Ryan Church (Digital Illustrator)
This website is clear, and easy to use. As you enter the home page u are met with a large image of Church’s work with a plain grey background and a list on the left and side. The grey background helps to make the image stand out. As there is no detail in the background there is no real urge to draw your eyes away from the main image. This immediately involves you in the artist work and makes you interested. He has his name at the top of the page so it’s easy to tell who the work belongs to. The list on the left hand side is very simply laid out which lowers the risk of people getting confused or lost. In the list there is a biography, gallery, shop and a contact option. Under that gallery section there is a list of films and games that he has done illustrations for. You can click on each title and it will change the ‘home’ image to an image from that film or game. Above this picture will be a row of all the other images in that category. You can view each one by clicking on it. While you are going this the original list is still there on the left and side. So you can travel around the website without having to keep going back to the home page. This really is a very simple and easy to use website.
Gerald Scarfe (Cartoonist and Journalist Illustrator)
The home page to Gerald Scarfe’s website is very interesting and eye catching. This page displays several examples for Scarfe’s work which shows a high skill in expression and use of vibrant colours. At the top of this screen are several options such as ‘gallery’, ‘shop’, ‘news’ and ‘contacts’. Though these can be quite easily seen, they could be bolder to make it easier and clearer to use. As you enter the gallery a large selection of his politics illustrations pop up and you can click on each one to enlarge it and get a better view. At the top of each image it says its title and there is an option to click on to get more information on politics. Next to these images there is a list of Scarfe’s of fields of art work. You can click on these to bring up a selection of images related to that topic. On each picture in each category, the name is listed above with the option of finding out more information on that topic. This website has been very well thought out and contains a lot of information. It certainly has a lot more information the Ryan Church’s website, but is this necessarily a good thing. Less written information can make a clearer and easier website, and certainly a less complicated one.
http://www.simongoodway.com/?devon&gclid=CJKRg-epvacCFQEY4Qod5mRP_A##main
Simon Goodway (Children’s Illustrator)
This website is poorly designed and quite hard to use. From the home page you can see a brief description of the artist and what they do. To me it sounds like this writing was a bit rushed and not well thought out. On the top right hand side there is a list of options which allow you to see some of his work and find out information on how he studies and information on contacting him. As u hover over these options with your mouse the option block turns a bright colour and makes it hard to read. As you click on a field of work, the relating artwork pops up in a row at the top of the page. You are able to click on an image to enlarge it. With each image there is a very brief and poor description of what the work was for. I think the design and layout of this website has not been well considered or thought out. There is far too much happening and the colours are too bright which courses a sense of confusion.
Summary:
The layout of a website is very important. If you are wanting to get your name well known, one good way to go about this is to set up our own website. It is vitally important that you spend time of the layout and design of you website to ensure you have an easy to use, and aesthetic website. People are far more likely to spend more time on your website if it’s easy to use and looks interesting.
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