Web Site Graphic Design

Dictionary.com defines graphic design as

the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, esp. to produce a specific effect.

Web Site Graphic Design is a specialised business that can some time catch out Graphic Designers. It has it's advantages and disadvantages over more conventional media like adverts or brochures

We are specialists at web site graphic design and have alot of experience of its peculiarities. When thinking about web sites it's important not to think of them like electronic pieces of paper. Here's a few reasons why.

Cost of Publishing

Free.....well almost free.

Alot of the cost of setting up a web site is up-front. You pay for domain names, graphic design work, hosting etc. Once your web site is running the cost of adding an extra page is very small.

Colour

We can work from a palette of millions of colours on a web site and, unlike conventional graphic design, it doesn't cost any more.

We do suggest you stick to 2 or three colours to prevent your customers getting nauseous.

Page Size

Web pages are tricky.

The bit you can see in a web browser like Internet Explorer is landscape not portrait
It doesn't matter how long a web page is (customers don't mind scrolling down a page) but it does matter how wide it is (customers hate scrolling sideways)
How the page displays depends on the customer's computer. Page size depends on their monitor size, the type of computer they are running and the way their computer display is set up to name but a few.

We can set up your web site to handle all theese foibles and still look great.

Typography

Web sites are at a disadvantage when it comes to displaying a web page in your company's in-house font. You are limited to very few fonts for the text of your web site. Also people can resize fonts to make them bigger or smaller if for example they have a visual impairment.

We will set up the text on your web site to display your information, look good and work well for disabled people.

Pictures

Again pictures, either graphics or photographs, need skillful handling to fit them in with your design. If they are too big they will take ages to download, slow down your web site and your customer will get bored and go away. Too small and they will look terrible and give you a bad image.

leave the pictures to us we know what we're doing.

Online Video, Animation and Sound

Web sites can incorporate online video, animation and sound as well. This is fairly easy for us to add in and gives a web page a huge advantage over conventional graphic design media.

Commercial Templates

For some very contemporary web site graphic design we can buy in commercial templates and adapt them for your business. Have a look at Template Monster to see what we mean

More Information

For examples of some of the very best web site graphic design look no further than the webby awards.

This is an interesting article on the current style in web design

At the other end of the web site design spectrum is web pages that suck. Be warned, his language is a bit pithy in places.

Look at the process of getting a web site from us.

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