In this entry I will be outlining the process I went through to get my six(6) design comps. I did it a little differently here than I than I usually do, but the outcome was the same.
1.) First, in class I drew 10 thumbnails for my Home and a secondary page. (five for each).
2.) Then we get in groups of four(4) and made comments and gave suggestions. I found this new part of my process very helpful and enlightening.
3.) Then I went to kuler.adobe.com and looked up, and created, some color schemes that might work for a camping site. I ended up with six(6) different color schemes to choose from.
4.) After that I went into illustrator and first created a rough wireframe for one of the home pages. I then chose which pictures to import and did so. Then I tested out some of the color schemes tell I found the right one for that layout. I also tested out different fonts till I found one that I liked. I also spent a lot of time with placement and aesthetics. After all was chosen and in place I created a secondary page with same scheme.
5.) I repeated step 4 two more times.
Here are the five(5) sites I researched for my final.
1.) www.kuler.adobe.com
- I choose this site to help me find and create color schemes for my site.
- The most useful part of this site to me was the fact that I could create color schemes from my own photo's.
- I plan to use a color scheme that I created here on my site.
- I choose this site to help me get ideas for layouts.
- I found it very useful to see some of the things you can do with css.
- I intend to implement the use of background images.
- I used this site to help get ideas as to what my park might offer.
- I plan on using this site to help me with my site content.
- I choose this site to get some layout, content, and color scheme ideas.
- I find that some of the layout ideas are interesting, and I might use some of it.
- I choose this site to get some layout, content, and color scheme ideas.
- I liked their use of photography on their home page.
- I plan on using some of their information in my web site.
Since not all of you know this I decided to post my idea for my final project here.
I have decided to do a web site about a camp site of my own creation. It doesn't have a name yet, but I do plan on using lots of photography in it. This goal is to make people want to come to my campgrounds by showing, and telling them how awesome it is.
At this point in time I have no idea what I am doing. My brain is fried, and I can't seem to understand the assignment. This is what I think we are doing, but I'm not sure.
1.) Choose a type of site you are interested in doing. Movies, books, makeup, etc..
2.) Find a problem that you can fix pertaining to this site. Something that could be a problem for many other types of sites too.
Ok, if anyone knows if that is right please let me know. And any suggestions would be great.
This was a very interesting article, and one that we should have read in the first class. I would have liked to have know some of these things a bit earlier in my design career. Although I have learned most of these steps in previous classes, some of them are new to me. I have been introduced to Competitive Analysis before, but it was never really stressed as being a part of the design process before. I have never even heard of the Typography or Imagery steps before. They are both very interesting ideas for steps, and one's that I plan to try out for myself. His Composition stage is a bit different though. He is either combining the rough and color comp stage, or he just skipped over the rough completely. I really do like his idea about focusing on detail on the top first and then working your way down. I usually just do that by section. All in all I found this to be a very informative article about the design process.
These are the three (3) things I would like to get out of IMD2022.
1.) Learn how to properly structure and/or code a site so that it works and shows up properly in all/many browsers.
2.) Learn how to incorporate a good graphic design into my code. Like awesome background images and gradient on buttons.
3.) And, to expand my coding horizons and not be so afraid to do something a little more "out there."
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