Folowing the feedback that I have recieved over the past week or so, I have now took some of you advice and have come up with what I hope will be the final screen designs. Sorry to dissapoint some of you but the textured background is staying, purely because I feel it makes it slightly more interesting and different.
Home Page
Interior Page
I have also created the site structure diagram to go with this.
Site structure
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Screen Design Version 2
Folowing the feedback left for me from my last post regarding the screen designs, here are a new set that I have derived from the original. A few changes have been made, including shades of colour and the background colour. Again your help is always appreciated.
Home Page screen design
Interior Page Screen Design
Home Page screen design
Interior Page Screen Design
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Portfolio Screen Designs
Here are a few variations of what could possibly be my web portfolio. The designs are only very basic and are the first major part of the design process. Any feedback or comments are welcome.
#1 - Simple and effective
Here I have chosen to make it as simple as possible in an attempt to make the work speak for itself.
#2 - Simple but with colour
Here I have again tried to keep the design relativly simple but this time have added a bit of colour to just liven it up a bit.
#3 - Something a bit different
as an alternative I tried to just design something that I would normally not, just something a bit wacky and different.
#1 - Simple and effective
Here I have chosen to make it as simple as possible in an attempt to make the work speak for itself.
#2 - Simple but with colour
Here I have again tried to keep the design relativly simple but this time have added a bit of colour to just liven it up a bit.
#3 - Something a bit different
as an alternative I tried to just design something that I would normally not, just something a bit wacky and different.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Competitive Analysis
http://www.cliftonwebdesign.co.uk/portfolio-web-design.htm
From the beginning I think that it is very obvious that this portfolio is supposed to not over power the work as it is very simple and plain. I’m sure that a company like this has created hundreds if no thousands of websites so what they have tried to do is pick only the best 6 and the ones of the highest profile and only display them, which is something that I am also looking to do in my own portfolio.
Its simplicity is also very appealing to me because not only does it allow your work to speak for itself but also provides a user friendly environment that is easy to navigate and understand.
Each of the websites that they have designed has a small preview, a description of the project and then is finally linked to the live website. All three of these are something that I must also consider when designing my own portfolio.
There is a small section outlining some of the current clients that the company are working with, but seen as none of them are links to anything and don’t go into any kind of depth about the project then it seems just a bit pointless.
Overall the portfolio part of the site is I believe a success and the only thing letting it down it the lack of more examples of work. Only six examples seem to be somewhat too little for what seems to be a fairly large company. Its also reassuring to see that the page is actually valid which make a change from most design companies.
http://www.matt-gibson.co.uk
This website on the other hand is the complete opposite. The designer has opted to make the portfolio itself a design task and has made it very flashy and arty. This approach still works but in a different way, what he has done here is actually distracted the users from being able to easily view his pieces of work that they have came on the site to view in the first place.
The designer has also split his work into five different categories which is helpful for the potential employer to differentiate some of the pieces in order to find what they are actually looking for.
Dark blue text on a black background also was not the wisest choice and it proves extremely difficult to read at times. Also when you hover over the thumbnails they turn black and white which I can’t really understand because the whole point of a mouse over is that it makes the selected item stand out even more from the rest and not make it even harder to see.
Something else that I found strange is that there are actually three menus on each page and all three are the same, two at the top and one at the bottom of the page.
Overall this is not a particularly bad site even though it does have many flaws, the designer has opted to almost try and make the site itself a piece of art but has somewhat failed in my opinion, simplicity I believe is the way forward.
This page is also not Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional
From the beginning I think that it is very obvious that this portfolio is supposed to not over power the work as it is very simple and plain. I’m sure that a company like this has created hundreds if no thousands of websites so what they have tried to do is pick only the best 6 and the ones of the highest profile and only display them, which is something that I am also looking to do in my own portfolio.
Its simplicity is also very appealing to me because not only does it allow your work to speak for itself but also provides a user friendly environment that is easy to navigate and understand.
Each of the websites that they have designed has a small preview, a description of the project and then is finally linked to the live website. All three of these are something that I must also consider when designing my own portfolio.
There is a small section outlining some of the current clients that the company are working with, but seen as none of them are links to anything and don’t go into any kind of depth about the project then it seems just a bit pointless.
Overall the portfolio part of the site is I believe a success and the only thing letting it down it the lack of more examples of work. Only six examples seem to be somewhat too little for what seems to be a fairly large company. Its also reassuring to see that the page is actually valid which make a change from most design companies.
http://www.matt-gibson.co.uk
This website on the other hand is the complete opposite. The designer has opted to make the portfolio itself a design task and has made it very flashy and arty. This approach still works but in a different way, what he has done here is actually distracted the users from being able to easily view his pieces of work that they have came on the site to view in the first place.
The designer has also split his work into five different categories which is helpful for the potential employer to differentiate some of the pieces in order to find what they are actually looking for.
Dark blue text on a black background also was not the wisest choice and it proves extremely difficult to read at times. Also when you hover over the thumbnails they turn black and white which I can’t really understand because the whole point of a mouse over is that it makes the selected item stand out even more from the rest and not make it even harder to see.
Something else that I found strange is that there are actually three menus on each page and all three are the same, two at the top and one at the bottom of the page.
Overall this is not a particularly bad site even though it does have many flaws, the designer has opted to almost try and make the site itself a piece of art but has somewhat failed in my opinion, simplicity I believe is the way forward.
This page is also not Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional
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