Website Ideas.

Along with my poster designs, I had also created some early sketch ideas for my website. After some extensive research into existing products, I wanted to make sure that my website was easy to navigate on and that it was clear, that was key. I also wanted to make sure it was colourful and attractive. But not overwhelming. Here are some of my early ideas:

I initially sketched out this outline (above) as a basic stencil for my website; the semi-circle would provide a transparent space for a navigation bar, and the six square spaces would provide space for pictures that would change within each page. I began testing this stencil out by filling in the gaps.

I enjoyed playing with the different blocks as space for images. It reminded me of my original poster research into the genre of teen romance and teen drama through the posters of Garden State and (500) Days of Summer. I wondered if the semi-circle navbar would be distracting and if an overhead bar would be more appropriate so tested out both. I also worried that the fixed space would replicate the one-dimensional, boring style of the Cosmopolis website, so decided to test out new concepts.

I eventually began to draw up a coloured design of side navbar and middle picture, which would switch as the pages changed. I liked how it looked, it was simple and effective. But I concluded that it was too boring and lacked expression and adventure. I found it difficult to express my ideas through constant sketches and decided to play around with my imagination on photoshop.