Blog of Ryan Ilg, Web Developer and Graphic Communication Specialist.
Back in February, I had the pleasure of getting away from code, and focusing more on animation. I worked with local firm Edwards & Associates, who were contracted to put together a trade show booth. I was brought into the project to do the animation for the presentation that was shown on the 42 inch lcd. I took the static mockups, and worked with the rough storyboard to produce a looping presentation. I also took the opportunity to add a few of my own touches, including lightning in the sky, to create a more atmospheric display. The presentation scrolls vertically revealing the soldiers, introducing the viewer the many layers of the game shield. It’s a little tough to explain, but I am including some screen grabs below, even though they don’t do the animated version any justice. I cannot include the full screen animated presentation as it is just to large (file size and resolution wise) to play here.
The YES! Vancouver site just went over a little overhaul (during late Feb, early March). The main structure stayed the same, but the design and layout was slightly tweaked to better match the brand. During the modifications, I took the time to implement a newer version of my project framework (which includes many new features, including a simple cms system). Check out the new YES! Vancouver.
Well its hard to believe its been almost 5 months since my last post. Honestly where does the time go. Over the last few months I have been busy as usual. Working with a few clients, on a bunch of really cool projects. Many of them are reaching their final stages. During the progress I been writing ongoing entries about my tasks, so once they are launched, there will defiantly be a few blog entires showing up here.
The new site for Bellwether Park launched about a month or so go. The site is running off my underlying project framework that allows for an easy startup for any web project. It consists of of all the required files to get a site up in a matter of hours instead of days, of course it all depends on the scope of the project. The system includes mod rewrite already built in, as well as reset style sheets and header documents all ready to go. The individual pages just need to be created, and styled. Getting back to Bellwether Park, Chris Hold was in charge of the rest of the production on this one, expect for the interactive map which I had the pleasure of working on. Check it out.
I just wrapped up a rebuild of the Task Construction Management site. I was asked by Industrial Brand Creative to take what the client currently had, and rebuild the site on Wordpress, as well as update the outdated table based html code (put together by our old friend… Dreamweaver) with shinny new xhtml. I took everything and started from scratch. Working my way from the content out, it was the first thing to go into wordpress. After every single page was accounted for, I started working the styles in. I re-ripped out a lot of the interface elements, so they would work better in a scalable sense, so when someone wanted to increase the font size in their browser, it was not going to destroy the layout of the site. Check it out.
I am just in the process of finishing up a few projects, so keep an eye out for some updates and launch announcements. The projects include, updates to a video production firm website, an interactive recruitment package for UBC, a wordpress site rebuild, as well as an interactive company information presentation, as well as others.
Its been a long time coming… after 8 months in design and development, the new Free Agency Creative site has finally launched.
Update: I still have not had the time to write how the inner workings of the site run, but don’t worry I will get to it when everything else quiets down.
I just read a great article on the ability of email programs (including web based) to display flash content. As you will see, there is no such support. This is a great article to send to any clients who happen to ask why you can’t do it. Have a read… The The truth about flash in email.
I just read an interesting article titled 6 Rules For A Teflon Mind. It has a few tips for making your days more productive by getting away from everyday interruptions.
I just visited my local chapters and picked myself up a copy of the Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook published by O’Reilly. I’m really excited to dig in and get down and dirty with the latest version of Actionscript. Now that I am doing freelance full time, I will be setting aside an hour or two each day to sit and read, and get back to researching online.
Also in the works, I have been planning, and putting off, starting, then getting side tracked with client work… tutorials! In the coming months I plan on giving back with help on the problems that I found myself stumped on in the past. Keep and eye out.
