Finally I can announce that on February the 26th I got my diploma on Faculty for eletrotechnics, computer science and informatics, University of Maribor, Slovenia.
I am now a B.Sc. of Media Communications.
After my last year of studying Media communications (Interactive graphic design) I decided to explore the field of web usability, specifically usability assessment of social networking websites. My diploma research was based on evaluation of Facebook usability with techniques that were accessible during my research. My diploma research work is available here* in slovene language. Here is a short abstract:
The emergence of the World Wide Web has allowed users access to large amounts of information that can be found on the Internet.User interfaces have a major role in human-computer communication. Web content must be presented in a way that most users can understand and use. Because of varying levels of experience, knowledge and individual characteristics of web users, the design of web interfaces is subject to debates by psychology specialists, human-computer interaction specialists, graphic designers, sociologists and specialists in related sciences. They tend to define universal standards for website usefulness in order to ensure the most universal and positive user experience. Since social networking sites are currently the most popular online communications medium, it is necessary to develop user interfaces with a keen consideration for the expectations and requirements of typical users. A positive user experience can only be created by analyzing the usefulness of websites in various aspects and offering the best possible solutions.
* Since the document is only available in slovene language at this moment you are free to translate it with Google translator or any other translation tool to see the results.
It is I!, originally uploaded by Ajda Gregorčič.
As you can see I made some changes to my blog design and layout. I am now using the Smashing Wordpress Theme and have been making some small CSS corrections and adjustifications to the original template. Looks pretty much different by now. Since I’ve read quite a lot about usability in the last few months, I focus on making my website user-friendly and elegant but still with a touch of ‘Ajdish’ playfulness. It might take some time to make it beautiful but you know, you can’t rush good design, especially nice illustrations for the background picture
I’ve also decided to write my blog posts in english since I strangely get more response from abroad than from my native Slovenia (especially on SNs like Twitter and LinkedIn).
Feel free to compliment on my blog, get all excited and write cool comments, become my stalker on Facebook or anything you’d like and I might use you to visit your country and have you as my guide the whole week.
Diggy dog saves christmas game design, originally uploaded by Ajda Gregorčič.
These are screenshots of a 3-minute game called Diggy dog saves christmas. The game was made by slovenian game development company Motiviti. The menus, buttons, logo and illustrations were designed by me. The task was to design a very shiny christmas-spirit interface to present the game and the control keys so the user can start playing it.
Naročnik: Gotuf d.o.o.
Produkt: ProtecTech zaščitne folije za ekrane naprav
Misija: oblikovati celostno podobo promocijskih sporočil in embalaže zaščitnih folij

V portfolio abstraktnih slik sem dodala sliko z naslovom Butterflies. Gre za abstraktno sliko dveh metuljčkov. Če pogledamo globje, vidimo, da metuljčka nista v celoti izrisana, ampak sta prepoznavna zgolj skozi obliko in razpon kril, ki dajo vtis tridimenzionalnosti in globine. Smer gibanja je v globino slike; to sem poskusila uprizoriti tudi z razblinjanjem ozadja za metuljčkoma v središču slike, kjer se modro-zeleni efekti zlijejo v čisto črnino. Efekti v ozadju in okoli metuljčkov so abstraktni in spominjajo po eni strani na vodo (prelivanje teksture), po drugi strani pa na vesolje (padajoči modri kometi). S tem dobi slika še dodatni pomen, saj je umeščena v nek nerealni podvodno-vesoljski svet, nasprotno od tega, kjer ponavadi srečujemo metuljčke. Dodatni kontrast je sliki dodan s čisto in prefinjeno linijo metljučkov v ospredju in razblinjanjem ter mešanjem ozadja za njima.
Slika je naprodaj. Če želite svoj natisnjen izvod, me kontaktirajte na ajda.gregorcic@gmail.com.
Zakaj bi se mučili z iskanjem ustreznih paketov razglednic za novoletne voščilnice, če pa lahko naročite izdelavo voščilnic po svoji meri in se z veseljem podpišete nanje?
Naša ekipa oblikovalcev Bigpackmedia je vstopila v jesen z novo celostno podobo in prenovljeno spletno stranjo ter celostno ponudbo. V tem mesecu se osredotočamo na izdelavo novoletnih voščilnic. Poleg kreativnih in domiselnih voščilnic ponujamo še ilustracije, fotomontaže in stripe, ki jih bomo izdelali po vaši meri in z njimi okrasili naslovnice. Zamislite si lahko zgodbo, sliko ali karikaturo, lahko pa kreativnost in domišljijo prepustite nam - po vaši želji. Cene so ugodne, zato ne odlašajte s povpraševanjem in nas kontaktirajte!
Oglejte si tudi tehnike risanja in obdelave slik v galeriji referenc naše ekipe ali pobrskajte po zavihkih tega bloga.
Avtomobilsko podjetje Mini je razpisalo natečaj za najboljše ozadje spletne strani. Prijavljena dela se že vrstijo, sodelujoči pa že vneto pošiljajo sporočila drugim udeležencem, naj glasujejo za njihov predlog ozadja spletne strani.
Ob tej priložnosti te vabim, da glasuješ za moja ozadja in sicer na tem naslovu:
http://www.minispace.com/en_us/people/profile/ajda/
Hvala in lep dan!

Za vse, ki vas zanima, kako zgleda potapljanje v Jadranu iz prve roke, vas vabim, da si ogledate celotni izbor fotografij, ki sva jih posnela s fantom na Braču in Hvaru.
http://picasaweb.google.si/ajda.gregorcic/PotapljanjeBracOkt08#
V začetku oktobra sva se fantom odpravila iskati inspiracijo v morske globine Jadranskega morja. Na Braču in Hvaru sva skozi 11 potopov (zadnji je bil globok kar 43 metrov) uspela narediti par dobrih fotografij morskih polžev, škarpen, koral in spužvic. Spodaj je par izbranih fotografij, ki so nastale med potopi.
Vse slike so zaščitene © 2008 Bigpackmedia.com

Med pospravljanjem revij, v katerih se nahajajo moje ilustracije, sem se odločila, da kupček revij, ki jih izdaja Videotop d.o.o., poslikam in objavim na blog. Gre za ilustracije v revijah FHM Slovenija, FHM Hrvaška in AutoBild, za katerega sem nehala risati lani. FHM je mesečnik, v vsakem izvodu pa so objavljene 2-3 ilustracije. Skozi leta se je kupček revij, v katerih so objavljene moje ilustracije, drastično povečal, čeprav mi manjka večina izvodov hrvaške edicije FHM. Na sliki so torej samo tisti izvodi, ki jih po sreči imam doma. Vsega skupaj sem za reviji FHM v parih letih izdelala nekje 170 ilustracij (približno 5 ilustracij na mesec), potem so tukaj še ilustracije za AutoBild.
Precej obsežno, ane?
Kot odgovor na prejšnji post objavljam svojo verzijo oglasa za Antiko Kores, ki se mi zdi mnogo bolj primerna kot ta, ki jo imajo zdaj. Upam, da ne bo komentarjev v smislu ‘Ajda, pa saj ne more bit vse roza na tem svetu!’ ker v tem primeru ta barvna kombinacija paše v kontekst antičnega pohištva.
Any comments?