Response to “borrowing”
Well, I see the importance of using other pieces from other artists and designers to get ideas. I think that the article is correct in its statement. Where would the world be today if people could not learn and improve what is already out there. Although, I do see that there might be a problem with borrowing something that someone has gone through the aches and pains of creating it. Code, however is code, and sometimes there are people who don’t know enough code to do what they want to, and this borrowing technique can really help them out. I feel that a lot of the sites that I have created are semi-borrowed from other designs and code that I liked and the art from various places.
My website process
Well…here we are week 5 Midterm Madness!!! I suppose it could be worse. So I spent my wedding anniversary doing homework, and by the late hour you can see, I have a lot of homework. So here is how I went about my design process…
1. I sat down and wrote up the list of things i needed on the site: wordbursts.
2.Then I went and sketched a few quick ideas on paper: thumbnails.
3. I then proceeded to build these in adobe Illustrator: roughs.
4. If the designs are cleared, I then make final changes on things that need changing and finalize it all before I proceed to the site map and flow charts.
I think that my designs offer a simplicity that I wanted to portray. I am trying to reach people that already like comics, and am trying to get them to enjoy amateur comics online. My designs are simple, and when the artists artwork is added, I believe it really stands out. I tried to keep the navigation simple to further this effect. My target users only have to open a comic book in real life, I don’t want them to have to do too much more online, else I might lose them.
Having my peers give me feedback is a very handy thing indeed. I really like the process of getting feedback, and having discussions about this stuff. Everyone has a different opinion, and I think that getting those opinions makes me look at my designs from multiple angles and gives me ideas. It’s like having a think tank handy. I do believe that my process has remained the same, but my decision making has been exponentially advanced by getting this type of feedback each week…plus it makes me feel like I actually have friends and a life…hehe.
