project: edX platform development
completion status: ongoing
description: creating, revising, and implementing the xml framework for UT COLA’s two upcoming edX courses (Age of Globalization, Ideas of the 20th Century); designing the graphical elements for the courses; layout design of the courses on edX
currently: working on the branding of the edX modules
project: character illustration
completion status: ongoing, near-done
description: sketching, refining vector character illustration; practise of the pen tool / drawing / sketching; study of shadows, highlights, flat-colour (no gradient) colour palettes, asymmetry / symmetry, and body proportions; developing personal design style of character
currently: touching up fine details, such as creases and textures; fixed the alignment of the knees (not fixed in below image)
older colour version (below left): changes in-between the original colour version and above include hair length, body proportions (less-exaggerated length of neck & legs), ears, nose, clothing creases, hands, shoes, tie pattern, shadows / highlights (and other perspective / 3d visual hints such as the folding of the jacket, inner jacket colour)
sketch (below right): rough idea; visually inspired by all of the manga I read (special shout-out to Ao no Excorcist); typical manga-style spiky / messy hair, casual jacket with tie, not too stiff / formal, overall very slim and tall
project: Texas Politics
completion status: slowly ongoing (priority only to new updates)
description: updating the static poll charts into javascript interactive results
currently: new updates to June 2013 were completed as a priority; slowly updating February 2010 polls when possible
http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/11_9_17.html
tutorial: STA training
completition status: ongoing
description: helping to train the new STA’s; giving feedback
currently: waiting for Cascade mockups
project: mobile responsive COLA site
completition status: slowly ongoing (not a priority)
description: intensive logic puzzle #2 to re-create mobile-responsiveness by adding only css, without being able to add any html / javascript (logic puzzle #1 was the Labs WordPress Theme which had the same restrictions but was luckily less complicated)
currently: studying the structure of the COLA site; looking at cutting-edge CSS; thinking of possible solutions
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/
tutorial: Cascade
completition status: finished
description: conducting individual / group tutorials of Cascade CMS to multiple faculty / staff; providing technical support; resolving technical issues
project: minni-banner for LRC
completition status: finished
description: LRC minni-banner needed to be updated to current website’s design style / banner
