WEB DESIGN BY AN COMPLETE NOVICE
I am NOT a web designer. I am an artist and interior designer. I learned slugged through basic web design specifically to add content to my personal pages. It would be interesting to me as an artist, how many newbie, web designers web sites are being rated on first pages of major search engines. I cannot possibly be the only one out there who is discovering the passion it takes to keep a business web presence on the first page of Google.
WHAT IT TAKES
I had the impression to be a web designer or alternately have a great web presence; you had to be a major brain or have schooling in the specific technology. Wrong… In my search for useful web design information, which by the way, most is free, you can teach yourself the art of web design and search engine placement.
Of course I will never be able to complete with the big boys. So I have been told or led to believe. Maybe, maybe not. I have successfully been on Google’s first page for my key phrases for weeks. Does this mean I have cracked the code? No. But I am persistent. I have had REAL web designers shrug, figuratively pat me on the head and wish me luck. All the while knowing I would never be able to keep up.
PERSISTENTS
My persistent nature keeps me searching for answers to the same questions as most other internet explorers. I also believe these answers change daily. If I don’t keep up on today’s ideas and discoveries I will fall behind.
Being a visual artist/designer, iniatially the looks of my web sites was most important. Then I discovered a beautiful web site meant nothing unless people actually saw, read, and internalized its content. So I have made a point of reading as much GOOD SEO, Web 2.0 and basic design articles I can get my hands, (eyes) on.
WEB DESIGNERS VERSUS ARTISTS/GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
There is no competition. The expert web code designer will win hands-down in the goal of reaching first page rankings. But, and that’s a big but, I will always believe an artist and graphic designer can make a web site attractive with their instinctual knowledge of space and white space, color and what color can do. I also know a cross-over is happening. By cross-over, I mean web designers are either using proven templates or have begun to be artists themselves. There are amazingly beautiful sites which are instructional and easy to roam.
Web art isn’t as simple as putting a cool looking page together with all the bells and whistles. It has become a fast driven art. Some of the most beautiful sites are very hard to digest. Alternatively, some of the simplest web sites are the easiest sites to internalize. Why can’t we have both?
As an artist and designer, I am bound and determined to have pleasing and easy sites for people to explore. Just maybe I can become both., an artist and web presence. Well, maybe not. But I will endeavor to keep a moments pace with the amazing works on the web. They awe and inspire all those having the privilege of visiting.
Article by: SK Sartell
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Interior Design For Geeks
Interior Designer Turns Geek (Not Greek. Geek)
Your a Geek. You wear a pocket protector. What the heck is a slide rule?
"Wow! Did that just come outta my mouth? Sorry for the offense to those whom don't like the title of geek, smart boy(girl), my personal favorite, nerd. This must date me a bit. I'm sure there are other names(which I have never had the luck of being called, namely because I'm not that smart)names that I haven't ever had the inclination to learn or call someone. I'm smart enough to know I'm lucky if I can put a sentence together properly. The grammar wizards are going to tear me apart on this one I know it...
You out there reading this, are these people.. You wouldn't be on this site if it wasn't the case. By the way, Smart People is not a nasty name.
But I do know something you might not. Being smart isn't a justification for your work space looking like crap. Man, there I go again. Speaking so lowly. I have to get a better vocabulary.
I work visually. Color, texture, shape, I know it. I breathe it. As I design for a client, their needs, work habits and personality come to the forefront.
There are those whom have tried and failed to convince me, you work better in a messy, ill conceived work space. Silence grasshopper. If you were to give me a minute, let me swirl through a space, I could convince you a peaceful setting, is a energy setting. A place of organization, good theme, color and design will upgrade your personal productivity.
But you have to remember an organized space isn't always a pleasant space. (Notice the dead fern on the file cabinet.) Color has a huge effect on creativity. And that's what your doing, your creating. If you could or would put as much energy in your surroundings as you do on your smart stuff, your life would be beautiful. We humans are attracted to the beautiful. Beautiful people, beautiful scenery, beautiful things. Why then would we be satisfied with a (again) crappy work space?
Your habitat and work space needs to enfold you. Make it a place for creation. All kinds of creation...
You've heard it all before. maybe not as Not Smart, but the same stuff. You are what you wear? No that's not it. You are what you eat? Not it either. You are, what you surround yourself with... That's it.
I would pride myself on being as smart as you. Be thankful. Live up to your potential by surrounding yourself with good stuff, stuff that inspires you to greater stuff.
You out there reading this, are these people.. You wouldn't be on this site if it wasn't the case. By the way, Smart People is not a nasty name.
But I do know something you might not. Being smart isn't a justification for your work space looking like crap. Man, there I go again. Speaking so lowly. I have to get a better vocabulary.
I work visually. Color, texture, shape, I know it. I breathe it. As I design for a client, their needs, work habits and personality come to the forefront.
There are those whom have tried and failed to convince me, you work better in a messy, ill conceived work space. Silence grasshopper. If you were to give me a minute, let me swirl through a space, I could convince you a peaceful setting, is a energy setting. A place of organization, good theme, color and design will upgrade your personal productivity.
But you have to remember an organized space isn't always a pleasant space. (Notice the dead fern on the file cabinet.) Color has a huge effect on creativity. And that's what your doing, your creating. If you could or would put as much energy in your surroundings as you do on your smart stuff, your life would be beautiful. We humans are attracted to the beautiful. Beautiful people, beautiful scenery, beautiful things. Why then would we be satisfied with a (again) crappy work space?
Your habitat and work space needs to enfold you. Make it a place for creation. All kinds of creation...
You've heard it all before. maybe not as Not Smart, but the same stuff. You are what you wear? No that's not it. You are what you eat? Not it either. You are, what you surround yourself with... That's it.
I would pride myself on being as smart as you. Be thankful. Live up to your potential by surrounding yourself with good stuff, stuff that inspires you to greater stuff.
The case rests." Dust it!
SK Sartell
http://www.yourhomedesigntutorial.com
http://www.sksartell.com
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