At the very beginning of it all.
I had no clear vision of the website that I wanted produce. I quickly realized that I couldn't actually code without having a clear layout in mind.
This is where, this sheet came in.
At the very beginning, me and Jervont, came up with a production schedule.
Some to tell us, what to do in the weeks leading up to deadline for our assignment.
Originally, it was decided that I would be doing the coding for one website so because of this, I secretly tried to push, doing coding as far as a could.
That's why I had a full week just to look up tutorials, because of my wariness when it came to the topic, but even I know that I would have to face the beast eventually.
In the end, we both made separate websites and linked them together.
Below is a screenshot of what I was up to, after the week holiday, and thanks to a friend who helped me with my layout, this is where the rough layout came in handy.
And using this basic layout, suddenly, it was like the world of coding had opened up from above and granted me the understanding I needed to tackle the beast, which had plagued me for some long.
I felt like crying with pure happiness when this happened and like mouse who had been constantly died his cheese by a cruel god, I was renewed with deep determination, because, the world of coding didn't seem so mysterious to me any more and I felt confident enough to do it.
I had descended into a higher plane of existence.
Too bad, all this lasted, for a good week before I realized I had a huge problem on my hands that left me, mentally banging my head against the desk in frustration.
One of my text's, refused to relocate, no matter how much I changed it's code, it was like an elephant who refused to move because it just didn't feel like it.
I was supposed to be like god in this situation, my creation was my website and all the things within it should have bowed to me.
But because of one stubborn text, my whole coding had been thrown into dis-ray.
I was forced to change my whole code for .HTML, I even have to change my whole .CSS for the text to work.
In the end, I finally, got it to move but everything had been completely jumbled up.
Who know, that one piece of text would be like, Red Kryptonite to Superman?
By the time, it finally moved, I couldn't recognize the coding I started off with and I was left scratching my head on what to do.
I, no longer know what to do, and I was knocked down to the existence of a normal person who had suddenly found themselves looking at coding for the very first time, without taking a single lesson on it.
The beast had managed to grab me and was squeezing the life out of me, I know at that moment that I was flying solo.
I was as blind as a bat.
However...because I was so used to being in situation's like this, I didn't cave into the despair, that was slowly creeping in my heart.
The first Fanfiction, I had ever wrote was terrible, I had so many negative comments that I thought of giving up but I didn't, and sailed through the storm, because of that I now have a total of 423 people following me, waiting for me to release the latest chapters to my stories.
When I began to do editing using Sony Vegas...I felt so much despair.
Like Coding, I had little to no idea of what I was looking at and for days, I wonder if I should uninstall the program from my computer, but after watching a few Tutorial I began to understand it.
I was slowly taken the bull by the horns and riding it all the way to paradise.
Even to this day, I am still learning despite having six years behind me in the editing department.
It was because of experiences like this, that I did not give up and found the will power to press on.
That, and if I didn't submit something, I would have failed automatically. (Start sweating)
That certainly added oil to the small flame within my soul.
However, half way, through coding my website, I was in for another shock.
I found out that I was supposed to do a 'Moodboard'.
Now, the word 'Moodboard' was never something I liked to do.
I couldn't understand why people needed them.
The first time, I encountered the word, 'Moodboard' was in a subjected called Imedia, over five years ago.
I was than forced to do a 'Moodboard', for TV and Film, more than a year ago.
I still didn't see the point, in doing so, so by this point, it was a lot more of a chore for me than anything else, so I was no stranger to it, when I was told I needed to do a 'Moodboard' for this assignment.
Take it, this way, if 'Moodboard's' were a person.
That person, would be that person living next to you, that person, you have to walk by every day and pray that they weren't outside on their lawn when you do, because if you meet their eyes, you know it's going to be awkward.
This is what a 'Moodboard' is to be,
That's why, when I found out, I could make a Moodboard, online. I could not believe my ears but I should have seen this coming, the internet has advanced so fast, that you can host your entire life on the web now.
I couldn't believe it and was very eager to jump to shark.
If it mean't. I didn't have to spend hours doing it.
Link to Moodboard: http://www.gomoodboard.com/boards/-256hyTN/share
This may look confusing at first, so allow me to explain. (pushes up glasses)
At first, I googled, 'great websites' and only chose to screen shot a couple and placed the captured images onto the prepared website, my moodboard will be displayed on.
This was the same, for the colour scheme.
I've devoted most of life to art, so I am a bit more sophisticated when it comes to colour, than a normal person, the proof is in my video's, that I post onto YouTube every once in a while.
For the text, I spend hours looking at video's that contain some kind of text, so my brain has adjusted to the 'feel' of text and how they are suited for their intended purpose, currently I am obsessed with 'classic' and 'candy' font.
I can spot an 'off' front from a mile away just by listening to music it's based on.
This can be changed depending on the colour scheme and the purpose of the website.
While the other's screen shots were taken, from editing studio's, that I admire and specific individuals that I wish to match, one day in terms of skill.
I admit that I didn't have much notes everywhere explain what they were and why I chose them but shouldn't a Moodboard relay on images and not text?
Now that the sophisticated stuff is over, it's time to take on the Style tile.
I began the style tile.....when my website was finished, I admit it. (So, sue me) And I also, admit that I didn't start thinking about my research until most of website was done.
I got some direction from my classmates, on what to do.
I could feel my laziness kicking in when they finished explain.
This seem's to happen, every time I use Photoshop in a way, that didn't involve animation or coloring.
The only thing that kept me going was my pineapple, flavoured fizzy drink right next to me, once that was gone, I was practically running on fumes.
The Grim reaper had me by the throat the whole way through and only left, when I had finally finished and produced this.
When I finished this, I was half dead.
But despite that, I know my work wasn't done.
I clawed my way out of lake that represented my laziness, to post this.
My coding:
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Looking, back at this, I couldn't believe, I had managed to produce such a thing.
Me, the person who at the beginning of the year groaned my heart out, the moment I saw 'Web Design' on my scheduled.
Back than, it felt like a higher power was secretly laughing at me, and I wonder why the monster had come back to haunt me.
Never could I have imagined, I would finish this.
And making this kind of website:
Just find the words 'Melody's Website' on the page to go to mine.
Now that it's over...
Perhaps, web design isn't that bad after all.
I'm even think of continuing this, even if I don't have it as a class anymore. (I could just feel my teacher smiling, as he reads this)
Did I just concur the beast?
I think, I have.
