I went with my second set of designs. I personally liked it more as it was a bit more dynamic and interesting without being super crazy. My other design definitely felt like it fell flat and didn't achieve the aesthetic and style I was aiming for. I also thought it was the most successful compared to my other one because this one allowed my viewer to move seamlessly from my introductory paragraph to my navigation buttons. I also enjoyed being able to mix my vector graphics and the real photos. And overall, I feel like this design allowed me to reflect more of myself and my style. Based on your guys' feedback, the only changes I made were to the font weight because the weight I had before was a bit too thin and there wasn't too much readability especially against the backgrounds that I had. I also made the tan color a smidge darker to help make my typography stand out more. I also made my TMCC logo a bit smaller, as it definitely needed more breathing room.
https://www.orbitmedia.com/blog/web-design-tips/
This site helped me to learn that visual hierarchy is pretty much key to a successful website and that complexity and clutter can often defer our viewers as they may find our sites too confusing if there’s too much going on visually and if there’s too much information to take in at once. Also it made it clear that just because a site is “beautiful” it might lack easy navigation.
https://99designs.com/blog/web-digital/ ... -websites/
While this site discusses different functions of websites, such as showcasing one’s portfolio or leading a reader into blogs or articles, it was helpful because it showed me that websites all generally need to be easy to navigate through regardless of why the site was intended. This site also helped me to understand that the homepage is often the most significant as it is what our audience first sees. This means that we need to make a good first impression and in web design that means creating a composition utilizes seamless navigation and impressive functionality, but is also visually interesting and that every design element is utilized to help our view move throughout our site.
https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/principles/w ... ge-design/
Navigating through this website helped me to grasp other terminology necessary for understanding web design. They walk through user flower, information architecture, visual hierarchy, navigation, and content strategy. While some of these terms may not be 100% related to our purses for this class they are still helpful things to keep in mind!
https://designmodo.com/web-design-project/
This site just had a fun infographic on building a website, specifically when you have to build one for someone else. What was most helpful for me was remembering my main objectives in creating this site (I mean other than creating a website for a grade haha). But really for us, we’re learning to build and design websites that are easy to navigate through and can potentially showcase our work.
Good work with making your body copy a little more readable, other than the you nailed. Love your little plant illustration near your name gahhh so cute!!
