Tuesday, March 15, 2011

I like the Nightlife.


Here is my Midterm website project. I actually really like how it turned out. For my theme of late-night dining I wanted to keep the colors simple - I decided to simply do black and white, which would contrast well with each other, and seem like neon lights in the dark. The white text really pops on the black background. I chose American Typewriter for the site's logo and link buttons, because I felt it's old-fashioned feel strengthened the theme of diners and Americana. The photos also have white frames, and simple colors so the page doesn't look to busy. I particularly like the angles between my main photo and the one in on the top right; the two neon signs interact well with each other, creating a kind of tipi. I used outside shadow on the button's text and inside shadow on the buttons background to make them pop out - this way they match the icons I added for Facebook, Twitter, and the RSS feed.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

The Coen-fographic


Here is my infographic on leading actors who have appeared in multiple Coen Brothers movies. I chose 5 actors, because of space, and listed their characters and films, as well as the awards they have received, where applicable. I found this assignment more difficult then the others, because of how much goes into making an information graphic be able to contain information and be asthetically pleasing. I played around with colors and fonts a lot, and tried to find a good way to keep the text symmetrical, but balancing five different images with text was difficult.