The ABC's of Spanish

This is the website I created for my final project.
http://webspace.newschool.edu/~lokus125/Final-SpanishSite/spanish-class-template.html

The ABC’s OF SPANISH will be an interactive, educational children’s website. Children’s education is an important topic and I believe learning a second language can be advantageous. Studies have shown it is easier to learn additional languages at a younger age. For the purpose of this website, I will focus on Spanish. The Spanish lessons will be created for children ages 5-10. This will be
depicted in the images, colorful text and the lessons themselves. I will cover several basic topics. There will be 5 subpages for each topic that will lead to the answers. The answer pages will be the ones I animate. Children will learn the Spanish word for different types of animals, places, people, numbers and time. I want the lessons to be animated, full of bright colors, and most importantly, fun and easy to learn. The goal is for children to begin to learn another language without realizing they are studying. I would like for this to be a stepping stone to move forward with the Spanish language.

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

I love flowers and the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens is one of my favorite places to visit in the summer. Here are a series of some of my favorite pictures that I took. The first few are bright and full of color, followed by 2 scenic shots.

The Expert 2.0

Below is the design I created for a thesis book cover: The Expert 2.0: How Blogging has Changed the Notion of the Expert. I decided to go for a simply color scheme and format. I liked the idea of using a venn diagram to incorporate different social media networks and tie it in with the idea of an expert.

Opacity Mask

I followed the bittbox tutorial to practice the opacity mask tool and I think it came out well.

Summertime

My first attempt at anything in adobe flash. I was determined to make the ball bounce.
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Launch Button

After numerous attempts, probably too many, I have only been able to create the below image. Around step 5 and 6 I decided to create the striped box with my own tweaks. The launch button was the most difficult to create. I don't fully grasp the opacity button and I wasn't able to create the word "launch" properly. I can't get the white font to stand out after using the opacity tool one last time.

Photo Shoot 7

Baseball in the Spring

Below are a series of baseball pictures I took at a Yankees game opening weekend. Everyone says Memorial Day weekend means summer is upon us and I believe baseball season is an indicator that spring has arrived. I took images of the game and the stadium to capture the overall essence of Yankees stadium, which is one of the more modern stadiums.