My Designs
When I created the two designs above my main aim was to try and create a design that was different yet also relative to the original site. One of the main ideas that I thought Paul was bringing across was that he wanted to keep the 'Art' the main theme of the site. On the first design I reflected on his idea and created buttons that were specifically examples of the artists work.
For the second design I tried to bring across a stronger impression on what an artists profile page could look like. Keeping to the artists theme I used the artist as a background to really emphasis on the work.
I was going for a simplistic look but I feel that went to far with this idea. If I were to do the designs again I would definitely experiment with colour more, I feel that I stuck to the same colours for two reasons: 1 - Trying to stick to the original colours, 2 - reflecting on the site name 'gold' factory. Maybe when trying to rebrand the site the colour can be worked on to really give the site a new and fresh image.
Jacqui's work
When I first saw Jacqui's work the first thing that I caught my eye was the words "past,present,future.." Its simple yet I like the way Jacqui set it out, with the full stops in the positions that they are gives me the impression that the words are a continuation of something.
In the top design I really like effect of the bricks in the header. It adds a good use of texture and, different to the original design. At first I agreed with Jacqui on the colour and wasn't too keen however the more I look at the design colour the more I feel it works.
For the bottom design I love the Jacqui laid out the images, with the past image smaller and the future image bigger it straight away gave me the impression that the site was growing, creating bigger and better things; Paul also liked this idea but pointed out that there is more past work then there is future. I can see his point and as the site is only just picking up again this idea could work but we may need more examples of work to work with.
Vikesh's work
When me and Jacqui first saw Vikesh's designs we were very impressed. When I saw his design I did not see the gold factory site that we were given but a brand new, slick design that was completely different to any of our designs.
My preferred design was the top design, I really like having an header designed with strong images (straight away focusing on the artists work) The orange and black compliments each other making both colours stand out, giving the design a modern image. This would make a great home page.
I feel that the second design would work well for an artists profile page. From the design I think Vikesh has the artist profile to the right and a news section to the left. This could possibly be an archive section for each artist, it would allow individual fans to see what each artist is up to i.e. exhibitions coming up.
Vikesh also designed a new logo idea, again very modern and vibrant but this has given me inspiration to do more logo designs. We are going to continue doing more designs but try and move away from the original site design and create a whole new look for the gold factory name.
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