Unit 11 Assignment 4: Final Evaluation

In this report I will be evaluating my work in unit 11. This includes the design of the website I have created and also the concept art work I have produced throughout this process.

I had many ideas on how I wanted to design my website and how I wanted it to look. After taking a various amount of ideas into consideration I came up with a design which I believe suits the needs of a superhero website and the target audience. The superhero I chose was Iron Man. I chose a very dark themed website with dark colours so that my superhero can blend stand out and be noticeable to the audience.

The navigation bar on my website will be placed horizontally across the screen. This is so that the buttons can be more visible to the audience and very noticeable. Each of my buttons is the iron Man logo which is the plate light placed in the middle of his chest. This is because the object is very iconic and recognizable to the Iron Man franchise. On the top left corner will be a logo for the website both of which will be on every page. This logo has a picture of Iron Man again to get the notice of the purpose of the website. I chose to use this banner because the superhero's posture flows with the website and it looks as if he is pointing at something directly which makes him look intimidating and connotes force and power to the audience.

In the red box is where all the information of the website is placed. I did this because the information is structured in one place and found easily. I used a lot of pictures with dark background so the audience find the superhero more

attractive, noticeable and feared because he is out in the dark. I also decided to create an enter page. This is because the website is more interactive and it is like a gate to the page. It also is a formal way of entering a page which relates to Iron Man because of the ownership of stark industries. It is also what you see at the start of a video game so this will attract comic book gamer fans.

During the making of my website I had to create it on software called Dreamweaver. During the creation of my website, firstly I changed my background colour. I changed it to black so it suits the concept of the website. After which I had to place my buttons on the website. To do so I made two copies of each button and saved them all separately. On as a normal button and one was when you hover over it with the mouse. This is known as a rollover image. After inserting these buttons onto the website I did the same with the logo and the banner. After this I started creating the information that each page will contain. I pasted the page I created on PowerPoint on Dreamweaver. After doing this with each page I had to put links in with the merchandise that was being sold on one of my pages. I used one of the highlighter tools to highlight each individual product and putting URL links on them so that when they are clicked they will lead you straight to a website.

Comparing my work together I have noticed a difference between the website and my design copy. On the actual website I gave it an extra black background. The background was normally white but because it will blend better with a black background so I decided to go with this option.

During the course of this unit I have learnt different skills and gained knowledge from the work. I have learnt the different types of graphical styles and how to apply this to my own video game. I have also learnt how to create and use Dreamweaver to an appropriate standard. How to use tools and links to make my website and run smoothly so there is consistency on each page.