Midterm Web Page Design

Oops, it looks like I forgot to post this when I was supposed to. I used the pictures from my photo essay, along with a few that I found online, to create a web page layout for a site all about commuting and Metra news.

Cover Design

I chose a picture of the Arno River in Florence at night as the cover image for my design because I thought it really captured the beauty and excitement of Italy. I increased the brightness on the photo in order to allow more of the colors to show through while still maintaining the twilit look of the original scene. I chose text colors to match the colors of the light reflected in the water and contrasted them with a basic white that I believe complements the yellow while still remaining readable against the darker backdrop.

I came up with headlines based on the stories I was told we would have to work with, doing my best to get the main idea of each story across while making them interesting and attention-grabbing.

Photo restoration

Before:

And After:

I fixed a lot of the holes/missing parts of the image using the Clone Stamp tool in Photoshop. I selected areas that looked similar to what should be in the missing holes and used the clone stamp to fill them in. I did the same thing to cover up all of the discolored brown spots all over the image, and I used the Brush Tool to lighten the whites of the eyes slightly.