Client Project - final designs (hopefully)

More design updates. Our group joined together on Thursday to see what ideas we created after our previous, that we would work along the design idea of Vikesh's designs (see previous blogs) As you can see in my older blog posts I created some designs that kept to the design theme that Vikesh created but also to the criteria that Paul ask for.

Home Page



We managed to get some positive feedback from Shaun and suggested that we should pursue the design ideas that Vikesh created above, I was pleased with this outcome because I really like this design layout however Shaun wanted a 'messier' background, get a more arty effect. Luckily an artist managed to snap up some images on the old flooring in the old gallery, which was perfect.

Below is my attempt to recreate Vikesh's design but with the edits that Shaun suggested.



As you can see above I have only tweaked a few things i.e. the background, removed a few images and added a few more buttons. But I think that it really works well and fits into the art theme. Its a simple design and works well for a home page. The group prefer this as appose to the previous design. But we think that keeping the background the same would be ideal.

Artist menu page

I have created a different idea for the artists homepage, mainly sticking to the ideas that Paul suggested and this was having a poster theme. I had previously done a design like this but had to change it because it looked too full.



As you can see in the above image I have used a wall as a background but having seen the design layout from Jacqui's blog I thought that I would work with that layout. Rather then having all of the artists on one page we would section them off onto three separate pages, four artists to each page. The user would have to simply click on the chosen artist to view their personal profile page.
I like the look with the old Polaroids and paper however whether it would work to the chosen theme I am not so sure about.

Exhibition Page

Having looked at Jacqui's design I thought that I would try and work around the same theme but make it look simpler.



As you can see above all I have done is created a list of the artists who had an exhibition and when the user would click on their name it would show the exhibition advertisement. Its a simple idea and clearly shows user some info about the exhibitions however whether or not Paul will like this I am not sure about as it does not show much information.

A problem that has popped up that has got us thinking is the accessibility. We are unsure as to how to make the text tilt like our design yet still be able to be created in Dreamweaver. We don't want to change the design because we have recieved alot of positive feedback however we could maybe create it in flash but we need to think about what the users would need.