Finally a Final Project
Hey Everybody,
Been working very hard churning out artwork. Here’s one of my pieces–a website for NuvoArt.
EDIT: Apparently I can’t work links. the website is www.nuvoart.com (can’t believe I got that domain!)
Pulled through a lot of technical muck to make this website. Never used Dreamweaver or HTML/CSS before, and I think I got something out of it.
I think I was pretty successful making a cheesy-looking website, which was my intention. Pulled most of the images from the web to make this fake company that you can sell your soul to. Keep snooping around the site until you at least find the disclaimer and the testimonials page.
I’m pretty happy with this permutation of NuvoArt–of course, it can always go a lot further. Considering that I learned this program and got it running, I’m pretty happy with the result.
The point of this was to get the world of NuvoArt out there. I’ve done previous works, including the video I most recently posted, that described experiences with NuvoArt that had already happened. I plan on posting another forthcoming installation of a NuvoArt-related video.
The Question is, what would happen if I actually began the world of NuvoArt–set out to create this company and see if anybody signs up?
This website then represents a sort of first step into this pool, this line of thinking. Instead of describing a narrative in the past, why not create one in the present?
I think the challenge is making it look ridiculous yet believable at the same time. I want to maintain a certain sense of humour within the pieces of NuvoArt while not losing sight of the fact that I’m interested in people’s interactions with it–therefore, I can’t make it overly ridiculous, but making it stoic and too believable would also be quite boring.
If I make people buy into something ridiculous, all the better. It proves part of my point.
The kind of thing already happens. In one word, infomercials. The unintentional humour of this strange breed of advertising has not escaped the eyes and ears of the almighty internet. Yet there is a reason these things exists; they attract customers and make money. What if I could be as ridiculous as they are and yet still attract customers?
I think I have to be better at crafting this ridiculous experience ont he internet. By all intentions I’m still quite a novice at HTML and I have a lot to learn. I think their is a direct correlation between my ability to convince people and my ability to design propaganda effectively. Whether or not that lies in good web design, I’m not sure. But I’m definitely sure that (if used correctly) the internet is a powerful publicity tool.
Next in line I think is sending out mailers about NuvoArt. It’s strange, the more I delve into this world the more I”m using design-oriented tools to my ends. It’s certainly not satisfying in the same way to make art like this versus slapping paint on a canvas, but it yields rich fruits.
Join NuvoArt! The Future of Art!
Adam
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