When I created this blog for my DTC 201 profile, I put a lot of thought and intent behind my design choices. Because of this, I didn’t make many changes because I’m really happy with the way it looks!
For contrast, I chose to make my font the same burgundy color as the background behind my artwork so it would stand out. I did this to make navigation easier. I wanted visitors on my blog to be able to find tabs easily and click on what they are looking for right away. I also made my projects appear very large because this is a visual portfolio of my artwork. I chose a white textured background for the side banner of my blog so that the headings would stand out. Again, my goal for this was to make navigation of my blog easier for my visitors.
As for repetition, I have a lot of it on the home page of my blog. On this page I have options to visit the page that tells the reader more about me, or a tab that takes them to my projects with an image of my first project underneath. I thought these were the two most important parts of my blog, so I highlighted them on my home page as well as including them on the side navigation tab.
For alignment, everything is pushed to the left side of the screen. The only things that are centered are my projects. None of this was intentional, I just went with the layout that was provided for me! When we were creating these blogs in class last semester, we learned that there were a lot of restrictions on what you can do to the design layouts provided to you by Crimson Pages. I think it would be fun to learn how to edit the web page myself and adjust the alignment.
Another thing I didn’t have a lot of control of on this layout is proximity. One of the only relevant things I can think of on my post when it comes to proximity is the captions that are underneath my projects. They are directly underneath so you don’t have to click on my projects to see them, you don’t have to dig and search for more information. One other thing that comes to mind is the proximity of my projects. I included them all on one page, so they are automatically grouped together. Again, I believe this makes navigation much easier which was the overall goal for my blog!
I have never used the C.R.A.P. technique to evaluate something of mine that is artistic, but I think it’s interesting to critique myself this way!