Sunday, April 1, 2007

response-college news design contest

It's funny how a contest forces you to look seriously at the work you've been doing. When looking through my design clips to find stuff that would be suitable for the College News Design Contest, I realized that I had few magazine spreads I really liked. I ended up entering my "In Good Company" photo story and a I graphic I created did for a skin cancer story last summer.
This week, I also continued my quest for the perfect splash page for my website. I sketched out something that I thought I would be able to create in flash. After doing it in flash, I now don't know if I have too many things fading in, if the movie is too fast or even if the colors are right. I wanted the splash page to be utilitarian and not just decorative, so I've put access to the "portfolio", "contact" etc. so you can get to different parts of the site from the homepage.

Below is the first splash page I created. I like the colors here but they might be too bold. The second splash page I think might have too many bells and whistles. What do you think of the colors?













1 comment:

Unknown said...

I really like both of them. I think the orange has the most 'pop' to it, but the bottom frame seems like it could handle a structured portfolio better. I LOVE the logo, I think the bold OFFONG is better, the other one I lost your name, and thought you were EMEMO. Good luck!