I can’t count how many times I’ve written about why I love Web Design. I’m starting to forget though, so this is a nice refresher. All I can say is the reason I want to do Web Design is because I know I can be good at it. Learning and understanding the script, code, is not that big a problem; the design aspect however, is something I’m still trying to break. I’m almost there. I’ve been designing since before graduating high school (which was around 2002/2003, yeah, I’m old), and the fact that I’m not tired of it yet or no where near tired of it, reminds me that this is what I want to do with my life. And I’m a VERY impatient person; that’s another reason I know I can do Web Design (cause I don’t get tired of being in front of a computer doing html/css/javascript/etc). I may want to throw a monitor or two every now and then, but I get that way about everything anyways 
I did some research on how others feel about Web Design. Found one done by Jeffrey Zeldman, Understand Web Design. Pretty simple & straight forward. What he says at the end, “The inexperienced or insufficiently thoughtful designer complains that too many websites use grids, too many sites use columns, too many sites are “boxy.” Efforts to avoid boxiness have been around since 1995; while occasionally successful, they have most often produced aesthetically wretched and needlessly unusable designs.”
“The experienced web designer, like the talented newspaper art director, accepts that many projects she works on will have headers and columns and footers. Her job is not to whine about emerging commonalities but to use them to create pages that are distinctive, natural, brand-appropriate, subtly memorable, and quietly but unmistakably engaging.”
To be honest, it made me feel like I was a good designer because I like having headers and columns and footers, it helps with organization; grids keep everything in order.
In another article I found, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, Jason Beaird said, “For many web developers, myself included, the most intimidating part of the design process is getting started. Imagine for a moment that you’re sitting at your desk with nothing other than a cup of coffee and the business card of a potential client who needs a basic corporate web site. Usually, a business card speaks volumes about a company’s identity, and could be used as design inspiration.”
This is so true in my case, however, I think my block really did break goes if you go visit the article, he says to try and design a website based on the just the client’s business card and I think I could have. Or at least, I had ideas flowing through me. Yay.
So Thank You A.I.D because I really am starting to think like a Web Designer who actually thinks about the Users. Honestly, before, all I cared about was a really cool web layout, awesome colors, and didn’t really care about whether the user understood the site because, well its just common sense to me and should be to others. Now, I actually consider how long it would take just a picture to load based on its size and plenty of other factors. Still need to completely break the creativity block so I can be confident in designing sites for clients.
Would have a wrote more but I think this is long enough for you to read. 🙂
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