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As i start this weeks tumblr post i cant help but feel anxious about making my own website especially after completing the huge short film project on Monday. But since the semester is almost done, i figured here goes nothing!

Section A: As a writer! I will attempt to integrate the ethos, pathos, and logos in order to make my website stunning and draws the audience to focus more on my thesis provided throughout my website. I will attempt to add credibility to most of my material that is discussed on my website so that I form a sense of ethos to keep the audience interested in reading my website. By adding ethos to my paper I not only provide credibility but everything that I state is not a mere rumor or an educational guess, rather all my information displayed is academic, organized, and completely reliable. By adding pathos, the information displayed can help to persuade the audience to feel a certain kind of emotion based on what I am trying to convince the audience about. For example in my literature review I discussed how the lack of diversity in the quality of care for most veterans that attend the VA, and I approach this topic by persuading the audience to  sympathizes with our US veterans and to get them involved with advocating a solution to this problem. As for logos, I intend in making sure that my papers and paragraphs displayed on my website will be comprehensive and simple to understand, I am not saying that my audience will not be able to comprehend my thesis for each paper but by sticking to simple English diction I can assure that my audience will not have any misconceptions regarding my topics.  

Section B: As a designer! Key elements such as contrast, consistency, balance, grouping, and alignment are very important to ensure that audience’s attention has been captured. To avoid losing my audience I will do my best to adjust the aspects of my website to fit the 5 principles of web design. I will keep my text font and size consistent except for major key points to give compliments to the sections of the webpage according to vital information and other sub-categories. I will also use the same style for each heading throughout the website to ensure consistency and to keep the audience’s attention. Any images or multimedia used on my website will be aligned evenly so that my images are reasonably recognizable among each image, but all my images will follow one main theme so that my audience can see how the images all tie into my papers thesis. I will group my content according to the rubric provided on BB which will have my Homepage, introduction about me; my Assignment Reflections;  my Reading Reflections, as well as the Extra credit opportunities which is the Course Reflection: What, So What, Now What.

Now that my post is complete and i have a simple rubric to use in order to help me assemble my website, i feel confident about putting the whole web page together. This almost feels as good as finishing a race in 1st place. 

Finally, the last Tumblr post of my life and I could not be happier!

“How will I execute Ethos, Pathos, Logos as a producer, creator, writer, and activist?”

Section A: Writer

I will try and add ethos, pathos, and logos in order to draw the attention of my audience into my website and make my information as credible to my audience so my point can be taken seriously. By adding Ethos into my website all my information does not seem like I am making it up or obtain my information from unreliable sources. By inter-grading ethos all my information becomes reliable and the audience can trust that I’ve done my research and know what I am talking about. By adding pathos I can persuade the audience in feeling some type of way. In my literature review pathos is showed because I talk about how women sometimes can not pursue their dreams jobs because they decide to become a mom instead. Although their is nothing wrong with that decision, the majority of higher positions are occupied my men. Pathos can come into play and make the audience sympathize with women because it can remind them of their own grandmothers, mothers, or sisters. Lastly, Logos will be included in the form of organizing my paragraphs in my literature review in grouping certain information together so the reader can follow along clearly. The logos aspect of my website will also be the organizations, making sure it is balanced and with the appropriate colors like I learned in the last tumblr post.

Section B: As a Designer.

For my website, I think by making the last tumblr post it has really helped in having a more clear idea as to how a website should look like. With that said I will be following the key elements from last time. I will also ensure that Ethos is present my making sure that not only is my grammar correct but my punctuation as well. I will be organizing my information in bullet point form and I want to make sure I have the correct placement of periods or comas so my audience does not get confused. Logos will be attributing in the sense of picking my colors for the website, and what font the text will be. I do not want to add colors such as a Chartreuse yellow because it will make me lose a sense of credibility by not picking a more professional looking color. Pathos will be the easiest form to put into my website because by controlling and designing on what colors, I can make the mood of my website however I want it to be. That way when my audience is viewing my website they will feel in whatever mood my colors, text, pictures etc portray. For my last step I will just following the rubric on blackboard in order to meet all the requirements!

Now that I've completed this and are really close to finishing this class, I can now enjoy my Tuesdays and not hyperventilate when the clock strikes 9:00 p.m

I will talk a bit about how my website will make people feel, I will explain some of the elements that I chose to make my website my own style. Here below is a sample of my website.

SECTION A: As a writer!

I will attempt to integrate the ethos, pathos, and logos in order to give my website more spark so that it can attract the attention of the audience. by adding ethos, I will attempt to add credibility to some of the material that I talk about in class, I will mostly have many experiences about various assignments; so it is important to keep some of the details for the website the most professional as possible. By adding pathos, this characteristic will make the viewer experience a specific kind of emotion according to the elements used in the website. For example my website has many dark colors and abstract effects, this will make the viewer experience seriousness and shock, that is what I meant to do in my website. As for the logos, I intend in making the audience acquire common sense, it is not a good idea to keep the viewers wandering; so I might as well explain the content in as simple manner. the logic here does not expose the material to the point where the viewers could know what to expect next, I can use elements of surprise and keep the audience comprehending the details about each section of my website.

 SECTION B: As a designer!

Simple things such as the elements of creating a website such as contrast, consistency, balance, grouping, and alignment; can make or break a website from simply make the viewers disengage and click on another website. To avoid this I will place my best efforts to adjust the characteristics of my website to fit these 5 principles in order to make my site more appealing, I will keep my text; but I will adjust the text on certain sections to give compliments to the sections of the webpage according to important information and other sub-categories. using the same style for headings throughout the website is preferable since only one theme should be used for a website in order to be unique, my website sticks to a theme; that is why some of the fonts included for most of the sections can be slightly different, but the same style. Any images or multimedia used on my website will be properly balanced to the point where the images are reasonably distant from each other, but also to the point were the audience can see a pattern to select from the various videos or images included in the site. I will group my content according to the relevance of what the viewer needs to search for, there will be sub-categories and different sections where information can be found based on each particular topic. my alignment for my website will work best with a vertical layout, since there is more detailed content rather than interactive multimedia website with a horizontal layout. the way I plan to incorporate ethos, pathos, and logos here will be the same as the first section, the only thing different will be the strategies for adjusting material in an artistic manner through out the website.

The website being the last assignment of the semester has me like......

Section A:

In my website I must remember to use the five principles of design which are

1) Contrast: Design such as font style and size are different from one another.

2) Consistency: Making sure design is consistent and similar.

3) Balance: When images and text have equal weight, such as spreading out the content.

4) Grouping: Keeping sets of like items on the same page and not scattered.

5) Alignment: Lining up elements on the page either vertically of horizontally

First website: http://trendlines.ca/

Questions for analysis:

1. Identify and describe the balance of the site. 

The website is terribly balanced because the text is not very clear to read and it does not match the background.  The colors used in this website are very distracting because they are too many colors around the text.

2. How is contrast employed on the site?

The contrast on the site is not very good because the text is all over the place and the color scheme does not match the price components being discussed. The font size is not just one size it many different sizes for every section. 

3. Evaluate the site’s use of consistency.

The use of consistency is not consistent because they use different colors and font sizes.

4. Describe the site’s utilization of alignment and grouping.

Alignment of this site is not good because the text is spread out all over the website and the text is not aligned. The text is different sizes and colors making it hard to be aligned together. And for the grouping, they placed the text and graph right next to each other which makes it hard to look at one thing at once.

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site. 

Based on my analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, the effectiveness of the site is weak. It showed me what I shouldn’t do on my website. It showed me that being very flashy is not a good way to make a website.

Second website: http://www.aaronxmarquez.com/

1. Identify and describe the balance of the site.

The balance of this site is very good because the text and the colors correlate very well. The photos also correlate with everything else on the website.

2. How is contrast employed on the site?

The contrast of this website is very organized. The size and style of the text was all the same. He used a color scheme that contrasted very well with the text. Having a black background did not take away from the text which was a good format.

3. Evaluate the site’s use of consistency.

The consistency of this site is was very good because everything about the design was consistent and only used a few colors to keep the website very simple.

4. Describe the site’s utilization of alignment and grouping.

The alignment and grouping of this website was great because everything was very well organized and aligned perfectly.

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site.

Based on my analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, the effectiveness of this site is excellent. It showed me how I should do my website, very simple and organized. The website showed me what my website could be very simple but still look professional.

 Section B: Implications for my own design

1. What will you have to do to ensure that your website is balanced?

To make sure that my website is balanced and that my text and images balance each other out. That both need to have an equal amount of space.

2. How will you use contrast on your website?

On my website I will make sure that I use contrast when picking out the colors for the background and text so that they stay the same to make my website look organized and simple.

3. Where will you employ consistency on your website?

I will employ consistency on my website by maintaining my design of it consistent and having everything be the same format.

4. How can you use alignment and grouping to make your website more effective?

I can use alignment and grouping to make my website look organized. By having the text and pictures aligned and grouped appropriately it will make my website look more organized and not seem all over the place.

5. What colors will you use for your website? Why?

The colors I will use for my website will be something that has a soft tone to it and that is not very flashy and bright. I might go with a beige color or a soft grey but I have not decided yet.

6. How else can you ensure that your website is well-designed?

I will ensure that my website is going to be well-designed because I am going to follow the website guidelines and ask my professor questions on anything I may need help with. I will also make sure to use my analysis of these two websites as references.

 Now I am ready to complete my website.

Since creating this website is the last assignment of the semester, I am so happy to finish!

In the process of creating my website, I must remember to use the five principles of design which are 

1) CONTRAST-  Design such as font style and size are different from one another.

2) CONSISTENCY-  Making sure design is consistent and similar.

3) BALANCE-  When images and text have equal weight, such as spreading out the content.

4) GROUPING-  Keeping sets of like items on the same page and not scattered.

5) ALIGNMENT-  Lining up elements on the page either vertically of horizontally.

Analyzing the first website http://trendlines.ca/

We would take a look on some examples of websites an critique them based on various categories. I will also talk about some ideas that I want for my website.

SECTION A:

QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSIS: http://trendlines.ca/

1. In the “trendlines” website, the balance of this site is completely terrible; the author of this site did not even attempt to display the text accordingly to match and compliment the main page. Everything looks like one big block of text behind a background that has way too many colors just enough to give someone a headache.

2. The contrast that is used in this website, is completely outdated. The text resembles to the text from windows 97, and to say the least this text is over all over the place. Some of the text is in different color which does not match at all with the background, the text is even different font sizes for each section of the main page.

3. This website does not apparently have good consistency since some of the text is different sizes in each section of the home page.

4. I can use the alignment and grouping to make this website cleaner and easily understandable. If this website featured more interactive options to navigate the site, it could turn out to be more user friendly.

5. This site lacks effectiveness and could use more work into making the website appealing to the audience. If this website can have all these principles improved, the site could use more tweaks to transform from an outdated website to a modern and improved technological website.

QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSIS: http://www.aaronxmarquez.com/

1. For the website “Aaron Marquez” this website is properly laid out with many interactive and user friendly. The author of this website has used techniques that can be appealing to the audience such as the alteration of brightness and darkness, the transitions to the different sections of the webpage are very well animated.

2. The contrast that is used in this website, is modern and vibrant. The images and animations complement the main page to the extent that the audience can reflect their attention to this website.

3. The website uses good consistency, the text is mostly thin, and however this works by integrating the text into the background where the transitions can freely animate the text.

4. I could use minimal tweaks and adjustments to clean up this website by adding more redirections to specific portals. Some of the animations and transitions can be too much to handle in the internet, therefore not making this website as user-friendly as it should be

5. This site has much effectiveness for its own theme, it does not need much as to only having a specific theme available to the audience. I think that this website does a good job in making this sort of mechanism more appealing to the audience.  

SECTION B: 1. I will have to ensure that my website is user friendly, I would want to add some animations between sections of the website. Another good idea is to make the images used in my website more interactive, I would want to achieve as much balance towards my website by synthesizing the text corresponding to the specific features that serve different functions.

2. I will make sure that I can keep an efficient contrast by manipulating the text and be precise to how I actually use the text and what I use it for. I could match the text accordingly to its theme and I can format the text to fit the background and design elements.

3. I could be able to use good consistency by preventing the over- usage of animations or transitions that might cause issues while navigating the website. The text that I will most certainly use will be one type of text that remains the same in every section of the webpage, but will either italicize of bold on some particular sections of information.

4. I could use minimal tweaks and adjustments to align text as efficiently as possible according to the page layout of my theme. I think that following a specific theme should not alter the elements of text and design to make it abstract, being creative and original should be an effective process to creating a website that could appeal to the audience.

5. I will most likely use dark colors mainly because I think that bright colors will affect the audience by making visual effects less appealing. Dark colors can blend with the sight of the audience to the point where they are comfortable navigating the website.

6. I can ensure that my website is well designed by practicing how to integrate visual effects, animations, transitions, and images. I think that by adding some small elements of design and structure, the website should be that most appealing that it can be.

We had to evaluate two different sites to get an understanding of what and what not to do...

SECTION A

Here is the first website:

1.Identify and describe the balance of the site.

This website specifically does not have balance at all. To start with the colors are just off! And not to mention the graph and text font and size. I believe that since the designer just threw everything is the same place, and making one-part weight more than the other one ruining the balance for this site.

2. How is contrast employed on the site?

This site does have contrast however, the designer didn’t do a good job choosing the background color, since purple is not a good color for a page that is informing something. In this case says that it has different charts that goes from macro-economics to policies making the color too much for what it should portray.

3. Evaluate the site's use of consistency.

The site does not have any consistency since the site says that is going to talk about something but then the graph is about gasoline, then asks for donations to assist a research, and then a membership fee. It just not makes any sense…

4. Describe the site's utilization of alignment and grouping.

The site has a bad alignment and grouping strategy, since it has too much to see in a very limited space, all the information presented is just thrown. It has not order with some information in the header, other on the left side, right side, even in the bottom.

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site

The site does not have effectiveness, in most of the previously stated elements this site didn’t do a great job making the audience this that this might have done for someone that is maybe in middle school, affecting logos and the credibility of all the information presented.

OK, one done! now for the other one..

1.Identify and describe the balance of the site.

This website has a good balance since everything seems to be in order as well as the text and the images being in the same concept. Everything have equal weight and everything is in order making it enjoyable to the eyes.

2. How is contrast employed on the site?

Contrast in this site was a lot better, because all the words contrast with the background highlighting the key words. This makes the cite seem more professional and serious.

3. Evaluate the site's use of consistency.

For the consistency of this site the designer had a good consistency. Everything is about the same and does not goes off topic, the site is about a graphic designer showing his work. Also with the theme, mostly the entire website has similar backgrounds and does not change suddenly to an eye-appealing color.

4. Describe the site's utilization of alignment and grouping.

Alignment was correctly utilized, everything was on the correct place and not all over the page. The text is on the left side while the images on the right or vice versa, making it well organized and easy to follow along. Everything had equal weight

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site

This site is very effective, all the elements previously described work correctly and have an effective effect in the audience, it has good consistency, its appealing to the eye, it is not overloaded with information in the same page, etc. Also it has good credibility.

Almost done...

SECTION B

1.       What will you have to do to ensure that your website is balanced?

To make sure my website is balanced I will try to make everything in order not throwing to mush information is just that page using links that can take the audience to other slides where more information is presented. Also I will make sure that the text and images that I will use are going to be equally weight.

2.       How will you use contrast on your website?

For the contrast I will use colors that are not too eye-appealing since that will distract the attention as well as to affect my pathos and logos. I will use for my background something appealing for what I am trying to portray. Then for the text and images something that contrast with the background will be okay.

3.       Where will you employ consistency on your website?

I will employ the consistency on my website on the different links, pages and my documents.

4.       How can you use alignment and grouping to make your website more effective?

I can use alignment and grouping to make it easier to follow along and easier to understand. I believe that will make it more effective since it will make it more credible.

5.       What colors will you use for your website? Why?

For my website I will use black and white for the background, because I think that with those two colors you can do a lot. Then for the font I might use different colors like red or even yellow with as well black and white.

6.       How else can you ensure that your website is well-designed?

To ensure my website is well-designed I will make sure that the links in my website are pretty obvious so it will not be confusing .

YESS finally done

LETS BEGIN!!!

Our timeline for our plan of action looks like this........

Now that our plan is written and communicated between our group, we will be fully prepared for our documentary.