Hey! The last blog post is from when I was still in my first year of Creatve Technology. I am now nearing the end of my second year. In the mean time I have updated the layout of this website quite a bit and I have learned a lot more during my study program. I am currently in the seventh module of Creative Technology and I have developed a lot as a student and as a person as well. I hope to continue to do so during the rest of the program :) 7 nov 2018, Rosalie
Update March 2020
Final Expo We Create Identity
In the last week of our first module we had an exposition to showcase our final projects. This was mainly focussed on the video project, but we were able to display our posters and programming assignments. I was the one to setup the materials for out video project, so I was there a little earlier then most people. Once the expo started, another group member took over my shift, so I could look at other peoples videos. I really enjoyed seeing what other people made. But I also loved seeing the reactions to our own video. During the expo we displayed our visual communication posters. It was nice to see the posters I did not already see in class. The same goes for the programming assignments. Although I was not excited about going there at first, I am glas I went anyways. It is cool to see how everyone applied there own creativity to their projects. And it was nice to show what we had done ourselves. And I also enjoyed the free tee ;). If you are interested in the final video I made with my group, I posted it in my portfolio. You can check it out
New portfolio post!
I added a new portfolio post, explaining all about my bullet journal. If you want to know more about this. Check out my first portfolio post
Progress
It had already been a while since I started this blog. Hence I might give you a little update on how things are going and coming together.
As you may see in my latest progress update post, my website has changed quite a bit. I started out very basic. I only had a single webpage. This time I added three other webpages and a navigation bar. I had some struggles getting the navigation bar right but as of right now I am content with it. I am also very happy i managed to do it all in html and css, instead of wordpress, as this was my goal. I think this allpows me te use my own personal style. This is because now I have to add my own background, I decided that I want a horizontal, pink navigation bar and I am in control of what every blog post looks like. I used css to achieve this. I made different "divs" for example for headers, subheaders and blogposts to my personal liking.
I achieved my own personal style using css. I also watched some youtube videos on how to include a gallery, you can find this gallery on my latest portfolio post . For this I also had to add a little java script. I am not quite happy with how my gallery works yet, so I will continue to improve it.
This is what my blog is currently looks like
As you can see I added a transparent background to my textposts, using css. I did this because I found the background to distracting from the text. I also think the transparent background gives the page a softer look.
I plan to add a seperate webpage for my bulletjournal in the future. I would like to link this to my instagram account so it automatically updates.
This is currently the latest update!
3 oct 2018, Rosalie
Video Project
I am currently working on a video project. Obviously I will not do this on my own, I am doing it with four other people. The goal is an interactive video with different storylines. Since we only started two weeks ago, we don't have much yet. However we do have subject and we are currently working on writing the script. I won't tell you what the video is about just yet, but I will most definelty share my video once it is finished. 18 sep 2018, Rosalie
First portfolio post!
I added a portfolio to my webiste! I will post more things in my portfolio once I create them, so you can stay up to date! Check out my first portfolio post
Progress
Hey you, reading this! Are you curious how I made this blog? Here is a little update on the progress of my blog and webpage.
I started out with a very basic lay-out. Just a header and some images. Later on I added a background to the site. Because of this I had to adjust some of the colors, to make it look nicer.
The gemeral theme I like to go for is a soft pink. The reason for this is because I base my blog around my studygram account, which is called studyingrose. I associate this name with blush colors.This is what my website looked like at first:
Once I had the basics it as time to add a blog. Instead of making my blog with html code, I decided to use WordPress. I wanted to add a html blog later on, but I figured I should first make sure that I actually have a working blog, before I move on to explore more of html. A week later I did decide to try and make a blog in html. And, as you are now reading this, I succeeded! I do have to say it is not as aesthetically pleasing, but it does feel more fulfilling to me :)
19 sep 2018, Rosalie
Gogbot Festival Visit
Last weekend I visited the GOGBOT Festival in Enschede. It is a festival about music, arts and creative technology. Here’s a little review about two installations.
The installation that I personally found the most interesting was a golden robot dancing on a cord. The reason this initially caught my eye is because its golden shell case was reflecting the light. Once I had a proper look I was fascinated by the elegant dancing. I think it was a very good decision of the creator to make a moving robot instead a still installation. This movement causes the art piece to remain interesting for a longer period. The fact that it was dancing so elegantly was very calming to me. Especially because all the other installations, surrounding this one, were very glitchy and loud. I think the cord also added another dimension to the robot. The cord made it just odd enough that I wanted to keep looking. All in all I really admired this dancing robot.
I found the big globe with screens the most irritating. The whole vibe was a little disturbing to me. The concept of this globe was based on filming people to display that real time and fast forwarded on loads of screens. I didn’t like the idea of being filmed, because it felt like it was invading my privacy. The screens were very glitchy which made it annoying to look at. The footage was also displayed in black and white to add to the creepiness. It also made a sound that I cannot really explain, but it was some sort of rustle. Overall it wasn’t appealing to me at all. However, I do think that this creepy vibe was the goal of the creator. All the elements of the installation added up very well. So even though it was very disturbing, it wasn’t a bad installation in my opinion.
18 sep 2018, Rosalie
