A sense of style
This entry was posted on March 8, 2008
How important is it as a web designer / developer to develop a unique sense of style? I’ve always worked hard to not follow a style, but it seems my efforts have been in vain! In my quest to be different, I actually just result in producing the same work. However, I’m not entirely sure that’s a completely bad thing.
You always create very clean and spacious designs that are generally minimalistic with a set color scheme. I like your style because it’s quite unique from the normal stuff out there. They are different because 95% of personal sites are all “i like the mall n’ lip gloss n’ boys” kind of stuff with ugly celeb blends, teeny text, and all that crap. Either that or they are obviously overdone by someone trying to do too much all at once, like every “Web 2.0″ graphic imaginable. You design stuff to the point, without any question. It makes a visitor appreciate, and focus on, the content more when it’s that way, in my opinion.
That’s something the very kind Melissa told me, and it really got me thinking. Is this “style” I’ve developed something I’ve deliberately worked on, or is it just a result of what I have been working on? Either way, it seems a style has developed inside my work. I agree with everything Melissa has said, even if I don’t always recognise it in my own work. I think it’s a style that has developed subconsciously.
I don’t mind admitting that I’m not the best when it comes to working with graphics / images. This, I think, leads me to focus more on the usability side of things. I love creating layouts that use as few images as possible, and I get really obsessive over my markup, making sure it’s as semantic as possible so that the site still ‘makes sense’ when the layout can’t be seen for whatever reason.
Do you have a style that shows in your work? Can you recognise styles in other people’s works?
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