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About meHello :) 
This is me: dkk - Doris Kawgan-Kagan. I was born in 1981 and live in Berlin, Germany. On this page you will find different kinds of things I did and made. As you can see, I don't have a favorite medium, I mess around with many things. You can call this a bit unfocused (I do). It's because I get bored with things easily and try something new all the time. That's also the reason why I can give you any recommendations which mediums or tools are best in my opinion. They all work somehow... On the computer (a Mac) I use a tablet, and I'm lucky enough to own a Wacom Intuous 3 now. The software I work with most of the time is Gimp (open source) now, and for vector graphics Inkscape (open source, too). I own Manga Studio Debut, and it's a very powerful tool if you want to make professional looking comics, but I never got around drawing one with it. However, it's also nice for monochrome graphics, because it comes with uncounted easy to use screen-tones. As for making homepages I'm a bit oldfashioned. I like to see every line of code I put into a file, that's why I work with TextWrangler (open source) and WebDesign at the moment. I partook in some small exhibitions:
The History of this SiteWe came a long way! Let's have a partly awkward review! The precursor of this homepage went online early in 1998, at a time when 56k modems were still en vogue. It was hosted by tripod (which meant irritating pop-up windows and banners) and was called "DeCayK's funny World of Madness". It was also pretty lame. The only content were about 5 lousy pencil sketches, a few not-so-funny funny texts and maybe 3 blurry photos of plants and bushes, which were presented with a midi version of "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" playing in the background (I am not kidding). It was made with Frontpage - and it showed. On 7th June 2000 the second version of this homepage went online (actually a few days earlier, but on that day I added a visitor counter which officially recorded the start). It came with sub-galeries for pictures (my first CGs!), photos and comics and featured a stunningly not-eye-friendly black background with a poison green and red navigation frame. Some time later, when I was getting into proper html scripting instead of using what-you-see-is-what-you-get editors, the layout was completed by awesome mouse-over buttons sporting my hand. If you moved the mouse over a finger, you could read on the palm which gallery was linked with it. In the beginning of 2001 the next version came online. It had a really nice blue color scheme. Soon after the launch flash navigations were added, at first with futuristic mouse-over sound effects. They were kicked some time later, because they annoyed me when I was listening to mp3s while browsing my own page. 16th Februar 2002 was another great milestone, the day when I left tripod for my own domain, www.decayk.com! Then for nearly 9 years only minor changes happened. I loved the blue design of version 3 (and still do) and never wanted to replace it with something new. The thing that was most dear to me was a flash navigation with two wave lines moving in the background. This undying love is the reason why I wrote this historical review (and hey, you actually read it): I need to tell you about how awesome the wave was and I also need to show it here to prove you how awesome it was. I miss you, hypno wave :C Anyway, in February 2010 I forfeit my old domain and set up the latest design (version 4.0) on this-is-dkk.com, which went officially online on the 28th. And that's what you're looking at right now. It may look a bit plain and boring, but I think it's eye-friendly and easy to use, being so simple and clean - no fancy effects, menus, scripts, animations or even pictures to distract or confuse you. The white is also a good choice as a neutral background to present artworks. Well, let's see what happens from now on... |
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