Intro to Web Design: Friendly Design for Startups & Small Business

By ·Owner at Ghostly Ferns

Class Project
Design a lean one-page site for a startup of your choice

Who is this class for?

Great for co-founders, developers, designers, illustrators, or anyone eager to learn!

What will we learn?

UI elements:

10+ Button Styles Various Container Styles Avatar Styles UX Interactions and Rollovers

Putting it all together:

960 Grid Pairing Photography with Copy Using client's color scheme to communicate the brand

About the class

We all know beautiful sites are a dime a dozen these days, and hideous sites are even more frequent. Do you add great sites to your bookmark collection, pinterest board, or gimmebar frequently? Maybe you peruse Siteinspire and gush over the latest and greatest in web design. The most beautiful sites are always easy to use, clean and refreshing. Their effortless appearance makes you say, “I could design something like that, right?”. Wrong.

Just kidding, you’re right! With a few simple photoshop tips and tricks, you can learn how to make beautiful buttons and containers, stunning avatars and pair attractive colors to make the user say “Oh my!”. During the course, you’ll learn all of those things and more! Together, we’ll put together photography, illustrations, icons, typography, and good feelings to make something usability-tastic! Your task is to design a one-page site for a fictitious startup. You will be given a logo and a rough outline of copy and content (just as a client would send). It’s up to you to take your shiny new buttons, photoshop techniques, and “can-do attitude” to make something slammin!

** This is a design only course. No development will be taught!

Prerequisites
Very basic understanding of Photoshop and a minor understanding of Illustrator. If you have no knowledge of either, be brave, just dive right in!
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Project Guide by Meg Lewis

Owner at Ghostly Ferns

I am the owner and designer at Ghostly Ferns, a web design, branding and illustration studio based in New York City. I specialize in branding and UI design for early-stage startups and small businesses. I have personally worked with 60+ companies to establish a visual representation for their produc...

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    • 4 Video Lectures

    • 353 Students

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