Look of the website:

I chose to create a minimalist look and keep it clean. I was pleased with the overall look of the website with the similar colour. I've added elements which I have worked on throughout the project and it feels as though it has come altogether.

Back in the day...

I thought a nice way to allow people to see the sort of event I was talking about was to create images which would reflect the atomsphere that people would come along could experience.
>> I used various elements such as a background, people with the appropriate costume, and other effects such as lighting etc.

I could use these on the website as way of letting people see the overall experience they would or could be incorporated into.

Type Time

>> I used the site Da Font in order to find a type which I though could reflect the overall tone of the Event. Not as loose as a hand writing script but had control and looked elegant was something which I wanted to find.

Below is the type which I decided to use. Lobster created a nice aura from which the pictures and logo's could relate to.

Below you can see how the type has been used in the banner. It gives it a really cheeky feel which the CanCan* is all about! Using similar colours and adding a shadow behind the prominent words added emphasis to the right element.

>>Twitting Chance

Having never used Twitter before I found it complicated to use and wasnt sure as to how to promote the actual event... thank god for Google. My actual twitter page is shown below. I decided not to change the background as I think this is what defines Twitter! Instead I used My GIF inorder to make a relation between the blog, the website and Facebook.


With the help of Tweet my Event, I created the event which would then be transferred to my actual Twitter page... Now people can follow me and keep up to date with new events which may be created in advance.

>> Advertisements can easily take up big chunks of space in the layout of a website. Whether it has one large banner ad or several smaller ones bunched together, the layout will be affected. Some websites will spread out various advertisements throughout the website, others will confine them to a specific area and leave the rest of the website ad-free.

"The strategy here depends of several factors, but websites in particular industries and niches tend to take similar approaches. For example, major news websites typically have advertisements spread throughout the website’s layout. They may not include several ads in any one specific area, but they do have many spots that contain few ads."

"In contrast to news websites, many blogs keep banner ads contained within a designated area of the layout, typically the sidebar, and the rest of the blog may contain no ads. With this approach, the designer needs to account for advertisements in one large area of the layout, but the rest of the website will have little or no need to accommodate ads."

>>Facebook Friends

I use Facebook daily and have many friends which I Keep in contact with, this gave me a perfect chance to create an event which my friends could as though they we real people who would have genuine interest.

I knew that people wouldn't join if they knew it was a real event as it's not something which many people would buy in to, so before hand I sent round an email informing them that this was a 'fake' event. This way people knew that it was a bit of fun and didjnt matter how they reacted etc.

So far several people have joined!! Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

ICONOGRAPHY...
>> These were some of the more trendier logos which I found on smashingmagazine.com, this was a really good website in order to find what you wanted according to what style you were aiming for. Although I liked icons such as these, I wanted a more personal approach and decided to find a hand-drawn memorabilia. variation which would link to the idea of vintage

>> These are the icons in which I have decided to use in order for other people to access the other varients of my promoted event. I have deliberately changed the colour so that the whole ambience of the blog to remain the same. People nowadays are so familiar with Facebook and Twitter that the actual design of the logo should be more familiar than the colour.

Week 9 -

Useful worksheet for the lesson = http://puregene.co.uk/ID/week9.html

In the lesson we were able to create a banner for the top of the website, or blog as well as a little animated GIF and a badge to promote the date of the event.
> I really enjoyed this task as it anabled me to adapt a style to the the project in which i could follow through to various media streams.

>> The Badge - In general I'm drawn to vintage looking textures so I thought this was a great opportunity to incorporate this to my design. From google I chose appropriate looking images and textures which could form the background to the badge and change the contrast and hue in Photoshop to adapt to the colour scheme that I had previously chosen.



"This was my first attempt at the badge. I really liked the subtlety of the background and the way in which the event part was still readable even though the text was purposely cropped off the badge. I think colour wise I would have liked it more purple, but that can be easily altered. I'm really pleased with how it look and I think I carry the theme of vintage style through my blog will really tie together. I think that I will keep these to my blog as I'd like to try and keep the Website more minimalistic, so the user experience is reached to more people rather than intellectually minded".




"This was my second choice of badge, I took inspiration of Strictly Come Dancing' the way they look very jewelled and trendy. Although some adjustments will have to be made I think I prefer this one as I have chosen a font which resembles class and luxury. I have decided to use this font throughout as this will add an element of consistency to the whole aspect of the website."


>> Banner - The banner gave me the perfect opportunity to make a point as to what my event is called. I used the similar colours and fohnt to show that both were related. Below is the final one which I will use for my blog.







>> Animated GIF - This will be used to create a link from the blog to my website, giving everybody that little bit of dynamic through the experience of blog to website. I used Photoshop to use the Animation tool and faded the type in and out as well as the CANCAN* dancert behind to create a notion of movement.

>> The actual animated GIF can be seen at the top of the blog in all its glory...

Venetian Fever...

>> For the actually event, I've come to a conclusion that in these economic times, It's a lot to ask people to go out and buy costumes for this five minutes of fame scenario. I think this will put people of coming if they know that the requirements mean they have to fork out some of their hard earned money.

>> I've decided that there will be supply of Venetian masks which will give a luxurious feel to the event. Knowing how Covent Garden looks at night, I'm excited to see how everything will look with the lights which will highlight elements of the mask. If people stick to the dress code then hopefully the event will work out in my favour...