Portfolio One: Shyama Golden

COGS 187A
Assignment 2 - Competitive Analysis Profile
Rodya J. Perez
rodyajperez@gmail.com

Brand: Child Nostalgia - Logo of View-Master to elicit childhood pleasure of cycling through images
An attempt for you to relive that experience on their site
Minimalist - Simplistic design in order to emphasize her art in the gallery
Artsy - Background has the texture of letterpress paper to represent to the viewer that this is her work of art being displayed
Functionality: Inspires being part of a community through participation
able to comment on her art
Header links to blog for a more direct personal experience with her as an artist footer are buttons linking to her other modes of communication (i.e. twitter, flicker,etc)
Her site functions as a device for the viewer to interact with her social identity and showcase her artwork
Interactivity: Able to categorize art into studio art and web art
Hovering over an element applies some kind of element, like highlighting, showing animation, or revealing text
Clicking on her art creates an internal viewing window with scroll buttons and comments section
Navigation Simple navigation with 4 links
Links in site are done to keep you focused on her art portfolio since you never really leave the gallery
The only time you leave the home page is when you click on the blog, store, or one of her social media buttons (which are an extension of the about page)