Greetings Loyal Viewers! I have returned! It's been a great summer, but now I'm back at school and rocking animation. I'm excited to be bringing you some new and exciting projects (including a fish). This is my Junior year of high school at Olathe Northwest, and I'm taking a number of AP classes this year, as well as advanced debate. Expect to see my first new project coming soon.

Hello loyal viewers! Here it is, my final blog post of the school year (for Web Design). I've updated my Web Index Page to make even more epic than it already was. I added a photo, some new links, and my email.

My favorite project this year was probably the WorldBuilding site, which you can find on my Web Index. I loved how much I was able to put into the project. I was able to show my own interests, as well as what I had done in the hobby.

This summer is going to be quite enjoyable. I'm going out of town with my Dad on a cross country road trip, and we'll probably head to the beach with my Mom. I'll also probably get a job this summer as well.

Next year, I'm going into Animation, so expect plenty of new projects next year. I chose Animation primarily because I've been an animator for most of my life. I've always animated stuff, from LEGOs to simple stick figures, so I figure a class is a good way to hone my skills.

Have a great summer everyone!

Animation Fighting Game Final

Hello loyal viewers! The end of the school year has come at last. As a result, this is my last project until next Fall. Our final Animation Project tasked us with utilizing all that we have learned about special effects over the last few weeks.
We decided on making a fighting game (In real life). Our first step was planning everything out. We were forced to make a number of cuts in order to get this done in the time allotted. Our next step was filming, which I didn't do as much in. I was busy working on the 3D Models of Adam's dolphin thing and Cade's tennis ball.
I mainly learned how to collaborate with a larger group. It was an interesting, enlightening, and an often annoying experience, but I was delighted to work with some friends. I also learned how to use green screen.
Next time (And there will be a next time) I'm going to take the field. We also won't dress anyone in teal. That was a mistake, but at that point, we just called him the ghost of 1972.
All in all, this was an awesome project, and I can't wait to come back next year for Animation (Not for Math though, that's miserable no matter what you do). I made some friends, learned a ton, and enjoyed every second. See you next year!

These are the green screen shots for our film. Looking back, they look ridiculous compared to the final shots. There was much objection (From me) about my character select shot being in Comic Sans, but everyone insisted it was funny and original.

This was my green screen shot prior to editing. (bound 

to be appearing next year... Stay tuned...)

Hello Loyal Viewers! We have had some pretty interesting projects in Animation recently. We have delved into the realm of special effects, and one of our first projects was to digitally add an explosion into a clip we film in our school using After Effects. We'd already done some similar work on previous projects, so this project much was easier to animate. The best part of this project was certainly are day of filming. During it, I ended up jumping into the hallway a total of five times onto hard tile. However, even our best clip had Adam (The guy in the blue jacket) falling a good second or so after myself. This was the original clip.

This is the same clip after an explosion, debris, a glow, and fire were added. There was an intense debate on whether or not to set me on fire; but in the end, we decided against it... Enjoy!

Hello loyal viewers! For persevering so long in Web Design, our teacher awarded us all our own website off the e-Comm server. On it, I will usually post the full websites from past projects so that you, the loyal viewer, can finally view my full web design projects. Enjoy! Web Domain Link

Hello loyal viewers! Responsive Web Design is an approach to web design aimed at creating an optimal viewing experience. Things like a page adjusting to fit a phone size when looking it up on your phone. This approach has grown in recent years due to the exponential increase in smartphones and tablets, making it necessary to have responsive web design to fit the smaller screens. This is done using a media query, a CSS rule that adjusts the site given the screen size. Breakpoints are also used. These breakpoints are a means of acquiring knowledge about a program during execution.
I did a search for best responsive websites, the one I found was accroachcode.com. It was drastically different given certain width while still maintaining a charming look.

This is a screenshot of the website at desktop view. At the top it has a menu, banner, and a link to a project list. Below that is the main home page graphic. Below that is two text columns detailing the site's information.

Not much is different down on tablet size except the complete exclusion of the header area. The menu, banner, etc. have all vanished. All that remains of the header is the logo.

The mobile phone size is drastically different. The header has now completely disappeared, and the main home image has moved below the main text. The area below that is now down to only one column.

Hello loyal viewers! I have a question for you all. When you access the internet and visit a website, do you use a desktop or smartphone? The number of mobile users has been increasing almost exponentially over the past several years. In 2014, the number of mobile users overtook the number of desktop users. For my school's website alone, mobile viewings have more than doubled over the past two years. Desktop viewings of the school website have fallen by over 30% over those past two years. The interesting thing comes from the times that each spends on the school site. According to this year's statistics, desktop viewers spent an average of two minutes and nineteen seconds on the site, with a 41.53% Bounce Rate (Possibility of viewing only one page before exiting site). Mobile viewers, on the other hand, spent an average of one minute and twenty eight seconds on the site with a 56.68% Bounce Rate. This information points to the fact that mobile users most likely go to a site to retrieve only a little information, while desktop viewers actually take more time to view the site.


Sources: http://www.cnbc.com
http://www.smartinsights.com
http://www.onwravens.net