GRC 175 Learning and Discussion Forum

Happy Friday All!

This is my final design layout. I took the advice from the preliminary: add a more exciting (expressive) font, and change my image.
It was really important to me to have a simple clean design with a bit of personality.

These are the website inspiration/tutorials:
https://coder-coder.com/layout-design-website/
https://neilpatel.com/blog/website-clean-simple-design/

Looks great April, I like how you use the dark space in different degrees on the mobile versus web versions. Your use of different fonts works well too.

You've got a real nice aesthetic going here, April. I like the immediate headspace the image puts me in. A creative's desk on an overcast day. Perfect for sketching up the next great ad campaign. You also use contrast really well throughout your design, obviously with the black and white, but with how the blue interacts with them as well. Your colors are well chosen and reflect your image nicely. The black and white provide the hard edge and eye catching parts, while the blue softens everything. I like your type too. The sans-serif and script types play well with each other and establish a clean, creative feel. Very much a studio website design. Your navigation is large and easy to find and use and works well with the rest of your composition.

Your margins around your blue text box are way too tight. It's too close to both your "about" text at the top and your "As a Designer ..." text at the bottom. Also, your mobile design's blanace is all out of whack. It is very bottom heavy. Everything feels crammed into the bottom two thirds of the layout.

Nice work!

Hey April,

Really digging the color scheme and overall layout! Has a very "oregon" feel to it.

Be careful about minor alignments! I like the script font for your name, but I would like it more if it was slightly more readable.

Otherwise, great job

Hello April,

Your layout make me want to get to work, or hire someone. It's a very smart design and it looks like you're creating inside the box just fine! Great job!

I like the image and layout. It would be cool if you could make the circles look like coffee stains from the cup. Well done! The page has a sophisticated feel to it.

I love the image of the workspace. I would do something like that for mine, but my deal is fugly. I love the over all feel of the design. It makes me feel like home somehow.

Hey! These are really great, the whole design feels really clean and well put together. I love the typography!

Hi April!

I love the overall feel of your website and your color choices are super nice! I would maybe do something with your name so it stands out a little more and isn't so flat. Nice job!!

nicely done!! I love the color scheme.