It’s close to the end of my years in university—tomrrow it will be all over. I went back to school to strengthen my design skills, and going to Texas State has helped a lot. After graduation I will be back in Houston ready to work start a career. However, Houston will have to wait if I get a job offer somewhere else. I had a great time here in San Marcos; I’ll see you soon.
I finished designing my graduation announcement over the weekend. It’s a bit non-traditional, but it still has class. I’m delivering it through print and on the web. What else would you expect from a design major? The website is up now, but the printed announcements will be sent closer to the graduation date.
I’ve used my site to practice many design concepts through the years; I think it’s something web designers should do. This redesign has been in the works since October. The finished design is the third and last layout that I had worked on since then.
This first layout was wider, had more open space, and it had a similar color scheme to the final design. I wanted to use the monogram, but after awhile it didn’t seem right just floating to the left by itself. I need to somehow reuse the icons I made for the navigation.
The second design never made it to the coding stage. It wasn’t as great to me after a week so it was deleted. Although, it did have a nice header and used the 960 grid system.
For the final design I wanted to stay simple and have a minimal work space. I made my own eleven column grid to work with. It also has a few elements that I have been wanted to add to my site for awhile. However, the “work” page still needs work. I’m happy with the way it turned out