Theme+Consistency= Seamless Experience

Colten Whatcott
Jul 20, 2017 · 2 min read

Consistency is key when trying to create a seamless experience. You want everything your create to feel like it fits; and doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb. That is one of the many things that I learned while creating this Design & Validation Guide for my portfolio website.

Not only was it important that all of the things on my website were consistent but also my guide as well. A guide can be created either before or after a project has been created. I felt that it was easier to create the project and then follow by creating the guide. In doing this, further down the line when making changes or trying to create a project that portrays the same concept the guide is there to help everything stay consistent. Really thinking about it is it helps create a brand. A consistent brand. So if someone were to look at say the colors or even the look of the website they could say “that has something to do with Colten’s portfolio website.

With good branding comes recognition. With recognition comes a statement of either the project or a person. As I created this guide I stuck to minimal colors and fonts. I really like the clean look with a lot of white space. And as for any project as was done with this one was a lot of mind-mapping and planning as to how and what would be included in the website and the guide.

Click on the link below to view my Design & Validation Guide.

Colten Whatcott is a student in the Digital Media program at Utah Valley University, Orem Utah, studying Interaction & Design. The following article relates to Validation & Design Guide in the DGM-2271 Course and representative of the skills learned.

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