“We are turning two!”

antzFx — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:26:50 +0000

“Everything that has a beginning… needs a start!”

Right hand bottom corner of my screen shows 6:08AM IST, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. This is an auspicious time to start the first blog in my life.

This is how it all began. Tomorrow, 21-May-2010, is the second anniversary of this blog.

Milestones of this blog

21-May-2008

This blog was started humbly as a personal design blog at antzFx.Wordpress.com.

The tagline was « My world | My Dreams »

The title of the first blog post is a modified version of ‘The Matrix: Revolutions’ tagline “Everything that has a beginning has an end.”

I set five goals in this first blog post. They were:

I need a portfolio with a lot of shameless self promotional stuff.

This I achieved.

I need to learn Auto CAD, 3dsMax and SolidWorks.

Well, I learned SolidWorks.

I need to improve my English.

I think I improved a lot.

I need to buy a Notebook PC.

I bought an hp Notebook PC in August, 2008.

I need to decide where to study the ‘Master in Design’ Course.

I joined Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and will be finishing the M.Des. Course within a couple of months.

30-Oct-2008

This blog was moved from wordpress.com to a subdomain of antzFx.com. The blog was re-named as FULLfx.antzFx.com. The tagline is changed to “design blog of antzFx.com”

26-Feb-2010

Silently, the blog got graduated from a subdomain to an independent domain of antzFxWay.com. Now the tagline is “You have seen nothing yet!”

21-May-2010

We are celebrating the second anniversary of this blog in style. First time ever, we have roped in three guest authors to write about Character Designing, Product Photography and Photography Tips. First time ever, we are posting three blog entries on a single day.

Vital Statistics

66 posts (including this)

45,665 Pageviews

Most viewed blog post: Design — Calendar 2009

Most searched keyword: calendar design

Busiest day: 22-Apr-2010 on which majority of the traffic came to: Design – Logo for CyberPark Kozhikode

Google Page Rank: 3

IndiBlogger Rank: 74 out of 100

What next?

This blog mainly features the design stories of antzFx.com. But from today onwards, you will be treated with more guest posts on various fields of design.

Dear reader,
Thank you very much for your continued support. We love to hear your comments.
Regards,
antzFx, FULLfx | Team antzFx.com

Design: Poster — 365 days at work

fullfx — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:16:49 +0000

First year of professional life is a milestone in any fresher’s life. It’s the point where he/she gets to shed their “fresher” title. Last month was the transition period for eleven of us. We wanted to have a quiet celebration.

What is more appropriate than a poster?

I was all set except for an idea. Since I wanted to cook something simple, I rejected all the obvious ideas that flooded my mind — a cake with a lighted candle, a one rupee note with our names on it, etc. With every passing idea not working, I became disheartened.

Chaos to Clarity

A flashback of the last one year puzzled me more and clouded my thoughts. What was I doing all these time? What did I leave behind? People were not amazed about me; but nonetheless they were impressed. After all, I am leaving my mark in the corporate space. Suddenly everything fell into place. I knew what I had to do; what I had to write; the confusion simply vaporized. So, the flashback did do me good.

Layout

Since we have been imprinting our impressions on each and everyone we come across, the punch line could be nothing but

“We have been leaving our prints all over company for the last one year now”

With a thumb-impression and snapshots of my fellow ex-freshers, the poster was complete.

Afterword

Seeing the poster, one of my seniors exclaimed, “So you people were responsible for the pile of printouts around the printer!”

Image Credit

Image: Fingerprint
Author: Davide Guglielmo , Italy

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3
Design date: 03-Sep-2008

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