WHChaikumultimedia exercise 12 4/15/05 instructions
WHChmm
Banner Exercise
Greetings all,
The time has come for our forum to create our
very own multimedia Banner! This is a major undertaking with our chosen
design to be displayed on the opening page of our WHChmm website. Please
read the directions carefully paying special attention to the size
constraints.
A signup list will follow. Hope you will all
jump in ... Is that soji going in head first?
This is exciting, folks!
GOAL: To design a WHChmm
Banner for the Internet pages on Yahoo and any journals that may publish
our group work.
Up to two submissions in each category in any
style artform, total of four.
1) a four
seasons graphic design.
- collage, any style media within an
artform, photomontage, sumi-e, digital illustration.
- you may consult the kigo database for
the seasons.
2) an
illustration/graphic design depicting what our forum is about...
- who we are, what we do.
- any style - think paints, brushes,
palettes, haiku, digital art, a global family..;-)
- no haiku necessary and "WHChmm" does not
have to appear in the image, but a plus if
you find a way to incorporate it into
your design.
Constraints:
1. Your final images, including borders, should have as their largest dimension [width or height] 360 pixels (the optimum size used for the Yahoo site), at 72 ppi resolution, .jpg images, and should be optimized at maximum optimization. Images must not be more than 28 KB.
[I suggest working in a larger size, then
reducing it to the submission size...check that
the clarity remains. Take into
consideration images will also be seen as thumbnails]
2. Name your image as follows: banner-yourname.jpg [no spaces in this name] If you submit more than one, name them: banner-yourname1.jpg, banner-yourname2.jpg Example: banner-carolraisfeld1.jpg, banner-carolraisfeld2.jpg
3. Do not include your name
in the image
- have fun and use your arsenal of filters and special effects...or not.;-)
- you might
want to create forum colors to identify us.
- use a
simple artistic design to enhance and define your banner.
- experiment
as we always do...try different media within a single artform.
- some of the most memorable banners are simple graphics, depicting one or more
outstanding features of a group.
- the seasonal banners may be used and
rotated year round...the other design might be
used in our personal notes and cards,
but that's another project..;-)
We have been
exploring the myriad possibilities within the realm of multimedia, so
remember,
be brave and creative...think elegant and simple.
Feel free to
workshop your images onlist, as we normally do.
Remember, we are all at different levels of expertise and work well together on our projects...
9. DEADLINE:
April 15, 2005
You may
begin submitting your designs from now until the deadline.
*Posting
is not the same as submitting with the proper ID on your images.
Please alert any of your multimedia friends who may be on digest and not checking their email. Ask any questions on or off list throughout our banner adventure ;-) Continue to submit whatever other work you are doing...and wish to share with all of us. Oh, our own Banner...yippee! Have a great time!
Carol
;~)
More ~~~>
Linda and I have discussed having the WHChmm
Banner as an ongoing project. We have some great entries and we don't know
how we could possibly choose one. Sometime next week we will start posting
them on our website. They'll be shown in succession, a different one each
month. We will begin with the current
submissions and as new banners are created they will be added to the
queue. Watch for our Banner Page on the Exercise Index this weekend and
enjoy. As an ongoing project, the banner will certainly give us the time
to explore possibilities as well as having everyone's work displayed. It's
going to be nice to have an exciting new banner each month.;-)
Thanks to all who are participating, and we
hope everyone will join in and submit a banner for the family.
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