Hey! I am Jessie.

I have found a website which are very cool. Because I propose to build a online ga;;ery which looks like a real one (such as, the online gallery has doors, and wall, moreover, the artworks are hanging on the wall.), I think this website would help me.

This website is built in 3D space. And it integrates 3D and interaction together organically. Especially the 3D makes the scene very lively. Besides, it also focus on the information delivery, The designer of this website use flash to make all the necessary information enter into the whole scene, which makes audiences feel immersive.

Moreover, there are two small games within this website, which also expresses the good integration of 3D and interaction. And the animation doesn’t slow down the speed of the website.

The link of this website: www.actioncity.la

The Project Concept

This project is used to develop an innovative and experimental website to enhance the online participant of artwork and the communication between artists and other art enthusiasts. In order to be more attractive and visual, I want to build an online gallery within three-dimension space. This idea comes from Sutherland’s article “The Ultimate Display” in 1965. As the three-dimension space can mimic our real world, therefore, it is suitable to be used to expresses the visual object, for instance, the artwork.
Moreover, innovation is a very important objective of this project. Although there are many websites use 3D and flash, however, most of the online galleries are two-dimension. Therefore, this proposal is about a three-dimension gallery. Besides, there are many functions to stimulate the presence, exhibition and communication.

Requirements of this website
1. Attractive interface
2. A good structure of exhibition
3. Provide more opportunity to people’s communication
4. Easily to manage
5. Provide a free platform to share artwork

Audience

The main audiences of this website are the artists and the art enthusiasts. Anyone can register if they want to upload their artwork or buy others’, and the people who haven’t registered also can look at the artworks which have been uploaded by others.

Function

The functions of this website

1, Audiences can register in this website
2. Users can search the artwork
3. Users can upload their own artwork
4. All the uploaded artworks are put into the appreciation room, within which the artworks can be voted by others and the top 10 can be hanged on the wall of the gallery hall.
5. Users can buy others’ artworks
6. All registered users have their own space to send messages to other users and receive messages from others
7. Users can send suggestions to the managers of the website
8. There is a database to manage the users and the artwork

Main tools
Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, 3DSMAX

PS: More elements will be added in later

This is about Mood Board--
A mood board is a type of poster design that may consist of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition of the choice of the mood board.

And I have search an example of mood board as shown below:

This mood board is used to design a room. It contains all the important elements of this room. It shows a visual image to the designer and help for decision making.