Project 2: Interactive Storytelling
Due today: Sketches/Wireframes
Next Steps:
Initial Desktop Design Comps
After you have chosen sketches/wireframes, try to flesh them out in Figma or Adobe XD. Design three different variations demonstrating your website’s look-and-feel. Try different visual structures, styles, colors, type, imagery, etc. Base them off of your sketches to help you get started. (see more details below under Due Next Class).
Figma or Adobe XD
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Visual Inspiration
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Web Typography
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Due Next Class
Project 2: Interactive Storytelling
Initial Design Comps
- How to turn in: Print in Color for class critique.
- 3 desktop variations – Create 3 distinct approaches to style and layout.
- Try different placements/structure for content, color schemes, graphics, typography…
- Example of past student variations
- Sizing: Desktop width can be between 960px-12oopx. Height must be at least the top portion of your story and enough to demonstrate your concepts/styles. At least 2 screen heights which would be between approx. 1500px–2000px.
- Use a 12-column grid for desktop and 2-4-column grid for mobile.
- Fonts: Use only Google Fonts or Typekit Web Fonts
- Be prepared to give a clear verbal elevator pitch (strategy statement) to your classmates about your story’s website, so they know how to respond to your design variations. (including synopsis of story, intended audience, mood/tone, prioritized goals…)
- Considerations when we critique on Tuesday
- Concept/Innovation
- Communication of Story
- Composition/Layout/Grid
- Typography
- Style of Graphics
- Color Scheme
- Design Consistency/Variety
- Structure of Content
- Usability
- Responsive translation possibilities
Exercise 5: Skeleton Practice
Helpful Skeleton Resources:
- In Class Demo and Files
- Video Playlist
- Video Tutorial Series (Video #2 around 45sec mark is where he opens Skeleton)
- Building HTML Page Structure with Skeleton
- Getting Started with Skeleton
- Skeleton’s Webpage