Fri, Aug. 29 2008
Launched a new website for KirkwoodSpiro Marketing Communications last week.
The site is designed as an attention-grabber for first time customers in the B2B space - bottom line is maximum impact.
We ran with their concept of business activation - coming up with a switch and an image on every page that beckons the user to participate in the website experience.
At first glance the images are intentionally sort of sketchy looking but with a flick of the switch, they are activated, and realized in a wash of color.
The site is all in Flash of course, and there's an HTML shadow site behind it for the search engines.
Check it out and be sure to look at the People section - Mike Kirkwood especially likes the action figure boxes.
kirkwoodcom.com
Fri, Aug. 29 2008
By the end of the day today, our Creative Director, Lis Cherry, will be on her way home to Canberra, Australia.
Lis has been with us since the very beginning of Artgig over six years ago, and I worked alongside her for four years at Sunburst Technology before that.
That’s ten years, or roughly 2,500 days of working with Lis, and I can honestly say I can count the rough patches on one hand.
It’s quite a history we share.
It goes without saying she will be missed.
But she’s not leaving us entirely.
We’re looking at this as a new beginning and an opportunity for expansion...
We already have the wall clock set to Canberra time here in the office.
The opposite clock means we’ve got an instant night shift.
As soon as Lis hits the ground she’ll be seeking out new talent to add to our network.
And then she'll start looking for the beach house.
That’s right, I’m talking Artgig Australia.
Thu, Aug. 28 2008
“The Story of Johnny Appleseed” is one in a series of three K-2 reading comprehension story modules we’re producing in partnership with Weekly Reader, a division of Reader’s Digest.
This project is a real throwback to the good old days at Sunburst Technology, where we originally started out making educational software for kids.
The animated story includes on screen text and audio for the student to follow along.
The story is followed by a brief quiz, where students fill a basket with apples as they answer correctly.
Our production schedule for each module is about a month total time, which includes:
- Review and edits to supplied script and storyboard
- VO talent casting and recording
- Original music and sfx production
- Character design
- UI design
- Animation production in flash
- Separate line art delivery for reproducables
- Quiz and player production/programming
Next up, The Story of Christopher Columbus…
Check out Appleseed here
