Re-shaping my layout..more

Thumbnails running across bottom of page

Re-shaping my layout..more

Like the menu at bottom, but will need to use a drop down menu to show what other options are available in the portfolio link.

Re-shaping my layout

I feel as though this is a move in the right direction in order to get my site looking more professional/sophisticated. Still need to shuffle the menu and image boxes a bit.

Gallery page drafts

Change of background

Gallery Attempts-applying the background

Applying the background and shifting the arrangement of layout.

Gallery Attempts

Gallery Attempts

This layout fits in maximum information.

Gallery Attempts

Gallery Attempts

Thumb nails horizontally underneath large image^?

Moodboards revisited

Lighter softer background

Moodboards revisited

Slightly different feel

Moodboards revisited

I felt as though i needed to revisit the mood boards exercise because i was very confused as to what they were portraying and what aesthetic I wanted for my portfolio website.
I feel much happier with this example above as it is much simpler and clean, as my previous mood boards were very busy and cut and paste which is not the aesthetic I wanted to run with!

Giovanni Pepe

Giovanni Pepe has a real fancy website but the basic graphics and layout are very visually appealing.
The cardboard cutout as a frame to all of his work is a clever idea.

Easy Bistro

The Easy Bistro's web page layout is very appealing to me, the colours and the fonts used esspecially.
The image displayed in the background fades into another and continues through a selection of images.

Alexandru Sin

Alexandru Sin has a sophisticated, simple web layout that's very classy.

Merijn Straathof

Merijn Straathof has a neat idea for a menu.

Jin Trang

Jin Trang uses a horizontal menu that's interesting and a personal logo down the bottom of the page.

Page builder exercise

Found this exercise very helpful in figuring out how to position various aspects of a site. Also very interested in the 'swap image behaviors', think i will probably use this in my final portfolio pages.

Website layout

A very simple layout which is easy for viewer to navigate through. Each page will have the menu bar, access to every page from every page. A direct email link will allow viewer to quickly contact at any stage.

Youandigraphics

Youandigraphics have use a brown knit fabric in the background.

Alexey Chernishov

Alexey Chernishov has a downwards scrolling webpage that contains the whole site. Issues that could arrise with such a site are problems with slow connections loading all the information on that page.

Logan Willmott

Logan Willmott has a very simple menu that appealed to me

Michael Ngo

Michael Ngo is a student studying interactive arts and technology. He put Colin Moore's design of a site into action.
This site is a really nice idea in that the menu runs along the bottom of every page and the options for each art work are displayed horizontally also.

Rose Fu's home page

Rose Fu's home page is a collaboration of 4 main visual asspects.
-A blurb about herself
-Samples of work featured in her site
-A email quick message area
-And the background of this main index page is set up like a view of a room as you scroll down.
*very impressive, she is very experienced however, as she specializes in front-end design and standards-compliant XHTML and CSS..

Shane Mielke

Shane Mielke has used a textured 'wood look' for his background and interesting use of tabs and header on top of this.

mood board3

^I like my last attempt best. I would expect this is because now i have had more practice from doing the first two.

mood board2

^These mood boards have taken me way too long, its really frustrating.I should have done them by hand in the time that i had :(

mood board1

Idea for moodboard

^too many circles

Progress...

^Work into link pages

Kaniez Abdi

Kaniez Abdi has a clean, fresh looking portfolio. Contained in a small window, with a simple menu running across the top of the screen. Lovely use to colour that harmonizes with her images.

Elizabeth Kairys

Elizabeth Kairys has very simple approach to her website. It looks as though its in the shape of a file which is quite interesting.

Work in progess

^Fixed the 'enter' link colour.
Moved on to menu pages of the website...carrying through the motifs.
One thing that i cant figure out however, is why some of the link colours are showing up as the 'visited' colour i have set, when they haven't been visited yet!?

welcome page trail

^An idea for the first page that will appear on website before entering into portfolio

Sandra Romanoff

Stumbled across this textile designer while researching website styles.
I can really relate to her feminine style.
I love her variation in surface and textile designs, in addition to how she has collaborated many themes across her portfolio.
Sandra includes styling shots alongside images of repeat pattern that let the viewer to obtain a sense of application on a finished product.
This allows potential clients, who may not have a design background, to visualise how a design can be used.