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reflection on my project, work and website

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I cannot believe that is finish of the Term 1 and I did not end up with the heart attack! That was very intense time, 10 weeks of hard work and stress, but I am proud of myself. I have changed my life completely and it was worth it. First weeks were very difficult as everything happened so fast. However, I have learned many new skills, I know how to make a website, which was always my dream and to be honest is not that difficult as I thought. My very first website works perfectly and I am happy with every click and that is definitely something what I would use in the future. If I would have more time, I will make some changes as a home page or about me page. Furthermore,  I know how to write the blog posts and how to keep all my ideas in one organised place by using Milanote. I am more organised now and I'm not keeping my ideas in every single draw on small pieces of paper anymore. What is the most important, my dreams came true, and I draw illustrations to my very first book! I ...

creating flipping book on flip snack

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To create the flipping book I used Flipsnack, the amazing software where I could easily upload my pictures and change them into a book.         First I created pdf with all my illustrations from procreate, then I sent it to my google drive and from there I safe it on my computer. Next I used blue button on the left side - "upload pdf" and I uploaded my book. I took only a few seconds, then I clicked "customize" button to start customizing my book. First I changed the front cover for the " hard cover" effect   By using the left-had side menu I also changed the background colour for black and I clicked " sound " button to add sound effect when turning the page.   I clicked "safe and share" button on the right top corner, then I wrote the title and I clicked "publish" On the left side of the page chose "embed" then I copy the embed code   When the embed code was ready, I opened my website on Wix.  I clicket little Add s...

the magic of the amulet - progress part 4

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I used colours to mark the scenes and to define how many pages I would draw. However during drawing I realized that I need to draw more pages as the text does not fit on the page. For instance, this highlighted in blue is to long for one page.  I knew that the next page would be in the same setting, so I uploaded previous illustration as a reference. This page is quite sad. I like drawing emotions, however this time I was very careful to not draw to sad or to scary pictures. When finished colouring I added the text. That is always the last step for me. My inspiration is polish illustrator Daniel Wlodarski and I saw something interesting on his Instagram , he often start with the text, then he drawing illustrations around    I draw this picture next, when Abby and Olivia spotted something, deep in the ocean. As always I used the same brushes to make a sketch, then bride colours. This time I also use the lightpen brush to define glowing from the amulet. It works well on the...

the magic of the amulet - progress part 3

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  This is my next page to the story about little girl and her fiends. This page is a little introduction about who is who, so I decided to draw all characters playing together. I draw Abby, sitting on the beach, where we can see her legs. I did it in purpose because later on Abby with the power of magic will lose her human legs. During drawing ,I  kept the first picture displayed on the left to check the colours and details. I used bride colours and light reflection. Later on I draw Sun in top right corner and I knew that light would came from that side.  Using different shades of yellow and  diferend kind of brushes helped me create sand on the beach. I went back to the previous page to make some changes. I changed look of Olivia the dolphin and i removed the crab from the picture. As in the text is written that Olivia and Abby went swimming. I know how important it is for children because they always compering text with the illustrations. If I changed Olivia on the...

feedback and UX testing

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 Today I was creating feedback form to my website. I used the google form where I wrote all the questions regarding to my website general view and navigation. I choose multiple choice questions on the drop dawn menu .Then I added the choices that I wanted. UX testing is important to find out how our website works and how is seen by others.    I customised the form by clicking tiny symbol of pallet in the top right corner. I used the same brown colour as it is on my website.  I added the form to my website by clicking add button on the left side on the wix creator. After i receive all feedbacks I would remove the form from my website. This feedback would help me to improve my website and I could make some changes.   The majority thinks the navigation on my website is excellent, what makes me really happy. This is my very first website and I am proud of it. Mostly people thought that my website is good and excellent. I have received feedbacks saying that I should ...