Assignment 10

Why I Like? - Colourful, vibrant and engaging with "happy" colours. Message of the site is conveyed in all aspects of the background design: the swirls on the top suggest movement and the colours are bold and energising. 

Why? - The background is not the most interesting but as the subject matter is serious, I think the background plain blue design is appropriate for a more sombre approach and the calming, light blue reflects the waterways and oceans which this website is concerned about. One of my favourite causes.

Why? Interesting, unusual pattern with psychedelic mix of colours and swirls adds interest and engages viewers. The dancers on top also move as you scroll through the website. Not sure if the text of the company logo and the rest of the text matches the background - but still, I like the eclectic mix of styles.

Q2. Image below is resubmitted version of flatbed scan image as web background. You can see, I had no idea the first time around.

Process used for 2nd background image - I thought the process used for the 2nd background was correct but it yielded such a dreadful outcome. 1st I reduced saturation of image then I cropped to remove the white border then I increased bottom canvas size to make a uniform colour (there was no natural way to have any of the borders fade into a single colour). Added a new layer and applied the gradient (transparent fade) on the new layer and dramatically reduced opacity of top layer as the gradient was too much.

Q3. THIS IS NOT VERTICAL - I think you either have a wicked sense of humour or there was a mistake. Horizontal Repeating Screenshot (I used snipping tool not Greenshot. I'll explore this soon. So many new things to learn. It's overwhelming to do too many at once) of thin jpg repeating. I copied and pasted my PS image over the one in the M4 file. I would have preferred not to have a black background. Still, you would not believe how many hours this took for me to achieve!!!

Q3 & 4.Resubmitted images. Final seamless tile of dirt is best by far. Notes from previous include: Basic design to start with. I note distortion in centre of file not sure how to remedy this. I tried with another mosaic wallpaper design to create a tile but encountered a similar effect with distortion/lack of alignment in the centre of the tiled background. Finally, I chose another design from wallpaperdirect which would overcome the centre distortion. See below screenshot. Tiled backgrounds are easy to create (if chosing existing digital image) but alignment in certain patterns needs to be considered when the tiled background is put together.