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Originally posted by -=HOAX=-
Amp,
What do you think about the flashy doodads, (lil rivots, screws, wires, extra shit) that's becoming so popular? When you say you get what you pay for...well if one pay's for this stuff...do you think its justifiable in an earning sense...do you think those extraneous things pay for themselves? Do you think they contribute to the sales impact of a design or do you think they could Detract from the sales of a page? What is your stance on the line between a little sprucing up and a little overkill...?
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I think it depends on how stuff like that is integrated into the design... there's lots of places to get pre made shit like that... stuff that really does look quite good all by itself. But if the doo dads themselves are the extent of the "design"... it's wasted. I've seen people actually find a nice looking gizmo or template, and just slap it up IN PLACE of a well thought out design. It just doesn't work that way.
That's a common misconception. Just because the rivets and shit look cool, doesn't mean it going to work. Stuff like that is NOT a design. A design is a thought out, planned combination of visual effects (shit that's pleasing to the eye), and subliminal "guiding". Color combinations, text placement, type styles, subtle backgrounding, texture..... all of that shit.
Watch some tv commercials. Do you think for a minute that they just found some cool looking shit and threw it up there? No. That shit is crafted in a way that makes you want to buy a service or product, even if you may not realize it.
Radio is exactly the same. Except it's done with sound. I used to produce radio commercials. It's an exacting science. You can't just toss in all the coolest sound effects because YOU like them... it's planned. Putting machine gun fire in a spot for vaginal cream would be considered overkill. And it won't sell the product no matter how cool it might sound. Radio spots all sound like fun & games when you hear it.... but that's the product of perfectly executed marketing.
Web Dev is no different. It's an art... not slapping up all the latest gizmos to see if they work. And I don't mean art as in "someone's artwork" as was previously argued by someone else in another thread. Marketing is NOT your fucking art. Save that for sticking on your refridgerator with magnets. Marketing a product or service successfully has NOTHING to do with someone thinking their design is a piece of art. It's either properly produced, just like a TV or radio spot, and it works, or it doesn't. End of story. Anything else about "but I'm an artist" is just ego feeding or excuses.