Snapshot

Version 7


I really like version 7, it was fun to construct and is like a cartoon.

I like how the whole screen does something and it is a bit chaotic and crazy.

The music is called snapshot and is by The Art of Noise.


The only problem now is that I think I have taken the whole web animation theme a little too far.


I suppose if the object of this exercise was to make some simple web animation, this would be great.


However I have to concede that most people don't really like the music and find it to off putting, which is fair comment really.

Ho hum back to the drawing board.

I worry that I’ve spent too much time learning how to animate and add the hyperlinks / rollovers and not enough on actual design.

So the images:

Cameras - hopefully self explanetary.

The Mutoscope and Television.
Both rely on a frame rate or change of scan rate / image refresh rate to show movement.

Rodin's 'The Thinker'
represents me and the stupid amount of time I spend thinking and often overthinking about things.

The Thinker is thought of as the universal embodiment of every poet, every creator, who draws new life from the imagination.

The ? which flashes upon rollover is symbolic of this but it is also a nod on my part to the animation of Terry Gilliam and the cartoons of Monty Python.

The Sun and Moon don't represent anything - they are there purely for decoration, which is a small affectation or accent - which I'm trying to emulate the detailing that Victorian craftsmen gave to the products they produced.

The Dial phone and the Startac mobile
Two design classics - both of which are now outdated and almost antiquated.

The Compass Rose
A visual device to represent the "Where I am" as opposed to simply stating my address.

The Pound sign is very crude but I couldn't think of anything else to represent the link to the print order site "photobox".

Persistence of Vision - I think this is very apt for me and describes how dogged I am in working through a problem, although even I can see that V.6 is neither refined or inspiring.

So how did I choose the images or more importantly, why did I choose the images ?

The logo colours are primary Red, Green and Blue. The name refers to the visual phenomenon of the eye by which an afterimage is thought to persist for approximately one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina.

I also think it is apt because it can be interpreted as a play on words, in that it describes my approach to creating and image. I'm a bit loath to brand myself - hence me choosing to "trade" under another name.