Planning examples

Below are some diagrams which break down the flow of project at a technical level, intended for both managers and technical staff to follow, so the full scope of the project is known at any stage.

This first image is the initial draft of the project plan.

This second image shows an evolution of the project plan, including refined details and functionality coverage. You can see I used more colour in the update to help the reader more easily identify the components of the project and what may have changed since the initial version.

These documents were created using software called OmniGraffle available for Apple devices.

UI Example 2007

This example demonstrates some of my experience creating UI that suites the subject matter, especially one that has a specific theme.

This project was developed in a team setting, as a major project as part of my multimedia studies at TAFE.

The entire project was built using Adobe Flash, and was intended to be a take-home product for school children who visited a museum exhibit about dinosaurs.

Flash Menu

The DVD also featured some video components, but consisted mostly of games for primary school children. These games ranged from jigsaw puzzles and mazes, to arcade style games that were more changeling.

It was up to our team of students to decide on all aspects of the design and the interactivity. Each student utilised their strengths to share the load amongst the team, and specialised in their areas of expertise.

I developed a few of the games in this project also.

Adobe Flash is no longer available to purchase but was once an approachable development environment for those not wanting to deep dive into complicated coding. It was also very approachable for more artistic than technical users, but could meet the needs of both at the same time. 

Image Processing Work

Below I have posted some examples of image processing. The original and processed images are listed in that order. Each image has been clean and manipulated to make the process of including it in an online pre-viz system easier.

An exterior image requires any brick work and roofing to be blanked out to a neutral grey. If necessary, the image will be cleaned up and straightened as well to aid further work on the image.

Raw image processing is performed using Adobe Photoshop, this is where the image is cleaned up and existing textures and surfaces are blanked.

Image areas are then setup or stencilled using an in-house app. The output of this app is uploaded into the online visualiser, with the image areas are then processed to indicate the kinds of products that can be applied, in the visualiser, these take the form of colours or textures.

For any interior images, the same process applies to some degree. An existing patterns and textures need to be brought back to a grey, while maintaining any shading and lighting from the unprocessed image.

The original images are not owned by myself, and are copyright to their respective owners. I provide them only as an example of my recent work experience and skills.

Original image

Cleaned image

Visualiser example output

In these first 3 images, the top 2 show some stages in the preparation of the image for use in a visualiser. The last image is a similar image which has been modified inside a visualiser and shows user selectable textures over specific areas of the house.

In the next set of images, we move to the interior examples. This first example demonstrates how a kitchen image is cleaned up to be more suitable for inclusion in a online visualiser.

Original image

Cleaned image

The last example, shows how a complicated ensuite photo is processed and cleaned ready for inclusion in an online visualiser.

Original image

Cleaned image

Restaurant Newspaper Advertisement Project 2005

This advertisement for a fiction restaurant had only a few requirements, page layout and logo design. The ad copy and the photos were supplied, so the key requirements could be focused on.

This fictional restaurant resides within the building of a former bank, hence the name of the restaurant: Teller's. Photoshop was used to enhance the supplied photos, page layout for this two column corner ad was done using Illustrator.

Below is a photo of the complete work mounted on card for final year assessment.

iOS Applications 2008-2019

I have recently been the primary and solo developer of several iOS applications. Each application has very different purposes and intended user base.

Although many of the applications are no longer available in the App Store, I can provide links to those which are still available and provided samples of those which I was able to design and develop.

What's On In

This application has been designed to allow it's users to view upcoming events around Australia. Initially focused in Tasmania, but with the potential to showcase events across the country.

The app will automatically determine the location of the device and present the user with events around them, with the option to expand the search radius up to 300km away.

Hanson

The Hanson app is a professional's tool, aiding them to calculate the required amount of concrete for different projects, or preview the available surfaces for driveways, paths and more around a clients home.

TENDAYS ON THE ISLAND 2013

This was the second app for the TENDAYS arts festival that I had worked on. I had the task of both designing and developing this application. This application was able to fetch the event data from the festival's website, our company had no control of the website, and presented a great challenge with how to work with foreign data formats.

The following image samples from the app are the original design mockups for how the app would appear on a user's iPhone.

Much of the user interface design was inspired by the TENDAYS website, this included recreating much of the iconography of the site to maintain the user experience across where possible.