Thursday, April 30, 2009

Updated Website Layout



This is an example of what the category pages will look like, and more specifically, this is the film page. The category selected (film) in the bottom part of the navigation menu will turn to to it's specified color, based off of the images I have for each category. The film image has a yellow background, so that is why "FILM" is in yellow. Also, the strip that the images scroll along on will change color according to the category selected. Film = yellow. I'm thinking of having the circled question mark in the logo change colors according to the page being viewed, but I'm not sure if it is necessary or if it would be a nice subtly.
I'm also having troubles with the space to the right of the logo at the top of the page. I want to have those sections. but i'm not sure how much white space is too much at the top. I've thought about having the "about us, events, etc" categories aligned vertically in that space, because I don't like the circles there. I'm open to ideas though...

I've added a web navigation bar to the image to make it seem more web-realistic. The search bar reads: "best new website 2009" (obviously)

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

System Application: Website



This is a rough drafts of my idea for the website. I want the website to be graphically strong, this is why there is the strip in the middle running to the edges of the website that will contain images. The images will slowly move from right to left as you view the website. The images will change depending on the page that is being viewed. For example, if you were on the events page and selected the film category, then the images in the strip would all change to film images that relate to the events going on for that month. It would be a nice way to highlight some of the major events for each category.

Navigation categories on the website include: About Us / Events / Support / Calendar
I plan on creating the layouts for About Us, one event for the Events page, and a Calendar page.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Web introduction page.

Here is a beginning idea I have for the intro page of the website that I'll be creating for my system application. The images used in the book are masked into the pattern of the question mark that I'm using in the logo. I'm thinking of having the question mark be all black, then when you roll over each section of the question mark, then you would see the image of what category you're trying to choose. Then once you click on the category, a new page will open up and you will see the full image for that particular category.


Wednesday, April 22, 2009

I see you checkin' out my standards manual.

So finding a good standards manual is hard. This isn't exactly a standards manual per se, but this is the idea that I would really like to use with my standards manual. The idea that someone is looking at a finished product, but then that picture of the person looking at the finished product is an entirely different product of its own. This seems really fitting for what a standards manual actually is, something that illustrates the make up of a finished product, but in itself is another product of its own. I think I can tie in the WHAT?CULTURE design into this sort of layout for displaying the information in the standards manual, so that they can be displayed nicely together.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Booklet images



Here is the style that my images will be in the booklet. This image is for performing arts/theater/dance. With such a broad category, like performing arts, I wanted to portray two different sides. So that is why there is a ballet dancer and a breakdancer. The blog has inverted the original colors (for some reason?!). So the background color is meant to be a light cyan and the the cyan shadows are actually that light orange color. This image will also be used in a larger design for the cover, so that there is consistency with the image and my identity. I'm going to try and solve my posting problems, and hopefully have more images up soon.

Saturday, April 11, 2009