Web Design

What is Web Design?



Design is the process of collecting ideas, and aesthetically arranging and implementing them, guided by certain principles for a specific purpose. Web design is a similar process of creation, with the intention of presenting the content on electronic web pages, which the end-users can access through the internet with the help of a web browser.

Elements of Web Design:

Web design uses many of the same key visual elements as all types of design such as: Layout, Colour, Graphics, Fonts and Content.



Websites are created using a markup language called HTML. Web designers build webpages using HTML tags that define the content and metadata of each page. The layout and appearance of the elements within a webpage are typically defined using CSS, or cascading style sheets. Therefore, most websites include a combination of HTML and CSS that defines how each page will appear in a browser.

A wireframe

What is a wireframe?

A wireframe is a visual guide that shows how a page or screen of a website or system may look.
The key to making good wireframes is to leave out all visual elements. Use boxes and lines to represent pictures and text.

Things to include in a Web page wireframe:
•boxes for primary graphical elements
•placement of headlines and sub-heads
•simple layout structure
•calls to action
•text blocks

 Using wireframes can help determine: The structure of a page or screen, The layout of content, The functionality available, Calls to action, Blocks of text, User interface elements, and Graphic design touches.

When Are They Useful?

Wireframes are extremely useful in the following situations: To quickly get ideas down on paper for soliciting feedback and To communicate the specification of a system or website.

Animation

Cartoons, an illustration which brings life to an image in a humorous way and the viewer feels associated with the subject as it grabs the attention. Cartoons have been advanced throughout these years where new dimensions were introduced and experimented with the user. Walt Disney consider one of the important animation maker. Walt Disney animation studio is creating animated movies from 1923 till now. They have been advancing the technology time to time as pioneer in animation and the best story teller. 

although animation is very profitable, and it looks very simple and easy on the screen, the animation is very complex job and not easy. the animators faces many troubles to create one character. while  the animators drawing character on a paper seems perfect and good but after implementing those steps in real the angel of the model appears distorted and extremely fake. also, When reviewing the animated cartoon they also find it bogus and vague human form which they are seeing on the screen.  in addition, the difficulties of satisfy the users. the interactive media in animations case is lot less because the user experience design is not interactive and friendly. The animator has to create such option repeatedly to see one design the how the subject will move and act in different positions and poses. But, If they improve their system then their audience base will increase and the gross profit can be in billions. That can be only done by one chance if user experience design is more assisting and easier to use. The technological advancements have been increased and reachable on each level that even common person can easily understand the phenomena of animations procedure and makings but practicing the procedure is still trickier and difficult to imply. It needs a lot more awareness and a proper study to approach the expert level. 

As the world is becoming more advance day by day people are moving towards the animation studies and computer generated software because this returns a lot in monetary terms but still the problem lies in heavy capital because more investments will lead to the more professional outcomes. 

The User Journey

What is a user journey?

      A user journey is a series of steps (typically 4-12) that show how might a user will interact with service , website or product.

     The user journey comes after personas and task scenarios. when you done of all these tasks , you will have a lot of input that help you to understand your user’s goals
, their motivations, their current pain points, their overall character, and the main tasks they want to achieve. then, you can create the user journey.

The benefits of user journeys:
1- Show the vision for the project.
2- Help us understand user behavior.
3- Help you define your taxonomy, interface and possible functionality.

     After all these you will now understand about your users and what they are trying to achieve.  also know about how they want to go about achieving it. Now you can start the next step.