After a long and seemingly grueling journey, my intro website is finally up! During this assignment, I mostly played a game of trial and error. That usually included me looking up certain CSS elements online and trying to type them in, which usually resulted in a complete and utter mess. Although it does take much trial and error, I feel like I learned a lot by using this method. It seems as if I cannot understand much code when someone is verbally explaining it, but when I try to write code on my own it starts to make sense or in the least, it starts to look familiar. One thing that immensely helped me with this was previewing my webpage as I was working on it in BBEdit. After I typed something new or changed anything in my code, I would refresh the page and preview what I actually did instead of realizing I’d made mistakes later on in the project. To shed light into the design of my website, I was inspired by simple websites such as the Jeff Bridges and Banksy ones we looked at in class. However, for my website I drew inspiration from the band Surfcurse’s website. It is laid out very simply, with a left-hand navigation and various pictures. The colors they used pink and blue, are what inspired me to incorporate those same colors into my own website. I didn’t have much of an idea of what I wanted my website to look like before I laid eyes on Surfcurse’s website, so I originally used a template from W3 Schools. I’m not sure which one it was, but it is mainly the bare bones of my website considering the color differences and change of the navigation position. However, the template included html that allowed for pictures to be laid out beside each in essentially two columns, which I did implement into my website. In terms of the Modes and Design Strategies I included in my website, I predominantly focused on the visual mode. While I realize this is kind of an obvious one, I like how the colors I used in my website are warm and hip looking. Automatically, my audience can get a sense of my style or even my personality by taking in that aspect of my website. As for the design strategies I used, I made good use of Alignment and proximity when it came to the pictures on my website. For instance, they are aligned in two columns, which I consider to be aesthetically pleasing because it separates the page in two. I also used the principle of proximity by placing the pictures pretty close together. By doing this, I created somewhat of a collaged effect which I think is really cool. In conclusion, I loved making my intro website and although it’s not perfect and there is still much room for improvement, I am proud of it. I feel like it appropriately communicates a bit of my style and personality, which is ultimately what I wished to achieve in making.
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