Come on, you can do better reviews than that! This is the second time you've asked for reviews here and haven't given much back. Please, help us out and review other sites! This forum depends on everyone's participation.
Gee, I don't know about what's going on at the top of the page. This site doesn't seem to have any connectivity. I guess I don't like how it just goes to the forum without any kind of idea what it's all about. If I didn't know what the idea was to begin with, which of course you problably already searched for, I don't think I would easily understand what you're trying to do.
Y'know, I'm registered on your forum. I haven't visited in a very long time.
It's different, alright. Mostly in a nice way. Here's what I find not nice:
- The vertical bars on the right are good through the length of the page, except for where the navigation links are. Set those in a box or something so the text doesn't traverse five blocks like that. Looks misfit.
- Login form at the top is unintelligible. Can't tell that there are actually two fields without focusing. Once the mind's decoded it, it seem alright though. Hm.
- The grey (?) space between forum groups feels redundant, moreso since it doesn't properly join with the vertical bar of the same colour on the right. I don't know what you could do about that.
- Could you do something more creative with the 'new post' indicators? They seem very generic. Maybe tie in the 'g' somehow?
That's all I can think of on the fly. It's a nice design, though.
Hi Gazal. Different is good. My son is a animator maybe I'll get him to post some of his stuff. It's really different! Hey if you want some easy fodder for your review project have a look at mine. It will only take you seconds to rip big chunks out of it like a Great White. My site is totally amateur. I'm going to have another look at yours. Your from Oz right? My folks lived on Bribey Island near Brisbane for a while. Guday.
Actually Gazal you can get a free version of Maya at their site. You can't publish with it but it is a full operational version. The students at the college use it. Blender puts out a free ware 3-D and it's not bad. I find these programs very challenging and I think you need some one on one to get going. I made a cool 3-D castle but I couldn't figure out how to put texture on the forms, besides music software sucks up most of my time and now I'm hooked on trying to make web pages that don't suck.
With 3-D, more is better. High clock speed and a good graphics card really help but I have used Blender with my 633MHz slug and you can still play around. It just goes a lot slower. With the Maya student version you need Windows XP, Blender doesn't care.
How do you attatch a image like a .jpg at your site? I would like to post some of my son's art and I can't figure it out.
These are a couple more sites of interest. VanArts is a good animation school in Vancouver and has a lot of international students: http://www.vanarts.com/FullTimePrograms_3D.htm
This is where my son is doing his training right now.
If you go to Pixar, Lucas Art and the like they will give a list of Schools that they recognize (but won't recommend). They all say that they don't care what school you've gone too, they will evaluate you on your work. You can get an internship with most of these places. Even though the tutors are available with most of these programs including Blender you will find things really tough going. Without some kind of intro. course or one on one you can get very frustrated and just plain lost.
..and there is also another program Animation Master that runs about $350 US that's not bad: http://www.hash.com/
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Megan posted this at 13:33 — 22nd June 2004.
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Come on, you can do better reviews than that! This is the second time you've asked for reviews here and haven't given much back. Please, help us out and review other sites! This forum depends on everyone's participation.
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gazal posted this at 14:36 — 22nd June 2004.
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ok, well it's late here in australia. I'll review more 2morrow
DMC posted this at 03:07 — 24th June 2004.
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Gee, I don't know about what's going on at the top of the page. This site doesn't seem to have any connectivity. I guess I don't like how it just goes to the forum without any kind of idea what it's all about. If I didn't know what the idea was to begin with, which of course you problably already searched for, I don't think I would easily understand what you're trying to do.
gazal posted this at 09:46 — 25th June 2004.
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Being different!
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 10:15 — 25th June 2004.
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Y'know, I'm registered on your forum. I haven't visited in a very long time.
It's different, alright. Mostly in a nice way. Here's what I find not nice:
- The vertical bars on the right are good through the length of the page, except for where the navigation links are. Set those in a box or something so the text doesn't traverse five blocks like that. Looks misfit.
- Login form at the top is unintelligible. Can't tell that there are actually two fields without focusing. Once the mind's decoded it, it seem alright though. Hm.
- The grey (?) space between forum groups feels redundant, moreso since it doesn't properly join with the vertical bar of the same colour on the right. I don't know what you could do about that.
- Could you do something more creative with the 'new post' indicators? They seem very generic. Maybe tie in the 'g' somehow?
That's all I can think of on the fly. It's a nice design, though.
gazal posted this at 02:55 — 26th June 2004.
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Graphic design melbourne
Graphic design by Gazal/Is
Megan posted this at 13:26 — 25th June 2004.
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I'm still waiting for those improved site reviews. Here's a list of tips for writings reviews if you're not sure what to write about.
gazal posted this at 15:01 — 25th June 2004.
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yeah sorry i don't say much but i'm doing me best
DMC posted this at 16:05 — 25th June 2004.
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Hi Gazal. Different is good. My son is a animator maybe I'll get him to post some of his stuff. It's really different! Hey if you want some easy fodder for your review project have a look at mine. It will only take you seconds to rip big chunks out of it like a Great White. My site is totally amateur. I'm going to have another look at yours. Your from Oz right? My folks lived on Bribey Island near Brisbane for a while. Guday.
gazal posted this at 03:03 — 26th June 2004.
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Hey DMC so your son does mulitimedia design? That's great!
My brother is doing is 3 year (hos) mulitimedia design
DMC posted this at 04:38 — 26th June 2004.
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He's studying Classical Animation and will be moving into Computer Animation (Maya) next. He does all kinds of stuff from oil to pencil.
gazal posted this at 01:00 — 27th June 2004.
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Oh that's great DMC i was going to learn Maya once. Anyway that software costs an arm and a leg.
DMC posted this at 01:22 — 27th June 2004.
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Actually Gazal you can get a free version of Maya at their site. You can't publish with it but it is a full operational version. The students at the college use it. Blender puts out a free ware 3-D and it's not bad. I find these programs very challenging and I think you need some one on one to get going. I made a cool 3-D castle but I couldn't figure out how to put texture on the forms, besides music software sucks up most of my time and now I'm hooked on trying to make web pages that don't suck.
http://www.blender3d.com/
http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/maya/
http://www.blender3d.com/
http://www.blender3d.com/
gazal posted this at 02:07 — 28th June 2004.
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wow DMC, thanks for the links
I know this is going off topic....
i guess you would need a super computer to use maya?
DMC posted this at 16:29 — 28th June 2004.
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With 3-D, more is better. High clock speed and a good graphics card really help but I have used Blender with my 633MHz slug and you can still play around. It just goes a lot slower. With the Maya student version you need Windows XP, Blender doesn't care.
How do you attatch a image like a .jpg at your site? I would like to post some of my son's art and I can't figure it out.
These are a couple more sites of interest. VanArts is a good animation school in Vancouver and has a lot of international students: http://www.vanarts.com/FullTimePrograms_3D.htm
This is where my son is doing his training right now.
If you go to Pixar, Lucas Art and the like they will give a list of Schools that they recognize (but won't recommend). They all say that they don't care what school you've gone too, they will evaluate you on your work. You can get an internship with most of these places. Even though the tutors are available with most of these programs including Blender you will find things really tough going. Without some kind of intro. course or one on one you can get very frustrated and just plain lost.
..and there is also another program Animation Master that runs about $350 US that's not bad:
http://www.hash.com/
Good luck!
gazal posted this at 22:47 — 28th June 2004.
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Cheers DMC
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