Useful
Art
So recently I read Evan’s blog about how art is useless
unless people attach emotion to it, and initially I agreed. In fact I still
think the point is valid when considering many art pieces, but then I started
to read this article about web design and colour theory.
For those of you who, like me, know very little about colour
theory, this site provides useful information to help choose, and defend choices related to, colours and layout for our
E-portfolios. The article explains briefly why complimentary colours are useful
in a website, how to reduce eyestrain (something you want to think about if you
don’t want to make future employers suffer while reading your E-portfolio), and
how to frame with colours in order to make important points pop out.
One of the
most interesting points for me was when they touched on vibrancy of colours,
specifically that brighter colour are more likely to make readers more
emotional when viewing your site, while more muted colours can keep a mind more
focused and relaxed. I would really recommend checking out the article if you
haven’t yet decided what colours to use for your E-portfolio, because it appears
in this instance art is very useful!
Michael, I love how you creatively used hyperlinks in this blog post! I am also so very appreciative of your post because you provided me with useful information that will help with creating me e-portfolio. For example, I chose soft muted colours and am now able to defend why I chose those colours!
ReplyDeleteThe usefulness of colour theory! It's not just for e-portfolios, but for us, that's it's most useful form right now.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thanks! I will bookmark that.
ReplyDeleteCalling me out Michael? Flagpole, tomorrow, 3 o'clock... I jest. I agree there are definitely things in art that we are almost universally naturally attracted to. Very useful for our portfolio assignment!
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