As a graphic artist, I found my self in the position, once again of being a pesty nudge. There, I said it. This past weekend I worked with brilliant woman who totally re-configured my website. She took what was an older WordPress theme, and completely re arranged things installing a new theme and making the whole thing function quite nicely. If you want to check it out, here’s the link: https://hudsonvalleygraphics.com/
Midway through the whole process though, it happened. I found myself asking her things like, “can you line these up on the left”, or “can you reduce the size of this so it lines up visually flush right?” I wondered whether I was beginning to bug her as I made these requests. I suspected that perhaps I might be getting annoying with my “move this line this up” demands, questioning why a particular thing couldn’t be accomplished with the template we were using. She was so cool, though, I must admit!
Graphic designers are taught that the eye moves throughout a space and that elements that it is viewing have to be arranging in a somewhat orderly manner. The eye craves order. Just like when I walk into my kitchen and my teenagers have left their crap all over the counter, it drives me nuts. In the same way, when we view a page of text and images, we crave order, whether we realize it or not.
My request to Susan to line things up and reduce and enlarge images on my website was just that. The training I have had makes me want to create order out of the floating object and type and fonts on the page.
I commend Susan Myers for her wonderful patience and the superb job she did of re-configuring my website. I appreciate her patience. And love the way she handled the whole thing. My website looks fabulous…I love it…there’s only one thing. I wish that type at the bottom could line up flush left with the icon, LOL.
If you’d like me to be a “nudge” for the look & feel of your project…contact me (914)582-9353