3 posts tagged “web site”
Today I came up with a new idea while I was at uni (unlimited blank paper will do that to you). Unfortunately it looked a lot better in my head and as a thumbnail than as a mock-up. With a bit of tweaking it may work, so I'd love to hear any suggestions.
I'm thinking of doing this one as a Flash folio site. This design gives me ideas for transitions, you see, and I love doing transitions. So far I've only done two slightly different versions of the home page so I thought I'd put them up to gather opinions before I get too far on this. This design is considerably different from the previous one, versions of which can be found here and here.
Thanks to everyone who has been giving me feedback on this project. It's really helping me!
I'm going to stop posting these to the Creative People group for now. I figure at the rate I'm going there will be a post every other day and it will just start to annoy people. I'll just do summary posts at given milestones with links to all the previous posts.
So this is where I'm up to; I was bored and sober tonight so I decided to experiment in ways to solve the dilemma of pink = good but neutral = necessary.
First try: Just replace the pink in the content box with white.
Pros: Colour scheme remains largely unchanged, lots of lovely pink to look at still, no need to add new colours that could muddy things up. Having white directly next to the image will eliminate problems of colours clashing.
Cons: Still very bloody bright. While the image area may be surrounded by white the pink still dominates and still distracts from the image.
Pros: Even less chance of colours clashing. Still retain a good deal of yummy pinkness.
Cons: Lots of dull grey which lessens the overall impact of the site. The grey doesn't exactly fit seamlessly into the colour scheme so it looks a bit muddy. Might work with grey behind the circles in the header.
Pros: At least I get to keep my nice bright green (which is allegedly the web colour of the moment and my attempt to be at least semi-fashionable). The colour scheme works well now. The overall grey tones mean that the images aren't overwhelmed.
Cons: No pink.
Pros: Got my pink back! The pink works well for the ribbon/seal/star thingie.
Cons: I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I decided to experiment with 3D stars. I was going to immediately scrap them, but figured I'd post it and see if everyone agrees with me that they look crap. Other con: now I miss the green.
I was having a conversation with an old schoolmate from TAFE (college) the other day, complaining about a client who just didn't want to write more content for her website even though she was a writer and it was her portfolio site. I mean, a writer should be able to get off their arse and write, shouldn't they?
... Right. Sort of like, as a designer I should be able to finally getting around to redesigning my folio site, shouldn't I?
Um. Yeah.
My friend agreed. She's a budding web designer and hasn't even got a site running yet.
Oops.
So we decided to get off our arses and do what we had to do. And knowing that I only work when deadlines are involved I set us a deadline. We have to have rough designs by 9.00 am Monday April 30. No exact number, but I'm aiming for three. And since this blog (used to) be like a creative journal for me I'm planning on documenting my progress here.
Then I wondered if anyone in the Vox community is like me - wanting to be creative, but getting side-tracked and thinking 'well, I'll do it eventually' and never getting to it. If you're like me and you need a deadline to get anything done, feel free to join in! Whether it's designing a website, creating a sculpture or writing a short story just tell us what you're going to get done and when you're getting it done by and share your progress with us.
Deadlines are FUN!
(Or as Douglas Adams famously said "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.")
