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I see a fresh website and I want it painted black.

Adam Crockett 🌀 on October 03, 2019

My portfolio website is coming on nicely, but one thing that bothers me. I swear I used to be able to design before I learned about good accessibil...
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Amanda Iaria

I wonder.

If the colors are just accents (there's that splash :D) and don't convey important information. Maybe they're just colorful borders.

This is how I feel about boxy content. boxes ... everywhere... I would love some more fluidity to layouts.

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Adam Crockett 🌀

Perhaps that's why I don't like boxed in content anymore, maybe interesting layout is the way forward? I kind off like stuff that is off grid but somewhat still in a grid. Also movie posters are a good example of this sort of flow.

I am conscious that users read websites in F shapes so there's that too.

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codelitically_incorrect

Interesting. I've been exploring this route lately and have not come across any unique inspirations. Got any links?

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Adam Crockett 🌀

Maybe this?

images.app.goo.gl/Q9aCJKCuhtHAQyYK7

Diagnoal or hexigon based grid systems, that sort of thing. Something challenging.

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Adam Crockett 🌀

All of these

bashooka.com/inspiration/25-unusua...

I think the trick is aspect ratio.

16:9
9:24
1:1

All nice ratios that look pleasing somehow.

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Zachary Weaver

The problem I feel we all face when trying to create a personal website for ourselves.

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Adam Crockett 🌀

Absolutely, it's nice to put it down in words. 😀

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Andre • Edited

This article helped me get past this feeling by providing a useful framework for using color in UI:
learnui.design/blog/color-in-ui-de...

hope that helps.

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Adam Crockett 🌀

I just wanted to say a huge thank you, there are great posts linked to this as well.

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Adam Crockett 🌀

Thanks Andre I will check it out tonight.

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Matt Eland

Well, now you've got paint it black stuck in my head.

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Adam Crockett 🌀

"I see a red door".. damn I'm thinking about it again now too.