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The Principles Of Web Graphic Design |
Have you got an opportunity to closely look at some of many websites you browse daily which doesn’t look appealing in their design and graphics? Most likely these sites are poorly formatted and take lot of time in loading. Do you know why would such things happen? It’s because the website is not build by a professional web designer and is a work of a less experienced or a new comer in web and graphics design industry. To save up all the pain and hassle involved in building a professional looking website, you must hire or outsource the work to a known web designer or designing company. Why we insist on giving the work to known designers is because there are those who claims to be professional but makes the same mistake as you being the owner of the website.
To get around a professional and good looking website, you have to keep the KISS principle in mind. KISS means Keep it Simple Stupid. The wording says it all, let’s talk about this principle in a detailed way.
First of all, we start to pick a nice background for your website. Just be careful in selecting the right color which doesn’t make the site too flashy (graphics design that forces attention). You have to figure out for how long a visitor should stay on your site, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, half hour, 1 hour etc. the background color would decide if the visitor would like to stay on the website or not. The best way to judge a color for your website would be to test around and stare at the website for a while to see the comfort level from a visitor’s angle. If your eyes start to water within 15 minutes of stare, then there is a problem otherwise its OK.
Secondly, concentrate on the content text color. This color should be inline with the ones that are easily readable and looks professional like the black color or dark gray etc. also, when it comes to Font, make sure there is consistency thorough out the website. All fonts should appear similar except the ones used for title texts. Font size is another factor that impacts on the overall looks and professionalism. Uneven font size gives an immature impression to the visitor. Don’t make the font too small for a visitor to find it difficult to read even though they have elegant appearance. Even if you have to use different fonts, use no more than 3 font styles and plan well before selecting which one would fit to serve what purpose. Keep your website as simple and neat as possible.
The final part involves scrolling through the website. Avoid using longer content that makes a visitor to push hard against his/her will to browse through to get to relevant data. Instead, split the content into smaller but various pages. This point is very important especially when you have planned to put longer content. Please reconsider before the visitor moves on to another website.
Remember whether you use oil paintings or any form of graphic design, simplicity is always best. For instance, the abstraction, instead of detailed art reproductions, works best on the Web.
By: Natalie Aranda
Natalie Aranda is a freelance writer. Images or graphic define the look-and-feel of a web page. Remember whether you use oil paintings or any form of graphic design, simplicity is always best. For instance, the abstraction, instead of art reproductions, works best on the Web.
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