The first thing I do when I start a project is create a mood-board. A mood-board helps determine the art style and color palette of the project. Some lecturers are against mood-boards and some push us to create one. For me, a mood-board helps me visualise what I am trying to create. Once I have finished creating a mood-board I already know what the world, character, etc look like. For the first time, I have created a mood-board for a code project. In the past we were given a brief of what the project should look like and the functions. Now I am designing it from scratch so therefore I need to decide what the design of the website should look like.
For this project I made the decision to go with the theme: Paris. I want it to be a almost like a tourist guide website. For the visuals I am drawn to soft pastel watercolour that is contrasting with a strong bold black line. I would like the website to look like a watercolour painting of a website. Here is a mood- board I designed of the art style that I am going for. My next step will be to plan the layout and navigation on paper and create a prototype on Photoshop.
