Donna Massam

Website Two
Texture King

What does it look like?
This website is more visually pleasing, as with absolute background textures they have used a white and grey colour pallette but they have also brought in orange to brighten the page up as to not make it so dull, thi works well because it is more pleasing to the eye. On the index page, the designer has presented the navigation in an unusual way, having block boxes with the name of the link at the top of the box and the amount of textures that link holds. The have done a sort of reversal with colour, on the link they have used white on the darkish grey and the same gray on a whit background for the sections below, this
work because putting light colours on top or dark or vise versa helps them to contrast together and stand out better.

They have also presented the textures in a neat an organised way which helps the user to find exactly what they want with ease.





The colours and the design are consistant throughout the site which is a strong point because failing to do this may cause the user to become lost and confused resulting in them getting bored and leaving the website.








How relevent is the content on the site?
The content of the site is based around textures, photography and Photoshop, all key elements that produce designs. The site also sells their brands promotional products, such as T-Shirts badges and magnets.

How clearly is the website laid out?
This texture website also keeps to quite a simple structure, although the struture is more complex than the absolute textures website, its still clear and easy to find without much animation or fun included. But the site does hold key elements that have to be remembered when designing for example, the logo is in the top hand left corner, this is strong because the humans eye automatically looks from left to right. The text is clear and easy to read. The colours contrast together well, all simple points such as these help to make it easier for users when trying to understand a website.

What would inspire me from this website with my own website?
Using a bright but simple and clear colour scheme and structure. I also like how the designer has seperated the different textures, making them easy to find.

A couple more websites i browsed were:
http://www.cgtextures.com/
http://free-textures.got3d.com/
http://textures.forrest.cz/

With all of the websites i found similarities, they all hold a simple structure, not very busy designs, eveything is all seperated into different section making them organised. The all use a simple colour pallette, sticking to eiter 2 or 3 different colours. They are all also clear and easy to navigate round with easy to read text.