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=Project 1=

//Week of Jan 12//

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**Rough Initial concepts:**


One of my first ideas was to base the category website into something similar to a touchscreen cellphone interface. The separate categories would be in icons, while the actual pictures would be in 100 x 100 thumbnails and belong in a jquery slider gallery, similar to [|here] The bottom three circles are reminiscent of Apple's iPod touch or iPhone that uses little circles as markers of what page you're on. The background would be a solid grey or some sort of simple colour/ gradient.

My second idea is based around the back of the cellphone I had before the one I have now. Originally I was thinking of playing around with the composition of the circuit board like pattern, and placing my images around it to create interesting compositions. I wanted the menu to "follow" the user and play around the composition as well, but after much consultation, it was suggested that the menu should stay consistent at the top for ease of navigation. An original image was also suggested for the circuit board instead of an illustrated one.

Here is the circuit board pattern from the back of my cellphone:

**semi finished website**: click here
The circuit board didn't really show up because it was dark grey, so I got inspired by the aesthetics of Tron (since I saw the movie)...

Aside from the overall circuit board aesthetics, I also made little touches to add to the "Tron" aesthetic: • the links at the top have a subtle glow • the pictures have a pale bluish border as well • I took the suggestion of "faux links" so I fashioned them to have a glow like Tron things as well

other changes: I tweaked some pictures I took because they were a bit "yellow", hoping to make the picture quality at least a bit better. Here is an example of a before and after photo:

Before:

After: