Shaun's Opening Lecture.

Back!.

Been a while since the last blog and I apologise. We all have times in our lives where we are confused as to what we want from our education and it took me some time to consider if Multimedia was the direction in which my career is going. Thankfully it is.

Yesterday Shaun gave us an interesting lecture on his section of online environments, web design. His introduction gave me the impression that a major goal for all of us in this second year is to find our creative and artistic sides to combine our technical abilities at making quality results with a more arty twist. In my opinion he hit the nail on the head. My work last year lacked depth and I felt like I was always behind those who had explored their more creative sides.

Shauns fine art, I'm sure will allow us to make some changes to the way we work for the better.

This year I aim to bring some of my stregths to the modules as well as expanding on some of my weaknesses. This would mean exploiting my artistic abilities using photography and improving such work as my Flash skills and drawing.

Shaun asked us to think of an artist who may have a style or artistic flair which I admire. I have chosen Jeff Ascough, a wedding photographer local to me. His photography is a breath of fresh air in the area. By trying a range of different photographic perspectives and techniques, Jeff has developed a style which I wish I could develop myself. This is similar to what Shaun said about finding a "wacky" or different side to our work.



I will certainly this year find myself within Multimedia, something I feel I struggled with last year. Some of Jeff Ascoughs work can be seen below, and I recommend visiting his website, as it uses some fantastic Flash features.

One of my favourite features, the Flash loading bar. The contemporary style used on the page may be something I would like to explore. The simple, yet eye-catching style will be something I want to push into my work this year and perhaps find my style of work to build a portfolio where my work is easily recognised.