I want to do next and what is more important for me. I was lose my power and confidence to be own self because I am so sick. Now even I can't spelling my daughter name. But today I got a job on campus and can start to work. I am so happy. Not because the money, is this job can give courage to continue my life. I still can do somethings. Maybe because I am alway helped others. So, they help me to got this job. Anyway what I want to say is power come from who you are, not what you have.

Wish everyone get the work done and get an A on this class .

Ming Ying Lee Art 201

My thoughts suck.....

After receiving my first grade for my first project, I didnt think of it as much. Mostly because I thought it wasnt creative enough. I guess i just settled for what i got but I knew my creativity would have to be more..............creative?



- Jose Aguilar

Its not too late to start!

My first of many post and hopefully it won't be my last. Well what else is there to say than my experience with the first project? Just one word: STRESS. I came to this class knowing nothing and seeing how people easily handled this assignment was intimidating. I did my best by staying after class and trying harder but in the end I knew this would be the stepping stone in continuing my interest in art and design. I might even make Graphic Designing my major? Who knows...

-Jose "Panchin" Aguilar
Art 201

What I get from this class?

What is blog? I don't know that before this class. What is facebook and never have one. Create a website? after Project one, It come out so bad. I want to drop the class because I see other student works was very good. Maybe for other student think that this class didn't learn a lot. But for me is big different for my rest my life. Because day by day I getting more sick. So, I can do more things in the house when I can go out on more. So Can Create my own website to let my friend and family to know what happen to me in last few year. I am so happy that I stay to the end on this class to learn all this things.

Ming Ying Lee Art 201

I FINISHED!!!

I can't believe I actually finished. I thought I'd take longer but I did it :) I have to say, my page came out pretty decent. I can't wait for our critique next week as well. I'm excited to see what everyone else did. I already saw Danielle's and Kevin's- their pages are fun hahaha mine is morbid but whatever. i had fun with it :)

have A GREAT weekend everyone. I also can't wait to see what Tim has been working on :)

good luck with finals everyone!

-Vicki A
art 201

It's Finally The End

Well, it's finally the end of the semester in about a week or so and I feel very accomplished after taking this class. I've learned so much from art 201 and I feel like I have a good grasp on the basics of all of the programs we've learned. I may have even learned a little more than I expected for photoshop since I just recently got it from a friend. With most of these programs, it just takes playing with the program and practicing. Most of the people I know that thoroughly understand many if not all of the adobe programs are all self-taught. So if you can get your hands on Adobe Suite, I suggest just having fun with the programs and learning along the way, just like we did in this class. Professor Anderson made it fun with an enthusiastic environment. She's what made the class so great and so fun to learn. It may have been a bit tedious and frustrating at times, but that's what made it all the better once you figured out your problem. Overall, I had an amazing experience in this class and gained so much knowledge; knowledge that I can now use later on in life. It was a great semester, thanks guys!

-Marcello Sanceau

2nd to Last Post

I know this has nothing to do with web design, but as many of you know I'm obsessed with soccer and if you were to read this blog and look back at the projects, you'll know which ones were mine. Anyways, last Friday December 5th, I was extremely excited to see that the draw for all the teams in the World Cup were announced. The draw is when they literally pull the country names that have qualified for the World Cup out of a bowl and separate them into 8 groups of 4. Even though the tournament isn't until June 2010, I'm already counting down the days. I'm so STOKED! It's like Christmas in June!

-Marcello Sanceau

Project 3 Reflection Paragraph

I was just looking through all the blogs and noticed that everyone has been mentioning this reflection paragraph. Well guess what, I didn't know about it either. Now aside from finishing up two more blog entries, I must quickly whip up a paragraph reflecting on my project that I already am not too proud of. Alright, enough of me being emo! I'm ready to do this thing!

-Marcello Sanceau

The end of school

This semester is almost over now. My classes end pretty much on this week.

I have 2 projects due on this Thursday and Friday. I am almost close to finish these projects, but I still feel nervous >_<  I am also graduating this semester. I cannot believe that I do not need to come to school any more. It feels a little wired. Well, instead, I have to go to work every day, I guess. Anyway, on 15th, the last day of this class will be the last day of my school, too. I am looking forward to the day, especially I get to see all students last projects! I will be fun.

Mai Shiiyama

Dr. Sketchy's

Do you know about Dr. Sketchy ??

Well, actually, i have never attended their events before, but one of my professors informed us this organization. I think every month(?) they hold a sketching event, and all you need is bring your sketch book and a pencil and they will have cool models for you to draw. The event looks cool. All models that they have are really funky and it is good for social net working for art students, too :)

If you are interested in, check the link here!

http://drsketchyla.wordpress.com/

Mai Shiiyama

Okay so I totally forgot that we had to have a paragraph written for Project 3. Guess I didn't read the directions well. So now I'm off to write it but I'm struggling to put my thoughts behind the concept of my website into words. Wish I would have known earlier that if you had already finished your project that you did not need to be here either... I could have slept in! Oh well, I suppose I have extra time to study for finals. I have to get ready for that.

Yasmin Chowdhury

CLUB PERFORMANCE

Um just a random announcement, my dance team's performing at level three on the 17 and we're selling tickets are reduced prices. The place we're performing is a club so after the performances you many mingle with people or dance the night away. It would be a blast if you all can come out and support us. The club is 21 and over so yeah. If anyone's interested find me in class!!!!!!!!!!! PEACE

-Kevin Ben LEE

Courtney - blog #10

Hello class,

I'm afraid this will be my last blog in ART 201. :( This will be the last time that I will direct you to cool photoshop stuff!

Click Here - for 25 photoshop tutorials for designing portfolio websites

And you'll definitely want to Click Here for Christmasy tutorials and downloads!!!

Merry Christmas!!! or Happy [insert holiday here]!!!!!

-Courtney Custodio

Courtney- blog #9

Hello all!

I come bearing free photoshop stuff as always. This time, I'm afraid I won't be handing out a URL, but you can still benefit from it if you are a Twitter user. Just follow @freeloadthis and get free textures, brushed, stock photos, fonts and more!!!

-Courtney Custodio

Slightly Embarrassed

Last night I was up pretty late doing some blog entries and realized that I was probably one of the last in the class to be turning them in. Now that I log back in I've also noticed that no one else has posted any after mine, which leads me to believe that every ones is done. I'm a little embarrassed because I waited so long and literally waited until the last minute or day. I hope I'm not marked off, since they'll be all in by today December 8th.

-Marcello Sanceau

Research Paper

So, I was looking at the my grade sheet and under the research paper it was blank. I did not do the research paper because I submitted a class project design. I actually thought that was equivalent to the research paper. Now I'm actually getting a little a nervous.

Can anyone that did the class project let me know if they've received points for the research paper section under our grade sheet? Thank you.

-Marcello Sanceau

Anxious for Project 3

Project 3 is going to be epic. I can't wait to see what crazy designs people have created this time around. I was actually able to see a few as they were being turned in and I must say I was and am really intimidated by what I saw. Some of the work our peers are doing seems like they've been designing for years.

My project on the other hand I'm a little disappointed about. It was actually my same project 2 with some minor changes, but one addition that I was really proud of was rollover's on my homepage. I don't want to describe it too much because I want everyone to see it next week.

Hopefully I don't get completely torn to pieces during the critiquing session.

-Marcello Sanceau

Response to Tim's Best of 201

I actually did get to catch a glimpse of Danielle's project three and it looked great! I'm really excited to see it on the 15th.

I wish I knew everyone's names, but I guess I can describe them for you:

1: I would say it was your Project 2 (Tim), it was designed very well and as a viewer I could tell there was a lot of passion put into the design.

2: Danielle's Project 2 with the letter's of her name leading to pages that depicted her joys in life.

3: I'm not sure who's project this was, but it was actually project one. The project showed that the individual was a photographer and it showed his photography throughout the site.

-Marcello Sanceau

Photoshop Question

I've been playing with photoshop almost everyday and have been wondering how to touch up people. I've been asked by friends to enhance their pictures and I'd love to help them, but I just don't know how to do it. Some frequently asked questions friends have asked me have been, "Can you remove wrinkles and blotches?" and "Can you make me skinnier and tan," sadly enough, I have no clue how to do this and can't help them out. Does anyone know how to do this? Let me know...Thank you!

-Marcello Sanceau

Photoshop is the Best

Since I began this class, I've become so intrigued by all the programs we've used. They are all so amazing, but the one that has stood out the most has been Photoshop. The program is fun and complex. Many wouldn't expect something so complex to also be entertaining and fun, but it just sucks you in. I can spend hours just touching up the colors of a small section of a photograph and feel like I have accomplished so much; it's a great feeling. Since I fell in love with this program, I just had to have it, but I did NOT want to spend hundreds of dollars for something I didn't thoroughly understand. Lucky enough for me, I just so happened to have a friend with the program who kindly installed it on my laptop for me. Now, it's all I do on my spare time.

-Marcello Sanceau

My First One!

Well, given this is my first one, I'm not quite sure where to start. I'm not going to reflect on the semester because it's too early to do so since I'm on blog entry 1 of 10. I would like to take the time and look back at the first assignments. They were all just so tedious and annoying, yet they were informative and without those first couple html coding assignments we would not know what the heck all that gibberish is. Now, when I visit websites, one of the first things I tend to do is view the site's source, a lot of the times, I don't understand 80 to 90 percent of it, but I do know where it starts and finishes, what every bracket means, and what most of the codes mean. It's great to be able to say that, at least for me it is.

-Marcello Sanceau

Last post, good luck!

Just wanted to wish everyone good luck on their finals. I'm sure everybody is weary by now, but the holidays are just two weeks away, then we're off until the third week of January.

Hey, some of us are not coming back at all! Woo-hoo!

Then the reality of a dismal job market smashes us in the face. Boo-hoo!

Anyway, it's time finish the job; time to go to BATTLE!

Take care, all!

Tim Nguyen

Open source alternative?

I want to continue learning and experimenting with Dreamweaver and Photoshop; does anyone know where I can get a good deal on both? I looked on Amazon, NewEgg and Fry's; all of them list Adobe Suite CS4 Web Premium Student Edition for $350.

If that's the best deal, can somebody recommend a Dreamweaver and Photoshop open source alternative?

Tim Nguyen

Applying new skills

I plan on using everything I learned this semester for the Matador Boxing Team's website. The old site crashed about a year ago and nobody had the time or know-how to rebuild it. Now that I'm somewhat familiar with Dreamweaver and Photoshop, I want to build my team a new site before I walk in the spring.

On a side note, if any of you are interested in boxing, feel free to come down to the gym (we're located next to the swimming pool). Our hours are Monday - Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Whether you want to get in shape, release some stress on the heavy bag or train for amateur competitions, we accommodate everyone.

Tim Nguyen

ughhhhh

i'm still not done with project three. i've been so caught up with other classes and personal issues. seriously, hands down, this is the worst semester ever. web design is the only class that ISN'T driving me insane.

Hopefully I finish proj 3 on Tuesday. I think i missed an exercise as well. Blaahhh. I'm so glad this semester is finally coming to an end but honestly, i'm going to miss this class :(

anywayyyy back to doing research for my nine page paper which i have yet started and is due Wednesday. Yayyyyyyy!

thanks GOD the library is open 24 hours this week. I'm going to be living here for awhile.


good luck to everyone on your finals! just a couple weeks left, then we can just sit back and feeeeeeel our ass grow :) (simpsons quote hahahaha)

-Vicki A.
Art 201

CANT WAIT

I REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE HAS DONE FOR PROJECT 3. PROJECT TWO BROUGHT THE BEST OUT OF US, PROJECT 3 IS GONNA MAKE US UNTAUCHABLE. SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS DO A SICK JOB N HAVE A FUTURE IN WEBDESIGN. NYHOW CA NT WAIT TO SEE THE PROJECTS.

PEACE


NARAK MIRZAIE

Blog about blogs

Besides our class page, does anyone here read blogs? If so, what do you recommend? I'm always looking for new, interesting reads.

The following are some of my favorites:

• News/Politics: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
  
• Alternative news: http://www.boingboing.net
• Boxing: http://www.ringtv.com
• Hoops: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie
• Comic books: http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog
• Video games: http://www.joystiq.com

Tim Nguyen

Almost there...

I just realized that this is the only class I actually enjoyed this semester. Sure, the work was tedious, but the overall experience was enriching and fulfilling. To reiterate what some people here have expressed: I want to learn more!

I'm really looking forward to connecting all your projects to the homepage. I did the best I could considering the time constraints. I swear, I'm impressed and intimidated by the work some of you are doing.

I have a few more names to add and some minor tweaks to make to the word balloons, but they'll all be completed on Tuesday.

Now, time to hit the quizzes.

-Tim Nguyen

Best of ART 201

Out of curiosity, what were some of your favorite projects from this semester? My top three:

1. Courtney's Nintendo-themed project one and two.
2. Tom G.'s wacky project two.
3. Logan's superhero-themed project one and two.

-Tim Nguyen

Finally Done with Everything

Well I finally finished my online quizzes and final exam. Our critique is just left now (extremely excited about that). Yay! I feel relieved but those were seriously some hard quizzes. I had to think extremely hard for almost all of the questions and it took me forever. However, the nice thing about online quizzes is that it is at home...in an environment I'm comfortable in, so I don't have a panic attack about doing well. I always had a problem with becoming overly nervous when taking quizzes/tests where they depended on my grade, leading to me forgetting basic information like even my own name! However, with these quizzes, though they were hard, I was able to concentrate much better and my brain did not shut off. I love online quizzes now!

By the way, are there any other classes such as this that we can take going towards our general ed.? I loved this class so much and I want to go further with this.

Yasmin Chowdhury

Done with Last Project!!!

Like many people were posting about it here, I am also so glad that I finally finished my last project for this class!!!! I have taken a web-making class before in ctva department, but I leaned more other staff that you can do with dreamweaver in this class, and I am so happy about it. :)

Also, I am excited to see other students projects in critique class. Yeay :D

=O

There's a paragraph for project three?!?!? lol wow I didn't know that, I'm guessing I'm not alone, well i hope not. Ok random question, but for certain programs on macs, do you need like a usb key? Well for xps, there's programs like avid liquid that requires a usb key plugged in as you use the program. I'm just wondering if that's the case for any other high quality program for Macs. Funny how I'm asking this question even though I know nobody's going to read this or even bother to reply. There's a good chance that you'll comment on this professor, but i won't be about to see it after all everyone's trying to send in blogs and my post will be pushed away into the depths of the blog, if that even made sense.

-kevinbenlee

Tutorials and my experience!

I wish I didn't have so much to do at the end of this semester so I could have worked more on my Project 3. I hope you all like it, it's a choose your own adventure starring action figures of all kinds. Unfortunately, since I also have been working on a video game for another class, and some other final projects, I could only procure one story line. The website was going to have 2 story lines but since it took a lot of Photoshop work, I was lucky to finish just the one. I do, however plan to finish eventually. I hope you all like it when you see it. :)


ok, well I can't end this blog without directing you to a cool tutorial site or something that might help you all. Here is another helpful page from PSDTUTS+. Did you know you can MAKE your own icons in photoshop?

http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/web/31-icon-design-tutorials/

-Courtney Custodio

DONE!

wow I'm finally done with project 3. I drew a good 20 images in illustrator for this project. I tried to make it as humorous as i can, thats the type of person i am after all. I after linking all the urls on hotspots and pages for my site i thought i was finished and good to go. Sadly, my directory wasn't in order, i forgot to create a image folder =O. So the pathways for all my links and images were mixed up =( so i had to redo everything took me a good 1hr and half just for a 10 pages website.

-KEVIN BEN LEE

Most difficult time in my life

Almost every one have a same feeling that done the final project. speacal me. Because I am sick and this kind the sick is never go away. Day by day I will forget every things happen in the past. Also, every things I learn today, I will forget 50% next day. So this class for me is mission a possible.What ever other Student spend one to done there project in class and I need three hour. So, I alway worked over night for my project. But I still go though and I very happy what I done.But, I can't have computer class no more. The Doctor told me that few month ago. This few month was most difficult time in my life. I don't have best website on this class but I am sure I did best job in my life. Also, first time I will have my own website.I will work on that on next few month.

Ming Ying Lee Art 201

What A Week!!!

So we're all finally done with Project 3!!! Yay! I'm happy to be done because it came at a very stressful time. However, I still wish beyond anything that I had some magical means to give myself more time on the project because I was really excited about making it look like my vision. I had so many other web pages that I wanted to add to my project from my original sketch, making my story even more juicier, but time constraints would not allow that, on top of losing my files. As I said before, I had lost my files because of my lovely laptop but the fates were at it again once more last night. Luck was completely against me as my Illustrator crashed on me at the last moment yesterday night. I stayed up all last night re-making those lost images on Illustrator by installing the program on my father's computer and working there instead. (I absolutely hate using images from the internet unless it's necessary so I create mostly my own.)Although, they were not my best work, I think I did a pretty good job getting them done. And of course, I lost time last week because of my hives so all in all it was a pretty crappy time for anything to really be done.

I just hope everyone else didn't encounter too many obstacles like I did and made theirs stunning. I can't wait to critique them but don't judge mine too harshly because of my issues hehe. It isn't my normal work but I hope I did okay. I'll be glad when finals are over but I don't want to give up this class. I really had so much fun and wish that after finals we had a project because I could totally make that project perfect. Phew! At least I survived my first semester as a Freshman at CSUN...waiting for more fun to come!

Yasmin Chowdhury

Project 3

I am so happy that i have finished project 3 and there is so much load of my back. Everyones feeling the same way as i am lol, but hopefully you guys all do well. Good luck and hopefully all of you pull an A in this class.

Narak Mirzaie

Yesterday 12/2/2009

I was going crazy yesterday. I came to my 2-4:something class and i was working on project three(the e book). When i was done and class was over i went home. I was going to start working the project at home when i noticed that I didn't have my usb. I was going crazy looking for it in my bag. I rush back to school. on my way to school i had all the saints down from heaven..:) hoping that my usb was still there. other wise i would have to start all over again. not only project three but some other projects i have been doing. Well I went in to the class, and my usb was still there.

I went back home with a HUGE smile in my face.

-Martha J. Corona

Are you ready?!

I don't know about you guys, but I'm FIRED UP to get the job done today. But before we finish up Project Three, let me ask everybody one question: what time is it?

GAME TIME

Hit those quizzes over the weekend, study up for the final, post a few blogs and give Professor Anderson a big hug at the end because WE'RE ALMOST DONE.

Good luck today, everyone!

-Tim Nguyen

So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance

I knew every one is so busy to do the final Project But still need to relax a little. And I think this youtube video will be good for this day. It would make you feel better when you are very tie. Dance with them. So you just type The name " So You Think You Can Dance. Or go to this the website http://www.youtube.com/watchv=w9J1PBiAPkE&feature=youtube_gdata

Good luck for everyone who still fight for the final project like me on 4am

Ming Ying Lee Art 201

the class picture

I like the class picture we took it came out very nicely. I think we all look great and it makes you smile when you look at it. The purple wall added a nice artistic touch instead of a plain wall.

- Ashley Dvorak

I have to do project 3 I started on it a week ago but it just seems like we have not had enough time to do this one. I feel stressed already with the amount of work I have. I commute about an 1 and a half. My boyfriends father just died and I have to write an eight page paper, design a website and another 5 page paper in a week. I like the idea behind project 3 but I sure could of used more time to complete this ! I even worked outside of class and it's just very time consuming... I need a vacation.
- Ashley Dvorak

Quizzes, quizzes, quizzes....I really do need to get the rest done. Finals are coming up and I'm overloaded with projects. Now, quizzes and tests are added to that overload. I don't really mind the projects that I've been getting from my classes because it's been a lot of fun doing them; I just need to find the time to fit everything in!!! I do wish I could take this class over again so when I have more time, I can spend time doing a better job on my projects. There are so many improvements that I'd like to make to them. I just hope I'm going to be satisfied with Project 3.

Yasmin Chowdhury

Why I love my laptop

Very upset with my computer at this point! I had most of Project 3 completed over the break and then my wonderful laptop decided to make all the files disappear like magic! What else could be better than files disappearing before the due date? Well so now I'm off to revive the files that disappeared or recreate them some way. Hopefully I get it done before it's due. So all in all, I love my Acer laptop because it's given my nothing but joy for the last few weeks.

Yasmin Chowdhury

Cyber Monday sales

Adding to Danielle's post: if you purchased items on Cyber Monday, what deals did you take advantage of? Regarding site design, what were your impressions of the online retailer(s) you bought from?

I scored "Batman: Arkham Asylum" (Xbox 360), "Marvel v. Capcom 2" (XBLA download), "Ghostbusters: the Video Game" (Xbox 360) and some new DLC for "Fight Night Round 4" (Xbox 360) for about $60 on Amazon.

I swear, Amazon.com has the best prices for just about everything. Aside from buying crap, Amazon's site design is clean, user-friendly and intuitive. I wonder how long it would take for newbs like me to learn to build a site like that.

Tim Nguyen