Web Design. (Patrickbizier.com - Research.)

This website is for an Illustrator's work, so I felt it was worth including in my research because it held a lot of good and bad points.

Firstly, what drew me to the website was the hand drawn feel to the design - I loved how the Artist had used his own artwork and style to create the webpage. It made the overall feeling more about the Artist, which created a more personal feeling too it. I also liked how the background seemed to be painted on some kind of material like a book, which reflects more with what the Artist does - this, I feel, appears more effective than having a Photoshopped background or just plain colour. It gives the whole "atmosphere" on the page more feeling.

I feel this website is a fine example of how to stay intune with a specific theme throughout. Even when clicking on a link and being taken to a new page, it still has other drawings in the same style, so this shows a continuation of a styalized webpage. I feel one of the biggest mistakes is using various styles, colours and images throughout a website because it becomes messy and confusing - sticking with one theme allows it to be more professional and focused.

On the down side, there wasn't much interaction or imagination in how navigation was used - it was all pretty simple. Infact, other than the nice hand drawn imagery, the whole thing didn't really use any interesting techniques or functions. And although when you do view it, it does make you feel warm inside - almost like settling in to bed with a warm drink and a story book -, it does get boring pretty quickly because there's not much to do or access.

The main thing I want to take from this website is the classic, hand drawn feel too it. I love how it's laid out like an Art book and follows this theme throughout.