Texture in Web Design
1. Why have the benefits of texture sometimes been overlooked?
It is sometimes referred to as a "dirty" or "grungy" design. But textures can bring a website or picture together but defiantly should not be over used.2. What is the usual difference between a texture and a pattern?
Patterns are typically small, repeating, tileable elements, whereas textures tend to be much bigger images that don’t repeat. Imagine a Venn diagram, with textures on the left and patterns on the right, with a little overlap in the middle. So, some textures are also patterns.3. What are 2 ways to focus peoples’ attention using texture?
1. A textured logo against a clean background.2. A clean logo against a textured background.
4. How can texture enhance the structure of your information?
Textures can highlight different important items. It can be used to separate different items like Lines, Boxes, and contrast.5. How does texture enhance the identity or atmosphere of a site?
Textures can enhance the identity of a website and give it more meaning. This means that the Texture would have to be used based on the same concept of your whole overall website or picture.what is meant by the following tips:
Sometimes people get a little over board with their textures and text... This happens where people get their text and their textures confused and you can't read or understand what's under the texture.
2. Don’t Beat a Dead Horse
People intend to overdo their textures in the background or on anything in their website.... Textures intend to be very distracting if you use it in "bulk".
3. Practice Means Improvement
Practice your textures... This mean using textures in different places that you normally wouldn't think of, using different textures that you wouldn't always use, and experimenting with different designs with your textures.
4. If It Serves No Purpose, Take it Out
Always have a plan for your textures and know what you would use them for and how to relate back to the website or image that you are making. if you can't justify why you are using the texture for improvements on your picture then take it out.
5. Consider the Effect You Are Trying to Achieve
Always plan out what textures to use. This means having a plan for the final product of your texture and moving on to the next item on your list.
6. Collect Resources so you Don’t Have to Search Later
Make sure you collect all the website and sources of where you found everything that you want to use. There is always the chance that you come across something that you might want to use in your website and you lose it because you never saved where you found it at.
7. Learn Masks
There are a lot of different masks that can save you a lot of time in the long run. If you mess up with a mask its easier to correct yourself rather than restarting your entire texture or what you are working on.
8. Don’t Sacrifice Quality for Loading Time
Repeating texture patterns are a good way to save on the loading times of backgrounds and larger elements. Loading time shouldn't be your primary concern about your texture.
9. Choose Textures Logically
Textures are meant to build identity. If you are making a website then always have it based on the same concept. If you build a website for a furniture store, then using a rusty texture would be the best design.
What are 3 different ways you can come up with your own original texture images?
You can take your own pictures, scan stuff on a printer, or combine different textures.Example websites...
1. Cake Sweet Cake...http://www.cakesweetcake.co.uk/
2. Rshahin
http://www.rshahin.com/
3. Pixel Stadium
http://pixelstadium.com/
