Lupton Webpage sketch

This is my first sketch for my web design. Since Lupton has a degree in typography I chose to focus of that in her name. I want to try a very basic set up for the site because I feel that Lupton is a very neat designer and wouldn't want any clutter on her site. 

Ellen Lupton Webpage project

Ellen Lupton was born in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated as an art major at Cooper Union College during a time when design was not as popular as we know it today. Soon after she graduated, Lupton was offered a job working with typography, writing and design. She was able to work with the things she loved and also display all her creations to the public. She continued working and creating, producing numerous exhibitions and books. These books are used by students, designers, educators and even children. Lupin has contributed to many various productions as well and given many more speeches to anyone who will listen.In 2007 she was awarded the AIGA Gold Medal. This is one of the highest honors that a graphic designer can achieve. Currently she is the director of the Graphic Design MFA program at the Maryland Institute College of Design (MICA) and is known as a writer, curator, designer, and curator to all.

cssbasics.com chapters 1-4

While reading most of these chapters I found everything to be somewhat of a review. Such as the setup of the syntax and also the purpose of the IDs and classes. One interesting thing I learned was that you can combine selectors to apply styles to multiple selectors.

HTML resume

basic HTML

 Today we started working with the website HTMLdog to create a basic web design. I hand coded this page and after looking at a second website (w3schools.com) I found out how to add color and even more to my page that i didn't have time to actually add.

Text Edits

My final touches became a battle between my text and what to do with it. I tried different types that went along with my masthead and eventually I came up with this final design that I feel went along most with my images and also seemed the most like a real magazine that someone would pick up and read. 

Masthead edit

When I first composited my images with the masthead, it just didn't look right, so I played around with it a bunch and eventually came up with something I like better seen below. 

In Progress

This is my in progress cover. I started compositing my pictures and realized that I needed more of the picture, there is more space then I thought at the top and as of right now the legs just stop. I retook some pictures last night so I will be working on putting the new pictures in today along with my final text.

11/1 Class Work Time

Today I started working on my images for the cover of my magazine. this was my scanned image from a Martha Stewart magazine and below is what I edited to be the background for my own. Below that are just a few pictures I took for the feet. I am going to work in photoshop to put the feet on the stairs and complete my images for the cover.