From okay to good to whah? I am not sure what happened here. Everything is gone-ish. It all still lives on wordpress, but I was trying to troubleshoot this broken thing (see above) and then the server stopped liking me. I’m not sure yet of what went wrong. Another email to bluehost, hoping they know…

Nav is not resizing well. I’m spending too much time on this custom nav, but I have my design principles to consider. I have five days to create a homepage. I think I can do it. The other day, I married this AlbinoMouse theme to 1140 grid with mixed results. I took the nav elements…

I had a revelation about what “RELIC” sculpture magazine is as a brand while watching my housemate play Brutal Legend : Brütal Legend – EA Games. I am excited to see where it goes. Here’s my new style tile and wireframe. Working on the photoshop assets: Free High Resolution Textures – Lost and Taken. Update 3-13-13:…

The User Testing Session was terrible for a number of reasons. Mostly the lack of navigation. This is the site right before the storm. The storm meaning I will destroy everything that I have built and start over. I think I do this every other web project, but there is something fundamentally wrong with my web design…

In the critique with Erik, he saw that one post had a subheading. He liked how that lead into the article. Now, the magazine has standardized subheadings for each post (h3). He also said that the big pictures full width of the blog create a smooth rhythm. So, I’ve adjusted the images so there are…

Assignment: Wordpress.org Sculpture Magazine site, working with Aaron Phase 1 of Web Design 1. structure information with user-centered considerations (Site Map) *Research the competitors (Links) and content (html) 2. communicate style and function– using a strong Identity (insert style tile here) 3.wire-framing explore more efficient layouts 4. understand mobile strategy (how will the layout change to fit to the users’ goals? 5.business model…

Relic Magazine now has a custom header 100% with placeholder buttons. (No hover states yet. Some issues.)  Interestingly, there is a transition duration on them. I think I’ll keep it for now. As for the design side, We are hashing out the logo. Update 2-20-13: Our theme, Albino Mouse, is working for us. It’s organized…

First week of the Blogazine project. Working with Aaron, over the past week, we’ve established that we are working on a sculpture magazine and after some brainstorming exercises have started to establish the identity: Relic. Relic is defined by its futuristic perspective looking backward on today’s current works as precious relics of a great time…