Another post

Here is another post. I just read an article in the New York Times art section called, "A Guided Tour in the Palm of Your Hand."http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/arts/design/15design.html?ref=design

The Cooper-Hewitt National design Museum has an application that lets the viewer see art work and objects in the palm of their hands. I find this to be a great innovative idea because it lets more people around the world see art and design and could potentially get more people to be patrons of the museum. With technology now it allows anyone to see or experience something they would not be able to because they might live in a different location or are broke college students. Well I have nothing more to write about, check out the link. Also Artie Lange is still in the hospital after he stabbed himself nine times over winter break. Artie Lange, known as Howard Stern's sidekick or the Coke Snorting Pig on Mad TV season one. I hope Artie will return to the Howard Stern show because his humor is greatly missed.

Second post of the semester.

Here is my second post of the semester. First off I would like to say is Dennis Hopper is in the hospital with prostate cancer. I hope the star of Easy Rider, True Romance, and Land of the Dead pulls it through. Other then that we had yesterday off for Martin Luther King day so I came up with ideas for my flash slide show and reacquainted myself with Adobe Dreamweaver. I have not seen any new websites worth mentioning but when I do I will definitely post it on my blog. Are personal websites are due Thursday and I have already posted mine from the previous semester. Sooner then later I would like to recreate a new personal webpage but the one I have now is sufficient enough. Time is a big factor. Well I hope you enjoyed this blog, I need to get back to work because class is about to start.

New Post for a new semester.

Today is January 12th and I jut started my last semester at the University of Akron. I just had Web Design 2 for the second time and I really want to learn more about CSS, HTML, rollovers using DreamWeaver and how to organize my projects. Taking Web 2 again will be great because I am familiar with the subject matter and there are so many things to learn that I believe there should be a minor in Web Page design at the University of Akron. Other then that it is my first day back at the University of Akron Myers school of art and I can not wait to learn Flash, and After Affects. Also a great website I saw is called, www.primaryflight.com, a site dedicated to new artists. The site shows pictures of their work, blogs, and videos. Some artists include Shepard Farey and Ron English. This is a great site to see some creative talent. Also in New York City this week the improv group, Improv Everywhere scheduled a mass group of people to forget their pants and to ride the subway in their underwear. Only in New York do they get to have fun with their commute to work. Peace out!

Last blog before finals!

Well here it is, my last blog before finals. I have finals next week, all of them which are one Thursday. I can not wait for this semester to be over, not because I did not like my classes but because next semester is my last semester. Four classes and I am done! Having this semester come to a conclusion is a great sign towards graduating, this semester I feel like I have learned a lot about web design, bits and pieces of flash, and how to make a movie in Phil Hoffman's class. Next semester will be just as interesting, so far I have signed up for Flash, AfterEffects, and Arabic Culture through film. I want to take another webpage design class but I have not viewed any open classes online lately, I am going to e-mail Kate Harmon and ask if I can do an independent study in web-design so I can learn more about CSS, javascript, and more about Dreamweaver. Other then that this was a great semester but bring on Christmas, I am ready for Christmas Ale from the Great Lakes Brewery, good food, and hanging out with friends and family. So have a good vacation and I hope you enjoyed reading all of my blogs, I know I had fun writing them. Poulos OUT!

Last post before final

This is my last post before the final, I have been working hard on my Iphone application. The application will be a functioning application that people can use to read about art history. Being in art school and having to take art history classes, an application that could serve the purpose of being able to check different art periods and actually being able to see the artwork. If fellow artists were engaged in conversation and they were fighting over a certain time period, the person could get their Iphone out, click the application and be able to settle the dispute. The application will also be great if they do not have their art history book near by they can easily check without having to get the book. This application is convenient and I wish I had an Iphone with this application to use. I really do not have anything else to write so I am going to waste up space by typing about nothing. I can not wait for school to be over, I have one more semester after this and then I graduate. Now I have to answer the question of what to do after graduation, should I go to graduate school or should I go get I a job. These are the questions I have to answer because I am graduating sooner then later. Also John Junior Gotti got out of going to jail, it was a mistrial so they let him off of racketeering charges. His family said he wanted to go to "Disney-Land" but he is not allowed to leave the New York area at the moment. His father was tried with racketeering and died in jail. Interesting shit!

My post before Thanksgiving.

This week is going to fly by because we have Thursday and Friday off for the upcoming holiday. I am still working on my iphone application and I am still going with the idea of making a art history dictionary. I have shown Anthony some preliminary sketches of my ideas and he seems to like them except I use black text and a white background, he said that they contrast too much and I should pick another color. I plan on keeping the text the same color but switching the background color to more of a gray color that is not hard to look at with the eyes. I am also coming up with designs of how the layout of the art will look and how the person using the app will be able to scroll through the different pieces. I enjoy this project and I can't wait to see what the rest of the class came up with, I am sure everyones will be great. Well I have nothing more to write at the moment so I am going to go back to work on my app and fix what I was writing about. Until my next blog!

Blog about my Iphone App

For todays blog I will be writing about the Iphone app I am designing in Photoshop. I am making multiple still images of an application for the Iphone that will allow the person to download an Art History Dictionary. The viewer will be able to select different time periods in art and then will be able to select if they want to read about the time period or if they want to see pictures of art related to that time period. There will be multiple pictures that the person can scroll through and click that will show a bigger picture, with text of who the artist was, time period, and origin of the work of art. The layout of the App will be different categories they could choose from or to use the "search artist" search tool at the bottom of the screen that will allow them to search for an artist or a specific time period. Some of my inspiration has come from an application for the Louvre in Paris, they have an application that lets the person read about the works of art or look at bigger pictures of the works. Mine will be different because I want to use more art then what they have in their museum, I want my App to be like a mobile Janson's art history book. This app will be very convenient for art students who would rather have an application on their phone then having the text, book. Maybe the person would want both and this would be a reference tool that they could check anywhere and not have to lug around a book.