Archive for May, 2004


Textural Troubles and Triumphs

Wednesday, May 19th, 2004

So many sites either have no texture, or are else over-textured through (ahem) enthusiastic use of Photoshop or other image editors. In this tutorial, Linda discusses decorative texture as an integral part of web design when done properly. The tutorial concludes with a check-list of design elements and principles to be taken account when designing texture for your web site.

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Colour Schemes 2

Wednesday, May 5th, 2004

Last week we took a look at monochromatic, analogous and complementary colour schemes, and viewed a few samples of these harmonies from the web. This week, we’ll study triad and tetrad colour schemes, and we’ll also see how colour can be used as a depth clue. We will work with the same colour wheel as we did last week for continuity, and at the end of the article I’ll include links for further research into colour harmonies for the web.

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