I plan on making the design of my site as clean looking as possible. I would label my site as "basic." I plan on making a clean and basic looking site because I would rather showcase more of my work rather than having a flashy design. Even though I plan on making a basic site, I still would like to have a visually appealing site.
These sites helped me in designing my site:
http://www.500x.org
http://www.mamfw.org
http://www.dunnandbrown.com
Design Metaphor
The metaphor that describes my site would be "Gallery." My site will mostly consist of images of my work, and not as much text. I chose this metaphor because I plan on letting visitors view my work.
Design Background
The background I plan on using will be in gradients. I will probably use a white to gray/black gradient. My hopes are that the gradients aren't too distracting. The Header text will be up at the very top of the page, the text will probably just consist of my name. Below that is the main menu bar with separate rectangular buttons to click. To bar to the left is where the sub-menus will show up. The main area will be where everything else is displayed. Below are examples of what I intend to do with my site.
Design Elements
For my proposed site I will not have too many design elements. Other than the gradients, I will have rollover effects for the buttons. For the buttons that are highlighted I will change the color of the text and button color. As far as the font goes I will have two different fonts, one font for the labeling of the title and menu bars and another font for everything else.
Design Palette
My site will probably be using a lot of grays, whites, and blacks. I might implement one more color, but it will probably be used sparingly. The top, menu, and side bars will have the white-gray-black gradients. The main area with the site content will have a white background. When on a certain page, it will be reflected on the menu bars with a change in color.
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