Design Statement

In my ePortfolio, every design decision that I made had a purpose. The colors, the pictures, the fonts are all there for a specific reason. First let’s start with the colors. The main two colors of my site are white and then black is in there a little bit. I chose these two colors because most of the pictures that I used are brightly colored and on the white or black background it makes those colors pop and stick out more. I chose the colors of the pictures because most of them are brightly colored and this website was about me and the work that I had done throughout this year. I feel like these brightly colored pictures reflect my personality because I am a very happy person most of the time and these pictures and colors are meant to make the person viewing my website feel warm and welcome. I also feel that my personality comes off in my writing, most of my writing and other compositions (to me at least) seem creative and fun. None of them are really completely serious and boring. Next, I chose the pictures that I did because most of them involve the ocean or water in some way, and I feel like that was a big theme of my writing this year. Two out of my three projects were about the surf culture in Hawaii and how it has evolved. The other pictures that do not involve water or the ocean have something to do with the topic of the project or paper that they are around. For example, the picture that I used for my composition outside of this class was a picture from The Lion King with the words Hakuna Matata because that paper that I wrote was about The Lion King and how it relates to stories in the Bible. I also chose this picture because it says Hakuna Matata, which means no worries for the rest of your days, it’s my problem free philosophy. Another example of this is, the two pictures in my project one category are of the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium and mascot. I chose these pictures because I am from Jacksonville and am a huge Jags fan, this first project is also about football and the rhetorical genres used within the sport, so I had to throw in some stuff about my Jags (DUUUVAL)!