a nest of bees in graphic design

here’s another great webdesign insight from my 2nd bee:

i’ve got a new project this week. i’m to create a new site for a software development company.
in this post, i want to share to you my first steps for creating this new website.

1. i’m gathering all the information about the company the people, the ideeas of the firm, the target group, the preferences (like colors, style etc) of the man in charge .

2. if the company’s corporate identity manual is good i can use that guidelines to start my website layout. i try to stay on the same direction of the corporate identity (dooh ).

if that is not the case, then i recommend to the client to start from there. usually he agrees :). not always though .

here’s some examples of corporate visual elements i used before i started sketching this one.

this is a presentation folder

and this is a bussiness card.

3. after i get the general idea, i make sketches for the layout. first i create the big areas, then i add buttons, and other elements (like logos, banners etc)

4. in this case i translate the sketch design on a vectorial software (like illustrator or corel). in this case vectorial layouts are more suitable for me because i intend to develop the site in flash (also vectorial based).

… and this is my webpage layout proposal: tadaaaa

only after this is over i proceed with:
- i make sketches of the intro animation, preloader, and the photo albums if any…
- i prepare all the images after i decided what size they will be.
- only after these steps i start working in flash.

what do you think? do you like it?
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