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Website Inspirations |
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| Mattress Factory | I love the Mattress Factory's website because it uses little decoration, yet makes a strong impact. Bold colors and deliberate use of lines inform readers where they should be looking. The layout is pleasing to the eye despite the simplicity of it. I hope to achieve a similar feat with my website, creating strong visuals from little graphics. |
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| Moto Restaurant | Though I could certainly never hope to achieve this, I love the bold use of images on the restaurant's website and the transitions between images. I think its a really creative way to guarantee that viewers will want to look at the images. It also adds an immeasurable amount of interest to an otherwise bland website. | |
| Craig Earl Photography | His homepage is merely four tall rectangular pictures, each with its own odd angles and bold splashes of color. Again, I like that there is not much drawing viewers to the page beyond simple photos and the layout of the website. I am definitely not all about the glitz and the glam. I want my website to speak for itself. | |
Art Inspirations |
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| I loved the entire chair exhibit, but the Steltman Chair was by far my favorite. A simple whitish, cream color, it depended on bold, unique design with straight lines and overlapping planes. I want my website to remain simple with lots of clean lines. I want the design to stand on its own and not need a lot of glam sparkle to attract attention. I feel like this chair achieves that beautifully. |
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| Again I’m obsessed with the chair exhibit. I like the Rolling Armchair for similar reasons as the Steltman chair, but I also liked it because of the massive amount of intersection. It’s really just a bunch of intersecting lines compiled in a way that is eye-catching and memorable. I hope to achieve a similar aesthetic with lines in my website. | Rolling Armchair | |
| This painting, depicts a ferocious lion, jaw spread wide, snapping at a little butterfly above his head. Metaphor aside, I simply like the juxtaposition of two things one does not normally see together. I am unsure whether I hope to achieve this through my use of color or perhaps layout, but I do hope to create a website that is memorable in that it pairs two elements that are normally not shown together on a website. | Lion Snapping at a Butterfly |
Response to Youth in Lilliput |
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| Youth in Lilliput was interesting because of the brightness. The left side was significantly darker, almost impossible to see, while the right said was bright and clear. This was interesting because it added depth to an otherwise plain landscape. The way the image unfolded was also interesting to me. It made me feel as if I was looking at more than just a photograph with words across it. Lastly the colors interested me. I'm not sure what effect was applied to produce the eerie colors of the photograph, but I definitely thought the stategy was effective. | ||
Response to the Flat |
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| The Flat legitimately creeped me out. The slowmoving camera seem to search every nook and cranny to find something out of the ordinary. That alone was extremely effective. The added effect that made the camera shake in and out of focus reminded me of horror movies, particularly the ones that act like documentaries. It made it seem like a ghost or some other supernatural power was overtaking the camera, and thus the viewer. Lastly, the contrast between the brightness of the center of the video with its dark outer edges provided further mysteriousness and mystique. The video told you what to focus on, and intentionally left you in the dark about everything else. | ||
