if you wanna look.

so, if you’d like to test and see what all the fuss for nothing was about, select the familiar heptagonal icon in the navigation area of this Web site:

http://thejuxtaposed.com

and have at it. tell me if something looks wrong or ain’t working worth its salt. and yes, this was the section that took me the better of the last two to three days.

have mercy on my pitiful soul as i write up the cover letters to these places with the openings.

5 Responses to "if you wanna look."

chaizzilla says:
Friday, 11 July 2003 at 18:27:07
it’s pretty awesome, i was even able to look at this through vncviewer (basically a remote window that tends to not refresh w/o a punt in the butt). i haven’t tried running it over with mozzilla yet tho, soon enuf tho coz one of the outfits i’m volunteering for just handed over mega-software & i’ll have to hook it up to a real actual machine on the eeeeenternet to use it…
so you may or may not know about the 30th anniversary of the clean water act thing.. what do you think of the idea of Watershed Trading Cards?
1. Astrid says:
  Sunday, 13 July 2003 at 03:29:07
  sounds intriguing. let’s talk during our walk/bubble tea-a-thon later today.
typenik says:
Saturday, 12 July 2003 at 14:18:58
It’s rather slow to load on dialup (duh), but looks good (I like your use of the screened logo in the background) and reads well too. Nice job. :)
Only thing you might consider adding would be some description of how you came to those particular design solutions and possibly showing sketches of other options you considered along the way to show your design process “in action”.
1. Astrid says:
  Sunday, 13 July 2003 at 02:55:35
  i appreciate your observations.
  thank you. i have dialup, too, so i keep that Kb-limit in mind always when pretty much doing anything electronically. i guess that makes me Low-Impact Girl from Planet Nobudget!
  in earlier iterations of self-promotional work that i previously made public online, i would spend some copy time — okay, a lot — on explaining the mechanics behind my creative process. for this go-round, i felt that it was probably best to just let the work do the speaking, because in the end, i want the other party to have a need to speak with me in further detail, following their pre-examination of my work.
  you know, “whoa, hi! tasty! i wanna talk to her now. maybe she can tell us more!”
  and, ummm, maybe the following four grafs will shatter what little professional respect you ever had for me before, but i have never gone by the book in creating client-related ideas, mostly because i was never taught by anyone on how to do this stuff.
  i was once conditionally accepted to attend the Academy of Art College in SF in 1997 (OCAD was my first pick, but Harris was decapitating the higher education system in Ontario — “Americanizing” it, oh the irony — that year, so no go), but then every life plan i had back then suddenly and rudely got thrown into disarray or scuttled altogether until, well, the first of January, 2002. i painfully bided my time during the four years in between.
  i don’t often make artist/AD-calibre sketches or spec drawings, because A) i don’t illustrate well and B) beyond a skeletal pencil/paper plan, i handle all drafts in Illustrator, moulding and bending the work in successive iterations — saving each point along the way separately, when need be — much like working with clay. and unsurprisingly, i work best with clay when i’m creating artsy stuff on my on time.
  oh, and C) i don’t have a flatbed scanner (haven’t been able to afford one yet), so i would be stymied on transferring the raw paper ideas into a nice jpeg without dropping too much cheddar at a Kinko’s or something. when all the difference is between computer rental or dinner, i’d rather not end up in bed hungry again.
  post script: and if you de-friend me from LJ after this, i really wouldn’t blame you. *grin*
2. typenik says:
  Sunday, 13 July 2003 at 11:07:37
  Re: i appreciate your observations.
  If it makes you feel any better, I can’t really remember the last time I made pencil sketches for a project. I usually do all my drafts on the computer too, but could probably make jpg or PDF versions of them to show someone a “process” if I needed or wanted to. Most of my process is thinking and making relationships in my head, and not something that I often manifest in a way that would be visually accessible to others.
  I think the section you’ve put together works absolutely fine “as is”. I just wish there were more samples there to look at so one could get a better idea of everything that you’re capable of. Maybe think about re-designing some of your favorite albums or book jackets to show how you would have represented them.
  Honestly, I think you have a lot more “industry cred” than you give yourself credit for. You show more aptitude and ability in what you’ve presented through your web offerings than many of my cow-orkers who possess design degrees. You realize that your work represents you and that it’s better to ensure that what you choose to reflect your work do that in a manner that you feel does you justice. Plus, it’s better to have a consistent quality to your work, regardless of the client or the budget. All projects should be treated with the same respect and given the same attention, regardless of where they come from or the budget they have.
  P.S. You’re going to have to try a whole lot harder than that if you want me to “de-friend” you. ;)

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