Web Design Practice Exercise to Become a Better Designer

[bharatkumargupta]

hey mike i actually do that using corel draw, apart from mimicing websites i make my own layouts too, even though right now i m starting out as a fresher i know what and how the layouts should look like so yeah pretty dead on advice there, thanks :).

[UmeRonaldo]

Thanks YOu!!!!

[lulisings]

You're wonderful! I'm so in love with you right now hehe

[mansonaquinomamaril]

love it... you mentioned about big projects? mabe you can give us a behind the scenes about how you made it... the ups & downs... and more videos... :)

[leoyt123]

O yeah.... Btw, what's the domain name for weekly basis or something that you said in the video?

[leoyt123]

You should make a video on how to identify fonts, I'm pretty sure that a lot of us have problems with it ;)

[kueebreeze]

I'm NEW to web design and I want to learn but it's very difficult learning by myself. Your videos are absolutely helpful :)

[Peaceiznow]

A great practice thanks. I am currently working on my first 'fake" site as you recommended in your last vid. Maybe I'll send it your way when I am done. I really appreciate all your vids. Oh and I bought my first design software and went with Fireworks. Great move and am loving it. Mahalo.

[IzdelavaLogotipa]

Great tip, tnx!

[scantojack09]

another great video from GURU of web design...thanks! big help!...

[tylerdurden2006]

Do you suggest building sites you find in photoshop or coding as well?

[cm999]

@tylerdurden2006 You should never make a website in photoshop, ever haha. Its fine to make images for your site in photoshop but never use photoshop generated code.

[tylerdurden2006]

@cm999 Oh no I know that lol. I mean once you've designed it in photoshop is it a good idea to code it afterwards - obviously in another program.

[cm999]

@tylerdurden2006 Well first if you are doing the site for a client I would show it to them to see what they think, they may want some changes. No point in spending time coding a design that the client doesnt like. After you get there approval on the design then I'd code away :)

[MelvinSF]

@tylerdurden2006 I think the idea is to have a good look at the design's details and techniques, so just recreating that in Photoshop should be fine for that. But coding it as well would be good practice!

[thekurtman31]

Nice video, Mike. I'm also a web designer and I was just having a conversation with my boss a few days ago about the benefits of this kind of exercise. I think it's one the best techniques for anyone - not just beginners. You can't help but learn something new each time.

[Conceptskatemedia]

Hey Mike, another great video :)

I'm in the process of re-desining my site for the first time since starting my business. You gave me a lot of good feedback so I'm using that + looking at the best web hosting designs in the industry for inspiration.

I completely agree with what you say about taking small design nuggets from sites. It could be a certain shadow, gradient, border effect.

I'd love to show you my re-design once finished if you're not too busy (if you are no problem).

[rjcream]

great video

[TheAcousticBassist]

Sweet video. I don't do this often enough.

[MrPrimeGT]

Hey mike do you think that your audience may benefit from a small Forum, where other experts can also how out some of us novice designers.

[ikazi1]

how can i send you? your email?

[Tomekwinxs]

Thank you for this video Michael! I've been doing this technique for the last month and it's really helped out.

[6thChamberFashion]

I tried looking at other websites and tried mimicking them. I learned a couple of things. 1) I really suck at mimicking. 2) don't use your keyboards after eating a bag of flaming hot cheetos.

[Conceptskatemedia]

@6thChamberFashion Agreed with 2. :)

[leoclub626]

Loved this video. Was trying to copy a website lately and ran into the discussed issues.

[ikazi1]

Awesome. I am also a web designer, is it ok if i make any layout and show to you and you give me some comments on it?

[mlwebco]

@ikazi1 Yes, if after you're done with this exercise of any site or portion of a site, I'll gladly review it for you. ;)