google

I tried to search for the seaowl site to see how people would be able to reach it. I realised that you have to submit it to google in order for it to come up in search results.

So I have now submitted it so it should show up in a few days.

A few other ideas, using patterns and shapes to make a really clean, greyscale form.

Idea development

So these are some of the ideas we decided to develop, as potential cover art:




I did the snakey ideas yesterday and the satellite dish is getting developed further today. Tomorrow I will be working on the mountains.

i am cripplingly aware that i need to think of some other project(s) to complete as part of my FMP. None of the competition briefs I looked at grabbed me. I could possibly look at my own self-promotion and re-do my web/cards etc, but this isn't exactly brimming with creativity.
I have thought about creating a zine, but i feel i ought to have a reason behind it before i start.

murrrrrr

splash

So the idea was to collect a bunch of oldy images to use as the rotating image on the splash page. Bearing this in mind I went on the hunt the other day and found some of the above in an antiques shop and picked out the ones I liked best to use.
I think they work really well and all look pretty nice. As it is now, there are 5 rotating images that are used on the splash and they look as so:
This code has been a pain to implement and nothing seems to like it much so i had to re-load up the whole site, but it seems to be working a-ok now ...

I have set up the site on the remote server so that it works as a proper site now:

http://seaowl.110mb.com/index.html/HOME.html

i just need to set up the web address and re-direct so that it comes up as an easier address

We agreed on the fact that the navigation bar should highlight when rolled over, but instead to keep with the monotone look of all the layout and just invert the colours for the buttons, hence I have done this!

I have finally managed to get the splash page to a point where I can manipulate the code to make it look and work much better.

At the moment the text and the images work separately, but they are both functional as links into the site. What I think I might do is when I have the right images for the splash I will incorporate the 'SEA OWL ENTER' into that so that they appear as one on the page. This will also work much better when not using a mac.

OMG after such faffing around I finally found a code that seemed to work okay, after a bit of going over.
here:
http://www.bloggerforum.com/modules/newbb/viewpost.php?uid=12914

This means that my splash page will rotate images! amazing, now that I have it set up i can easily add more images!

great

Working on the site. I have been setting up the main pages, this includes the navigation bar. The first is simply an image of the navigation bar which I have divided up into hotspots in dreamweaver, as a result only the cursor changes when you go rollover, not the original image.
In the second example I have divided up the navigation bar into each separate page, then created two images for both, one coloured and one not, then I have assembled the navigation bar together on dreamweaver and created rollover images for all.

Which is best! I like the second one because I think it becomes much easier to use a page when rollovers are used on the links. I will have to check with matt to see which he prefers!

2nd go

Changed the layout a bit. I felt a bit uncomfortable with how the left column was overlapped by the navigation bar text and line, it made it seem a bit unbalanced, I don't know if this is better now?

TYPE RULES FOR WEB

http://www.dynamicgraphics.com/dgm/Article/28512

'House Style'

I was sent these as an idea of a 'house style':


I am sort of weary however that these are releases from the same band, but I guess there are elements I could take from this, for example, the style of illustration, the colours used, the placement of the text, things like this could be adapted to suit any release.

web mock up

This is a better web mock up of the site. I want to keep this layout throughout, 3 columns, one for text and two to fit in an image. I think this will transfer to most pages. When new material is added the old material / information can get moved down so it will be scrollable. Which I now think is much easier than creating a second news page, e.t.c.
This mock up has been sent for approval.

pin badge ideas:

Couple of ideas for pin badges using the logos/images I have been working on. As a promotional tool I guess the tape one gives the best idea of what the badge is for and gives text, making the label search able on the internet, however the owl one is cute, and as a freebie with the tapes this might be a nicer idea. I guess they both serve different purposes.

Type development

Been working on a matchstick font, to go with an idea I have had for packaging one of the cassettes:
development:

I am thinking about making some type with the cassette tape, or having a go, some insp for this and how it could potentially work all together.

cont ...

Ha! apparently it does matter to some!

typo

I want to experiment with typography on this project, this is a great site for some inspiration for that.
I am sort of surprised though at how many of the fonts are pretty illegible:
I mean, I think this is beautiful to look at and a great idea (and maybe it is just me) but if you have to work hard to read it however aesthetically pleasing it is, is it successful?
Or can it just be great based upon it's style? Does it have to function?