Oh god… someone stop me.
Yes, my previous two designs were up collectively for less than a few days. I think I have a problem…
Looking at my previous design which I like as a design, but not as MY design, nor my BLOG design. It was too zen, tropical, dark, all of which are things I am not.
Part of the problem is that I am not exactly sure what my own image is at the moment, so I decided to try and go minimalistic. However it took me several scratched concepts and ideas to even come up with with.
I would come up with a design and decide it looks too much like “so and so’s” design, I would come up with another that I liked but I didn’t identify with. I was so stumped I ran to the book store and spent two hours looking through design books looking for some sort of inspiration or design concept that just hadn’t hit me yet.
I ran out of time before anything could hit me, but I left with a book on typography and headed to a meeting roughly 30 minutes away from me. Arriving early, I read maybe two pages of the book before I started sketching out ideas on a scrap piece of paper, and voila… this design was born.
Minimal, vibrant colors, focus on typography, and I get to keep my red and shadow guy!
I also have set a cap on me redesigning this site until after december. If I don’t like it by next year, hopefully I will have come up with a worthwhile idea that will stick, or stopped designing all together and won’t have to worry about it.
I still need to tweak some area’s (like the comments section, and the category sections) but I am going to focus on contributing information to the blog instead of “throwing paint” at it.
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- Author: Ross Johnson
- Date: Thursday, November 9, 2006
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Since inception, this blog has covered a plethora of topics. Excited by all things design, I spent six years with out a focus. A year ago I discovered my true passion... designing with psychology (primarily as it related to the web). Many thanks to my Web Design Agency, 3.7 DESIGNS that gifts me time to publish my findings.
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You have a serious problem there, Ross. I recommend professional counseling. Have you tried the 12-step program at Web Designers Anonymous?
You know, most of us use a non-indexed subweb to try out new stuff. I’ve been asked why I keep the widely-used Regulus theme that I started with instead of designing my own. The fact is that I chose WordPress because of the abundance of ready-made, well-coded themes leaving me free to concentrate on content. I’ve tweaked the design (and WordPress core) quite a bit to suit me, but I don’t have to mess with that to get the content out.
I have other designs that I’ve started and dropped repeatedly. I won’t switch to one of those until I’m ready to stay with it for at least a year. There’s a lot to be said for consistency.
Hahah, I will have to look into finding some WDA meetings in my area.
My main problem is I am in love with the design I am working on until about two hours after I have published it. At which point I take a step back, shake my head, and start over.
I never publish the site thinking I will just change it soon… but I always do!