In previous posts, we've alluded to Jeff's design skills. Turns out, he's even more talented than that.
Over on the Photostorm page, under Scene, you'll see he gets a credit for music as well.
He's not just a guy in a suit, you know!
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Showing posts with label jeff zie. Show all posts
Friday, 27 November 2009
Monday, 8 June 2009
Jeff gets out the Zie-brush
Moviestorm's been through many incarnations since I did the very first design for it five years ago. Most of them never made it off the drawing board, some stayed firmly in-house, and I think we've shipped three different layouts with different icon styles since our initial pioneers release.
It gets better each time, but we've still not yet found the design that says what we want it to say. We're striving for something that has the ease and accessibility of a game, but is also a functional, powerful tool, with modern styling.
Turns out that Jeff - our CEO - used to be a graphic artist in a former life, so in between all the other myriad jobs that are involved in running this place, he decided to tackle the design himself. This is very much concept work, and all we're doing is experimenting with different styles. We may jettison this and go somewhere completely different, but here's a first look anyway.
With just the new icons in place, Moviestorm feels completely different to use, even though we haven't changed the layout or started on any of the other graphic elements.
It'll take time before we settle on the final design - the only way to do this job is to build it, and then work with it, over and over again, until we decide whether it feels right.
It gets better each time, but we've still not yet found the design that says what we want it to say. We're striving for something that has the ease and accessibility of a game, but is also a functional, powerful tool, with modern styling.
Turns out that Jeff - our CEO - used to be a graphic artist in a former life, so in between all the other myriad jobs that are involved in running this place, he decided to tackle the design himself. This is very much concept work, and all we're doing is experimenting with different styles. We may jettison this and go somewhere completely different, but here's a first look anyway.
With just the new icons in place, Moviestorm feels completely different to use, even though we haven't changed the layout or started on any of the other graphic elements. It'll take time before we settle on the final design - the only way to do this job is to build it, and then work with it, over and over again, until we decide whether it feels right.
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Nokiastorm
Once upon a time, phones were for making phone calls. And they weren't always very good at that. Now, of course, that's just a minor piece of functionality. They're for texting, holding your calendar and address book, playing games, listening to music, surfing the Net, getting travel directions, twittering, and, of course, watching movies while you're supposed to be doing something else.
Here's Jeff's Nokia N-78 playing - oh, you all recognise this movie by now, don't you?
Here's Jeff's Nokia N-78 playing - oh, you all recognise this movie by now, don't you?
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