usb organization

-UPDATE- 29th October 2009
i embedded flash files using a web site called hotlinkfiles.com
they have stated on there web site that it has been hacked and they have lost there files. that is why in the flash project there are files that are not showing.
info.



this is a screen grab of my first atempt at organising my usb stick, this should be working and is what is asked in the breif. the published file 00 does not work and only works when all the loaded swf files are also in the root with it. i have tried other options and this is the answer i have. the final usb device will have to have them included. it will look like this.


i have open this in windows as well. the appropriate files have all been hidden.

ico file

i have made my ico file, in the end i used a conversion site and converted a pdf file to the need .ico file


i also made a .hqx as i had trouble attaching the ico to my usb image on a mac, the .hqx is the image you see when you plug the usb in to a mac and the .ico is still written in the autorun document as normal and that will play when being used on a pc.

this is a screen grab of the usb stick named JACK WELLS working with the .hqx attached to it.

publishing - autorun

i have now published my flash, this was done by clicking file the finding the publish option. i made sure to select the option for both mac and pc.



i have also made an autorun document and that is to be place in the root of the usb stick. the file name is autorun.inf and was made using text wrangler.

flash movie

-UPDATE- 29th October 2009
i embedded flash files using a web site called hotlinkfiles.com
they have stated on there web site that it has been hacked and they have lost there files. that is why in the flash project there are files that are not showing.
info.-


These are examples of a few bits of the flash animation, the load movies don't work as they have been embedded from a host url, the load movies are only functional when all files are in a folder as it references the .swf files. you can click through these scenes but you just cant click the home button or any of the linking scenes. the full screen button does bot work when its being viewed like this, it only works fine when the swf is viewed from its folder or if you play the whole animation from the published file as its intended to be played.

HOME


KICK


PAINT


DUCKS

full screen - finally!

after a stupidly long time of wondering why the action script on the action layer didn't work, i finally got it working. i now have full screen and exit buttons that work.

the action script looks like this;


the actual buttons look like this, there is a roll over color of red, this is the red that is used in logo as well. i like the white simple background that i have used against the whit text on top of the buttons. i tried to make it look slicker to use than mu previous buttons.

roll over movie clip

when on the home page i want all the buttons to have a roll over state that is entertaining, one of the buttons i am going to try and have as a movie clip attached to it.

Above is the up state of the button. it has the words attached to it. i have changed the opacity of the text so that it looks good, this will be consistent on all the buttons.

This is the roll over state of the button, i have place in a movie clip that has been produced using the bottle images. also you can see the text image has gone also the Grey button background has been drooped slightly. the over and down states have sounds placed on the key frames. these sounds are also consistent through out similar buttons on the home page.

producing text and content

This is a screen shot of me working in illustrator, i have been making all of the text within this document so that it is consistent. when i import the text to flash i make sure to trace outlines first. then i import it using the usual techniques. this is also the document that i use to make the buttons including the roll over states. i can change the colors and opacity allot easier in illustrator than i can in flash.

professor paint

this is the logo i created to use in the professor paint page. i will use it so that it looks like you have entered a new scene or location.

more characters

These are more characters produced with in illustrator. i have drawn them initially on paper then scanned them in and traced them using the pen tool. i am very happy with the out come of my character as i feel its important for the animation. i didn't want a really plain boring character. it is very simple in terms of color but i think this works well for the animation. i don't think they would look good with color, this wouldn't be allowed in the brief and it is kind of fitting with the good for you approach of natural fizz. a bit like bot drinks and vitamin water they tend not to go over board with use of color.
I thought expression was important so paid attention to that both facially and also with body language.
he has more detail for example a paint roller in his hand. he also has a pen in his pocket and little elbow pads on his clothing.



This is my professor paint character. he is based on the same style as the others only more crazy! i wanted him to be entertaining to look at.

NATURAL FIZZ, products

NaturalFizz bottles;


i made these in photo shop using the same type as i used on the logo. i like how they match the coloring as the colors i have chosen for the different flavors and colors that im going to use through out the animation.
these images will be used in my flash animation. i will try and make at least one movie clip using these images.

The font

For the final project, I decided to use the font Porkys.
It is a legible design and it's curved edges and soft bold face give it a playful look.

Logo

The font that I used for my logo was bauhaus 93


The final logo was made by changing the character spacing of the word "Natural Fizz." also I used the three colours that I had already decided on using.

Character - First sketch

In illustrator, I sketched up the first draft of my final character. I am really happy with the outcome and I am now going to draw different bodies versions and experiment with the expressions.

chosen colours

These are the chosen 3 colors i am going to use, they are based on the flavor research and each color will represent a flavor. this will be consistent through out my animation.
I will use variations of these colors for roll links ect.

Flavours

Red - a mixture of cherry, raspberry, cranberry and strawberry

Green - Kale, spinach and broccoli mixed with linseed

Murky - no colouring, carrot, tomato, celery, beetroot, sprouts, parsnips, celeriac

Research - Vitamin Water

vitamin water launched a new energy drink ad where so confident about it they sent out packs containing there main competitors. and simply you could decide which one was the best. i really like this idea.
The product its self comes in 3 difernt flavours and the branding is very similar to the vitamin water bottles. i really like the use of 3 different colors to represent each flavor. also the box and slogan work really well in this campaign.

Bot drinks - Flash animation

Bot Beverages have a really nice flas site, on the site is nice little animation with the characters. the animation uses the main charactors used on there site. i really like the simplicity of it and how slickly its all been made. both the site and the animation.

Research - Bot beverages

I put the above adverts together so they can be viewed as one.
This is an advert for "Bot beverages." This is a simple, funny and colourful campaign that uses the same playful characters and entertaining narrative throughout each advert.





The slogan used in each advert is "Bot is good." This is a simple yet effective way of advertising as it is straight to the point and the aim of every advertising campaign.


link to flash site;
http://www.botbeverages.com/

research - capri sun

This is a new advertising campaign for capri-sun. it is to accompany there new tv/poster campaign that is currently out. these are professionally made viral adverts to spark a user response. the idea is that the pouches are alive with juice. its for the new 100 percent juice pouches. they are made very professorially and can be found on the you tube group where people post there own videos about the escaping capri-suns's
below are the shorter clips, one about the pigeons and another involving a granny.

reasearch - modern toss

ModernToss is a Brighton based duo of cartoonists, they make funny cartoons that are now being played on channel 4. they also produce books and comics ect. the basic idea is that there characters are funny mainly rude and abuse people.
The style of animation is very crude and i like the simplicity of it. ALAN is really funny but also really simply done. the main drawing are very simple.

Space Argument

Mr Tourette

Drive by Abuser

Drive by Abuser

modern toss web site link is here