List Exercise

Finally done!!! Code is in the student folder on art shared :)

Myriad Brick & Gold

Myriad Cyan & Gold

Experimenting with alternate colors...
(And I fixed the menu font, tab leading and sizes)

Myriad Logo (final)

Architecture

And here's the site architecture...

Myriad Home

For my personal design process, it's easier for me to build a home page first (like a primary canvas) and create architecture based on that design. So with inspiration from the web pages I previously posted, I have come up with the following design:

Myriad Logo

First called Impressions, the magazine was founded by a group that called itself The Literary Roundtable. The magazine has gone through a name change and countless physical transformations, but their intent has stayed the same: to provide an outlet for the college's creative community.


Because of this I want to create a monogram for the site that is framed by concentric circles. The appearance would be similar to ripples, illustrating the impact of the publication radiating out as it inspires a community.

I have experimented with several fonts to decide my myriad style. Being a text-heavy publication, font is very important. Here is my process so far:

Round two...

Myriad research

Myriad (n) 1: ten thousand 2: a great number

So begins my research for my new web project. I will be building a site for the El Camino literary publication, "The Myriad". It showcases student writing and art. It may be a challenge to bridge the genres, or to do them both equal justice. For now I'm brain storming by finding site layouts which may help me devise further ways to make the leap from paper to online publication...

Sites I like so far and why:

Ray Bradbury: I like the fragmentation. I could use a layout like this to showcase quotes, thumbnails of art, pics of the campus and other items. Maybe set the boxes on a timer so that they rotate (think Wheel of Fortune) to read "Myriad" after a given amount of time...

Juked: I like the text overlay of this site and that the article names constitute all the text present...

Opium: I love the type collage in the background. Color scheme and layout very fun.

Rock & Roll: I also like these colors and could easily see the box in the middle of the page being an open book image with rotating quotes and pictures...

And now research continues... :D

Color site is online!!!

A successful 1st web-building endeavor! See it in person at kavizthum.com