Attend class to learn about how to set up your website in Dreamweaver. You will learn how to create divs, place images, create an interactive menu and more.
Today we will commence on your assessment for this class. You will need to design a website for a client to promote his work or services. See examples below as a result of an in-class brain storm:
Portfolio of a designer, web-designer, graphic designer, fashion designer, …
Portfolio of an artist or illustrator
Portfolio of a photographer
Website for a horse trainer
Website for a singer
Website for a humanitarian organisation, eg Doctors Without Borders
Website for a restaurant
Four Web Pages
You will need to create 4 web pages using Dreamweaver or a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) code editor. These are the pages for you to create:
Home Page
About us and Contact
Gallery or Portfolio of Work
Bookings or Purchase Requests
Step 1 – Brainstorm Ideas
Brainstorm ideas for a website (if portfolio for a photographer, what type of photographer, wedding, portrait, famous photographer, …)
Step 2 – Research Content
Go online and research what content you can find for your website. Use Creative Commons sites whenever possible:
Otherwise use Google and add Creative Commons to your search criteria.
Step 3 – Storyboard
Create a storyboard for the website. Before you can create the storyboard you will need to organise all the different elements. Please refer to the Storyboard Workshop from Tuesday:
Storyboarding for Web Designers
Webdesigners benefit from storyboarding. It helps organising content and ensures that every element is included in a logical place according to topic and site.
Create the website in Dreamweaver (or any other Code editor) using HTML, CSS and if necessary JavaScript or JQuery.
Your website needs to have a well-designed layout
Attend class to learn about how to set up your website in Dreamweaver. You will learn how to create divs, place images, create an interactive menu and more.
Design and Layout
Here are some important standards to consider for a convincing, well-communicated web page:
Study – Lines and Grace Kelly – by Federico Viola photo: courtesy of GettingCheeky.com and curved lines wallpaper: courtesy of FreeFever.com
What Time is it Now? by King_Bobbles
Light Streaks – Courtesy of: PhotoshopEssentials
Text and Shapes – This design lends itself to an interactive use – found at: Smashing Magazine (click image for inspiring article on table of content design)
Illustration by Jessie Ford, found on DzineBlog.com
“Step into my office” Source: The Age, click image for link
Illustration by Tavis Coburn found on DzineBlog.com
Constructivism Reference – by Lylah Livingston
Example of applied changes
Illustration: Jamie McKelvie – Suburban Glamour Comic Series
Setting the grid up.
Mosaic of Sofia Coppola – by Maurizio Galimberti – www.mauriziogalimberti.it
Photo by mcconnors on morgueFile
Typographic with Colours and Photos – The use of large numbers is effective and the low opacity of the boxes works, personally, I find it looks a bit dated- found at: JuxtaPost.com
Based on photo by xandert found on morgueFile
Image from morgueFile by lemai13
Lines and Gradients- Courtesy of: psdtuts+
The swirls in the image are made up of numerous lines. Courtesy of: www.openprocessing.org
Image source: Data Center Knowledge
Illustration by Gary Neill found on P.A.P.-Blog – http://garyneill.com/ http://garyneill.tumblr.com/
Multimedia Production Cycle – This image is under the Creative Common Agreement, you can use it but will need to reference this site: www.classoffederico.wordpress.com
Your Lipstick Needs You, an entertaining take by Digital Media Artist Samantha Cain. Courtesy of: Samantha Cain, http://www.behance.net/samanthacain
Swiss International Style – Joseph Müller-Brockmann – Beethoven – found at www.designhistory.com
Text-based Table of Content – Very Graphic and Black and White- found at: Smashing Magazine (click image for inspiring article on table of content design)
Photo by clarita on morgueFile
Screenshot from What’s Your Story by Joyce Hostyn
Photo by Seemann on morgueFile.com
Image Source: www.photoshopessentials.com
Experimental Photomontage by Robert Heinecken
Italian movie poster found on Abduzeedo.com
From ‘Henri’s Walk to Paris’ 1962 – children’s book by Saul Bass Found at: Brainpickings.org
Photo Montage by SGlider12 on Webdesign.org – Click image for great Gimp tutorial
The gentle curve of the river and the light green tones of the grass give this image a calming feel. The montains and the clouds have a less calming effect. Image: courtesy of Icon Photography School – http://www.photographyicon.com/line/
From ‘Henri’s Walk to Paris’ 1962 – children’s book by Saul Bass Found at: Brainpickings.org
Illustration by Kate Miller, found on DzineBlog.com
Colourful Table of Content – Ribbons in Primary Colours – found at: LifeBlue.com
I Want You – Emily Strange, The lovable Emily Strange came to life in 1991, designed by Nathan Carrico for Santa Cruz Skateboards. She is referred to as a counterculture icon. I would just call her a sceptic. Image found at: Kollectable Kaos
Concept for Gallery Screnshot
Based on photo by dhester from morgueFile.com
Based on photo by hotblack from morgueFile.com
Some of us have there most enjoyable moments in nature at the beach, Photo by rivediamoci on morgueFiles
Photo by ariadna on morgueFile
Courtesy of The Art of Mass Effect Universe’, 2012
Geese in Ameland, Photo by Frans Schouwenburg
The Face by drfranken found on ChromoArt.de
Only practice will help you learn! Photo by BreonWarwick on morgueFile
Uncle Sam Wants You, WWI Propaganda Poster for US Army recruits, Design by James Montgomery Flagg, 1916, image found at: Live Auctioneers
Using the Reflect tool (o) to reflect the i downwards as if it has collapsed in front.
Photo by agathabrown on morgueFile
Screenshot of Endless Alphabet 2, courtesy of AppsPlayground.com
This is a template for a business website found at TemplateMonster. It is interesting in the sense that it breaks up the main image as part of the navigation. The sound it comes with is annoying.
Table of Content from Textbook – This design lends itself to an interactive use – found at: Smashing Magazine (click image for inspiring article on table of content design)
The concept was used on the German side as well with this ‘Auch du sollst beitreten zur Reichswehr’ [You too should join the German Army], design by Julius Engelhard, Image: courtesy of mental_floss
Poppies – Vector art Federico Viola based on photo by hotblack from morgueFile
Good Morning! Photo: wallyir, from: morgueFile.com
Vista Lighting Effect – Courtesy of: Tutorial9
Milk Poster – Swiss International Style Reference – by Annabel Stephen Salip
Couple found at http://frenchbydesign.blogspot.com.au
Outlined text changed in size and colours dropped into the individual letters with Eyedropper tool using LMB + Alt
Based on a photo by delboysafa from morgueFile.com
The calming effect of horizontal lines, image: courtesy of flickr.com, Photographer: jaikdean
Swiss travel poster from 1934 by Herbert Matter – Source: http://swisstype.wordpress.com/work/
Found at Inc.com
Source: morgueFile, Photo by matei
Britons, Lord Kitchener Wants You! Propaganda poster design from WWI by Alfred Leere. Image: courtesy of WorldWarEra.com
The Glossy Reflection is transparent on top and gets whiter towards the bottom.
Michael Pointing in GTA V – Courtesy of Rockstar
Custom Shapes and Custom Shape Icon
Photo by hotblack on morgueFile.com
Leonardo’s St. John the Baptist, Louvre, Paris, Image: courtesy of A World History of Art – www.all-art.org
Illustration by Gary Neill found on Dzineblog.com – http://garyneill.com/ http://garyneill.tumblr.com/
Colours, Numbers and Boxes – very happy and alive, personally I do not like the distortion of the word content – found at: Flickr
Photo by clarita on www.morguefile.com
ruthworkx -http://ruthworkx.files.wordpress.com
Text and Shapes – This design lends itself to an interactive use – found at: Klafferty.com
Massive Attack – The Essential Mix
Photo by omdur on morgueFile
Illustration by Jessie Ford, found on DzineBlog.com
Courtesy of The Art of Mass Effect Universe’, 2012
Study – Lines and Grace Kelly – by Federico Viola photo: courtesy of GettingCheeky.com and curved lines wallpaper: courtesy of FreeFever.com
Steel Curves, Image: courtesy of flickr.com, photographer: Margeois.
Peace- Swiss International Style Reference – by Maryam Chananeh
Close-up at Fed Square, Federico Viola 2013
Illustrator unknown – found at: Ephemera – World of Rare Books
Photo by matthewbridges on morgueFile.com
Work by Egon Schiele, found at Mom.org
Fruity Design – This is great for a menu, very appetizing thumbnails – found at: WeddingPhotography.com
Work by Jo W
Luminescent Lines – Courtesy of: PSDLearning
Photo by mconnors on morgueFile
Grassy Rabbits
Illustration: Jamie McKelvie – Art Brut Record
Work by Justin Anderson
Pink Ribbon Day – Swiss International Style Reference – by Hwan Rochanabuddhi
He loves OHS! – Photo by Karpati Gabor on morgueFile
Layers in Photoshop are like a Collage of images stuck on top of each other…
Examples of Output and Display for web-content. Image: live.surveyshack.com
The grass layer has been turned into a clipping mask with the shape of the rabbit below.
Based on image by hotblack on morgueFile.com – F.Viola
The underlined text and insertion point at end of the word indicates that you are still in the type mode.
Illustration: Tavis Coburn – Illustration for for an article predicting trends in Apple’s mobile strategy. Found on: TavisCoburn.com
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