Creative Decisions

In class last week, using my designs I explained why I had used certain techniques or tools to achieve the final designs. I wrote up about decisions I had made when choosing what material I would use or what patterns or what sound system or what camera. I gave reasoned explanations of my decision making processes throughout the project.

I think I shall remove the logo, because I cannot think of any good, original logos that my client likes. My client agrees that it is better get rid of the logo because there is nothing that she liked. She agreed that with the title in the middle, we didn't need a logo.

Daily Topics Final Design

Realizing that I would have numerous pages on the website, I thought it would be better to design one more page of the website: the Daily Topics page, so my client can see how I plan to organize the rest of the website, based on two final designs: the Home Page, which is a vital page to complete perfectly, for it will be the most visited page, and the Daily Topics, which I believe will also be a popular part of the website. Hence, I have finished two Final Designs, one for the Home Page and one for the Daily Topics section.

Equipment:

I had to state the Hardware I would need: discussing the minimum and optimum hardware requirements, as with Software: ientifing the software that I will be using to create my solution, also discussing the suitability of the software for generating the solution and identify alternatives. Since I had already done this, I copied it from the Planning and Research Folder

HomePage Final Design

I have finished my HomePage design, and will show them to my client soon. I have adapted ever so slightly the over all layout of the page, by adding dark blue strips on the side, as a sense of unity. I shall have to show it to my client, and ask her if she is pleased with it.

This is my idea of how I want my Home Page to look like. The title is flowery, yet simplistic and legible. The photo slide show stands out, as do the headers for each section, because of the fact they are in a darker blue.

Hand-drawn final designs

I have finished 3 final designs, 2 of which I showed my client and which she changed and editted according to her preferences. The third one is my final design. My client loved the Picture Slide Show, which stretches across the whole top page and which changes every few seconds. She also liked the concept of having a large calendar with hyperlinks onto pages about the date, saying that it is easier to navigate. Now I shall have to create my HomePage final design on the computer, to let my client see it with the colour, fonts and pictures.

Final Design re-drawn

Showing my final design to my client, she wanted me to change on part of it, saying that she didn't like the important news section. I also have to work on my fonts and my logo now.

What I need to Include on my Final Design

To include

• Dynamic



• Picture slide show



• Important News (quite big)



• What's New Articles



• Banners at the bottom of the page



• Drop down menu



• Daily topic



• Icons and drawings

What Not to include

• Side Menus