MY PERSONAL ART AND MAKEUP HOMEPAGE

The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer——Joan Collins

Psychology 344 Projects

 

For this assignment, I had to find a creative website, locate it’s designer and e-mail them with 3-4 questions that the class complied at the beginning of the semester. I found a great website called bluecanvas.com and I was able to get a response from the designer, Alex Branning. Below is a copy of my email exchange with Alex.

Hello,

My name is Opal Brown and I am a senior at California State University Northridge. I came across your website and I would like to ask you a few questions. I am working on a project for a creativity class and I was hoping to ask you some questions pertaining to the work you did for bluecanvas.com.
Thank you so much for your time.


 

1. What inspires you?

2. What is your favorite accomplishment?

3. What do you do to get into your creative zone?

4. If your creative work were edible, what would it taste like?

 

 

Opal;

I’d be happy to help! I have a lot of work to go off of for inspiration; there’s some amazing web sites out there that have really changed the game as far as Internet development go. My philosophy when it comes to web site design is keeping everything simple and easy, so I’m always looking for new ways to make the visitors’ experience enjoyable and easier to understand.

 

The accomplishment I’m most proud of is the site you used to find me; bluecanvas.com. Bluecanvas is a social networking site I built from scratch, and it has really opened the doors for me to a lot of great opportunities, including a social network for the Marilyn Monroe estate and the West Virginia administration.

 

Every morning I grab a cup of coffee, sit down at my desk and wander over some Internet sites to de-stress and clear my mind. My business isn’t all that creative, the focus of my work is problem-solving through programming solutions; I don’t do a lot of design work so I don’t need to be that creative.

 

Continuing my last thought, if my creative work were edible it would taste like cardboard because I’m not that creative of a designer. Let me take that back, it’d probably be more like waffles without any syrup…bland and leaving everyone wanting to spice it up a bit more before eating.

 

Thanks again for writing,

 Alex Branning

alex@branninggroup.com

http://www.branninggroup.com

http:/www.bluecanvas.com

Here are some of the assignments and projects that we have done for the Spring semester, 2009.