Website Inspirations and Deconstruction

In creating this Slides I have learnt the basics of how to make a professional website including what features are vital for success. It has influence my creative choices in many ways for example I have now decided I want to have a simplistic and aesthetic website that is automatically appealing to the eye. Before exploring existing websites, I decided to read up a bit on websites in general; why they are important, how they function and what makes them successful. From this I learnt my website needs to be straight to the point, have a good first impression and stand out from existing magazines with a unique twist. My main inspirations from this research are the WHAT YOUTH and INDIE websites as I think they are innovative, quirky and modern and I like the look of the images they have taken. I like how both are designed and definitely want to incorporate the user-friendly use of hyperlinks and images in my own website. I have also taken some inspiration from The Crack website however I feel their website is a bit too boring for my audience therefore personally will be following a more creative route. In regards to this research, I created a bullet pointed list of features I must include in my website and how I will ensure that it is suitable for my target audience. I will be referring back to this during the production stage of my website and using my research to add more successful features if they are needed.