Web Media - Project 2 Begins - Goal Setting

So after a 2 week Hiatus due to Marking for my Project 1 Blog i'm back and set to continue my weekly posts.

Now down to business the goals I have set for myself to work on throughout my next project 2 of which have to be technical based, 2 design based and then the last 2 can be anything of my own choice.

time for 2 weeks of unethical Practice

As of 1pm today... I am going to be unable to post anything for 2 weeks due to marking purposes

normally I wound't mention anything but as I have posted about my ethics for this blog saying that i'll be posting at least once a week i thought it would be good to forewarn my viewers.

Now welcoming you to the NEW and IMPROVED GRAPHIX STIGMA DESIGN Blog

So after a bit of decision making and an equally large amount of graphical interface re-adjustment...

I present to you the New and Improved...

Typo 1 Assignment 1A - The Careers Expo Poster status... Complete

The day has been and gone now and even with a cold fogging up my mental capabilities I still managed to finish and hand in what I class as an amazing piece of work for my course this Thursday just been...

Graphix Stigma's Code of Ethics

So here today we have the rules of Graphix Stigma:

1. I aim to post something on at least a weekly basis.
2. Anyone can comment on any of my posts at any time and will be approved by myself.
3. Comments with any derogatory terms or disrespectful things said about anything on the Blog will not be accepted for posting.
4. At a later date I may upgrade to all posts automatically accept if accepting posts becomes too time consuming.

These are the terms and conditions of my blog at this point watch for any changes at a later date.

The inspiration that started my Ascent to Graphic Design

So to take my art life back to it's roots, I have to go back to when I was 14 years old and skipping Physical Education in the Library drawing instead of getting attacked by over sized Balls....

It turns out I wasn't so good with fast moving objects and later I would find that was possibly to do with my lack of a decent distant visual ability...

So I would sit in the Library with a pile of around 200 images of Dragon Ball characters and just spent my hours in there sketching and duplicating the images on my own paper.

images like this (found at http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/19552/776320-gohan05.gif)

Was one of the first images i completed to my satisfaction although this is not my drawing as I probably wouldn't be able to find it nowadays.

Or this (found at http://wallpapers99.com/images/wallpaper/1024x768/Dragon%20Ball%20Z_10454.jpg)

This was where I started but I have since progressed and personalized my style even if it still stays reasonably the same for the base of the style.

SEO - Search Engine Optimization...

Todays class we have progressed onto the subject material of S.E.O (search Engine Optimization).

For this section we were asked to search and locate one of the many ways to work with search engines.

for my SEO i found on http://searchengineland.com/21-essential-seo-tips-techniques-11580 and have gone with number 13 in the list...

It's all about the content...

Creating great content that uses well known keywords will increase the number of hits you get when people search in search engines like Google, yahoo or Bing.

You can use some sites to find out how well your keywords are getting searched on sites such as:
- https://adwords.google.com/o/Targeting/Explorer?__c=1000000000&__u=1000000000&ideaRequestType=KEYWORD_IDEAS

this can be a helpful way of creating effective phrases within your webpages.

Starting to be less Anti-Social with Social Media Sites

So another late post on my part for Wednesday's class also....

So another mission for us today in Blogging 101 we have to associate 2 or more Social Media Accounts with this here Blog that we has made...

So it seems that I have relocated my original Twitter Account for this project and it will have to do.
you can find it here although i havn't posted much on it as of yet...
                   - https://twitter.com/GraphixStigma

For other Social Media I have decided to go with my Facebook
                   - http://www.facebook.com/RyoujiKenji?ref=tn_tnmn

I also have made a LinkedIn Account which can be found here
                   - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-barnes/56/563/4a0

Graphix Stigma Designs Visual Overhaul

AS i realise this post is a little late being that the update was done back on Wednesday, But i've been weighed down with getting other area's of study finished... Not the greatest excuse for sure.

So for this I have created a Visually Appealing Title Image from the Female character I was working on for my Studio Practice Class... although i think i can take that image further now after a few extremely helpful tips from my Tutor.

Also made the Background image from a pre-existing piece of work from the first half of the year.

That's it for this post I believe...