The next round It's
gratifying when a client likes most of the designs you provide, and Peter was such a client. While he expressed delight with all of the designs, his preferences were for designs 1, 2 and 3. Peter provided me with a
detailed list of comments to help me make the necessary changes for the next round of designs. Design 6 
While he liked designs 1 and 3, Peter had a problem with the buttons in design 1, which he felt resembled "radioactive PacMan" figures. Peter also asked if the logo animation could be made smoother.  I redesigned the buttons, from Design 1, making them complete circles which
eliminated the PacMan resemblance. I realigned the text on the buttons from centered to flush left. I explained to Peter that while there might be some reason to interpret the
buttons as radioactive symbols (primarily because of the glow under the button), the new red and black circles were closer to the symbols placed on products that are being
crash-tested, or marks used by surveyors, both images being appropriate to a company whose name is Software Factory. He accepted my argument.
Design 7
With a few small changes the site was pretty much a done deal. Peter liked the photo-
montages that I had created but asked if I could produce images that were more
specific to the site sections. We agreed on a price for the additional art and I proceeded to create the final images. I integrated a section of the large line version of the logo into
each of the images for continuity. I also added the title for each section using, Craze, the font that is used throughout the site. Some- times, even the smoothest jobs hit a snag. Peter wrote and felt the images were too intense in terms of the colors.
Of the nine images, the only one he really liked a lot was the Air Traffic image. The rest he felt were out of character and he asked me to please make them more conservative in
terms of color. Shown here are four of the final more reserved images.
Design 8—the final design CLICK HERE
to visit the finished site.I'm happy with the way the site turned out and I'm happy the client is happy. And I think my editor at efuse is happy so it looks like happy all around.
The more I work with NetObjects Fusion, the more I like it. I'm always making little discoveries that if I ever sat down and read the manual, I probably would have known. But on
the other hand, it's such an easy and intuitive application to work with there really isn't much need to read the manual.
Does your site create sore eyes? If you need a makeover, send me your URL and I'll have a
look and get back to you. And, please let me know if you have any questions or if anything I covered was unclear. (I've been accused of being vague more than once). I'd love to
hear your comments and your suggestions for future topics as well. Send me a message at
garypriester@earthlink.net  Gary W. Priester is a reformed advertising art director who now does Web site and graphic design, and writes about his experiences. Gary lives in Black
Point, California with his wife Mary E. Carter (who also writes for Efuse), their six chickens, five cats, four doves, two finches, and one exceptional canary.
CLICK HERE
to visit Gary's Web site.
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