Directions:
Activity
#1 Create 12-24 Thumbnails |
Using
the form provided, Create between 12 and 24 thumbnail sketches
of possible Splash page, Home page or site template page. A thumbnail is
a pencil sketch of small, quickly produced exploratory designs
for the pages using shapes and scribbles.
You
should brainstorm, draw anything that comes to mind and not
dwell on right or wrong ideas. As you review the sketches,
you will find 2-3 promising designs and perhaps include pieces
of the other thumbnail designs that you like for your next
step.
Click
here for Word document form to use for Activity One:
Thumbnails
NOTE: Turn
this in
in class and describe it in Blackboard |
Activity
#2 Produce a Design Rough or a Comp |
1. Once
you select the 2-3 promising thumbnails, you would usually
produce a Design Rough. A design Rough is
an intermediate step between a thumbnail sketch and a finished
Comp. You will choose one of the thumbnails or piece several
together to produce either a drawing or a digital layout.
A "Comp" is
short for comprehensive. It is a design/artwork ready to
present to your client or for yourself that is nearly finished.
It may not be functional but is a digital version of your
Design Rough that puts together your design concept in terms
of imagery, graphic elements, and type as it would likely
appear.
Click
here for Word document form to use for Activity One:
Comp
NOTE: Turn
this in in class
and describe it in Blackboard |
2. Create a storyboard for
your site. Indicate some design content/elements and page
functions for each page and NAME each page with: 1) a page
title and 2) a file name.
A storyboard is a hierarchical
chart, a decision tree showing the relationships of
your pages. The organizational structure suggests the navigation
but
- isn't the
navigation for the site.
- It
is a structure that shows how content will be grouped
into pages and the relationship between those pages.
I suggest you
either (Turn-in Options):
- rough it on
paper then do it with post-it notes; when satisfied with your
first draft, make an organizational chart of the post-it notes
and attach them to a page as a parent/child hierarchy. Turn it
in in class and describe it in Blackboard
- or -
- Use Illustrator,
Word, Excel or other software to create it. Describe it and turn
it in in Blackboard as a file attachment.
Example of a
page (post-it) note:
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