Archive for December 2012
And then came the idea!
While talking to my friend about it the thought occurred: I'm a designer I'm not scared of anything.I can do this! So our next project for the lab was to make the design for the app in blend. Now that was the easy part (Oh the happiness of working in familiar territory!) so I fired up photoshop and started searching for brushes. You know how much it sucks when you can't find exactly what you are looking for?Well this is one of those times... 10 brushes I'll never use later I realised I could just find (or make) vectors/images without background! Yeaeeeee!!
Next facebook status was: "Don't know if my windows 8 app will be working but it's gonna be beautiful!"
Yeah it is gorgeous! Space brushes and zodiac sign brushes are enough to do the work on the background. But do I need simple buttons?NO!It's a biiig NO! I'm not going to settle for less when I've done so much work. Every other astrological sign has and well...they are boring. I don't like boring. I didn't do something extravagant I just created my own buttons! Oh the beauty of it all. I took advantage of what I've heard somewhere: " If you are doing something everybody does, make sure to do it better and differently." That's what I'm trying to do here. It's a simple enough project so far and everybody (and I mean everybody) can make a windows 8 app with just what is in blend, so I'll do more.
Next facebook status was: "Don't know if my windows 8 app will be working but it's gonna be beautiful!"
Yeah it is gorgeous! Space brushes and zodiac sign brushes are enough to do the work on the background. But do I need simple buttons?NO!It's a biiig NO! I'm not going to settle for less when I've done so much work. Every other astrological sign has and well...they are boring. I don't like boring. I didn't do something extravagant I just created my own buttons! Oh the beauty of it all. I took advantage of what I've heard somewhere: " If you are doing something everybody does, make sure to do it better and differently." That's what I'm trying to do here. It's a simple enough project so far and everybody (and I mean everybody) can make a windows 8 app with just what is in blend, so I'll do more.
My brother and I saw a Doctor Who image were he says I'm just a mad man with a box. Well he turned and said to me: You're a MAD WOMAN WITH A PHOTOSHOP! Yeap that's my title :p mad woman with photoshop :D
In the beginning there was a project...
As a student in Digital Systems (University of Piraeus) we have a variety of projects but this is the most interesting. Develop a metro app for the Windows 8 app store! Amazing right?Windows 8 were just released and we already have a lesson with them! Well my excitement got the best of me and I chose to participate while having no knowledge of programming at all! Isn't it how all the bad ideas begin and then you say "oh God why?".
Well there I was after 1 lab lesson staring at the suggestions for the project and my thoughts on them:
Well there I was after 1 lab lesson staring at the suggestions for the project and my thoughts on them:
- Where I parked my car? No way
- Kino/Joker number generator Easy but boring
- TV program what is a tv?nope
- Task manager HA!I could use that but wouldn't make it :p
- Expences calculator This would give my Dad a heart attack...
- Photo processing Sounds hard...
- Voice modification Even harder
- App for soldiers Like suggestions for food or map?hmmm...NO
- Quiz That's more like it...but too easy
- Services for our department I'm not gonna do your work....
- Useful phone numbers If you have time to open the app then you don't need them.
- IP calculator thinking about it...but would be too simple.
- Calculator Like so many others.
- Baby names No way!!!
- Strikes Would give me a hard time...On my TO DO list once I get better
- Tic-tac-toe Boriiiiing!
- Chess I don't know how to play it let alone built it.
- any table game in digital form Nope.
- zodiac signs Now we're talking.This can be fun...
- Hotels app Naaaa.
- First aid Useful but needs a lot of reading and spesifics.
- Puzzle Game What's with the games?
- Survival from wild animals Now that would be FUN to watch.
- Fairy-tales I don't want to do a simple book and the alternative is tough!
Well kinda like that and wanting to get a good grade and learn something I resolved in doing the signs app...
~~TO BE CONTINUED~~
