Design day one: Get an Idea!

Over the past few years a lot of people asked me: “How should I make my cool website?”. I wish I could answer to them simple and in only one sentence.

But, if things would be so simple then those who are working hard would be the same with those who aren’t, right?

I made my first design when I was 14, now I’m 21. My first design was just a result of playing in, at that time Macromedia, Dreamweaver and Photoshop.

Well, mostly was non-graphic. I used graphic only for sidebar boxes (only for their headers). It was some kind of school portal. Made all within HTML.

Well, I did use a couple of CGI scripts but I had to re upload whole page when I wanted to add something new. This can be really annoying when you do this a

couple of times per day.

That’s the beginning. You can’t just start and be a pro. Things are going step by step. That’s why some of my tutorials are so beginners style. I saw, some

advanced users where laughing at me. I don’t care. I don’t write tutorials for them. I write tutorials and article for beginners.

As the matter of fact an advanced user of web design stuff doesn’t need tutorials to make something out.

what’s my point? My point is that I can’t tell you how to make a good design, site is one short simple sentence.

Only thing I say is that you go and get some good graphic program (Photoshop) and start learning.

But that’s nothing.

I’m gonna give you a three day web design lesson.

• Design day one - Get an Idea


• Design day two - Design your idea


• Design day three - Code your design

So let’s start with day one

Every design comes with a vision in mind. Yo have to think and get a design in your mind first. To get that you need an idea.

To get an idea is something that nobody can learn. I, personally, for most of my designs found an idea in a real world.

For example. I see some girl that’s wearing white t-shirt with blue lines and squares and I got an idea.

Then I’ve started to design this idea in my head. Sometimes it’s pretty hard, sometimes not. Depends on time.

My most creative time is around 00:00 h. It’s like I have the most things in my mind.

I wrote all my articles and tutorials around that time. In peace.Back to idea, when you get your idea, something just came on your mind. Try design this in your mind, take a pen and a paper and draw it on a paper.

This way you’ll get better vision of your design. It doesn’t matter If you don’t like it first time you draw it. Throw your paper.

Draw it once again. Draw it even ten times, until you’re satisfied with it.

And let me tell you something, everything is inside you, hidden. You just need something that will reveal that.

Listen to the music, watch the TV, look around yourself, nature…everything can be an idea, or just part of it.

Now go, take your paper and a pencil and write yourself out. Make something, something that’s nice to you, because, I assume your first website will be about you,

or the way you like it. It’s always like that.

That’s it for today, check back tomorrow to read the Design day two - Design your idea.

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