These were some initial scamps I have done:
Workshop with Lorraine
Content for website:
1. Home page - Logo, navigation, key piece of work(image), Name
2. About - navigation, Name, brief summary of design ethos/practice, personal, awards
3. Work - Navigation, images, moving images, Max ten examples, brief details, processes and print methods
4. Links/inspiration - navigation, link to blog, Tumblr, Behance, collaborators
5. Contact - Navigation, email address, mobile no., linked in profile.
Scamp and feedback
The workshop was informative but also raised some interesting debates about content. As whilst there are 'rules' to make the website as accessible and simple as possible there is also the element of what makes the design personal and unique. We tried to convince Mitch he would have to find a way making the navigation stand out maybe by having it on the left.(he had it down in the bottom right corner!). He wanted to create 'mystery' and interest however Lorraine was saying if you cant find what you want within three seconds the user would lose interest and move on.
I have brought the Domain name twostringsdesign.co.uk through 123-reg and also the web hosting through one.com
So I did not hold back with contacting studios I have set up a Cargo webpage. This has been a useful foundation to actually designing my own website I have had to chose the layout and content I want to put up there. I have branded the page using the Twostringsdesign logo.
The page is linked here:
This was the first layout template I used:
The images were to large and disappeared off the page. Also I wasnt happy with the navigation menu as it looked untidy. I went for a simpler layout with smaller images as below. The navigation is very simple as you just click on an image or link to see more details
I addition I have a tumblr account and also have started using Twitter mainly to follow studios that I like or want to work with
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