Google Sketchup Design exercise 1

This is the first Google sketchup self produced design exercise. Now that I have a better mastery of the tools usable in google sketchup making my own house wasn't that difficult of a task. I might be able to use this program to design a REAL house I'd like to build in the future. JOSEPH ELLISON

Sketchup Self paced tutorial 3

This tutorial took me even deeper into the tools that you can utilize in google sketchup and showed me thier potential to evenm make a 3 dimensional house. I used the orbit, zoom, and push/pull tools heavily. The product was a full house with a patio!

Google sketchup Self paced tutorial 2

This is Google sketchup self paced tutorial 1. It walked me through how to construct my own house using the tools i described in google sketchup. I even got to color it!

Google Sketchup Self paced tutorial 1

This is the Google Skethcup introduction. In the the program was 16 tabs that showed me different techniques on how to utilize sketchup to its fullest potential. The first technique was the orbit. This tool allow you to view to project from different points or angles. The next tool was the push or puller. This enabled you to turn you 2d drawings into 3d drawings by bringing them into space and pulling them up or down. The next tool was the panner. This tool, whcih is the least useful in my opinion, allows you to pan your screen back and forth to get a better view of your project. The last tool is the zoom. This tool is self explanatory and allows you to zoom in and out of your project. All of these tools together give you google Sketcgup!

WORDLE POST

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. Wordle is a nice fun to use website because its a creative way to share words and make them more exciting. You can choose your own fonts and style to make it more personal to you.

WORDLE PICTURE

Good and Bad Website designs

I just read two articles on good and bad website design. They taught me that bad website design could make a person not want to visit your page if it it user unfriendly. It could also make a person not want to re-visit your page if it is difficult to navigate. Some examples of what would make your page user unfriendly or unsightly is if the text is too small to read. If the color of the text and the background match each other making it difficult to read. If the buttons on the site are big and dorky its unattractive. What I personally hate to see is underlined text that is actually not a link. Good website designs are color coordinated text and background. If the website is easy to navigate it makes people enjoy visiting your website. These articles showed me what I can do to improve my website.