Author: Ania
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Module 2: Mixing Motion {Cinemagraphs}
READING & WRITING From 30 second commercials to full-length feature films, all animated stories require preparation and planning. In the book Animated Storytelling, Liz Blazer suggests starting the story writing process by outlining the “beats” or the events that move the story forward. Then rearrange them in the most interesting way; they can be placed…
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Module 1: Basic Motion
When scrolling through social media or reading a website, it’s always something moving across the page that captures my eye and gets me to stop. It could be a short animation or a looping gif that makes me want to see more and laugh at the silliness. I also love using animated graphics as a…
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Testing with POP (Prototypes On Paper)
How do you know if the app you are working on is going in the right direction? You researched the users, identified key goals, and laid out a site map and user flows. A lot of work has gone into your app idea. But the only real way to know if your app has a…
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Creating Paper Prototypes
Communicating an idea is often a challenge. The picture you have in your mind’s eye is most often not the same as another person’s. With low-fidelity prototyping, it’s an opportunity to share your ideas and get feedback. The fact that a prototype is a physical object can inspire new ways to explore the same idea.…
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User Flow Charts for Trumbull Town App
Some people prefer to drive backroads, some like the highway, and others might like to use public transportation, but in the end, each person made it to their destination. This basic concept is the reason designers would take the time to build a flow chart. Flow charts are the visual representation of the individual steps…
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Site Map for the Town of Trumbull App
How do you take a massive municipal website and cut it down to the essential elements for a mobile app? For most people, their mobile device is within arm’s distance. With this kind of proximity, it’s no wonder over half of the internet traffic comes from a mobile device. In today’s mobile-first society, all businesses…
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Basic Guide to Information Architecture
Have you ever gone shopping and become so overwhelmed that you didn’t buy anything? Have you have gone to a website and become so frustrated that you leave the site and never come back? In both of these instances, the organization of information was not working, thereby turning you off. When users do not want…
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App Ideation to Improve Your Mood
Stressed? Overworked? All too often, we get wrapped up in a slew of emails, growing to-do lists, constant meetings, or getting interrupted. When the workday is over, you go home to make dinner and shuttle the kids to their next after-school activity. All of these responsibilities can bring our mood down, but it’s essential to…
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What Are You Thinking? Exploring your Brain with Mind Mapping
Once the first two steps of Design Thinking are complete, Empathize and Define, now the fun, but tricky stage of Ideation can begin. This is where you can open up your mind and begin to imagine fun ideas. However, this stage can be tricky when tasked with challenging assumptions or breaking through ingrained routines. Thankfully,…
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