First site design for another

I originally set out to achieve a blurry dreamy effect to the pictures that I see on Irena’s photo albums. Then, of course, having achieved that, I feel like a boring mimic and remained somewhat unsatisfied with copying someone else, even though reverse engineering someone else’s effect is a little tricky. So, I decided to take it as far as I can based on the image in my mind that I really wanted. The result, as you can see, is an anime like scene that I am quite pleased about.

I don’t know when, but at one point, I reached a tipping point and just understands photoshop. I don’t know how others do it, but I seem to be able to know the approximate result that comes out of a certain action before I apply it. Could be that I am just so used to make custom hardware image filters for clients that associates mathematics to pictures. Or it’s just my ego.

This is my first site design for someone else, based on the criteria that it has to be a rain forest. The final image is out of the 2 others I found on Flickr with deviant art license granted to the general public.

Now that the picture is done, I still have to go through the headache of how to implement this on Nutang while figuring out how I can blend the picture into a dark background. Currently, the wire frame should allow me to blend a granulated background into the picture so the transition seems seamless, but you never know till it’s done and the code is in.

To conclude this, it feels strange designing for someone else. You have to work within the constraints of their criteria which proves to be a great challenge for me. If you know me: challenge = highly sought after. Not only that, it forces me to design in a way that’s different than the norms I abide by, which adds another level of understanding to my skill. One day, it’ll be useful.