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Preamble

This design is one of many to grace Alternate Gateways in the last year. As you can see: I like designing things...and I like change. I've had a Gothic look, a stationery look, a heavily graphic look, a fresh summer look, and a few more (as seen below). This time I decided to go back to my creative roots. Working on programming for a while had substantially hampered by creativity, so I sat down and made a wish list of things I wanted on the site and the sort of feel I was after. That's how I came upon the 'floral' design. It is heavily graphic, but without the slow loading times, and I think it has a rather mellow vibe to it.

Construction

Design

I have been drawing patterns for a while so wanted to work them into my site. That's how I came upon the floral look at the top of the page. It took over ten hours to complete, as I drew each shape in Photoshop and ensured that there was a lot of variety. I do think it was worth it though. I have achieved the look that I set out to achieve.

Colours

I choose green and blue because they are rather fresh colours, conjuring up images of grass, foliage and the sky, which I feel compliment the black floral designs.

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