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.
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 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.
The Young Executives For Success (YES! - by Dress for Success Vancouver) website launched today. It was a small charity project. The design was created by Sonja Schneider, who I had the pleasure of working with at Free Agency Creative for the past 2 years. She recently left the team over to there to pursue running her own company back home in Switzerland. I wish her much luck with her new endeavors.
I recently had the pleasure of working with the team over at Science World (@ Telus World of Science). On this project I was in charge of taking their static mockups and creating fully interactive learning modules.
The first was called Green City Smackdown. The basis is that the user gets to choose 2 cities from a list of major cities in Canada. They then learn a little information about the city, and compare it to the other one they chose. The comparisons are based on 7 different categories, and in the end, one of the cities will come out as the victor. Check it out for a little incite into what I am trying to describe. Green City Smackdown.
The second module is called Shifting Skyline, and is all about the changes that have happened over the past 100 years in Vancouver. Included is a really cool panorama that shows you how much downtown has changed since 1897. Other information included is the murder rates since 1912, the population growth (as well as where they are living, city vs suburbs) since 1921, and how much the cost of housing has increased over the last 30 years. There are pictographs as well as line graphs for all the information, so choose the one that makes the most sense. Check out Shifting Skyline.
The Third module is a great interactive timelapse video player. Included are 2 locations, downtown Vancouver, as well as False Creek Vancouver. Each location has 4 video options, which let you choose how much video to see, one day, one week, one month, or even from the start of filming (which commenced mid June 07). Its quite interesting to watch the construction of the new Olympic Village in False Creek. Both cameras are mounted on top of Science World, and republish new videos to the modules almost daily. Check out Timelapse Video.
Not only were the 3 modules created in English, there were also French counterparts, so everyone can enjoy them.
With the last month being super busy, there has been a lack of time to do any personal projects. It will be nice to finish everything up, and finally have some more time to sit down and learn again. With Lake City Centre launching today, and GoldFish Pacific Kitchen nearing its phase 3 launch, I will soon get some extra time to play. Currently I am working on a few projects for some undisclosed clients, but with quick turn around times, they will be out the door soon. Summer is here, now its time to enjoy it.
