Now that, WA Web Week is well and truely put to bed, with Edge of the Web, WebJam9 and the WA Web Awards done and dusted; it’s now time to inject some life back into this blog. Yes the posts have been a bit scant of late. Sorry about that, the real world has been getting in the way.
So you have a site that you have lovingly designed coded and integrated into your CMS of choice. You’ve delivered it to the client, perfect. Not a pixel, word or image out of place, following industry best practice. A work of art, electro-prefecto.
I was having a discussion the other day with some fellow web designer friends on the skills that you required to be stay in this field long term.
Sure we all agreed you need to at least have the core design skills, understanding of layout, colour theory, typography and the usual tricks of the trade. The platform that you used to deliver your designs was immaterial, be that Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks or the like it didn’t really matter, the end result was what was important. That’s a given.
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At this time of year we all get a few days to get off endless carnival ride of our industry, this allows us time to reflect. Or simply unwind and contemplate the old navel lint. It’s at times like this you ask yourself why you really got into the Web Industry in the first place.
Now I’m not talking about because you need to provide or earn a little cash for yourself and your nearest and dearest. No I’m going beyond the material domain. We all have to earn a living in one shape or another, so let’s just put that aside.
