I thought class this past Monday was really helpful to me in terms of critically thinking about the kind of message I want to send through my site via typography and layout. I felt like the exercise we all did in photoshop was particularly helpful and really gave me some good ideas on how to better present the main idea of my site without even having to say a word. I guess this week just hit home for me that you can say something to users on your site through color, layout, typography, etc. without having any text for them to read at all. Maybe I’m just over enthused and everyone else thought that the material leading up to this week was just self-evident, but I guess a light bulb really went on for me this week.
I’m going to try a few different fonts that I think will better present the idea and content of my site and we will see how it goes. I’m still pretty comfortable with the color palette for my site since I feel like each image the user looks it IS the presentation of color and I would hate for any site colors that I would come up with to interfere with a user’s ability to look just at the image. If that makes sense…
That makes a lot of sense. Great to have a lot of tools and knowledge, but smart not to overdo it. I think it’s wise to have the images be the standout feature.
I agree, last week has me thinking about my site in different ways. I am going to spend a lot more time concentrating on a design scheme and choosing the colors on their own, instead of just tweeking omeka until it looks nice. I have also decided to change the name of the project and concentrate on creating a unique logo. Basically, I have a better hold on how important pre-planning your design strategy is.