You might be thinking why you landed here so suddenly. It’s a chance to get to know me! As a web designer, we all have a little bit of fun outside of work. This is the “Katrina” that you see when she is not web designing.
When she’s not on her computer, meddling about with work, she likes to spend her time listening to music. A lot of the artists she listens to vary from Virtual artists to artists who make music within the genre of alternative rock.
When music has made its way to clutter her brain, she will sometimes look at websites she likes. It helps her to improve as a designer and brings her to the next level of being a web developer. It may include websites that give a range of colour palettes so that she can find out which colours work well together, sites that show colour meaning and what they express, font websites where she can choose fonts that personally describes her and the work she does, simple YouTube videos that give a better understanding of HTML and CSS, mini games online where she can learn more about typography or even free places online where she can practice using the pen tool.
As you can see from the Virtual artists she listens to, you will know that it has nothing to do with web designing. Virtual artists make music videos with 2D or 3D animation with a male or female model while her course focuses on being a web designer. But when you take a look at these artists, you will discover that they have a whole new exploration of ideas and inspiration that can help web designers. For example, these 2D or 3D characters have their own merchandise websites that use colour, typography and themes that best describes them as virtual artists. Speaking of merchandise, it is a form of connection between consumers (their fans) and the artists themselves. This means that when she continues to look at their work, she will gain knowledge and apply it to her web design course where she has to think about viewers who land on her webpages.
Photo credits: Me, Ironmouse, Ren Zotto, Skillet, Coolors, Canva, Dafont, Fontsquirrel, Kerntype, Shapetype, Method Draw Vector Editor