Bluewater Music
This was the first website I fully independently created on my college course. Obviously compared to my more recent works it seems a little bit basic but I am still proud of this design. I like the use of colours and the simple to use user interface. This was my introduction to the in-depth world of web design and development, this was where i was introduced to the concept of storyboarding, interviewing a client, working from a brief and the actual construction of the website.
Client Brief
I was given the simple brief for this site to create a kind of record label type website where I would showcase our most “A-list client“. I chose the artist Eminem as I was fond of his music at the time.
I had to do external research into his personal life and also his professional career to describe his music career and any upcoming events or songs he had coming out at the time.
The content of the website wasn’t overly important at this stage as this was simply a way to teach us a variety of website development techniques and how to use them effectively and how they correlate with each other.
Building the website
As previously mentioned this was the first website I had ever created as part of my 3 year college course. It was the first time I had designed and built a website from scratch hence why the design is rather basic and the website feels very static.
After this I would learn more about design and aesthetics and a lot more back end development techniques and languages. If I was to remake this website now, I would make better use of the space on the page and minimise the amount of dead or empty space, as I feel it makes the website look very amateurish and like there isn’t very much content. I would keep most of the same colour scheme but I would include more orange throughout the design to help bring life into each of the pages or try and find contrasting colours for some visual diversity.
I would also try and incorporate more user interaction such as simple things like image carousels or up to date information and news about the artist and their music.