Work in progress (2)

Inputting the zoom interaction for the embedded site was a litte tricky as i had to use frames for navigation rather than scenes between different instances to keep it clean, but it was finally completed yesterday afternoon. I didnt actually have a finished interactive section on my website when the brief was first submitted, and it is nice to provide an example of how users would interact with the 3D world.

I am actually going to add another section to this part of my portfolio, named 'the 3D world' in which i explain the program i used, reiterate why 3D was appropriate and explain how the symbols on a map which someone uses are translated into tower-buiding sized colour blocks in the 3d word so that they are instanty recognisable. This section woud be different to the 'concept' as it explain technical things in more detail, and would be accessible only if a user is interested in it, rather than lumping it all together on one page and having too much wording on each page.

I have also completed my research pages. Essentially it is a pinboard of the majority of my sketchbook work for each project, with 'hit' sections applying to various areas, so when you hover over various different pages, a litte note comes up saying things like 'participant observation' or 'museum visit'. I chose to display it this way to show off my detailed book work and to give a quick insight to my process work. I realise that a. you cannot see the work in detail and b. each page doesnt have its own tag', but i made these decisions as i realised that one of my two main target users (potential employers) probably isnt interested in combing through my sketchbooks within a portfolio, and would instead be interested in getting and overview and seeing that i do use multiple medium and methods to get where i'm going. My other target user (examiners) would have my sketchbooks with them and reading through them virtually is much more of a strain than having a real hard copy. My research virtual pinboard is just to show that i do have a process, and my blog is available (which sums up most of my process work) to view in the blog section.

I have shown the flash stage behind this screenshot to show how i constructed this page. Essentially i had to take lots of photos of my sketchbook manually, cut them to size, arrange them in photoshop, add hit areas with rectangles and the 'shear tool', and then add a title at the end.

I did have the idea of having thumbnails which enlarged when hovered over and had titles of their own, and perhaps if i am targeting different users i woud do so, but since it is very time consuming and inappropriate for my target users i am not doing so.