Final Web Pages

When I was initially faced with the prospect of designing a website I was worried. It was an area of design that I had never considered or experimented with previously. Dreamweaver was a completely new programme to me and I can admit that I found it incredibly confusing. However html coding is something that you can only really grasp by doing more of, so that's exactly what I did. I started with such simple layouts and expanded on the basic design until I had something that I was happy with. I knew that I wanted my web layout to be minimal, predominantly because I didn't have the skills to get fancy, but also because I had been influenced by very simple web layouts such as Olly Moss' personal site. I wanted a lot of negative space, but also some splashes of colour. Because our proposed agency entitled 'Studio 202' was print based design I decided to use simple CMYK colours to communicate our ethos in a subtle, buy stylish, manner.

Once I actually got started with designing I found myself enjoying the process. At times there were things that really frustrated me, and I felt as though I would never overcome some of the coding problems I was having. However with a little perseverance I came through the other side and ended up fixing the problems that bothered me so much. I was on such a roll that I actually designed more pages than what was required. I wasn't sure if this was technically sticking to the brief, but I just assumed that this was all about learning a new skill and if I wanted to learn more by doing more then I should.

Web design is an essential skill and I am incredibly glad that I have been introduced to yet another area of design that I can expand my skills in. I have the feeling that I will continue to develop my coding skills and would love to earn some free lance work by designing basic websites for friends/associates/establishing businesses etc. This brief was definitely a challenging one, and there are some things that I didn't manage to wrap my head around. I will make it my responsibility to learn more about the things I struggled with.