Book&Story

  It's day seven. She had her light on the whole night, in her pajamas she wandered across an empty room.  Why you haven't slept I asked, she did not answer.  Framed in white gold she stood still across the street, just a reach away. I swore to my self I could smell her hair-  coconut oil with a gentle hint of biscuit.  Knock on a door. Two young men were in front of me, cheeks red as meatballs. - We here to fix the boiler I pointed at the bathroom and so they went. She was gone.  - So basically we have to order a new part - guy number one started, it will take three to four days to come - the second one finished, As his eyes passed through my kitchen a grim smile appeared on his face. -  I guess you will have to use a kettle for a little while he added.  She was still gone  - Okay, thank you. Tweedledee and Tweedledum. 

  Planning stage: What were your initial ideas for creating a website? style/name/template - My initial ideas choosing style, name, and template was to make my website look professional and represent my academic pathway to literature. Do you have tagline on your website? - I also created a tagline for my website. Research: Which designers/ artist (relevant to your continuation route) websites did you look for inspiration? - I looked at couple of websites to get inspired one of them was by Neil Gaiman and James Patterson. How many pages did you want to make on your website and why? did that change as you progressed onto the research/designing stage? I want to make 3 pages, the main page, the about me page, and my portfolio as it is enough to show my work. Even after research, I feel like it's enough for now. Content: What is the purpose of your website? The purpose of my website is to show my work and my ability to use the digital art skills I learned in class. Who are your potentia

  In today's class, we were asked to create a professional picture for our website. To take a picture I'm using my pixel 4a as I don't own a camera. I will be using self-portrait mode on my phone. It's quite late into the evening so there isn't a lot of natural light but hopefully, I can take some good pictures using the lightning I have at home.  I took multiple pictures while looking for a suitable angle and lightning, then I chose the one I really liked and reduced light exposure by 5%, also I applied a black and white portrait filter.  Camera settings - F/1.7 1/50 4.38mm                                                                         Thats my final photo.  References :  Phone I used for taking pictures and editing -https://store.google.com/product/pixel_4a

                                                                                        Picture by Florian Klauer    In this post, I will dive deeper into researching "in medias res" plot structure. In medias res is a Latin phrase meaning "in the midst of things", and true enough, a work that starts out in medias res kicks off somewhere in the middle of the plot.  The use of in medias res as a plot structure goes back to the epics of ancient Greece: The Iliad and the Odyssey open in medias res and don't really go into back story until further on in the narrative.   (In medias res: definition and examples).    When Opening in medias res its important to start strong, as there is no back story or intro its important to jump straight into the action in the way that from the very first sentence it interests the reader. One of the options for the opening scene is to jump straight into some sort of dilemma that the protagonist has to deal with, or putting him in a wei

                                                                          (Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 - opening scene) In today's class, we were introduced to one of the cult films " Ferris Bueller's Day Off " Written and directed by John Hughes who is also known for works such as "Planes, Trains & automobiles" ( 1987) and "The Breakfast Club" (1985). Movie was  produced by Paramount pictures.(IMDB)  "Paramount Pictures, In full Paramount Pictures Corporation, one of the first and most successful of the Hollywood film studios. It became a subsidiary of viacom in 1994"   (Britannica).   Ferris Bueller's day off in my opinion is ultimate lazy Sunday afternoon movie, sending nothing but good emotions. Matthew Broderick who was nominated for the Golden Globe award in 1987  for the best performance by any actor in motion picture ( Golden Globes) delivers fun, intreaging and all rounded character to life, making us feel like we

 I continue developing my website and one of the main things I want to do is add a section about me and write few words about who I am and what I do. Page was filled in as I used a template but I deleted everything by pressing on a text and chose edit, then I wrote a little bit about me.                                            Then, since the template had a section about pets I thought I will add a picture of my pets too to give a bit detail about my self, I simply chose an option to edit the column background and I uploaded one of the pictures of my cats. Also, I added a contact me form so people could fill that in if they want to get in touch with me. To do that I had to press on the menu on the left side, I  chose 'add apps" and select one of the given forms for contact. Also, I added a gallery to my portfolio section to have space to add my future work for my portfolio. Also I uploaded a section about my education and I will keep updating it as I progress. Then, I added

As my major project is short story I will be using  lucidpress . In todays class we explore lucidpress. As I'm doing the short story I thought I try to experiment with a newspaper template as I can make it look like a page in a literary magazine. I changed the name of a magazine to 'Literature', and changed the name of the main article to a name of a short story - Mockery and Death.  Also, I change a front-page picture using  unslashed  to make it look more artistic.     Lucidpress seems easy to use and its perfect choice for my major project. 

  In todays class we started learning how to create a website using  WIX . Its a easy software to work with all I have to do is register, chose a template that reflects my work the best and that's it. But before I dive into editing my own website I thought I take a look at some other writers' websites for inspiration.    First of all, I checked out Neil Gaiman's website, as I am a fan of his work I thought it would be interesting to see his website too. It has his name on the top of the menu bar with all-important links. His image in the center. links to new releases and coming soon section. I think this website is well built as it's clear what it's about its also easy to navigate and on top of that it looks clean. The second website I visit was James Patterson's, again its easy to navigate with the menu bar on the top, it has his name in big letters and an image in the center. Again, it's clean, neat, and well presented. I think for my website I will try to

 Today I had a sign off of my major project with my tutor Zoe van de Velde . Everything went well, although I have to take a deeper look at creating a short story, structure, narrative, etc..  Click here  to open my sign off form.  In addition, I add my major project plan sheet that I will be filling in as I progress.   Click here  for updates.