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On the 22nd June 2010 : I received the results of my four year degree. I am absolutely delighted to reveal: I achieved a first class Msci degree in I.T & Media Communications and as an added bonus I have also been nominated by the board of examiners to receive the IEEE Prize for outstanding performance on my final year project. I really couldn't have asked for a better end to my academic career!
I would like to thank all the staff from the department of communication systems at...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 16:44
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Whenever an "enter password" message box pops up on my iPhone I immediately enter my iTunes password, it's pretty much a an immediate action and I don't tend to look at what the message is saying once I see the word: "Password" I just zone out and enter it.
So when the familiar message box below popped up I proceeded to enter my iTunes password as per usual!
The...
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 13:14
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A couple of months ago I came across Greyscale Gorilla - a blog dedicated to all manner of motion graphics and 3D design.
Whilst traversing the wealth of posts over there I found out about the "5 second projects" - basically they provide you with a theme and all you have to do is create an animation based on it. The animation can literally be anything you want it to be as long as it has something to do with the theme they set...
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 16:40
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Over the past couple of months I've been busy working on my final year project & dissertation and as a result the blog has suffered slightly!
Fear not my faithful reader(s), I am back!
As an initial post I would like to showcase my new business card designs I had printed recently as part of the new brand design and the ...
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 17:34
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Just a quick note, I have now added a new domain to my site: http://designedbythomas.co.uk - you will see exactly the same thing as if you were visiting the site from: http://thomasedavis.co.uk so there is no massive change going on with the working of the site.
designedbythomas.co.uk provides a slightly clearer url than...
Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 12:08
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I think we all need a bit of inspiration once in a while, regardless of the field you work in! It is always useful to find a consistent source of inspiration which you can admire whenever a creative block forms over your head.
Not long ago I came across designfridge - a brilliant collection of various different websites and website designers all packaged into a cool clean site.
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Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 17:31
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[UPDATE: I have gone ahead with the change to the new brand tagline. Thanks for the feedback! ]
I have been thinking about changing the branding tagline of my site for a while now and have come up with the following:
Thomas Davis | Creative Design & Development.
Compared with the original:
Thomas Davis | Online...
Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 14:26
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I am very pleased to announce a brand new website design project: andyhudsonmusic.com has just gone live!
The website is part of a complete redesign & rebranding project which aims to increase Andys online presence as well as giving him a more professional and refined brand image to operate under. As well as a new design the new website also comes with increased functionality which gives Andy the...
Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 19:29
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I recently wrote about the visual design within games and how I am inspired by the visual aesthetics of certain game environments & landscapes.
Following the post, I decided to have a play around with some of the aesthetic elements seen in one of the games I mentioned: Fallout 3.
Here is what I came up with:
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 11:23
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When people think of design as a creative field, chances are they immediately think of mainstream design fields such as graphic designers, interior designers or fashion designers for example. There is one area however, which I feel is often overlooked by most: game design.
Now, by game design I am talking about the aesthetics within games and not the design of the overall game structure which deals more with aspects such as the rules of the game for example.
I have put...
Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 22:25
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Phew! The past couple of weeks have been properly busy for me; finishing various projects, revising for exams and finishing coursework. Today however: I am finished. At precisely 11.19am today I finished the last exam of my Msc and quite possibly the last exam of my academic career!
If you are following me on twitter then you will probably be glad to hear that my exams are over as I do tend to tweet about revision quite a bit!
Anyway,...
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 19:02
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I recently came across the site: behance.net - the site showcases creative portfolios and work from various people all over the world.
At the moment you cannot simply signup to the site, I am not sure whether or not this will change in the future but at the moment you can register interest in the site then be invited to join it. I registered my interest in the site and within a few hours was invited to join so it was quite a quick process.
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Friday, February 26, 2010 - 13:55
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I am very pleased to reveal the new logo for my client: Mr. Andy Hudson.
The new logo is part of a larger rebrand project for Andys professional portfolio.
Andy is currently working as a freelance music producer and did some fantastic work for me on my promotional motion graphics video.
I will reveal the rebranded website when it goes live within the coming months but...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 18:21
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For those of you who follow me on twitter - you may have read that I recently became the owner of an Apple iPhone. I must admit that it was quite a hard decision, the lack of a camera above 3 megapixels being the main reason I didn't really want to join the Apple masses. Nevertheless, I now have the device and must admit: I love it!
One of the first things I did with my new iPhone was to check out my site to see how it looks and feels, to be...
Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 15:52
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I recently completed a new promotional motion graphics piece to advertise my services in a fun and exciting way. The music used in the video was produced by my good friend Andy Hudson.
The video makes use of the new Video Copilot Sure Target 2 plugin.
The video will take pride of place on the front page as a short description of what I do.
Check out the video below and feel free to leave...
Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 17:23
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After months of speculation and a plethora of "is this the new Apple Tablet?" images, Apple finally revealed to the world: The iPad.
The anticipation behind the iPad release was monumental, something which is now common place with all Apple announcements; day after day there was another blog post about what the tablet would do, what it would look like and what it would be called. Inevitably however, with such a huge amount of speculation there...
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 23:49
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In my previous blog post on website design & cross-browser support , I brought up the issue of cross-browser support and the main challenges for website designers trying to acheive the same site in all browsers - most notable Internet Explorer 6. Now, it seems that problem may be about to be resolved.
According to this report from the...
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 15:31
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A major aspect of website design & development is cross-browser support: making sure your website looks and feels 'roughly' the same in different web browsers running on different operating systems.
At the moment there are 7 main browsers in popular use: Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 & 8; Firefox; Chrome; Safari and Opera - all of which have slightly different ways of interpreting web pages. Without a doubt the largest thorn in any website developers side is Internet Explorer 6...
Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 19:24
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In my blog post yesterday, I talked about the RFID rabbits known as nano:ztags bringing a relatively new and emerging technology to the public in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
I then remembered a site which I had come across a couple of months ago: nearfield.org - the site relates to the research project: "touch" which investigates Near Field...
Saturday, January 9, 2010 - 16:35
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OK, now you may look at the title of this post and think that I have lost it but keep with me!
I am infact talking about this little critter:
He is the afore mentioned Nabaztag and is a very cool little device created by Violet. The Nabaztag is Wi-Fi enabled and connects to the internet via your wireless network, once connected the Nabaztag can perform a whole...
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 16:37
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As 2009 draws to a close I find myself looking ahead to the future, making plans and setting myself personal and professional goals.
2009 brought many changes to my website; the most notable change is the design of the site, the new design fit into the new direction of the site. A site more focussed on design and not just development.
As well as the new design, 2009 brought new areas of work: ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 14:10
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Google have just released a video of their real-time search function.
So what does this mean? Well, if someone was searching for an article on the new realtime search function in Google at around 8pm on the 7th of December 2009 then my blog post and all the related blog posts will show within the real-time results.
Basically, it gives users access to up-to-the-minute results from a wide variety of sources and from the video it seems...
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 19:32
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Now this is how you attack a castle in the 21st Century!
The effect was achieved by mapping out the castle and then creating the various animations to fit the map - it was then projected onto the castle using a very high intensity projecter: the Christie 25K projector.
The end result is truly magnificent, especially the final 5 seconds!
The project by Seeper, was displayed at the Jersey Branchage Festival 2009.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 16:34
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Just a quick announcement: I recently changed the base URL for my blog from "blogs" to "blog" - this shouldn't really affect anything too much but if you have come across a page not found error when trying to reach the blog from an external link then this is why.
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 14:42
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I am delighted to announce a new testimonial from: The Customs People.
Feel free to read the brand new web design testimonial here
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 15:42
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For those of you who don't know what Google Wave is - check out this guide to google wave from Mashable.com.
At approximately 8am on the 30th October 2009, I received an invite to Google Wave!
I had been informed that an invite was heading my way from a twitter contact (@BruceElrick), but the invite process is not instant and for me...
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 17:30
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I finally handed over the Lancaster Award site last week just in time for freshers week.
The whole project has been a really good experience right from the word go! The Lancaster Award team were a really friendly bunch of people to work with and I would gladly work with them in future.
The project didn't just involve the designing and building of the website, there was also an A5 leaflet and digital booklet to accompany the...
Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 15:53
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Yes I have now increased my portfolio section to include my previous graphic design work.
This section will contain all graphics work (not website design) and will be updated very soon with all my previous work.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy checking out the: awesome new graphic design portfolio
(and remember if you need any graphic design work doing then contact me)
Friday, August 21, 2009 - 13:19
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I have had a such a good experience with this site that I thought it deserved a blog post:
About a year ago I was introduced to a wonderful site: studentgems.com - a brilliant site for all students looking for part time work.
The site is so good because it allows students to advertise their own individual skills to employers and allows employers to search for students based on the skills they need!
Take me for example, I listed...
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 14:01
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As a freelancer I am currently not fixed in any one location for work.
For the past 3 years I have been primarily working in Lancaster as I worked towards my degree.
(I recently received my results for the third year and was very very pleased to have acheived a 1st!)
In the academic year 2009/10 I will be completing what will probably be my final year at Lancaster University, hopefully graduating with an MSci in I.T. & Media...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 11:51
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Welcome to the new site design!
I recently updated my site from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6 and to go with it I created the new theme you see before you.
Instead of upgrading from D5 to D6 I decided to make a fresh start. My old site had a lot of unnecessary modules & themes installed as well as unwanted content from when I first created the site. For all of these reasons I decided simply to create a whole new site, delete the old database and...
Monday, August 10, 2009 - 11:38
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The great thing about Drupal is that it comes with a variety of themes available to download. If, like me however, you want to carve out your own theme then there is an incredibly useful way of doing this: the Zen theme.
Zen is a perfect starting point for anyone who wants to give theming a go for Drupal sites. It is well documented and within a few easy steps you can be on your way to creating your own theme.
I am a great fan of the...
Monday, August 10, 2009 - 11:36
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