I'M DONE!!!

HERE WE GO: http://ramsites.net/~willsea/

I have finished my website. The finished product's link is above. I am so happy with it! Everything I hoped to include in the site is there.  The colors, the texture, all my artwork. I took everyone's comments the other day in class and switched things up a bit. 

On the About Me page, I made it a little less "busy." I got rid of a few of the images that I was using as inspiration pictures. I really enjoyed them, but they just didn't have a place on the website. I think that if I ever go back and work on the site then I may include  inspiration and contact pages. I backed the information on the About Me page with pink and changed the font to a more readable text.  I think it looks a lot simpler and better now.

I also fixed up the guestbook page! I really enjoy this one, the vintage postcard went really well with the theme of my website.  I even made a stamp, repeating my home-page image on the postcard. I linked a free guestbook page on the postcard as well.  

After slicing up all of my pages, I had a lot of trouble linking them all together, but that was because I couldn't recall any of the steps in the right order or with the correct information. After frantically trying to read tutorials and decipher my notes, I went to the computer lab and received Gerry's help. Everything worked out and I love the final website! I'm definitely going to keep this up and use it as references on resumes and other important papers.

The Guestbook Pageeee

The Portfolio Page

BENDING OVER (like in yoga) to give this critiqueeee

I LOVE CLEVER ADVERTISEMENTS! 

They are so adorable and eye-catching. Yes yes yes, this may be the lack of sleep talking, but I really would love to receive that straw. I would drink out of it AND I would think of going to the Y. Really, I would think about it.

The body is positioned on the straw in the area where it would normally bend. It is there to show the flexibility of the body, especially perfect for advertising a yoga center. Of course, this bending over backwards seems a bit extreme, not something everyone could do. This could be a subconscious message to the viewer- "The Y will bend over backwards for you," or "We will teach you how to do this... or something pretty similar." How convenient, the straw would be placed right near something you would eat or drink. This is promoting a healthier life style. Starting with what hits us hardest- our diets.

The colors are simple. Black, white, skin tone. Nothing stands out too much, the girl's body does enough. The text's font is very clear, and sharp, not too bold. It attracts just enough attention, after looking at the body. All capitol letters, eh, is okay, but it makes the Yoga Center a bit more outgoing.  

Simple and too the point. Good job, YOGA CENTER! 

Yoga!

Weekend Update with, Betsy Wills

Okay, so I have done a few of the pages of my website and have uploaded a couple to this blog.  I'm really happy with everything that I have done so far. I love the color choices. Everything is pretty subtle. 

The only thing that I am not sure of is the alignment. I wanted to keep it all right aligned, but after showing my roommate, she said that it was too confusing.  So, because of this, I returned the alignment to the left side. I think that the About Me section is now easier to read, especially with breaks between every few sections of text. I'm not sure if I should back the writing as well. I have tried and it looks to "block-y" and I really enjoyed the natural flow of all the elements. 

I was also unsure of the spacing between my inspiration pictures on the About Me section. Is there too much room? 

These are just subtle changes that I keep going over and over. Everything else is going really well. I just took a lot of new images of my artwork and am currently updating them in Photoshop.  Once I put those with the other images on my portfolio page, I will be in really good shape. Tuesday's class should be full of more updates, I'm sure! And questions!

The About Me