Happy Life's site

[Leopoldo]

This might be a little off subject (not concept art that is).

I've been designing and animating a site for the Swedish animation studio Happy Life.
The site has been launched!

www.happylife.se

Character animation by a friend of mine, programming by Happy Life's inhouse webmaster and design and some easier animations by me!

Enjoy,
Leopoldo

www.fabpics.com

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

Read the New Rules

Aidan

[sam_1980]

don't waste our time.... wrong post!

[Leopoldo]

That's funny,

Waste not by replying then. Did you even check it out Sam?

Sry I forgot to add the pic.

Never mind, forget about it.

Thx for apprieciating my work.

/L

[Dan.v.D.]

well i got 2 main problems with it.
it seems that there are like 3 styles mixed that don´t really blend well.
the logo leaks a certain mc donalds über chroma happy style while the animations still are pretty muted in color. and i feel that the kinda gothic bg artwork and menu don´t suit any of the above styles.

the other thing is the chaos in typography. u can barely click anywhere without
getting the type to change drastically. if not the font itself, at least the color will change or extended type will turn to condensed.

shit. i totally don´t want to diss your work but good design is tight design, and tight doesn´t have to be boring but completely controlled in every aspect unless u are david carson or simply born a genius. and even his work actually is very tight...
... in it´s own chaotic way.

design is an art on it´s own. an art that ppl usually take for granted, and somehow there are lots of parrallels between design and abstract art because
it´s everywhere and doesn´t wake the impression of requiring really skill at first glance. but in good works there is a hell of a lot skill underneath the surface.
more than most can imagine to be there.

maybe it can be also compared to painting a portrait.
a masterful artist can make a face that´s not pefectly symmetric still look right and beautiful while a lesser one would propably mess up the symmetry of a perfect face and afterwards think he had done exactly the same the master did.

gah i´m in a ranting mood... plz forgive and keep busy.

[N D Hill]

Hey.

Interesting site. It's got some decently smooth navigation and some cool animations. I guess I partly agree with Dan. v. D. in that it'd be nice to have a consistant theme that creates a relationship between the site's flash interface and the art and animayion. Especially if it's purpose is to present you as an artist.

Pay no attention to "sam_1980". Apperently he's one of the few people here who like to dog-pile on new people when they post in the wrong section when only one polite notice will do. It's a ironic/funny trend I've been observing here. Don't sweat it though.