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Web Critique and Analysis: The Battle of the "Swans" Theatre

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For my web critique and analysis, I am going to compare the websites of Black Swan State Theatre located in Perth, Australia and Cygnet Theatre in San Diego, CA.  Let the battles of Swans begin! FYI, Cygnet means a baby swan. What are the communication objectives of the site? Is there one purpose that is primary? Both communication obje cti ves are very similar in th e ir web site design. The main purp ose is to purchase tickets to the the theatre show. Who is the target audience for the site? Is there an audience who the site excludes? Ta rget audience for both companies in clude : sub scribers , theatergoers , and donors . Both web sit e have a call to action button to donate. Howe ver , Cygnet takes a step further by ackno wledging the ir don ors with a sc rolling image feature of donors.  As for excluding any target audience, I d on't potentially see any exclusions. Cygnet takes advantage in being a c enter hub o f all w alk of live. They have ...
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Final Project Research: My Website

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It's ALIVE! I can't believe I actually have a running website. I feel very proud that I decided to author it myself using code! I challenged myself to make a customizable site because I found that websites like square-space or wix.com weren't doing the trick for me in being customizable in the way I like, so I looked at many portfolio websites to get inspired.  After my initial research, I found Gin Lane  on One-Page Love, web-designer and fellow Meagan, Meagan Fisher's Owltastic , and web and video agency: Symodd . These three websites inspired the structure of a site, the contents, and the design. All of these websites had similar communication objectives of servicing to the graphic design industries. They provided detailed samples of work and abilities. Gin Lane was the first website I found that inspired me by their simple layout. It has a one-page structure with the gradients of color slightly changing as you scroll down to see their work sample...
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What inspires me?

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What inspires me? Many things come to mind, but what strikes my creativity is music and ballroom dancing. When I'm designing, I will have bachata or salsa music in the background. I try to stand up while I work, so I move around to the beat of the song. Even when I'm not designing my second passion is ballroom dancing especially latin style, so I'm attracted to more vibrant colors to give a powerful feeling. I enjoy this type of dance because I think it tells a story in the movement similar to have graphic design communicates visually. I believe designing and dancing complement each other. 
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Web Typography

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Choosing typography for your print design or website can be a little daunting sometimes. On top of that, choosing the best combinations of typography can add to the layer of frustration. At this moment, I'm deciding whether or not to change the font for this blog post. Anyhow, the choice of typography is part of the designing process. I'm fortunate enough to have great web typography resources. Some of my favorite resources are Google Fonts and 50 Font Combinations . I know Google fonts will work on all platforms and all design mediums and the 50 Font Combinations are all google fonts paired up with one simple blog. I think web typography is beginning to mature to due to other technologies advances in retina displays and the option of web browsers. In addition, smartphones have powerful displays which in turn will have better displays of fonts.  With @font-face declaration, you don't have to use "web-safe" fonts. You can define it in your code and src it ...
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Customize This!

This is a little unconventional blog. The goal of this blog is to report how I was able to change my blog template. I explore different possible layouts. I changed the color scheme and picture. You can also add different pictures. Other customizations include changing the HTML and CSS of your blogger.
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What is RSS?

RSS literally means Really Simple Syndication. Its a more efficient way to "bookmark" your favorite websites or allows users to access updates to online content. We can use an RSS reader to keep track of fellow students' blogs. The aggregator of the RSS is similar to a web browser that keeps track of the RSS content. Although a useful tool, RSS isn't widely used to do a number of reasons: content can be easily copied because of misuse of copyrighted content, tracking subscribers is difficult because of the goal of RSS is all about achieving the widest syndication.
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Can I get a resource?

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I'm now in the final semester at MiraCosta, so I am gearing up for graphic design and marketing jobs. What that entails is looking at A LOT of examples for my portfolio and my graphic design 3 classes. I'm looking at examples of website, fonts, layouts, and the list goes on and on. The one thing I notice that most website provides is the WHAT, but they never explain WHY it is a good example of [insert technical term here]. There is where Moo.com comes in. Moo.com has an inspiration gallery where it provides both great examples of product use and the explanation of why they are great examples. Check it out. One my favorite example is What is the big idea? Below are some of the examples of the media company that took a creative approach to advertising a service - typically an intangible idea.
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