Critique: Website time

I am glad we are getting ready to embark on a website development project. I have been anxiously awaiting and fearing this portion of the course because it is a skill I am interested in developing further, but it also seems like a large mountain to climb. I have been playing around with some basic PHP-type coding; however, it has been slow and constantly interrupted by other projects/life/school/etc.

So, I think I am going to use a plug-in for Wordpress; however, I also will be making one in Cargo, too. Because I have been told the plug-in will take a while to learn because of having to use the coding language Ruby, which I am not familiar. This just gives me an excuse not to put it off any longer.

I have been scouring the web looking for other website inspiration.

Here is what I have found so far:

This is photographer Ed Ou's website. While it displays his beautiful photos, I think how you just slide through his photos could be used for layouts. I also like how clean and unassuming it is, which is a perfect backdrop for photos.

http://www.edouphoto.com/index.php?/ongoing/singles/

Another photographer, Allison Smith's website is described as having "more whimsy." It looks similar to some of the ones we saw on Thursday through Cargo and Carbon Made.

This one is kind of fun! It is an editorial design website for Bradley R. Hughes. It is very simple, but it looks nice and is easy to read.

Apparently infographic people are more apt to create portfolio websites. Here is one from David Foster.

I am still looking for more that I like. I will most them as I find them!