Proposal Site Ideas

This is the next brainstorming process. This is a list of 27 things that interest me at the moment.

1. Photography
2. Drawing
3. Painting
4. Sculpture
5. Computers
6. Basketball
7. Football
8. Soccer
9. Baseball
10. Boston Red Sox
11. Music
12. Napping
13. Video Games
14. Alfred Hitchcock Movies
15. Old Movies
16. Foriegn Movies
17. Making lists
18. Poker
19. The Discovery Channel
20. Dallas Mavericks
21. Talk Radio
22. Cooking
23. Art History
24. Useless Facts
25. Anime
26. Traveling
27. Reading

While brainstorming I decided that I would create a portfolio so I can show the work I have done so far. I will probably be showcasing various drawings, photographs, sculptures, and possibly some paintings.

Next in my brainstorming process, I will think of possible clients that I would like to work with. I will list possible businesses, groups and individuals. After that I will list websites that interest me and I would like to emulate.

Clients

businesses:

Industrial Light & Magic
Art Prostitute
Time Magazine
Rolling Stone Magazine
Marvel Comics
Apple
The New York Times
The Dallas Morning News
National Geographic

groups:

The Richards Group
Cambridge Art Association
Redwood Art Association
College Art Association
The Camera Club Of New York
The Roland Group
Lamar Advertising Company
Omnicom Group
WPP Group

people:

Tim Burton
Shepard Fairey
Stan Lee
Steve Jobs
David Choe
Brad Bird
Satoshi Kon
Akira Toriyama
Wes Anderson

Inspirational Websites:

Contents:

http://www.google.com - A great functional site that can help lead you to other great sites and content.
http://www.deviantart.com - An art community for all levels of artists, great way to find lesser known artists.
http://www.ebay.com - An online auction site, almost anything can be sold or bought on this useful site.
http://www.amazon.com - I Like that this site sells a lot of different products as well.
http://www.flickr.com - A good site for photographers to showcase pictures.
http://www.wikipedia.com - The ultimate online encyclopedia, good way to find various information.
http://www.threadless.com - A nice site for users to create, buy, or critique t-shirt designs.
http://www.etsy.com - I like to call this the ebay of the art community, great way to find unique artsy products.
http://www.engadget.com - A technology blog where I can find current technological news.

interaction:

http://www.netflix.com - I like all the useful features this site has, such as the pop ups.
http://www.heromachine.com - I enjoy that users can create a character on the site.
http://www.klickstudio.com - An interesting and creative site, great flash.
http://www.ingreme.com - A well designed site with great graphics, that feels very interactive.
http://www.neostream.com - Another great flash site, very fun and playful site.
http://www.boxmedia.ro - Yet another flash site I enjoy, uses interactive boxes.
http://www.leoburnett.com - Great playful site, I like the use of the pencil in the background.
http://www.chromazone-imaging.co.uk/flashindex.html - A fun and interesting site, I enjoyed the feel of space.
http://www.okaydave.com - I enjoyed the use of roll overs on this page.

design:

http://www.2advanced.com - A well designed and overall a beautiful page.
http://www.b7ven.com - A great simple design that is effective.
http://www.paulfrank.com - Good use of color, and effective layout.
http://www.freedomoftheseas.com - A complex website that has many features, but isn't too busy.
http://www.ripestudio.com - A well designed site, feels very futuristic.
http://www.orangedan.net - A creative design, that works well for me.
http://www.24-7media.de - A uniquely made site, great design, and functions.
http://www.digg.com/ - A bit simplistic in looks, but it was designed well and functions well that way.
http://www.netflix.com - Another simplistic site looks wise, but design really makes this site.